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…
Live Earth Loves Eco Chicks!
In case you missed it, on Friday, Al Gore (wait, who said he wasn’t cool?) announced a huge concert event that will happen this summer called Live Earth. Titled “Save Our Selves” (um, yeah!) multiple concerts will take place on all seven continents on July 7 (that’s a lucky number…
Cooperation between Big Business and Environmental Groups
What do DuPont, National Resource Defense Council, and Lehmen Brothers have in common? Normally not too much…but now they make up 3 of the 14 member strong US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), launched in January of this year. The Partnership was formed to address global warming and emissions where the Feds…
Portovert Debuts
Back in the beginning of December, I mentioned that a new online-only wedding magazine would be debuting in January. Well, Portovert is up and running, and it looks like they have some great content going on in their premiere issue! If you are getting married, or know someone who is,…
The Boston "Green" Party
The City of Boston has announced its respected plans to revise its existing building code and make it a mandatory practice that all of the city’s private, large scale construction of at least 50,000 sq ft be “green”. All of these buildings are to adhere to the minimum LEED rating…
Women in Africa Fundraiser
Event hosted by Lisa Linhardt who writes: “In January 2007, I will walk 100 miles in Kenya to bring awareness to women’s literacy, HIV/AIDS, and economic development opportunities for girls in Africa. Please sponsor me in supporting these important causes by coming to the fundraising party. The sounds will be…
Lu Magazine Party
The indefatiguable Remy Chevalier threw a great party last Thursday night to promote Lü, his high-fashion all-green magazine that we would all love to see in print! A truly gorgeous green fashion mag would change the fashion landscape in no time flat (how about all jeans made from organic cotton? Why not find Ingeo at…
Polling Place Photo Project
Although I’m pissed that Prop. 87 didn’t get passed as a result of yesterday’s election, I am psyched that the cool design folks at AIGA, Design Observer, Design for Democracy, NewsAssignment.net, and Winterhouse Institute have created The Polling Place Photo Project, a nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that seeks to…
LES Now Renamed Lower Eco Side
I have been foraying around the LES (lower east side) of Manhattan of late, and have I found a bevy of eco fabulousness! First up, Kaight, which I thought I found first, but Treehugger’s Celine was there just a couple days before me. And then I saw that Jill over…
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…