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Nau Fall/Winter 2008 Collection: Gorgeousness!!!

Flourish Dress: I MUST have it. And I will, now that Nau is still around. Phew! Can you imagine a tunic this fab tossed into the design dustbin?

Herewith, the reason I was so damn excited that Nau’s NOT Dead. Their sh*t is too sweet. Images above and below are from their upcoming Fall/Winter 2008 collection, available August 1.

For Nau’s F/W ’08 men’s fashions and more details about Nau’s new partnership, and why they are so beloved by the ecofashionistas, check out Janette Crawford’s brilliant blog, Fashion Loves People. Janette got these exclusive images from Nau, which she awesomely gave permission for us to repost here.

Merino Henley….that neckline is my fave style, NeoGrannie (yes I made that up).

Look at the lines on this trench! That collar! Why the hell does this make me so excited?

Cure-All for Modern Life: Green Tea!

Tea is harvested by real people like this woman, so choose organic, fair-trade leaves when you’re at the store. 

While I’m practically allergic to the caffeine in coffee (though I so love the taste), some days I couldn’t get by without a little green or white tea to perk me up. As we’ve all heard ad nauseum fo the past few years, antioxidants, which are found in high levels in green tea, chocolate, pomegranates, blueberries and other foods are cancer fighters ’cause they attack free radicals (which are plentiful in our polluted air and water, even if you live in the middle of nowhere).

But you don’t want to drink just any tea, especially not one made with tea leaves that are of dubious quality (which don’t taste great) or Some great green teas to get you started include:

Srina Green Tea is delicious, with clean, earthy taste and a tidy brew. I got sent some as a sample a few months back and it perks me right up. Their farming eco-credentials are impressive:

Srina™ (pronounced, shrih-nah) is 100% organically grown green tea, hand-plucked and packaged using natural fibers. We grow our green tea on a distinctly high mountainous region of Sri Lanka located on a 90-acre rainforest called Paradise Farm.

Yogi Teas makes most of my favorite teas. All of them are mostly organic, and they have a huge variety of green teas (including non-caffeinated and chai). The teas have their origins in the 1970′s, when followers of Yogi Bhajan, served it in vegetarian restaurants and expanded from there.

Choice Organics green teas are all-organic, harvested sustainably from China, India, Japan and Nepal. They also have a huge selection of green teas; try a couple and figure out which ones are your favorites!

Another Eco-Chick in New York

I’m in New York City, for the first time ever this week. I think my new favorite thing to do is to just go around taking random photos, landing at my friends house and photo shopping the hell out of them.

Anyway, I have to say I’m impressed with how ecologically aware the city is. There is one talk I really want to draw some attention to:

Sustainable Development – Can It Save the Creation?

Date:
Thursday, November 16, 2006 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm EST

Location:
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Miller Theatre, 116th and Broadway

Contact:
For further information regarding this event, please contact CSSR by sending email to cssr@columbia.edu .

The Earth Institute’s Center for the Study of Science and Religion (CSSR) 2006 Seminar Series presents, “Sustainable Development – Can It Save the Creation?” with Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino Research Professor in Entomology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Robert E. Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Center for the Study of Science and Religion (CSSR), Columbia University. Open to the public.

Please RSVP to cssr@columbia.edu.

Edward O. Wilson’s latest work, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, will be available for purchase. A book signing will also follow the event.

For more information on CSSR visit www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/index.html

For more information on the Earth Institute visit www.earth.columbia.edu

Yes, the Edward O. Wilson. I’m sure going to try to be there. (I’m supposed to leave Thursday morning, but I’m looking into a ticket switch, just for this event.) E. O. Wilson is one of the most influential eco-writers. Off the top of my head, he’s won the Pulitzer Prize twice, the U.S National Medal of Science, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement and the Crafoord Prize. The Cradfoord Prize is the highest award that is given for the feild of ecology.

His scientific theories include Island biogeography, in regards to sociobiology. (I’m no biology major so this might turn out a bit rusty.) Wilson was studying the basic behaviors of social biological communities. By combining this sociobiology to the theory of evolution he established sociobiology as a completely fresh feild of science. Wilson coined the term “genetic leach” (as well as scientific humanism, actually where he says: “the only worldview compatible with science’s growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature”.) with the understanding that all animal and human behaviour is essentially influenced by genes and nevery entirely of free will.

Another big scientific theory of his is the unity of knowledge. In this theory he defines human nautre as a collection of epigenetic rules. Things such as cultural phenomena, rituals, music etc. are thus products of human nature, not naturally occuring phenomena. These can be studied, he argues, by methods of reductionism.

Anyway, I highly recommend going to see him talk. I think it’ll be really great. E-mail me! We can go together and get coffee! …As long as the coffee place is off the 1 subway line. Its the only one I know how to use, the others scare me.

Camilla Norrback: Groupies, Sexy Secretaries are A-OK

Finnish designer Camilla Norrback sent her latest ecoluxury collection down the Stockholm runway and recently uploaded the video for all to watch. Her collection is called ”staying in” – inspired by glamorous seventies parties (when rock-and-roll was good and being a groupie scored big bonus points) and strict office elegance (for all the naughty secretaries) paired with virtuous home dwelling (when we had to pretend that we were good housewives).

Go Camilla. You bring out the naughty secretary in all of us good ecostylish citizens.

Naughty Knickers

In case your boy/girlfriend doesn’t get the hint ladies, try these organic undies from Buenostyle on for size….

 

These will cover your butt and come in pink and green….I’m loving these, they are so fun.

Thanks to RemyC for the link….