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Recap of the Earth Day Sustainable Fashion Show

stakx — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:48:35 +0000

The Stanford Sustainable Fashion Collective (SSFC) hosted a sustainable fashion show on Earth Day, 2011, as part of the Vision Earth Festival. SSFC’s Kiyan Williams was Production Director & Stylist. (Kiyan was recently in The New York Times Education Life section on The Eco Look), and he provided this highlight: The show was attended by [...]

Happy Earth Day

stakx — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:03:26 +0000

Happy Earth Day! Celebrate it with another time-lapse video demonstrating the beauty of nature, and why we must preserve it. The Mountain, by Terje Sorgjerd The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo. Also check out his other video, The Aurora.

Earth Day Sustainable Fashion Show

stakx — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:39:47 +0000

Update: check out our recap of this event. If you live in the Bay Area, celebrate Earth Day with a student-run sustainability and arts festival featuring a Sustainable Fashion Show. Vision Earth is a new festival at hosted at Stanford University bringing together its numerous arts and sustainability groups to spread awareness of environmental concerns [...]

T-shirt + plastic bottles= Anvil

stakx — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:20:22 +0000

As an environmentally minded person, it is easy to have a love/hate relationship with plastic. Green Cotton has covered plastic bag consumption, showing the environmental damage caused by plastic use. In addition, we have covered plastic recycling in other posts, showing the advantages of recycling (if we could only get better at it). In comes [...]

Plastic Bags: What’s the alternative?

Shana — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:00:07 +0000

Source: http://www.blogto.com/upload/2008/04/plastic_bags.jpg Each year, millions of Americans consume, purchase, and use billions of plastic bags (grocery, pharmacies, food, takeout, clothing and other purchases). Did you know that it takes 1,000 years for a plastic bag to degrade? The ubiquitous plastic bag is made out of polyethylene, which does not easily degrade. So, what exactly happens [...]

Organic Dresses by Kelly Lane

stakx — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:00:52 +0000

Organic Clothing and Ethical Fashion Boutique, Jute & Jackfruit, is running a limited-time 40% off sale on organic dresses, skirts, and tops by Kelly Lane! The Kelly Lane collection is by Pennsylvania-based designer Kelly Simpson-Scupelli. Featuring women’s dresses, skirts, jackets, and tops, Kelly Lane’s styles incorporate classic lines with modern and colorful touches. The pieces [...]

Terra Trendz: where nature meets fashion

Shana — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:00:14 +0000

Terra Trendz is an online shop for handmade fairly traded eco-friendly jewelry, handbags, home accents and gifts created by a bunch of friends in NYC who care about the Green cause but don’t want to compromise on style. They seek to offer trendy and affordable eco-fashion alternatives. Terra Trendz believes in three causes: Recycling, Fair Trade, [...]

Nature is beautiful: the Aurora Borealis

stakx — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:45:12 +0000

Here’s something a little different: a beautiful time-lapse video of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). I’ve not yet had the privilege to see these in person, but this short video by Terje Sorgjerd brings us all closer. There is wonder and inspiration in the natural world, and that’s a reason we should strive for sustainable [...]

Strange Bedfellows: Sustainability Assessment Tool

stakx — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:00:13 +0000

A coalition of 30+ companies and environmental organizations has come together to create an industry-wide sustainability assessment tool for the apparel and footwear industries. The sustainability assessment tool will assessment resource use in the supply chain, such as water and energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, waste, labor practices, etc. Importantly, the coalition members will work [...]

Eco-Chick Founder Featured in Whole Living Magazine

stakx — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:18:25 +0000

Check out the latest (April) issue of Whole Living Magazine to read about Starre Vartan, Founder and Editor of Eco-Chick. She’s featured in a new section called “My Stylosophy”. Also, check out the Eco-Chick blog to get some behind-the-scenes pics from the photo shoot. (What fun to go through racks of eco-friendly clothing!) (Image source: [...]