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.
Inhabitots is Here!
Whether you’re a Mom, or just know a few (I’m in the latter category, seems most of my friends are reproducing these days!), check out Inhabitots, the new blog from my friend and green design maven, Jill Fehrenbacher, who also runs Inhabitat. Filled with useful products (non-maternity maternity clothes, bamboo…
Eco Chick "Best Green Health and Beauty on the Web"
Nigel’s Eco Store has honored us in their recent “Green Web Awards 2008” as one of the best sites for health and beauty! We are especially excited after taking a look at the judges’ panel, which is packed full of green luminaries. Thanks for the recognition, Nigel’s!
Ecofashion Summer Sales
FashionEthic is a new online ecofashion boutique and they’re having a summer sale at 20%-70% off with some consciously curated cuteness. They’re adding some great lines in the near future so be sure to check back for their fall collections. The Lizzie Parker Trenchy Coat overcame me with it’s bamboo/organic…
Pickens Plan LIES, plus Recycling Your Gadgets for Cashola
The folks over at Zaproot continually impress me with their weekly show. This round is one of the best ever, showcasing a devious greenwashing plan in Texas and how you can buy an iPhone (guilty!) and recycle it too.
Eco Chick Book Coming (Very) Soon!
Get ready chickies! My book, based on this very blog, will be available in just a few short weeks!! The Eco Chick Guide to Life: How to Be Fabulously Green contains all new content that you won’t find here on the blog, and (hint, hint) makes a great present for…
Green MUA? Futurenatural's Emma Pezzack
Futurenatural’s Emma Pezzack Though it may feel like makeup is a necessity when you wake up exhausted, hung over or both, in reality our little pots and tubes of color are extravagances. And like four-dollar coffees, frosted-to-death cupcakes and doggie sweaters, these little indulgences are what makes life fun. But…
Natural, Cheap Mango Facemask: Fruitilicious!
Starre with mango on my face (and in yummy chunks in the bowl)! The big cosmetics companies have been slapping the “AHA” label on skin cleansers, creams and masks for a few years now, but translate that sciencey-sounding name (AHA stands for alpha-hydroxy acids) and you get simple fruit acids,…
Sharkah Chakra WhiteHot Jeans: Win Them!
These are the gorgeous new bleach-free white jeans, which are whitened using the sun’s rays and nothing more. I’ve written here about Sharkah Chakra jeans– the super-sustainable jeans that are not only organic cotton and Fairtrade certified, but hand-dyed with natural indigo and hand finished in Italy– even the pocket…
Nau Fall/Winter 2008 Collection: Gorgeousness!!!
Flourish Dress: I MUST have it. And I will, now that Nau is still around. Phew! Can you imagine a tunic this fab tossed into the design dustbin? Herewith, the reason I was so damn excited that Nau’s NOT Dead. Their sh*t is too sweet. Images above and below are…
Smart Garden and Lawn Watering
What are your recommendations for keeping a garden quenched without wasting water? —Rachel Carter, Ludlow, VT You can forget juicy tomatoes this summer if you don’t give your plants enough to drink, but the fact is, most people water their gardens wrong. Each year, from May to September, water use…
