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.
Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater Book Will Bring Your Fam the True Joy of the Season (Laughter)!
What’s better than recycling? Recycling and making people laugh, of course! Which is exactly what you can do with that cache of ugly Christmas (or Hanukkah—yes, they exist!) sweaters out there. The new book, Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater shows you exactly how to do it (and sometimes how not…
Alabama Chanin's Cyber Monday Sale: 50% Off Handmade Slow Fashion
Alabama Chanin rarely has a sale, but this one’s a doozy (so much so, I had to share it with you all). Up to 50% off in the brand’s red dot sale, happening NOW! I’m loving the large polka dot t-shirt (above) and the Little Flowers Walking Cape (below)>. If…
Fashioning Change Offers 40% Off Everything for Cyber Monday! And a Fun Song for Their First Birthday
Organic Camel Coco Coat Head on over to Fashioning Change to check out all the cute sustainable fashion fabulousness you can get 40% off on today! (Use code givegood) Get a FREE KCA Scarf when you purchase one of the items below during its designated time slot. Keep it for…
Karvt's Beautiful Wood MacBook Air, iPad and iPhone Covers: LOVE!!
My last laptop was covered—festooned, plastered, personalized—with stickers. Stickers on top of stickers, for bands, great coffeehouses, Fair Trade USA, environmental organizations, and Elephant Journal. That computer took me through graduate school and more than half of the time this website has been publishing. But it’s time was, finally, up.…
Video: Suzanne Rae's F/W 2012 Collection Set to Brilliant New York City
Passionate, complex and mythical are some women might describe themselves, and it’s that attitude that designer Suzanne Rae captures in her Fall/Winter 2012 collection (see our take on the runway presentation here). The designs, most made with sustainable fabric, are featured in the below video, which captures NYC by night,…
Edge of Ember: Simply Chic Jewelry That Supports South and Southeast Asian Women
Edge of Ember jewelry is more than meets the eye. Trend-driven styles and a sweet price point mean that accessories trend followers will love the line, but the backstory—that the pieces are made by southeast and south Asian women who need a leg up—makes these more than mere baubles. And…
Wanderlust Festival to be Held in Chile and Hawaii in 2013 (I'm Excited!!)
I attended Wanderlust in Stowe, Vermont this past summer, and had SUCH a blast. It was the perfect active person’s long weekend, totally packed with fun activities (I tried stand-up paddleboard yoga for the first time, as well as hooping, fun!), great food, fantastic music in the evenings, great outdoors-living…
Eco Chick Tested: Tatcha's Polishing Powders
Last season I wrote about how much I love Tatcha’s Aburatorigami papers, which demurely suck up facial oil from shiny patches; and now (after contacting me about their entire line of geisha-inspired toxin-free facial products), I have another fave product from the company. Tatcha’s Polishing Powders have single-handedly re-surfaced my…
A Love for (Upcycled) Clocks: Artist Shannon Ruby Finds Time for Making
“My very helpful husband brought me several slices of oak one day. After playing with them, I decided that a clock was a must! I started stacking the pieces and covered an old record. This clock is one of my favorites because it looks like a pile of wood. (at…
Vote Today!
Just a friendly reminder to all my American Eco Chick voters to get out to your local polling places today. Come on, you know you want the “I voted” sticker! And remember, this election isn’t just about the president—there are all sorts of important local (and House of Representative and…
