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FiftyRX3: My New Favorite Blog

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by Starre Vartan · 07/09/06

The title for this post is no exaggeration. I am a little obsessed with visiting Jill Danyelle’s awesome green fashion blog, FiftyRX3. Jill is not only into finding gorgeous sustainable fashions in and around NYC, (see TreehuggerTV’s great vlog showing some of Jill’s favorite haunts) but she is also on a personal green mission:

My goal for 2006 is to have fifty percent of my clothing be sustainable, based on the mantra of the environmental movement:

reuse …not bought new

reduce …environmentally friendly production practices

recycle …made from a previously existing item

Jill’s halfway through her project as of July 7; that is 180 days of living the above. Not only is this worthwhile, Jill has a great sense of style and knows her fashion history. So when she makes a new dress out of unused men’s t-shirts, or decides to make a Balenciaga-inspired frock out of old umbrellas (above), the results are truly unique, not to mention fabulous. She takes pictures of all her outfits and details what’s reused, what’s reduced, and what’s recycled (and the new items here and there.)

Jill has inspired me to take a good look at my closet, which is packed with great stuff (which I only wear 1/3 of, naturally). I have been a dedicated vintage shopper since I was 16, but there were items I never knew what to do with. After reading FiftyRX3, amd drooling once again, I got up, went to my closet, and came out with this fun outfit!

Reused: Vintage skirt and My grandmother’s Indian sandals (we were the same size shoe)

Recycled: Vintage dress I never wore re-worked into side-tie top.

New: Nut necklace from Brazil

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Bound & Gagged: Global Warming Silence

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by Summer Rayne Oakes · 03/24/06

Jim Hansen, the leading climate scientist in the world, reported on 60 Minutes on 19 March 2006 regarding the cover-up of the science behind global warming under the Bush administration (also reported on the 29 January 2006 in the NY Times). We all knew this, of course, but what truly hit home was the statement that within 10 years time, global warming and its catastrophic effects will be irreversible. Those women who were thinking of having children…well, let’s just say…you might want to think again. Of course, we can all stick our fingers up our assess like the monkey running the joint, or we can join the growing mass of people and states that are pushing clean and renewable energies.

A great blog run by student-focused and student-led energy groups gives the low-down on what’s happening. Contact one of them, they’ll definitely get you up and working in no time: http://www.itsgettinghotinhere.org/

Best Global Warming T-shirt phrase that epitomizes the youth movement:
It’s time to stop asking what it costs you and to start asking what it costs us!

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