Happy Tequila Day! Did You Know Plastics Can Be Made from Tequila By-Products?
Ford Motor Company has teamed up with Jose Cuervo to figure out how to use the waste agave fiber to make bioplastics for vehicles.
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…
Countdown Until Earth Day With Timepieces from Sprout Watches
Even though we honor the earth every day here at Eco Chick, we still cherish Earth Day. We can’t think of a better way to keep time and count down to the big day — which is April 22nd, by the way — than by wearing a sustainable and chic…
Puerto Rican Style Goes 70's Fabulous: Auralis' Spring 2010 Collection at The Greenshows
Check out my interview with Auralis designer Auralis Herrero Lugo, backstage at The Greenshows. Auralis’ Spring/Summer 2011 collection is inspired by hot & steamy 70’s Puerto Rico, from whence the designer hails (though she now calls NYC home). Think fashions that would work beautifully in those pre-A/C days but still…
Independent Handbag Design Awards
Scarola’s bag of bags I was so excited to see a sustainable bag win the Audience Fan Favorite prize at theIndependent Handbag Design Awards. Suzanne Scarola of Bellabags made her bag (above) by knitting plastic bags by hand. This candy-wrapper bag by Ecoist won “Best Green Handbag” Helen Marcoschamer of…
Why Greenfest? Here's the Answer
by Guest-blogger Katherine Cure Katherine Cure sipping organic fair-trade coffee from one of the second-hand mugs that were available for use during Greenfest “Greenfest? What’s that?” the tanned middle-aged East Bay native eating next to me asked, as I outlined to him my reasons for coming to San Francisco for…
Eco-Paradise: Maho Bay in St. John, USVI
For an incredible vacation that is eco-friendly one should look no further than Maho Bay. This resort was created in 1976 by Stanley Selengut who is credited with being one of the forefathers of eco-tourism. Wanting to create a comfortable place for nature lovers, the founders built eco-tents from…
