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.
Gorgeous Green Girls Compete to Win the Project Green Search Model Competition
From 125+ entries into the Project Green Search Model Competition, a top 10 have been picked to go to Los Angeles for the November 6th crowning of the new Green It Girl. Now I (and the other PGS judges) have an even tougher job; crowning a winner from these 10…
Got Environmental Issues? The Next Generation's On It with Solutions-Oriented Projects Galore
Almost two years ago, I wrote about how the next generation was going to be pissed off at us for our environmental negligence and overall lack of action-taking on climate change and species extinction. Well, I was wrong. The kids that are coming of age now (Generation Z or Generation…
A Visit to Carol Young's Undesigned Boutique in Los Angeles
While visiting the City of Angels, I had a chance to stop by the Undesigned boutique, where eco designer Carol Young sells her gorgeous clothes (and accessories and shoes by other sustainable companies). Carol wasn’t in the store that day, as she has recently had her first child (congrats, Carol!)…
Raleigh Denim: Jeans Showcasing the Future of Style and Sustainability
Raleigh Denim Co-founders Victor and Sarah Lytvinenko Photo: Nick Pironio All of a sudden, it seems quality and detail are the new buzzwords in the fashion world. After years of fast fashion ruling the runways and money-making trumping sanity for designers, negative environmental impacts, and questionable labor practices, the tide…
Ecouterre: The Power of Good Design in Eco Fashion
The great design mind behind the web’s most popular green design blog, Inhabitat, has now launched a gorgeous new site dedicated to eco fashion, called Ectouterre. Jill Feherenbacher created Ecouterre because she thought the impact that of fashion industry has on the planet isn’t being taken as seriously as it…
The Andean Collection: Sustainable and Sharp Accessories
Recently, I wrote about how gorgeous and sustainable tagua nuts are; a renewable resource from the rainforest, tagua nuts make unique jewelry and accessories that also enable the local people from the Amazon region to earn a fair wage without cutting down acres of forest to plant crops there (once…
Nicole Bridger's Eco Fashion from the Heart: Autumn, 2009 Collection
Visceral White Shirt Lust: the perfectly overlong sleeves, the gently gathered neckline (oh-so-flattering) and the dropped armholes. It couldn’t be any better. “I called this season ‘perspective,’ ” says Canadian eco fashion designer Nicole Bridger, of her Autumn, 2009 collection. This past year has shifted the lens for many of…
Eco-Chic Decor from Bacchus-Inspired Aesthetics
Guest post by Shireen Quodosi What comes more easily in this economy than an assortment of empty wine bottles after you’ve just thrown a smashing get-together? With the preference being on sourcing cheap entertaining ideas, most people now see staying at home with a good meal and great wine as…
An Ode to My Rock 'n Roll Skirt: Remake/Remodel from Zachary's Smile
I wore my skirt with my HessNatur tee to see Tori Amos at Radio City Music Hall a few weeks ago. I got this amazing skirt at Zachary’s Smile (9 Greenwich Ave. at Christopher St) in NYC. This boutique has gotten lots of press, and carries a carefully edited selection…
Barefoot Walking and Running: Best of Both Worlds with Vivo Barefoot Sneakers
My Viva Terras. Cute on the trail or off. Last summer, I was walking up from the beach at Gay’s Head on Martha’s Vineyard. (They’ve renamed the place Aquinnah, but I’m sticking with the original name, thank you very much) and then headed up the steep dunes, and over the…
