Deep Economy: Q&A with Bill McKibben
When Bill McKibben wrote The End of Nature in 1989, it was the first popular press book to address global warming in a meaningful way. Since then, McKibben has not only carved out a career as an environmental journalist; he has become one of the most steadfast and trustworthy voices…
Would You Like to Write for Eco Chick?
Please email Starre at starre (at) eco-chick.com if you’re interested in being a correspondent for Chickiest blog on the web. We are especially looking for people interested in covering: European, Asian and South American Eco News Design and Cool New Stuff Youth Culture and Opinion (high school and college-aged women)…
Step It Up 2007 and Sea of People
Feeling like you just can’t curb your carbon emissions much more, and wondering what else YOU can do about global warming? The next step is getting the government on the bandwagon, and Step It Up 2007 is doing just that, through public action: This April 14th, tens of thousands of…
S4 launches DENIM issue: "Caught with our Pants Down"
This issue of S4 was an enlightening one to write. Denim is the perfect product to highlight pertinent issues around: There is so much activity happening in the world of denim on the sustainability front + it is such a staple in so many people’s wardrobes. How can you go…
TP Does Matter, or: Don't Forget to Think Little While Thinking Big
As I’m cruising around the Internets reading away, I sometimes come across statistics like this one on toilet paper: “If every household in the U.S. bought just one four-pack of 260-sheet recycled bath tissue, it would eliminate 60,600 pounds of chlorine pollution, preserve 356 million gallons of fresh water,…
Casual Car Pool
Every weekday morning, mostly in the East Bay, you see them lined up like lemmings — sedans, SUVs, pickup trucks and the odd sports car, creeping along the curb. Coming up the sidewalk toward them, dressed for the day’s battle with the city, are the hardy commuters. — San Francisco…
Paper or Paper
San Francisco might be the first U.S. city to ban plastic grocery bags! The ban (if passed) would require the use of compostable or recyclable bags by grocery store and large pharmacy chains in the city. It is estimated that 180 million plastic bags are distributed annually in the city…
Can You Go No Impact?
Image by Nicole Bengiveno for the NYTimes Fascinating article in the NYTimes about a family in Manhattan who is practicing a “No Impact” (on the Earth) lifestyle. Of course, his family were uberconsumers to begin with, and now they’re going cold turkey: Colin Beavan, 43, a writer of historical nonfiction,…
Eco Art?
I don’t know if Mark Ryden’s painting collection, “The Tree Show” are really “eco”, but they sure have some, um, interesting themes. And for some weird reason, I can’t stop looking at them! You can see more of the strangeness at Mark’s site, and if you’re in the LA area,…
Fashion's Unhealthy Image
Though unhealthy body image is not something directly linked to “green” issues, it is something that I feel strongly is linked to sustainability and obviously personal health. I wrote this piece for Lucire partially from my own personal perspective, but mainly from recent industry accounts and the perspectives of some…
