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.
13 Ways We Can All Cultivate a Better Food System in 2013
Image via Flickr User .craig. Guest Post by Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson, Food Tank: The Food Think Tank As we start 2013, many people will be thinking about plans and promises to improve their diet and health. But we think a broader collection of farmers, policy-makers, and eaters need…
Eco-Chick Founder Starre Vartan Speaks to New York Times Blogger Andrew Revkin (Video)
Andrew Revkin is one of the reasons I started writing about the environment in the first place, and he is one of the few reporters who was covering environmental issues before they became commonplace (environmental reporting only became widely-covered topic within the last decade, thanks in part to early bloggers’…
Why Beyonce's Pepsi Deal Pisses Me Off
So. Not much more than a year and a half after working with Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign, “Let’s Move” (see the superfun video below) Beyonce has recently signed a $50-million deal with Pepsi, which already includes her parading around pantsless pushing a cart of soda cans. Let me just clarify…
Best Tights and Stockings to Keep your Winter Legs Warm and Gorgeous
Wearing my Falke tights for my feature in Whole Living magazine’s “My Stylosophy” page. Great tights do so many things at once: They can act as a figure-smoother, a haven’t-shaved-my-legs-in-a-week coverup, as a more comfortable option than pants after holiday overindulgence, a leg-warmer (depending on their thickness) and, oh yes!…
Give to Sandy Victims + Get a Cool Holiday Gift Tee = Win and Feel Great!
Designing t-shirts to directly benefit Long Island, New Jersey and the Rockaways, LOOMSTATE will be donating 100% of the proceeds from these 100% organic cotton t-shirts to support Sandy recovery efforts through Waves for Water and Food Bank For New York City. At $40 each, the t-shirts are now available…
Blue Beyond Borders – Sea Change Through Science and Art: A Hurricane Sandy Benefit in NYC Benefitting the New York Aquarium
I’m excited to attend tomorrow night’s event, Blue Beyond Borders – Sea Change Through Science & Art: A Hurricane Sandy Fundraiser. Not only because it will be an enlightening evening, filled with great discussion among the thinkers, writers and activists below, but also because I’m donating a scarf from my…
A Supercozy, Natural Winter Bed: Sleep Away the Season!
There’s a lot of talk about a cozy, natural bed, but here’s how to get one (from an expert sleeper!). I’m pretty unabashed by my love for sleeping; I’m not (and never have been) one of those people who brags about getting only five hours of sleep for a week…
Nontraditional and Sophisticated Holiday Party Clothes (That You Can Wear into 2013 and Beyond)
Unless you’re going totally cheesy with some ridiculous recycled Ugly Christmas sweaters, it’s hard to get holiday party clothing right. It seems like everything that’s considered “festive” is glittery and sparkly and….totally inappropriate for the freshly-scrubbed New Year that’s right around the corner. Buying clothes that only get one or…
eXtinction Film Featuring Summer Rayne Oakes Debuts Online (NSFW)
eXtinction film featuring Summer Rayne Oakes from SUMMER RAYNE OAKES on Vimeo. Excitement! Summer Rayne Oakes’ short film, eXtinction, has made the film festival circuit and has just debuted (in full) online. See above for the moving and absolutely gorgeous short film, and stop by the Tumblr page to learn…
Best Natural and Organic Oils for Gorgeously Healthy Winter Skin (and Hair)
I’ve written before about my love for skin and hair oils, and that’s because they work better than any other treatments I have tried. I have moderately dry skin, and in all seasons I go nuts for delicious-smelling, ultramoisturizing (and always all-natural and organic if possible) oils, for everything from…
