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Voices from Hopenhagen: Copenhagen With an "H," by Tham Khai Meng of Ogilvy & Mather

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:00:49 -0500

Images courtesy of Hopenhagen/Ogilvy & Mather. This guest post was written by Tham Khai Meng, Worldwide Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, as part of the Voices from Hopenhagen series. In explaining the genesis of the name "The Beatles," John Lennon famously wrote, "A Man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them 'From this day on, you are Beatles with an A.'" With its roots in such a story, the name of the band came to reinforce some essential characteristics of the thing it was naming: free imagi]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

The Uniform Project's AccesSoireé, Celebrating 191 Ways to Wear One Dress

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:30:35 -0500

One dress, 365 days. Credit: The Uniform Project You may remember Jasmin's post on The Uniform Project: One Dress, 365 Ways to Wear It back in May. Booklynite Sheena Matheiken's has made it half-way through the year--191 days on Saturday, to be exact--in one dress and with the help of vintage she's perfected the art of accessorizing. This weekend New Yorkers can borrow Sheena's style--she'll be dressed by rising star Raffaele Ascione-- and dress in black with vin]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Last Chance, by NWF President and CEO Larry Schweiger, Is a Call To Action

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:47:35 -0500

Image by hawkins.matt via flickr. I spend a lot of my time as an advocate. To be able to champion a cause and educate others about the importance and necessity of action at this critical time, I must first educate myself about the reality of the challenges we all face. I need to keep it real. The wake-up call Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of the National]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

How Insects Do Graphic Design

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:23:35 -0500

Bits 'n Pieces launched at Material Connexion in New York, a dialogue between the analog and the digital technologies within design in a post-digital era. What grabbed our attention in the busy space during the opening, were the insects doing graphic design! A sophisticated machine transformed the movements of a few bugs into beautiful patterns and logos and printed them out as fast as the insects performed. ]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Join The Wave to Spread the Word Before Copenhagen

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:00:18 -0500

The Wave at Stop Climate Chaos Coalition This is a relatively benign stunt by the standards of the Stop Climate Change Coalition, which has stirred up excitement with a nude climate change calander and in the context of Copenhagen, where one group plans to get 10000 people arrested in a climate change protest. But it is cute, and fun, and certain to succeed at the intention to "drive ]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Carbon Ration Books Issued by The Ministry Of Trying To Do Something About It

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:38:43 -0500

Images by Tim Mitchell The Ministry of Trying to Do Something About It sounds like a fantastical invention that's just flown straight out of a Harry Potter novel, but in fact it's a collaboration between the excellent New Economics Foundation and inspiring artist Read the full story on TreeHugger

David Buckland at Creative Places + Spaces Conference

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:34:45 -0500

Creative Places + Spaces conference was based on the theme of the Collaborative City, to develop "guiding principles on what cities and communities need to do to foster creativity through collaboration." David Buckland, founder of Cape Farewell, didn't have a lot to say about cities and communities, but he certainly knows a thing or two about collaboration. He takes artists, writers, scientists, educators and the media, sticks them all into a boat and takes them into the Arctic to see climate change first hand. ]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

LA Event: Popomomo & LA Vintage Exchange Host Open Studio Tomorrow

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:08:55 -0500

Image courtesy of Lizz Wasserman One of our favorite LA eco-designers Lizz Wasserman of Curatorial and Popomomo--we covered their Spring 2010 collection during LA Fashion Week, here--is hosting an open studio tomorrow along with Courtney Lowe of LA Vintage Exchange. Sip champagne--we hope it's of the green pink champa]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Prefab Live Green House Built in One Day

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:10:20 -0500

Photo: courtesy City of Sydney, Live Green house. The sustainability demonstration showcase house was erected in a single day, when it first appeared as part of Sydney's Art & About Festival last month. Now it's on the move again, this time as an exhibit for the City of Sydney's participation in Australian National Recycling Week and other green community engagement events. Designed by Terry Bail and Martin Urakawa from Archolo]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Vancouver Fashion Week Spring 2010 Starts Tomorrow

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:51 -0500

Vancouver Fashion Week, Fall 2009. Credit: Kris Krug, VFW Vancouver Fashion Week is upon us (November 3-8) and we are happy to report that eco-fashion brands Hawks Ave, Lav & Kush, Movement, Red Jade, and Nate Organics will be representing green fashion on the runway. ]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Your Treat: Save Money by Slaying Energy Vampires

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:01:46 -0500

Energy vampire. Image credit:PeopleJam I'm not one to dress up for Halloween, but I like to find creative ways to get on board with the spooky spirit of the holiday. If you're an energy activist like me, I think you'll enjoy these ideas: Energy Vampires When you sleep, when you eat, while you're hard at work, vampires lurk in the depths of your home. From morning to night they are sucking you dry. It is called vampire power and t]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Ecouterre.com Official Launch Party at Kaight NYC

