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Eco Chic Exhibit Now On at Scandinavia House, NYC
Leave it to the Swedes to put together an exhibit concerning eco fashion that’s both beautiful and seriously thought-provoking. Eco Chic: Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion, which runs through August 21st, is a multimedia endeavor that showcases the whys, the hows and the hows of sustainable design.
Video by Eco Chick Contributor Alicia Lubowski-Jahn
First up, I checked out the short film about Dem Collective, a grown-to-sewn operation in Sri Lanka which both pays workers twice the typical wage and still makes a profit (as well as utilizing low-impact fabrics in production). The film asks the right-now question, “Is there such a thing as sustainable globalization?”
Striking to me was the exchange wherein the narrator of the film asks a local Sri Lankan worker (not employed by Dem Collective, but instead works for a typical garment manufacturer) who is agitating for local labor rights, “Should we be ashamed that we don’t pay you more for your work?” The seamstress answers, after a moment of thought, “Yes.”
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Global Green pre-Oscar Party: Radha Mitchell, Maiara Walsh, Rachel Avalon, Anna Getty, Sharon Lawrence, More!
A fun insider’s video by CocoEco Magazine with Host Kathie Butler at the Global Green pre-Oscar party; great to see all these folks come out to celebrate this event that was headlined by James Cameron and his wife, Suzy Amis Cameron. Other attendees included:
Orlando Bloom | Sebastian Copeland | Penelope Cruz | Rosario Dawson | Stephen Dorff | Roland Emmerich | Adrian Grenier | Woody Harrelson | Neil Patrick Harris | Salma Hayek | Zem Joaquin | Lyn & Norman Lear | Matt Petersen | Zachary Quinto | Ridley Scott & Giannina Facio | Diane Meyer Simon |
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