My Curly Hair: How (and Why) I’ve Learned to Embrace (and Even Love) It
As part of my own personal project of loving who I am as I am (and as I age), I have been experimenting with wearing my curly hair out and about. I'm thinking of myself as an ambassador for curls!
REFUSE Single Use Plastics with Susan Rockefeller's Stainless Steel Straws
REFUSE Stainless Steel Straws, available at SusanRockefeller.com After shooting our debut Heroines for the Planet video with Susan Rockefeller in her New York City home, we hung around for a bit and chitchatted with the filmmaker, ocean conservationist and jewelry designer. Before we said our goodbyes, Susan gave us each…
13 Ways We Can All Cultivate a Better Food System in 2013
Image via Flickr User .craig. Guest Post by Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson, Food Tank: The Food Think Tank As we start 2013, many people will be thinking about plans and promises to improve their diet and health. But we think a broader collection of farmers, policy-makers, and eaters need…
Healthy Holiday Breakout Solutions
Breakouts aren’t only for teenagers. This time of year is taxing on everyone’s skin. Stress, lack of sleep, or diet — caused by the end of year work load, final exams, last-minute shopping, picking from one too many celebratory spreads and cookie trays, or the in-laws coming to town — can…
Shara Porter Hand Printed and Vintage Bags and Clutches
Shara Porter gives new life to vintage accessories. Under her eponymous company, the designer makes her mark in “hand-printed fine found objects.” I visited Shara Porter’s booth at the Union Square Holiday Market this past Saturday while doing some Christmas shopping and a gorgeous navy blue vegan bag caught my…
Luxury Hybrid Leader Lexus Supports Environment and Education With Its Eco Challenge
Lexus is the luxury hybrid leader with five low-emission hybrid vehicles available. Since its very first Luxury hybrid in 2005, Lexus has helped advance the concept of sustainability without sacrifice. Eco-Chick had the opportunity to test drive the new Lexus ES at the ESPN Women + Sports Summit in Tucson, Arizona…
The ESPN Women + Sports Summit and the Global Ascendancy of Females
Eco Chick was invited by Lexus to attend the ESPN Women + Sports Summit at the Dove Mountain Ritz Carlton in Tucson, Arizona this past October. The Summit brought together influencers and leaders in the world of women and sports, and it was an unforgettable experience. I met so many inspirational women,…
Eco-Chick Founder Starre Vartan Speaks to New York Times Blogger Andrew Revkin (Video)
Andrew Revkin is one of the reasons I started writing about the environment in the first place, and he is one of the few reporters who was covering environmental issues before they became commonplace (environmental reporting only became widely-covered topic within the last decade, thanks in part to early bloggers’…
Wrap Smarter: 10 Eco-Friendly Holiday Wrapping Ideas
VZWraps. An eco-friendly way to make gift-wrapping a cinch. We’re on a mission to help you do away with all of the waste and excess that surrounds the holidays. You can examine your foodprint — by reading this waste less food post — but we really hope you’ll resolve to…
Why Beyonce's Pepsi Deal Pisses Me Off
So. Not much more than a year and a half after working with Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign, “Let’s Move” (see the superfun video below) Beyonce has recently signed a $50-million deal with Pepsi, which already includes her parading around pantsless pushing a cart of soda cans. Let me just clarify…
