The Chic Ecologist

Charity Water Birthdays – Donation Gifts

Jean-Paul — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:24:53 +0000

Charity Water has come up with a concept I love, donations for your birthday! A pretty simple concept, but Charity Water allows you to create your own custom birthday donation page with goals to share with friends called the Birthday Donation Project. Wonderful! What is this Charity Water you may be asking? Their mission is [...]

The Journey is the Destination: Walking Holidays In Marin

Jean-Paul — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:42:09 +0000

Walking and Trekking place to place has long been a pastime for many Europeans. It is embedded in their culture. Germans and Brits especially enjoy getting out the walking stick(s) and ambling in nature with friends and family. Multi-day long distance trips are now popular with active people in many countries. Today you can choose [...]

World Water Day – Whole World Water

Jean-Paul — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:47:53 +0000

This past Friday was World Water Day, and I was lucky to attend Whole World Water’s launch party in San Francisco. A perfect venue to showcase an innovative new way to look at bottled water in a ‘green’ way. Whole World Water‘s premise is simple. Provide high quality onsite filtered water in reusable glass bottles [...]

SFMOMA Expansion Plans – Vertical Garden

Jean-Paul — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:01:47 +0000

Who else is excited for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s expansion plans? Recently announced is a huge vertical garden or living wall of native plants expanding the entire block. Not only that, we can also expect: The largest public living wall of native plants in San Francisco 130,000 sqft of gallery space covering [...]

Reclaimed and Repurposed Automobile Furniture – Oxyd Factory

Jean-Paul — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:08:34 +0000

I love the idea of re-purposing discarded trash into art and functional pieces, just as Oxyd Factory has done with junked automobiles. The idea of repurposing and upcycling is a common topic here on The Chic Ecologist, primarily because I love the creativity and reduced environmental impact born out of the transformation. You may have [...]

Learning From Bamboo Village – Part 3

Jean-Paul — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:05:59 +0000

The factory is up and running, albeit very inefficiently laments a native Keralan turned fortune 500 CEO turned self-help writer (who happened to be touring around with us, viewing the facilities). He ran Phillips, the appliance/TV company and quit after working to outsource production of Phillips products – and seeing the negative effects his work [...]

Life at Bamboo Village – Part 2

Jean-Paul — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:04:52 +0000

The mission at Bamboo Village is to preserve a way of life (agriculture-based) in the face of a changing world where local village economies are subject to global economic changes. Much more than that – it is to create something for this area to live sustainably and healthily and to prevent brain drain; to keep [...]

Finding Bamboo Village – Part 1

Jean-Paul — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:03:49 +0000

Not long ago, my sister embarked on an extended traveling adventure with the goal of experiencing science in a variety of cultures to develop new educational curriculum in sustainability. This 3 part article series is about her experiences in India. Enjoy! -Jean-Paul Discovering India I had been in India 3 weeks before I discovered Bamboo [...]