Clinton Global Initiative: Ending Modern Slavery and Ensuring The Future of Food
Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative. Eco Chick attended the Clinton Global Initiative earlier this week and listened to many of our world’s greatest minds focused on solving the most pressing issues of our day. Politicians, innovative social entrepreneurs, NGO leaders, and CEOs, convene annually at CGI to discuss…
Heroines for the Planet: Summer Rayne Oakes, Green Inspiration, Ecopreneur and Activist
When you have an internationally recognized car company designing a family of vehicles after your life and work, you’re probably doing something right. Such is the case of Summer Rayne Oakes who is, without question, doing more than a few things right. The model, activist, author, co-founder of Source4Style, editor-at-large at Above…
NaturevsFuture's Autumn, 2010 Collection: Sustainable Modern Classics
NatureVsFuture from water&power on Vimeo. Nina Valenti’s been designing eco fashion longer than most people have even known what the phrase meant. Her line, NaturevsFuture, debuted in Spring, 2002, and her iconic details have been staples of the eco fashon scene for years, landing her coverage in major fashion press.…
Eco-Chic Decor from Bacchus-Inspired Aesthetics
Guest post by Shireen Quodosi What comes more easily in this economy than an assortment of empty wine bottles after you’ve just thrown a smashing get-together? With the preference being on sourcing cheap entertaining ideas, most people now see staying at home with a good meal and great wine as…
How Sustainable is Your Favorite Wine? Greenopia Rates 25 Wineries
Greenopia has just rated 25 wineries for their environmental impact. Here’s why: Any oenophile worth her spitting glass has heard the dire stories about how global warming will affect wineries, altering the very microclimates that make it possible to grow champagne in Champagne, France and enable growers to eke out…
Brainforest: How Does Community Sustain Us?
Brainforest is a Chicago-based creative agency that has integrated an ethos of social service (people) and sustainability (planet) into the workplace (profit). The Triple Bottom Line seems to come effortlessly to a company that volunteers at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, dedicates pro bono service per annum to a specially selected…
Human/Nature: Artists Respond To A Changing Planet
If San Diego’s sunny disposition isn’t enough reason to migrate there this winter, then the city’s Human/Nature: Artists Respond To A Changing Planet exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art is certainly a special, added draw. The show gathers the work of eight international artists, each commissioned to respond to…
Greenpeace Rates Seafood Sustainability at Supermarkets
This week Greenpeace released the second edition of a seafood sustainability report rating North American supermarkets. The initial report gave a failing grade to every single market, including the modern green mecca of Whole Foods. At the time of the first report, not one of the markets had policies in…
Bamboo: Ecofriendly or Not So Much?
I’ve heard bamboo flooring is more eco-friendly than traditional pine or oak. Is this true? —Cara Truhlar, Montpelier, VT At first glance, bamboo is as green as it gets. It grows like a weed (technically, it’s a grass) and can reach harvestable height in three to five years. This crop—also…
Upcoming Exhibition: Fashion Conscious Designs that will change the world one garment at a time @ UC Davis
As part of their “Year of Eco-Exhibitions,” the UC Davis Design Museum & Design Collective in Davis, CA will host Fashion Conscious, an exhibition focused on sustainable fashion design from May 15th thru July 13, 2008. This exhibition explores sustainability and how it relates to the current clothing market, from…