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:42 -0500

Eco-fashion boutique Kaight hosted Ecouterre.com launch party. Credit: Emma Grady We celebrated the launch of eco-fashion website Ecouterre at Kaight in New York City last night. After perusing racks filled with emerging and independent designers--who use organic, recycled, and sustainable materials-- and catching up with SDN's Marcus Hicks--who sadly was not wearing his Read the full story on TreeHugger

Ken Robinson at Creative Places + Spaces Conference

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:17:40 -0500

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Richard Florida at Creative Places + Spaces Conference

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:27:15 -0500

Creative Places + Spaces conference was billed as "one of the world's leading forums on creativity," and it has certainly lived up to that. The theme was the Collaborative City, and the outcome is hoped to be "guiding principles on what cities and communities need to do to foster creativity through collaboration." Richard Florida, author of, most recently, Who's your City, had a tough act to follow, speaking after the truly mindblowing Sir Ken Robinson. But he rose to the occasion, asking where creativity c]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Linda Loudermilk's Luscious 'Water is a Human Right' Jewelry

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:31:03 -0500

Linda Loudermilk necklace and bamboo scarf. Image courtesy of Linda Loudermilk Linda Loudermilk, one of our favorite Sustainable Designers-- we recently previewed her Spring 2010 collection, here--is doing what she does best: highlighting environmental issues through fashion. This time she's taking on the water crisis with her "Water is a Human Right" campaign--can't you picture fellow Read the full story on TreeHugger

Turn Back Your Clock and Fan This Halloween for Better Energy Savings

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:24:00 -0500

Image via: Aussiboris on Flickr.com Share Did you hear that right? What does reversing the direction of your ceiling fan have anything to do with time or temperatures? Plus, you can turn your heater down too, but who wan]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

'Green Cities California' Helps Small Towns Adopt Environmental Regs Just Like the Big Boys

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:13:00 -0500

Image via: Mike G. K. on Flickr.com Share California has long been on the forefront or cutting edge of green policies and initiatives. Not to say other cities and states aren't making a difference, but on sheer population alone California has a major impact on the rest of the nation and the globe based on what it decide]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

California Will Pay For Your Old Appliances, Just As Soon As DOE Gives Approval

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:36:00 -0500

Image via: harthillsouth on Flickr.com Share We reported earlier this year that the US is planning on giving out stimulus funds for a "Cash for...Refrigerators" program and now California is ready to launch their o]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Green Eyes On: Green Halloween Tips You May Not Have Thought Of

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:00:00 -0500

Photo via Smashing Magazine. Each year Americans spend billions of dollars on Halloween candy, costumes and other Halloween related décor-type items (over $3 billion was spent in 2006 alone). They're shelling out $20-50 a piece on costumes and $10 and up on bags of candy. But, this year more-so than in years past, people have enhanced awareness of health issues like cancer, obesity, a]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

MoJo Special Climate Issue: Make Your Own Magazine Cover

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:30:44 -0500

Image: Mother Jones But Don't Just Look at the Cover, Read it Too Our friends at Mother Jones have created a pretty cool app (Magazine 2.0?). They write: "We've made an app that lets you put your kid/cat/aunt/whatever on the cover of our issue devoted to the political and economic changes that climate change will bring. Send it to your friends, your members of Congress, even President Obama. We'll feature some on our site (if you give us permission, of course)." You can go play with it here, and]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

'We Changed the Odds Today' - 350 Takes Over Times Square (Slideshow)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:18:00 -0500

photo: Matthew McDermott It may have been alternating between heavy mist and outright downpour in Times Square for the International Day of Climate Action, but that didn't really seem to dampen anyone's spirits. Several hundred people packed into the center of the New York's tourist-theater-consumerist world to rally around a single scientific data point. The really great part was the stre]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

With Words, Hip Hop and Hundreds of Bicycles, Beijing's Youth Call for Climate Action

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:45:02 -0500

series of talks in Beijing this week between the US and China didn't come from top officials, but from a more unusual constituent: young Beijingers. The city's celebration of the 350.org International Day of Climate Action began, appropriately, with a parade of bicycles. A sharp contrast to the city's big National Day parade on October 1st, the band of hundreds of young citizens, expats and NGO workers climbed on their two-wheelers -- and in some cases, one-wheelers -- and pl]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Readers, Send Us Your International Day of Climate Action Photos!

