Ohhh….so Pretty!
Left to Right: Red Jasper and Fossilized Dinosaur Bone; Chrysoprase and Imperial Jasper; Chrysoprase and Montana Agate I love Kirsten Muenster’s jewelry (and her site has the coolest music too!). Kirsten makes the jewelry herself, from recycled and fairly-sourced metals (did you know that there is enough gold already extracted so that…
Florida’s New “Destiny”
In what is the most significant Real Estate Deal in Flordia since Walt Disney’s purchase of land for what is now Disney World, developer Anthony V. Pugliese III paid the Latt Maxcy Corporation $140 million for 27,400-acres of land in Florida. Is he to build another theme park? No. He…
CHEC: Children's Health Environmental Coalition
The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating awareness and preventive action through educating parents, caregivers, and the general public about environmental toxins and the importance of living a sustainable existence. Focusing on our youth, the CHEC hopes to minimize unnecessary exposure to man-made toxins…
Ladies Love Lube!
Guestblogger Wendy Strgar, is the owner and founder of Good Clean Love (they make the above lube) a manufacturer of all-natural love and intimacy products. Married for over 23 years with four children, Wendy teaches about Making Love Sustainable, a green philosophy of relationships which recognizes the importance of valueing the renewable…
Julia Supports Prop 87
Check out Julia Roberts getting all green on my favorite guilty-pleasure gossip site, Perez Hilton. The Pretty Woman (and let’s not forget Erin Brokovich impersonator) is coming out in support of Prop 87, California’s clean air initiative that’s on the ballot in the upcoming elections.
Nylon Mag: Sense and Sustainability
Loving the new Nylon article, Sense and Sustainability. It covers some great new designers who are recycling cashmere, working with natural materials to create unique jewlery, and creating high-end eco-couture. Props to Nylon for regularly featuring green designers and sustainable fabrics in their Greenpages. (You can also download their latest…
Departure to a New Utopia
Leonardo DiCaprio is departing from his role in front of the camera and once again focusing his attention towards the environment. Where as Sir Thomas More brought us Utopia, DiCaprio is helping to bring to us E-topia . This new reality TV series is pretty much summed up by this…
What's Up Vogue?
I knew that the October British Vogue was doing a whole green feature, but I had heard nothing about the US version covering any such territory. Lo and Behold, I’m contemplating the resort collections and too many metallic handbags when I come across pages labelled “Earth Days”. Included under the…
Snowboarders Do It Greenly
My favorite snowboard-culture magazine, Snowboarder, is now even better; they are proudly (they tout it on the November, 2006 cover) printing on recycled paper! Not only that, but there is a decidedly environmentally-minded slant to quite a bit of their coverage in various departments; in the photo section they encourage…
Start your Nesting!
Winter’s coming, and with it, the urge to create a cozy nest (I keep my heat so low at night to save energy that I need a seriously warm one, too!) Gaiam has some gorgeous new bed linens in their latest catalogue. I haven’t bought new sheets or blankets in…
