Eco Luxury Gift Ideas (and Bikes!) in Vogue
I was thrilled to see some seriously fun totally over-the-top delicious green stuff featured in Vogue’s December issue (it’s the one with the impossibly gorgeous Penelope Cruz, above, on the cover). First up, there’s “Season’s Greenings” by William Norwich, who talks to three fabulous greenies. Sheherazade Goldsmith, author of A…
Risk Management in Test Tube Earth
This is absolutely the most sensible piece of argument I’ve seen thus far in the global warming debate. Check it out and pass it on. (This one’s especially good to show your doubting Thomas friends and relatives….it will work on anyone of any political stripe):
An Eco-Chuckle
I’ll admit, I’ve been feeling pretty bummed about the slow pace of change in this country with respect to environmental issues, so I thought I’d share some of these funnies with you. Hopefully you haven’t seen all of these yet!Nice Punchline! Green Team on FunnyOrDie.com Green Team! If you haven’t…
Lululemon & oqoqo in Chicago
One thing that’s driven me crazy since moving to Germany is the total lack of decent clothing for working out … and by decent, I mean that it had to fulfill at least one of my sustainability criteria: be made of organic or sustainable fabric, be recycled or secondhand, or…
Change Handbags
Change Handbags is a small company run by two moms, Meg and Sara, so they know how to make a bag that’s useful and fabulous. There’s the super-tough shopping/beach/carryall bags that you can have customized for fundraisers or an organization, or just use for shopping or the gym (made from…
Travel and Leisure Green Travel Bible
Travel and Leisure Magazine really did it up this month for their ethical travel issue. Unlike some green theme issues, every inch of this one is packed with great resources for all of us who love to jet off into the unknown but have terrible, terrible guilt about the environmental…
Why Greenfest? Here's the Answer
by Guest-blogger Katherine Cure Katherine Cure sipping organic fair-trade coffee from one of the second-hand mugs that were available for use during Greenfest “Greenfest? What’s that?” the tanned middle-aged East Bay native eating next to me asked, as I outlined to him my reasons for coming to San Francisco for…
Fab Green Thanksgiving Weekend Sales
OK, so I totally forgot and just bought used books despite the fact that I was trying to partake in Buy Nothing Day. If you’re also doing a little shopping this weekend (trying to get a head-start on holiday gifts, of course!), then check out one of these eco-friendly boutiques:…
Ecospot Winners!
Current TV and The Alliance for Climate Protection have just announced the winners of their “60 Seconds to Save the Earth Ecospot contest”, which was open to everyone. A panel of celebrity judges including George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Orlando Bloom and Rihanna, as well as Alex Bogusky of leading ad…
Betty Belts!
The Talia belt is made with recycled glass beads, ceramic tiles, and vegan leather The Selena belt is made from farmed mother-of-pearl and vegan leather Poking around on the internet for some new eco-friendly accessories recently, I found Betty Belts, which makes the super-gorgeous waist-wrappers above. The designer of Betty…
