Eco-Chick · The modern girl's guide to living green & fabulous.

ZITE FIGHT!

Zite Fight is a website that lets people like you and me go head-to-head by submitting photos and letting the rest of the world decide which is better.  There have been many zite fight contests, but this week they are launching an ECO FASHION FIGHT!

You can participate in a couple ways.  First, you can visit the site and vote.  Second, you can submit your own photos of yourself in eco fashions for a chance to be crowned the winner!  (And while you’re at it, send me a photo of yourself in eco fashions so I can post it in the Fashion, Evolved Fashion Show).

Go check it out–it’s a great way to waste time when you should be doing something productive!

Idbids for Kids

Waverly, the aquatic Idbid.

The Idbids Kit for kids encourages play, learning and caring the earth. Always on the lookout for toys that will inspire my children to love nature, Idbids offers a cute, eco-friendly option.

The kit contains organic Egyptian cotton toys, a bright storybook that is unique, a canvas bag, and a Field Guide to plant the seeds of ecological stewardship. Reminiscent of claymation movies, the adorable storybook features photographs of the stuffed toys in various settings taking “iddy biddy steps” toward a greener, cleaner planet.

On the company’s website, kids can sign up for their certificate of completion, once they have finished working with the Idbid Kit Field Guide that lists ten ways to be more sustainable in everyday life, such as, “color on both sides of the page to double the masterpieces.”

Encouraging positive action and simple steps, the field guide helps to get kids involved and feel motivated by their own ability to care for their environment. Idbids are a great gift for little ones.

Polling Place Photo Project

Although I’m pissed that Prop. 87 didn’t get passed as a result of yesterday’s election, I am psyched that the cool design folks at AIGA, Design Observer, Design for Democracy, NewsAssignment.net, and Winterhouse Institute have created The Polling Place Photo Project,

a nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that seeks to empower citizens to capture, post and share photographs of democracy in action. By documenting their local voting experience on November 7, voters can contribute to an archive of photographs that captures the richness and complexity of voting in America.

With citizens’ images and the information that accompanies them, the Project becomes a research tool on how voting happens in America and how it can be designed to be easier, less confusing and more enjoyable. The project intends to collect photographs of every polling place in America, so you are encouraged to participate no matter where you vote, how large or small your polling place is, what kind of ballot you use, or what your party affiliation.

At the Polling Place Photo Project, voters can post their polling place photos from yesterday and rate their overall experience. Hopefully this project and other projects like it can help this country eventually create a better, less confusing voting environment, so that more people are comfortable taking the time out of their day to vote for the important issues.