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H&M's Spring 2011 Conscious Collection: Eco Fashion Breezes into April

H&M's Spring 2011 Conscious Collection: Eco Fashion Breezes into April

H&M is making good on its promise to continue expanding their commitment to using sustainable fabrics. Their upcoming Spring, 2011 collection, Conscious Collection is the [...]

by × February 4, 2011 × 1 comment

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Fall Eco Fashion Beats the Chill In Style with Keds, Loomstate and Eileen Fisher Organics!

Fall Eco Fashion Beats the Chill In Style with Keds, Loomstate and Eileen Fisher Organics!

It’s official. Fall is off to a cool start! The best part about fall is the chance to start anew: new initiatives (turn off that [...]

by × October 15, 2010 × 0 comments

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How Sustainable is Your Favorite Wine? Greenopia Rates 25 Wineries

How Sustainable is Your Favorite Wine? Greenopia Rates 25 Wineries

Greenopia has just rated 25 wineries for their environmental impact. Here’s why: Any oenophile worth her spitting glass has heard the dire stories about how [...]

by × July 29, 2009 × 0 comments

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Why Surf? Why NOT to Surf!

Why Surf? Why NOT to Surf!

Ed. Note: My Dad, Gerry Vartan, is a lifelong surfer (see bio below); this is him with his board. I can never remember a time [...]

by × June 20, 2009 × 7 comments

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Which Cars Win First Prize in Green?  Greenopia's Got the Deets

Which Cars Win First Prize in Green? Greenopia's Got the Deets

Guest Post By Ayana Meade According to the newly-released Greenopia Green Care Guide, the top three most eco-friendly cars on the market today are: 1. [...]

by × March 10, 2009 × 1 comment

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Dose of Reality: Engagements

Dose of Reality: Engagements

To produce that single ounce, miners have to quarry hundreds of tons of rock, which are then doused in a liquid cyanide solution to separate [...]

by × January 22, 2009 × 3 comments

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Bamboo: Ecofriendly or Not So Much?

Bamboo: Ecofriendly or Not So Much?

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 [...]

by × October 15, 2008 × 3 comments

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Deplasticize Your Life!

This movie from the 1950′s shows Disney’s “House of the Future” which is totally kitted out in plastic EVERYthing. Ironic that here I am from [...]

by × August 18, 2008 × 4 comments

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Wind Farms: Beauty or the Beast

Wind Farms: Beauty or the Beast

I took this photo of the wind turbines in Palm Springs, CA I’ve heard the two windiest spots on our planet are the Coachella Valley [...]

by × June 3, 2008 × 14 comments

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Green in Paris

Green in Paris

So I think I have used up my allotment of fossil fuels for at least the remainder of this year, or more likely the next [...]

by × May 19, 2008 × 13 comments