Susan Rockefeller's "Mission of Mermaids" Highlights Ocean Conservation Through Film
I know I’m not the only woman who went through a prolonged obsession with mermaids. I think any of us who grew up swimming (I was in the ocean and the pool as a baby!) and around the water were captivated by the feminine-as-fish and the myths that surround her.…
Audubon's 2012 Women in Conservation: The Rachel Carson Award Goes To…
The 2012 Rachel Carson Award recipients, L to R: The Rev. Canon Sally Bingham, President of The Regeneration Project / Interfaith Power and Light, L. Hunter Lovins, President of Natural Capitalism Solutions, Audubon President David Yarnold, and Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner of New York City Department of Transportation. Photo: Cutty McGill.…
Heroines for the Planet: Future Weather Director Jenny Deller
Photo: Bob Persenaire. Future Weather centers on 13-year-old Lauduree, who fears the collapse of both her family and the planet. Writer/Director/Producer Jenny Deller chose to explore the complex issues of climate change through “the lens of a family drama,” as she put it, as opposed to a documentary. I had the…
Heroines for the Planet Sponsored by Neutrogena Naturals: Human Rights Advocate Somaly Mam
Somaly Mam dedicates her life to battling sex trafficking — an issue that hits close to home. As a young girl, she was sold to Cambodian brothels, where she endured unimaginable torture and rapes which she recounts in her memoir, “The Road of Lost Innocence.” But Somaly escaped and reinvented herself as a…
Eco Chick Editor-in-Chief Starre Vartan Speaks at TedXYouth: The Breakthroughs Behind the Site
I got the chance to speak at a TEDx event a few months back and wanted to share this video of how this site came to be. It’s been almost seven years since I founded Eco Chick, and the media landscape for green news and information has changed significantly. But…
Heroines for the Planet: Executive Producer of MAKERS.com Betsy West
Betsy West is the executive producer of the recently-launched MAKERS.com, an AOL/PBS-backed digital platform showcasing hundreds of inspiring video interviews from women of all generations. She’s the woman behind the camera asking questions, eliciting empowering stories from world-changing women. MAKERS.com is a first-ever initiative to catalog women’s stories of achievement on such…
Heroines for the Planet: Green Drinks NYC Founder Margaret Lydecker
Before Margaret Lydecker founded Green Drinks NYC in 2002, there wasn’t a place for Manhattan’s like-minded, eco-conscious professionals to get their networking on. Margaret changed that, and now many of us wouldn’t know what to do without her monthly events. Whether you’re a dedicated monthly green drinker or not, you’ve in all likelihood…
Heroines for the Planet Presented by Neutrogena Naturals: Livia Firth Fresh From the Oscars
To say Livia Firth is passionate about greening the fashion industry would be an understatement. Sure, she fancies walking the red carpet sustainably on the arm of her Oscar-winning husband Colin Firth, but she’s more concerned with helping others transform their approach to style — causing a ripple effect felt…
Heroines for the Planet: Model and Skincare Chef May Lindstrom
Photo by Larry White May Lindstrom is a self-professed explorer, skin chef and conscious epicurean. Her deep connection to the earth seeps into every facet of her work as a successful model, green makeup artist, painter and now, entrepreneur. May’s new, artisanal skincare line, May Lindstrom Skin, is a collection…
Heroines for the Planet: Anna Getty
One could peg Anna Getty any number of titles — holistic lifestyle expert, author, entrepreneur, yoga teacher, heiress, and environmental activist among them. But each come in a distant second to her most cherished roles, that of mother and wife. What I found infinitely charming about Anna is that she…