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:00:52 -0500

Schoolchildren in the Maldives form a giant '350' in the lead up to October 24th. Credit: 350.org What are you doing today for the International Day of Climate Action, this Saturday, October, 24, 2009? Plan an awareness-raising, pollution-reducing event? Organize a climate-discussion with a meal made from locally grown food? Did you host a teach-in at the town library and wear an organic cotton 350 t-shirt? Prove it! TreeHugger]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Trick Or Treat With A Caulk Gun

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:28:51 -0500

U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman makes a home more energy efficient. Image credit:U.S. Department of Energy Digital Photo Archive. You might think next week's major holiday is Halloween, but 'round the Sierra Club offices we're a bit nerdier. You see, we're excited about Friday, October 30th: National Weatherization Day. On National Weatherization Day, created by the U.S. Department of Energy, cities will be hosting events to highlight services and organizations that help people to make their homes more energy efficien]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Boho Bodega Reinvents New York City's Beloved Corner Deli

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:30:03 -0500

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Chicago Fashion Week Spring 2010: Vert Couture Green Show this Weekend

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:00:47 -0500

Frei Designs to show Spring 2010 collection at Chicago Fashion Week. Credit Frei Designs If you're an eco-fashionista in Chicago, Vert Couture is the place to be during Chicago Fashion Week this weekend. The runway show will feature vegan line Vaute Couture, organic brand Mountains of the Moon, A]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Good Morning New Zealand! First Images From International Day of Climate Action

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:50:00 -0500

all photos courtesy 350.org The first images from the International Day of Climate Action are coming in from New Zealand via the folks over at 350.org. "Here in Aotearoa, New Zealand, we're ahead of the world timewise, but we are absolutely united with the world on this most incredible of days. Because on this day we are joined by 4548 events and actions in 174 countries around the world, making this the biggest day of international action the world has ever seen!"]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

One Man, One Mission, And 12,000km On a Bike

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:46:00 -0500

Image via: 12000km What started out as a four month mission on a bicycle to raise awareness about climate change, has turned into a lucrative fundraising endeavor as well as a visual documentary about the environment in South America. Ryan Stotland, self-confessed TreeHugger fan, decided to take four months this fall and travel roughly 12,000km around ]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

With 5 Negotiating Days Until COP15, Keep Pushing for Fair, Ambitious & Binding Climate Deal

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:36:00 -0500

The following is a guest post from TckTckTck / Global Campaign for Climate Action chairman Kumi Naidoo. With only five negotiating days left to Copenhagen, and acknowledgement that little progress was made in Bangkok, it's all still to play for. This is the time for civil society to come together across the globe; to unite with one voice and put pressure on world leaders to commit to personally attending the Copenhagen talks and ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Desmond Tutu Endorses 350 Target

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:09:59 -0500

Photo via Flickr The people at 350.org continue to amaze with their organizing and advocacy for climate action. Their latest triumph is getting Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of South Africa, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, to endorse a target of 350 parts per million of CO2--the number many scientists say is a safe level. In a widely circulated opinion editorial, Tutu said, "In South Africa, we showed that if we act on the side of]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Plant Your Own Carbon Offsets With WCAFI Tree Kits

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:18:00 -0500

Image via: WCAFI Okay, so its not a one to one match to offset your emissions, but for every tree kit you purchase from the World Clean Air Forest Initiative, they will also plant a tree to match your tree. This two for one sale on trees has one goal, according to WCFAI, clean the air with more trees and they're not going to rest until you purchase and plant a tree<]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

MoveOn and Plug In America Urge Toyota to Quit U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:11:14 -0500

Photo: Flickr U.S. Chamber of Commerce Catching Flak from All Sides The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's position on climate change has caused it a lot of trouble lately, and the defection of Apple has made those problems very high profile (see our coverage: Apple Leaves Climate Change Denying Chamber of Commerce, US Cham]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

How SHE Solves One of the Biggest Social Problems in the World. Period.

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:11:17 -0500

We first heard about SHE: Sustainable Health Enterprises at the Feast Conference when Elisabeth Scharpf told her amazing story about how she set up this social and sustainable franchise scheme that provides women in developing countries with what ]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Capture Sustainability on Film, Send to Rainforest Alliance, Win Trip to Costa Rica

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:48:00 -0500

2008 Contest Winning Image. Image via: Rainforest Alliance Seems like these eco-photo/video contests and climate change solution contests are popping up more and more these days. Maybe that improves your odds of winning...maybe. Well, if you have a good eye for photography or just fancy yourself a shutterbug, why not try your luck at the annual Rainforest Alliance "Picture Sustainability" contest. But you have to]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Go See Tapped Tonite and Find Out How Sacramento's Municipal Water is Under Attack

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:43:00 -0500

Nestle plants to build a water bottling plant in Sacramento by the end of this year. While building another water bottling plant seems like a waste of space and resources, after attending an initial community meeting we find out that the project is even more wicked than initially assumed. This week you can support efforts to wrestle Nestle out of Sacramento by heading to the Crest Theater to see Tapped]]>... Read the full story on TreeHugger