How I Wear Eco Fashion: Greenest New Yorker Kaity Tsui
On the heels of apparel giant H&M stating, “There aren’t any specific trends anymore. It’s more just personal style and how you put it together,” I contacted a number of my friends and colleagues about contributing to this new column on Eco Chick, “How I Wear Eco Fashion.” The response…
Chug-a Chug-a Choo Choo: EcoLux Shop Pops Up at Grand Central Terminal, NYC
No commuter wants to add more time to traveling to and fro. But if there ever was a time to get stuck in transit (aside from an ash-cloud shutdown by an Icelandic volcano), then give it up for Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary at Grand Central Terminal. Grand Central Terminal’s pink-marble…
Eve S. Mosher: Eco Art Visualizing Powerful Intentions
48 Hours of Sao Paolo – Time’s Square, what are we not seeing? ▪ (proposal, 2008) If seeing is believing, Eve S. Mosher is helping us to stretch our imagination to conceive our world as it might be in a future whose outcome we determine. Among her public art projects,…
This is MY Kind of Revolution! Time's Square Now Pedestrian (or Lounge Chair!) Friendly
Revolution, you say? YES! Because in this area of Manhattan, just days ago, this area was covered in cars and gridlock. And now people are catching rays, reading, chatting, resting, and yes, even napping! What I call civilized! And, I would argue, I revolutionary act, taking the streets back from…
An Emporium of Green: Sustainable NYC
One of the best things about Sustainable NYC is that it is a little bit of everything. This eclectic shop in the equally eclectic East Village (139 Avenue A/ 9th Street ) of Manhattan is self-described as an emporium of “local, organic, recycled, fair-trade, re-purposed, biodegradable products and gifts.” Yeah! And if that…
Eco Fashion on the Lower East Side of New York City: Visit Kaight and Hairy Mary's
I had fun being the camerawoman and stylist for this fun video that Ayana Meade, my colleague at Greenopia, modeled, MC’d, and edited. We visited two of my favorite eco boutiques on the Lower East Side (LES) of Manhattan: Kaight (new, modern eco fashions), and Hairy Mary’s (vintage and reconstructed…
Project Earth Day Fashion Show, 2009: Student Competition
The first part of the Project Earth Day Fashion show included the student competition, which was stronger this year than ever! I was really impressed with the range of design aesthetics and materials used. Colors, neutrals, textures, patterns; they were all on display, and all Earth-friendly too. Judges for the…
Greenopia: The Ultimate Green Guidebooks
If you are lucky enough to live in or around New York City, San Francisco or Los Angeles and are on the hunt for an all-natural hair salon, organic locavore restaurant, recycling center, green realtor, ecofashion boutique, or even, ahem, Earth-friendly burial services, the Greenopia guides are the one-stop guide…
Eco Fashion Flipside: Lower East Side Gets Green
The Fashion Flipside show on Sunday on the Lower East Side of Manhattan was a blast- hundreds turned out to check out a fashion show that featured LES stores, many of which are eco-friendly. Hairy Mary’s showed a bouquet of reconstructed dresses, and Kaight brought out the pretty, grown-up girl…
Green in Paris
So I think I have used up my allotment of fossil fuels for at least the remainder of this year, or more likely the next decade. Why? My husband surprised me with a birthday trip to Paris last weekend. Americans have a love/hate relationship with the French. So of course…
