Oscars Still Light Green
Well, the Oscars are over, and while there’s just no way that a party this big can be environmentally-friendly, efforts were made to make this Oscar greener than ever (though the website doesn’t detail exactly how impacts were reduced), it says: This year, the Academy, the Oscar telecast producer Laura…
For the first time, Green means GO.
Illustration exclusively for Eco Chick by Greg Grigoriou TEXT by guest-blogger Greg Grigoriou When I set out to look for my next car, i had a feeling the list would be short. A born again friend of the Earth, I knew that I would be relegated to a cute little…
The real cost of Christmas
What does christmas really cost us? I ask my family not to buy me Christmas gifts. In the beginning it was to make a stance against Christmas saying “I’m not Christian, so it’s not my holiday and these traditions are silly.” But as I grow older and care less and…
Electric Cars ARE for Girls!
I love this new site, Electric Cars Are for Girls. Since women buy the majority of cars in this country AND make up the bulk of people who consider themselves environmentalists, it makes perfect sense to get women on the electric car bandwagon. Lynne Mason, who runs the site, knows…
A Royal Statement Indeed
Prince Charles is elegantly using his power to make a powerful statement. The NYT reported that the Prince had made the choice to travel like his ordinary country men. No more excessive fuel devourers, aka private jets and helicopters. Instead he will be utilizes the energy conservation method of public…
The Avoided Topic
Original illustration for Eco Chick by Gregory Grigoriou of I See Dots The Problem This month, one of E/ The Environmental Magazine’s feature stories is about the the myth of the population dearth, the idea that we’re not replacing ourselves at quite the rate we have during the heights of human population growth, which occurred…
Beyond Milk Crates: Q&A with Deana Bracken
Not too long ago, Starre asked me if I would do a Q&A with Los Angeles-based green interior designer Deana Bracken. Honestly, I felt a little skeptical at first—if only because I consider milk crates furniture. (As long as I can set my book or my beer on it, what…
Cars & Good Music Go Hand in Hand
When I was growing up in the suburbs, I would just love to drive my little car through out my neighborhood and sing to the radio .Now several years later, I find that my urban generation y self stills likes the concept of driving and hearing great music. I have…
Google Gives Some Green
As reported last Thursday in the NYTimes, Google is setting up a for-profit philanthropy arm. Called Google.org, and begun with seed money of $1 Billion (is that all?) the group has specific aims to fight povery, disease, and global warming. Of course global warming only exacerbates poverty and disease, so by working on…
Ms. Green Jeans
Check out this interview (from Grist) of Tierra del Forte, the designer behind Del Forte Denim. The questions after the jump are a little more ‘fun’ than the first few shown here, so read on! 24 Jul 2006 What work do you do? I’m a designer and the founder of Del Forte…
