How To Plant a Bee- and Butterfly-Friendly Garden This Spring
Any garden, whether a window box on a balcony or a multi-acre backyard, can be made friendlier to pollinators.
Animal Scarves with a Deep Message from Artist Ying Wu by Sportsmax
"If you look closer, you start to realize that there is a whole other dimension that brings you back to a starker reality."
Vegan Eco Fashion Label Vaute Couture NYFW Fall/Winter 2013 Show
The first all-vegan show at NYFW, designer Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart brings style and love for animals and planet together beautifully.
Tax Dollars Dedicated to Killing Bears, Wolves, Coyotes and Mountain Lions? True or False?
Dear EarthTalk: A friend of mine told me that our government kills thousands of wild animals like bears and wolves every year in the name of protecting livestock. How can the government, which is supposed to protect dwindling numbers of animals, instead be killing them? —Amy Pratt, Troy, NY Actually,…
Digby and Iona: Handmade Jewelry with a Whimsical Touch
Aaron Ruff, the designer behind Digby & Iona, in his Brooklyn studio. It’s rare that I obsess over jewelry; I am lucky enough to have inherited all my grandma’s and great-grandma’s necklaces, rings, hatpins, brooches and bracelets, pieces from 1880-1980, and rarely find anything that’s as interesting or beautiful as…
Endangered Species Print Project: Adorably Hip Eco Art
They’re cute. They’re modern. They’re affordable. And, they save animals. What can’t these awesome art prints do?
Coats for Cubs: Give Your Furs Back to the Animals!
So, you’ve got some furs in your possession, and you’re not feeling great about it. Maybe they’re from back before you became aware of just how awful the fur industry really is, or maybe they’re hand-me-downs. Regardless, if you’ve got some furs you’d like to get rid of, now’s your…
Deplasticize Your Life!
This movie from the 1950’s shows Disney’s “House of the Future” which is totally kitted out in plastic EVERYthing. Ironic that here I am from 2008 writing about how to get plastic out of my life! I haven’t picked up a plastic bag in weeks now*, and I’m looking for…
Cell Towers and Health Effects: Cellular Disservice?
This past week a local in my town contacted me to see if I would be interested in discussing the issues surrounding a potential cellular tower that would be constructed within one mile of my house. Some of us from the town had the chance to voice our concerns to…
Global War by Dawn Maxey
I was introduced to Dawn Maxey’s spoken word poetry at the recent AIGA Compost Modern event. Here’s some excerpts from her very spirited poem, “Global War” about eco-hype: But then/ just the other day, I began to notice people at Whole Foods with entire shopping carts full of ‘organic’ and…
