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Eco Chic Weekly: July 30, 2009

Eco Chic Weekly is a digest that features the best of the best in green fashion and beauty blogging. If you would like to have your post featured in ECW please send a link to the_q (at) inbox.com.

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Ecco*Eco has a collection of inspiring friends and finery to get you through the remainder of Summer 2009.

Eco Fashion World scoops on some fabulous eco fashion sales!

Eco Diva has a fun giveaway that will keep you cool this summer!

Ethical Style has compiled a list of sexy summer dresses that just happen to be on sale.

Feelgood Style is featuring the Necklush scarf/cowl/necklace…and I’m not really sure how I feel about it.

Green Lashes and Fashion has a wonderful post about the virtues of the maxi dress.

It’s never too early to start thinking about Fall! Heart of Green has discovered Ya Living scarves.

How Much Do Women Really Know About Our Energy Crisis? Check out the survey results on The Green Girls.

Check out the spectacular collection of Eco Handbags from AmazonLife featured on Treehugger.

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Greenpeace Rates Seafood Sustainability at Supermarkets

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by Kimberly Jordan Allen · 12/11/08

This week Greenpeace released the second edition of a seafood sustainability report rating North American supermarkets. The initial report gave a failing grade to every single market, including the modern green mecca of Whole Foods. At the time of the first report, not one of the markets had policies in place that guaranteed environmentally conscious practices. In this recent report, four markets received passing scores, indicating a minor shift in purchasing.

Whole Foods made it back up the list to the number one spot, with Trader Joe’s coming in almost dead last at number seventeen. Many stores continue to stock “red list” seafood such as Chilean sea bass and swordfish. Some companies have made strides, but not one supermarket cited in the report has made a solid commitment to avoid seafood from fisheries that harm other sea creatures such as dolphins, sea turtles, and seals. All supermarkets rated still sell destructively fished and over-fished species, although some are faster to improve sustainability by refusing to sell certain items, including shark and orange roughy. Seafood sales currently amount to approximately $16 billion annually.

“While many supermarkets seek to green their image, the bottom line is that they are contributing to the crisis facing our oceans,” said Greenpeace’s Oceans Campaign Director John Hocevar, a marine biologist. “The initial steps being taken to implement sustainability policies and practices are the right ones but bigger strides are needed to prevent the collapse of our marine ecosystems.”

To help ensure the long-term sustainability of fisheries and marine ecosystems, Greenpeace advocates the creation of a worldwide network of marine reserves and fisheries management based on a precautionary, ecosystem-based approach. Today, supermarkets can help the oceans and meet consumer demand for sustainable products by refusing to sell seafood from fisheries that:

- exploit endangered, vulnerable and/or protected species, or species with poor stock status;
- cause habitat destruction and/or lead to ecosystem alterations;
- cause negative impacts on other, non-target species;
- are unregulated, unreported, illegal or managed poorly, and
- cause negative impacts on local, fishing dependent communities.

And what can you do? Many feel that eating fish is no longer a viable option since various species are being depleted at such an alarming rate. If you do eat fish, you can print out one of these wallet cards from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and reference it when making seafood and fish choices. Also, shop at a local fishmonger rather than the supermarket, if you can. There you’ll be able to cultivate a relationship with the fish-sellers and you can work with them to make sure you’re getting locally-caught, sustainable seafood and fish. Ask questions.

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Bamboo: Ecofriendly or Not So Much?

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by Starre Vartan · 10/15/08

I’ve heard bamboo flooring is more eco-friendly than traditional pine or oak. Is this true?
—Cara Truhlar, Montpelier, VT

At first glance, bamboo is as green as it gets. It grows like a weed (technically, it’s a grass) and can reach harvestable height in three to five years. This crop—also native to the Americas—sequesters carbon more efficiently than slow-growing oak forests, which can take 10 times as long to reach maturity.

Bamboo is grown most extensively in China for commercial products, but—here’s the hitch—it can become invasive if not properly managed. Widely acclaimed for its prolific growth, bamboo doesn’t usually require fertilizers and pesticides for optimal yields. However, once it’s cut, most bamboo is treated with chemical preservatives, as is the case with some other mainstream flooring materials, says Brad Salmon, president of the American Bamboo Society. These issues should factor into a product’s measure of sustainability.

The Forest Stewardship Council, the main green-wood accreditor, has just started evaluating U.S. bamboo producers, and so far it has okayed only one company, Smith & Fong Co. If you’re shopping for bamboo flooring, it’s best to start with taking a hard look at its source. Bamboo grows in some of the most threatened ecosystems in Southeast Asia and Central America.

Look for planks made from farmed, not wild, bamboo. Also “keep its whole life cycle in mind,” says Stowe Hartridge-Beam, program manager for indoor-air quality at Scientific Certification Systems, an industry-recognized third-party certifier. “How is the product manufactured and transported? Is it recyclable when it reaches the end of its life?” He says these questions must be asked of a bamboo floor salesperson or the manufacturer; they should be able to provide answers. Remember, bamboo, like any wood, needs additional sealants if you want to use it in a place that gets wet, like a bathroom or kitchen.

Ask for varnishes and glues that have low volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, and that also adhere to California Section 01350, the highest air-quality standard for these products. Always buy the most sustainable products you can afford. You’re worth it.

For more details on the bamboo debate, specifically bamboo that’s used for clothing, check out the excellent coverage on The Greenloop’s blog.

This question and answer originally published in the Green Guru column of Audubon Magazine written by Starre Vartan.

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Lucky Day at Fashion Ethic = Crazy Deals

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by Starre Vartan · 08/08/08

OK, I don’t normally post emails or releases directly from stores, but these are really amazing!–SV

Today, 08-08-08, Fashion Ethic celebrates their customers with a Lucky Day!

As the world comes together for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, we wanted our customers to experience a day seen as triple-lucky (8 is a lucky number in several Asian cultures), so Fashion Ethic is offering deals, discounts, and giveaways on this day that will come just once.

Shop our collection of eco-friendly and socially conscious apparel from “Fashionably Responsible” designers and lines like EDUN, naturevsfuture, Ryann, Peligrosa Knits, Emily Katz, and MORE.

ALL orders receive a FREE black BAGGU reusable bag and 8% of all the day’s sales will be donated to World Wildlife Fund…

…Plus, Shoppers can choose from 3 lucky deals:

Use code TANKYOU to receive one FREE SPUN tank with $50 purchase of SPUN’s organic cotton tank, tee, or tops

Use code EDUNTEE to receive one free EDUN tee with purchase of any other EDUN apparel

Use code ETHIC08 to receive $80 off a purchase of $280 or more – including already reduced clearance items!

And there will be a special sneak peek at Fall items from Sublet Clothing, Kelly B, She-Bible, and other Fashionably Responsible lines on the blog.

Event starts at 12:01am PST and ends at 11:59pm PST on Friday, August 8th at www.FashionEthic.com. One code per order, while supplies last.

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Eco-Fashion Makes Local Farmers Happy

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by Katie Kish · 01/10/08

The organics industry is expected to boom faster than ever in the next few years. And I’m stoked.

It seems like everywhere I look, someone else is going organic. Just the other day I was perusing my favorite store, H&M and came across and entire organic section, that I had somehow missed the other times I was in there. We’re seeing them pop up all over – The Gap, American Apparel and prAna. It’s cool to be granola, and the farmers are loving it. As with the new craving for locally grown foods, the local farmers are starting to feel the love sustainably harvested homegrown threads.

Both American Apparel and prAna are not only continuing their lengthy organic roots, but will be doing so from Southern California to offset the carbon burned while transporting the goods! Woo!