Starre Vartan
Starre Vartan is founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick.com and the author of the Eco-Chick Guide to Life. She's also a freelance science and environment writer who has published in National Geographic, CNN, Scientific American, Mental Floss, Pacific Standard, the NRDC, and many more. She lives on an island in Puget Sound with her partner and black cat. She was a geologist in her first career, and still picks up rocks wherever she goes.
Loup Charmant’s Beachy Summer Dream
"Whoever is designing these pieces," I thought, "really respects the fabric and wants us to see it and appreciate it."
The Dark Side of Nature Photography
Too much love can be a bad thing if landscapes are trampled and wildlife is frightened.
T-Shirts Support Bangladesh Garment Industry Workers
The Spectrum&Ali&Tazreen&Rana T-Shirts were made to support and cause awareness of the growing epidemic that is fast fashion and the horrific garment factories pushing clothing and accessories out at breakneck speeds. Each of the four garment factories listed on the t-shirt have contributed to roughly 1,618 deaths, an equal amount…
The Best Reason Not to Get a Boob Job
The thing that nobody ever tells you—and who knew there were secrets in this personal-details-everywhere world—is that breasts change over time. This is the thing I want to tell every woman ever who is thinking about getting breast implants. Especially because it never seems to come up in comments or…
Model Kate Dillon on Body Image, Independence: From Summer Rayne Oakes’ Conversations Series (Video)
Platitudes and random advice abound these days; real wisdom seems in shorter supply than ever.
Feral Childe: Fine Art Meets Fashion in The Searchers for Spring/Summer 2013
"At Feral Childe, our prints are designed with the same conceptual rigor that we apply to our fine art practice."
Dirk Vander Kooij: Groovy 3D Print-Inspired Recycled Plastic Chairs
In a seemingly endless movement the robot extrudes recycled plastic into chairs or other furniture.
What’s the Most Energy Efficient Home A/C Unit?
Cooling leads to annual emissions of about 195 million tons of CO2—or two tons per year for each American home with A/C.
Party Time! Support Manufacture NY’s New Space and Made in NYC This Weekend
Join Manufacture NY as it toasts it’s new factory space in style!
Green Touch of Spain Pop-Up Shop in Brooklyn
The Green Touch of Spain is open Monday through Friday 11am-8pm, and Saturday and Sunday from Noon – 8pm from May 2 - 10. The shop is located at GGrippo art + design at 174 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY.
