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.
25 Most Electric Car-Ready Cities, Ranked by Ford. Is Yours on the List?
I know I want my next car to be electric, and while I’m waiting, I’ve noticed that the EV infrastructure is slowly-but-surely popping up all over. My favorite grocery store, the Whole Foods in Darien, CT already has a plethora of spaces up front ready to charge EV’s (they aren’t…
How I Wear Eco Fashion: Yuka Yoneda, Design Editor and (Former) Shopaholic!
Yuka is an editor at Inhabitat.com and Ecouterre.com, and she’s always on the lookout to spot the latest innovations in sustainable design. And whenever I’ve seen her, she’s always managed to look fabulous, so I’m so excited she decided to share her style with Eco Chick! Above, she wears a refashioned mesh-back tank…
How I Wear Eco Fashion: Johanna Bjork, Editor and Maverick Eye
Johanna Bjork has long been a supporter of the eco fashion scene in NYC; she’s one of the first girls I regularly saw at the green shows and her combination of a great eye for detail (she’s a graphic designer, which has certainly honed her aesthetic) and life-loving attitude makes…
Win Tickets to the Afingo Fashion Forum, April 1: Sustainability and Philanthropy in Fashion
The Afingo Fashion Forum takes place this Friday, April 1, at FIT. Along with a number of sessions (see the whole listing here), running from 9am (registration open) to 5pm, I will be speaking on the panel below at 11am. (Other features include a convo with Cynthia Rowley and a…
Kaight Boutique's Hot Spring Color (Tomato!) Ensemble
This post courtesy of Kaight Boutique! Tomato red is everywhere this spring. Bold and not for the feint-hearted, this color exudes power and confidence. Camilla Norrback’s body-hugging maxi dress in organic cotton is our fave dress for the season. It looks best paired with strong neutrals such as Collina Strada’s…
Starre Vartan, Founder and Editor of Eco-Chick, Featured in Whole Living Magazine!
Starre Vartan, as featured in April, 2011 Whole Living Magazine If you follow my Tweets, I kinda gave away the fact that I was going to be the first in a new feature in Whole Living Magazine called “My Stylosophy” in April. The magazine is on newsstands now! (That’s the…
How I Wear Eco Fashion: Green Machine Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff is a one-woman Green Machine! The Founder of EcoStiletto.com and MommyGreenest.com, which are both incredibly useful (and wonderfully FUN) eco resources, she’s also the Interim Executive Director of Healthy Child Healthy World, an hard-working group that works for the wellness of the world’s most vulnerable citizens. Not…
How I Wear Eco Fashion: Vegan Gal Whitney Lauritsen
Whitney Lauritsen runs Eco-Vegan Gal where she videoblogs and writes about sustainability and health, and how that ties in with veganism, natch. “I spend my days finding new ways to reduce my impact on the planet and become healthier, which usually comes down to living simply,” says Whitney. She shops…
Five Easy D.I.Y. Natural Hair-Care Tips
Guest Post by Melanie Kozlan, Four Green Steps Hair-care products are often full of empty promises- ever since we were kids and fooled by those ‘No more tears’ shampoos, everyone is always buying into the various claims listed on the bottles, hopeful to eliminate dandruff, frizz and add shine and…
How I Wear Eco Fashion: Kristen Nedopak, Hollywood Actress and Geek Host
Kristen Nedopak is a force to be reckoned with. An actress with a serious comedic bent, she’s host of Think Hero TV and a weekly series on
