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.
Eco Designer Carrie Parry Wins the Green Fashion Competition at Amsterdam Fashion Week
Eco-Chick fave Carrie Parry (check out Haley’s coverage of her F/W 2011 collection here) has just won the 15,000 Euro prize at Amsterdam Fashion Week for her latest collection. Congratulations Carrie! “It feels amazing to be honored by such a prestigious group whose goals in advancing sustainable fashion are so…
Giveaway: Drew Barrymore's "Big Miracle" Movie Tickets, Whale Toy and Tee for An Eco Chick Reader!
Drew Barrymore’s latest movie (which she stars in with with Jon Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, Dermot Mulroony and Tim Blake Nelson), Big Miracle, is based on actual events that took place in 1988, when grey whales got stranded under the ice off the Alaskan coast. I got a chance…
The New Source4Style: THE Eco Fashion Designer's Key Resource
Summer Rayne Oakes works on Source4Style from her home office. For years, designers with a conscience spent an inordinate amount of valuable time tracking down fabrics that had a smaller footprint, looking for materials that were made from organic and ethical sources and colored with less-polluting dyestuffs. The textiles were…
Who Made YOUR Pants? (Or, Shall We Say, Undies?)
Victoria’s Secret drove me nuts even before they were accused of their most recent child-labor scandal. With high prices for low quality, their kinda-cheesy designs that have to be dug through to find anything cute, and their puke-pink-overload stores (hey, I like a little pink, see above but VC takes…
Funnytime: Portlandia's "How to Recycle Everything"
I was raised in the great state of New York, but as a teenager in the 90’s, I totally idolized the Pacific Northwest – everything from the music (Temple of the Mother Love Bone JamGarden!) to the clothes (plaidplaidplaid) to the beer. I even thought the guys from there were…
Congratulations to Titania Inglis, an Eco Chick Fave, for Winning the Ecco Domani Sustainability Award!
Ed Note: I am always excited to hear who has won the Ecco Domani awards, which gives $25,000 to up-and-coming designers for their next collection. In this case, it’s a designer we know and love (see the first part of the previously published excerpt of our coverage below). The first…
Woman Grows New Bones Around Her Eye After 20K Plastic Surgery Goes Awry
Yes, it’s frustrating watching oneself age; the only solace that I can take is that EVERYONE has to go through it. Unless you end up checking out of life early, literally every single person you see, no matter how great they look now, will suffer some kind of age-related decline.…
Eco Chick Escapes to Kaua'i: Hiking and Staying in Sustainable Style
The walk from the St. Regis Princeville to the beach. My favorite kind of wedding to attend is, by far, the destination wedding. While an open bar is never not fun, it’s even better if the drinks are located in a country that takes a passport to get into. And…
My New Year's Intentions for 2012 and Beyond
In seeming contrast to so many writers and thought-leaders who think that New Year’s Resolutions are pointless exercises in torturing oneself, I find setting intentions for the year to be inspiring. I love all opportunities to fine-tune and rethink, to refine and change course, to challenge myself and my goals…
Simplicity at Its Best with Wintertime Nudes
The depths of winter always make me want to pare down and cozy up. We need to wear more layers, but as the bright colors and patterns of the holiday season are washed away, and a New Year is born, we look to cleanse, restructure, and repurpose. Dressing in neutral…
