Radiant Natural Beauty with Jessa Blades and Greta Eagan
Jessa Blades of Blades Natural Beauty makes up Greta Eagan Photo by Clemens Kois When natural beauty makeup artist Jessa Blades and eco fashionista Greta Eagan recently got together for an Eco-Chick style photo shoot, the theme of the day was radiance. Jessa, who is passionate about promoting beauty that…
Photos: NRDC and Runway To Green's Green Carpet Style
The Runway to Green collection launched last week with a fashion show in New York City. The spectacular collection of eco-friendly evening gowns, bags, jewelry, jackets, and shoes is now available on www.net-a-porter.com. The comprehensive range of couture to casualwear demonstrated that there are greener choices in various pricepoints and…
How High Can You Bid at Christie's? Making A Bid To Save The Earth 2011
The countdown has already started towards New York’s glitzy environmental fundraiser Bid To Save The Earth. March 29 will mark the second annual Christie’s green auction and a new collaboration with Vogue. While Christie’s New York will be putting up on the auction block big-ticket fine arts, collectibles, and extravagant…
XOXO for MapleXO Recycled Skateboard Jewelry
Lindsay Holmes began her Portland-based jewelry company MapleXO back in 2005 inspired by her passion for skateboarding. She has since then been crafting vibrant jewelry from broken skateboards. Holmes has refined the process of drilling, cutting, shaping, and sanding the boards to preserve not only the amazing graphics of the…
Jewelry for Eyebrows: Highbrow's Haute Recyclage Looks Up
Accessories for eyebrows? Alicia Lubowski-Jahn says ‘Yes!’ Photo by: Kevin Kwan With so many fashion and accessories designers working with recycled materials, it comes as a surprise that we’ve all ignored something right before our eyes…or I should say directly up above them. Therein comes the designer Jessica Sapick, who…
The Working Proof: Art plus (+) Charity equals (=) Positivity (+)
The Working Proof team of printmakers is proof positive that the 3 Cs of creativity, charity, and community can be powerfully combined through art. Selling limited-edition prints to benefit an array of charities, The Working Proof offers an affordable opportunity to delight in art in service to a charitable mission.…
Eco Art in Textiles: Liz Burow's Landscape-Inspired Creations
Prairie Scene- Golden Perspective (01) Dimensions: 9”x17” Materials: Handmade wool felt, industrial felt, upholstery thread, machine sewn I can’t think of a more perfect time of year to feature the landscape fabric and quilt artist Liz Burow than at this moment when summer is abruptly shifting and transforming itself into…
Glassphemy!: A Creative Recycling Center For Glass and More
Glass broken at Glassphemy is recycled. Image by Chris Mottalini. David Belt, Creative Director of Macro Sea, is the man who last summer in Brooklyn conjured swimming pools out of dumpsters. Belt and the team of creative developers at Macro Sea have brought their ingenuity to the fore again with…
Christie's Green Auction: Ted Danson, Doutzen Kroes, Almudena Fernández, Willie Garson and More Bid for Earth Day
Lot 13: Damien Hirst, All you need is Jealousy, 2010 Christie’s Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth lit up NYC on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day with a megawattage push to raise funds for four leading American environmental agencies. Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela, Miss Universe 2009, and…
Chug-a Chug-a Choo Choo: EcoLux Shop Pops Up at Grand Central Terminal, NYC
No commuter wants to add more time to traveling to and fro. But if there ever was a time to get stuck in transit (aside from an ash-cloud shutdown by an Icelandic volcano), then give it up for Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary at Grand Central Terminal. Grand Central Terminal’s pink-marble…
