What's Up Vogue?
I knew that the October British Vogue was doing a whole green feature, but I had heard nothing about the US version covering any such territory. Lo and Behold, I’m contemplating the resort collections and too many metallic handbags when I come across pages labelled “Earth Days”. Included under the…
Creative Photo Lab
Lately I have had a growing interest in photography. With the popularity of the digital camera, there is an artistic photographer in all of us. Here are some creative ways to have fun with your own eco-chic photo lab. Personalized Photo Album We all have warm memories of flipping through…
Chicks with Picks
Photo Chris Gills Chicks with Picks, which offers ice climbing clinics for women (led by women) just announced a scholarship fund in memory of Karen McNeill, a guide who disappeared near the south summit of Alaska’s Mount Foraker last May. According to Chicks, “Of special significance are [Karen’s] myriad of…
PARK(ing) Day!
The cool folks at Rebar (San Francisco-based art collective) in conjunction with The Trust for Public Land (TPL) sponsored PARK(ing) Day in SF on September 21st, which consisted of transforming metered parking spots into real parks— complete with sod, a bench and a tree… until the meter ran out. The…
Good Magazine Launch Party: Smashing!
I partied like I gave a damn at Good Magazine’s NYC launch party tonight. The party was held at Emergency Arts, a fantastic space that is not only a green building, but is filled with art that responds to “environmental, political, and social crises within New York City and around the globe”.…
Sakhalin Island
Sometimes environmental victories come in unlikely packages. The Russian government announced this week that it is putting the nix on Shell Oil Company’s plans to pursue the “Sakhalin II” project, a project to extract, exploit, and transport fossil fuels through both on and offshore pipelines in a…
More Green Issues Than You Can Shake a Stick At
After the double-header of the green Elle and Vanity Fair issues, a plethora of mags have shown some planet-consciousness. I’ve been collecting these for the past 2 months or so; all sorts of mags covering green topics from various angles. Here they are, in no particular order: Innovative Home, Fall…
Eco Pooch!!
I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to blog about my adorable cocker spaniel Basil. I rescued him a year and a half ago from certain death (he was scheduled to be put to sleep twice!) and now he is a pampered pooch to be sure. In the bottom…
Backyard Miracles
The butterflies are migrating! I have noticed the delicate orange wonders flit joyfully through my neighborhood from one purple butterfly bush to the next for about 2 weeks now. They float along the sidewalks, the Potomac, and through our backyards. Today I counted about 13 of them float by my office window. The…
Dispatch from LA
Maybe this is where Paris Hilton lives When I moved out to Los Angeles three weeks ago, some of my friends were puzzled. I am not a city girl. I don’t like clubs, or fashion, or glitz, or glamour. I sleep in my sleeping bag even at home, and I…
