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Aquaknots! Feral Childe’s Spring/Summer 2012 Collection is Aswim with Exotic Coral and Aquatic Horses

On Trend for Spring: Five Vintage Graphic Looks with Indy Flair

Heroines for the Planet: Livia Firth Fresh From the Oscars

Spring’s Strong Brow, Naturally

Heroines for the Planet: Model and Skincare Chef May Lindstrom

“They Have the Right to Live in Dignity”: A Look at Cambodian Women Garment Workers (Video)

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by Starre Vartan · 03/06/12

Beyond The Garment Factory’s Floor from savann.oeurm on Vimeo.

Sometimes people think that covering and promoting eco fashion is frivolous. This is why it’s not.

Cambodia, eco fashion, Fair Trade, women, worker's rights

On Trend for Spring: Five Vintage Graphic Looks with Indy Flair

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by Starre Vartan · 03/06/12

Guest post by Barbara at Chronologie Vintage.

Sometimes it’s hard being a “green” fashionista. We love expressing ourselves with clothing, but we worry about the impact that clothes—even organic ones—have on the earth.

I started Chronologie Vintage Clothes in 2011 because I wanted to share my vision with other women. I believe all of us deserve to feel good in our skin and our clothing: When we take care of ourselves in this way and other ways, we have more to give the world.

Vintage clothes offer endless ways to express our individuality, and feel good doing it. Vintage (which is generally defined as at least 20 years old) is often better made than newer clothing, usually fits better, and is a whole lot less generic than much of what’s sold today.

Vintage clothing is more than just “used” stuff, though. In my shop, everything has to have some outstanding feature—a terrific color, fantastic fabric, unusual style, etc. I know what I like, and that’s my guiding principle in everything I buy.
Here are a few current favorites from my shop.

I found this one-of-a-kind dress last summer at a vintage market in Brussels. I got lost trying to find my family when I was done in the market. With no cell phone, I had to figure out a solution with a few euros and some bad French. This dress rode back to the US clutched in a bag on my lap…and I think it was worth all the effort.

This black silk blouse came from the same vintage market (yes, as I was lost in Brussels I was toting around a huuuge shopping bag). This blouse is so beautifully handmade by a tailor for some unknown European woman. It dates to the 1980s, but I think the cute tulip print looks like something you’d find at Urban Outfitters—very indie/hipster.
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60's, 70's, chronologie vintage, clothes, eco fashion, eco friendly, reuse, upcycling, vintage

Chloe Coscarelli’s Top Ten Vegan Alternatives From Her New Cookbook

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by Lindsay E. Brown · 03/06/12

The last time I chatted with Chloe Coscarelli, her just-published cookbook was in the works, but she couldn’t divulge any of the delicious vegan recipes she was working on.

But now that Chloe’s Kitchen – a must-have cookbook filled with simple and flavorful vegan recipes – is out, she can! Even if you don’t have a copy perched on your cookbook stand yet, the award-winning vegan chef shared her favorite vegan ingredients with Eco Chick to get you in a meat, eggs, butter and cream-free state of mind. Try incorporating a few of these ingredients into your cooking or baking routine if you’re an omnivore, and let us know how it turns out.

chloe coscarelli, chloe's kitchen, cookbook, food network, health, plant-based diet, vegan, vegan chef, vegetarian

Why We Love NYC’s Think Coffee

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by Starre Vartan · 03/05/12

Recently, I conducted an intern search, and since Eco Chick is one of the many companies that works virtually, that means I had to find a place to meet with all the fantastic applicants. As I spend quite a bit of time in the Union Square area of NYC, I have long been stopping by the Think Coffee near the park, but this past autumn, on a run back from the gorgeous-in-every-season Hudson River Park, I noticed a new Think was setting up shop at 8th avenue between 13th and 14th streets.

The interior of the 14th&8th Think Coffee store – with plenty of room in the back room for relaxing and enjoying your java.

This store is much more chill than the always-busy Broadway location, and soon after they opened, I became a regular. Not just because I have a bit of a coffee addiction, but because the space is open and new (but with a bit of an old-school coffeehouse vibe), and Think is serious about its ethical bona fides, which include the following:

-Sourcing direct from farmers. No middleman means no greenwashing, as coffee farms are visited by (the lucky!) Think employees during travels to Brazil, Columbia and Costa Rica. Why all this trouble?

Coffee is grown across the globe, and, in our opinion, no single coffee purchasing or certification system can be expected to work equally well everywhere. Whether it is a small family farm in Nicaragua or a Brazilian plantation or a cooperative in southern Ethiopia, each has its own economic, social and political climate. That’s why we go to origin, to see first hand where our coffee comes from, to bring you as much transparency as we can. No other coffee retailer we know of checks up on the claims of its roasters, importers or certifying authorities the way we do.

To read more, check out the rest of the post on our sister site, Eco Chick Escapes, all about travel and style.

Fair Trade, farmers, health, java, New York City, NYC, think coffee, travel

Eco Chick Giveaway: Goodebox Personalized Healthy Beauty for You!

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by Starre Vartan · 03/02/12

If you read Eco-Chick regularly, you know there are a growing number of amazing, clean, eco-friendly beauty brands making products that are not only healthier to slather on, but that actually perform just as well, if not better, then their toxin laden counterparts.

If you’re anything like us, we love trying new products, always searching for that great new eye cream that addresses our latest issue, or the perfect lip color for that special night out but sometimes it’s tough to know what to buy. What’s actually clean? Does it really work? Enter Goodebox, a new service providing trial sized, healthy & sustainable beauty and personal care products.

Goodebox allows you to take the goodes for a test drive before forking out for the full size. For only $16 a month, members get six trial size products, the selection of which is customized according to skin type, hair type, skin tone and other preferences. The piece that really sets Goodebox apart from other beauty sample services is their commitment to working with only thoroughly evaluated brands committed to using effective, non-toxic ingredients that respect people, animals and planet.

It’s a fun way to try new products that have been tested and approved by people with the experience to know when something performs, like Kristen Arnett, for example, the celebrity green make-up artist who’s curating the first Goodebox. What’s more, members get a discount on everything included in each month’s Goodebox, making it pretty easy to recover the membership fee PDQ if you have even a modest addition to beauty & wellness products.

If you want to sign-up, you can just squeak in to receive the March box as long as you join by March 3^rd. Interested in trying it for free? We have 10 March Goodeboxes to give away. Simply like the Goodebox Facebook page (and the Eco Chick page if you haven’t yet!) and drop a comment below letting us know you have done so. We have ten to give away, so that’s great odds! Giveaway is open from noon on Friday, March 2, 2012 until noon on Thursday, March 8th, 2012.