Marina Abramovic and Ulay: Because We Never Stop Loving Silently Those We Once Loved Out Loud
The video below, of artist Marina Abromovic meeting a former lover, Ulay, brought tears to my eyes.
Eco-Chick Founder Starre Vartan’s Home Featured on Inhabitat (Video)
This was such a fun video and article to be a part of! Thanks to Jill and the Inhabitat team for featuring me and my home – and helping people learn how to winterize their homes to save money (and carbon emissions!). [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nx08kBY4wg&w=560&h=315]
Friday Tunes: Sweet Child of Mine Cover by Taken by Trees
I’m always looking for great new music since I spend so much time writing solo. Every Friday I’m going to post a new favorite by a less well-known musician. I tend towards women singer-songwriters, though I love great hip-hop and classic rock too. And I’m partial to a variety of…
Eco-Chick Founder Starre Vartan Speaks to New York Times Blogger Andrew Revkin (Video)
Andrew Revkin is one of the reasons I started writing about the environment in the first place, and he is one of the few reporters who was covering environmental issues before they became commonplace (environmental reporting only became widely-covered topic within the last decade, thanks in part to early bloggers’…
Video: Suzanne Rae's F/W 2012 Collection Set to Brilliant New York City
Passionate, complex and mythical are some women might describe themselves, and it’s that attitude that designer Suzanne Rae captures in her Fall/Winter 2012 collection (see our take on the runway presentation here). The designs, most made with sustainable fabric, are featured in the below video, which captures NYC by night,…
"Birds of Prey" Video: Edun's Fall Collection is Nearly Here!
I have three pieces in my closet from
Ren Skincare is Clean: Naturally Hot, Very Sexy, Very NSFW (Video)
I was recently introduced to REN Skincare at an event in NYC and I was really impressed – not only by the brand’s long-standing dedication to healthy skincare products (see details at the bottom of the post), but their overall messaging (as you will see in their vid below). This…
Bon Iver's Brand-new Video for "Towers"
Bon Iver – Towers (Official Music Video) from Bon Iver on Vimeo. Incredible video; very post-apocalyptic imagery. I watched it twice and think there’s an environmental theme going on here. What do you think it means?
Video: Olivia Zaleski Covers the Clinton Global Initiative
Olivia interviews the CEO of Avon, Andrea Jung at the Clinton Global Inititiative The Clinton Global Initiative was begun in 2005 by former President Bill Clinton in order to “…help turn good intentions into real actions and results.” Focusing on finding solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, the nonpartisan…
Eco Chic Exhibit Now On at Scandinavia House, NYC
Righteous Fashion Leave it to the Swedes to put together an exhibit concerning eco fashion that’s both beautiful and seriously thought-provoking. Eco Chic: Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion, which runs through August 21st, is a multimedia endeavor that showcases the whys, the hows and the hows of sustainable design. Video by…
