Swigg Swag Grab
Brooklyn-based graphic designer Stephanie Wenzel brings to us these cute yet modern ‘Shroom’ pillows from her Swigg Collection. These graphic prints can add spice to your bedroom or living room. With a 100% organic cotton front and a 100% eco-intelligent back, these pillows make great gifts for any age. The…
Ignite Your Creative Fire Works This Weekend
Well for any of you who are lucky and are getting a few extra days off for the 4th fourth of July holiday weekend, then you still have a few days to put the finishing touches or create your submission for the Global Green Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans.…
Ecocolo
Who says an environmental magazine can’t look good? Like the cliche that eco-fashion is all about hemp sackdresses or vegan food is nothing more than tasteless tofu, it is time for the magazines representing Mother Earth to spiff it up. Ecocolo is a fabulous new Japanese eco magazine (there’s only been four…
How Does Your Horse Finish?
SustainLane.com, a quickly growing repository and multi-media website on sustainability recently released City Sustainabilty Rankings. The well-designed, easily navigable, picturesque city rankings are a great educational tool to see where your city finishes(if it is listed of course!). See who the cinderella sustainable cities are and where some so-called “sustainable”…
Eco-Chick Chic Peek at Great New Products from ICFF
(Click on the Photo for Larger Image) So the whirlwind of design week has now dissipated. It was great to see even more of “green presence” this year around during all of the NYC design week trade shows and parties. So after my little deliberation, I created a list of…
From the Left and the Right: Meeting in the Green
I may not agree with Greg on every issue, but I love the fact that his explanation for “Why I’m Green” is just a photo essay of him in beautiful surroundings like the above shot. The Republican party was not always the go-to group when it came to environmental armageddon (not…
The Business of Green
The New York Times rocks out a special section on “The Business of Green” today. From climate change to cleantech investing to sustainable design to urban planning, there is 7 pages of articles and approximately 5 pages of eco-advertisments, (including Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth). Turn to the back and…
Pomed: Protect Our Mother Earth's Daughter
Beginning June 7, 2006 and ending June 22, Verte will be hosting Pomed: Protect Our Mother Earth’s Daughters. This new twist to special event planning and fundraising will take place as a grassroot event during the 1st “Until The Violence Stops” festival presesented by V-Day. With a range of talented…
If you could walk in someone else's shoes…
Daily Candy came through today with the highlight of Tomsshoes.com. Inspired by alpargatas (a traditional argentine utility shoes), Toms give a modern flair to the look. The best part about the company however? For each pair that you buy, Blake Mykoskie, the designer of Toms (and hey isn’t he the…
Squashed Grapes?
Unfortunately, due to lack of attendees, this year’s Environ Design 10 Conference in Canada cancelled their site tours. It’s still unclear on their website whether or not the winery tour of the 1st building in Canada to achieve LEED Certification from the fairly new Canada Green Building Council,the Stratus Vineyards,…
