Upcoming Exhibition: Fashion Conscious Designs that will change the world one garment at a time @ UC Davis
As part of their “Year of Eco-Exhibitions,” the UC Davis Design Museum & Design Collective in Davis, CA will host Fashion Conscious, an exhibition focused on sustainable fashion design from May 15th thru July 13, 2008. This exhibition explores sustainability and how it relates to the current clothing market, from…
Stink Free For Me
In an age where body sprays promise to turn teenage boys into babe magnets and Celine Dion is the number one perfumer in the world it’s sometimes tough to breathe. For those of us with a sensitive snout (or lungs) it’s painful, sometimes even debilitating to deal with all these…
Got Allergies? Blame Global Warming
The latest Vogue (May, with the ever-princessey- in a good way- Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover) has a great piece entitled, “Spring Awakening” wherein writer Ginny Graves does some great round-up reporting regarding the causes of allergies and what the heck to do about them. It’s not online yet, but…
Real Red Hair How To's with Henna
Lush henna I used to have the kind of hair that women have nightmares about. Thin, frizzy, oily at the roots and damaged at the ends. I fought it for years, trying to tame it with one product after another while simultaneously making it worse with chemical hair dye. That’s…
What NOT to do on Earth Day
Earth Day is tomorrow. I could give you a song and dance about what you should do (install CFLS, bring own bag to grocery store, move to a wind-powered Ashram), but I’ll spare the harangue. Instead, here’s a list of what not to do on Earth Day. Sure, you won’t…
Give it Away Now
So you’ve paid your dastardly taxes and you realize that you could’ve been a wee bit more generous this year with your cash, but you don’t know which group is the most deserving. Good thing the folks at EarthShare have picked and chosen the best national (and local!) environmental orgs…
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Isn’t it wonderful how many of life’s random necessities now come in green versions? The list of recycled products seems to get bigger by the day. Take for example, Radley’s Recycled Umbrella. Yes, this pretty polka-dot umbrella is more than just arm candy. It’s eco-innovation at it’s best. Made from…
Dubai Greenwashing and (Ew!!) Inedible Corn
Way more amusing than environmental news has a right to be, as usual!
The Sweetest (Vegan) Tooth
A couple months back I had the chance to interview Hannah Kaminsky, the 18-year-old behind the new vegan dessert book, My Sweet Vegan. Hannah is awesome. She has a super-cool blog called Bittersweet, where she details her crafty and foodie experiments, and she takes all the pictures on her blog,…
Starbucks Eco-frustration
Full Disclosure: About once a week I go to Starbucks. I hide my head in shame (hey, I protested Starbucks putting locals out of business in the 90’s) and stand on line for a soy latte. I work and attend grad school in Manhattan, and Starbucks are everywhere AND they…
