Archive for April, 2009
Walking Tall for the Environment
Women can walk a little bit taller (about four inches), knowing that their stylish shoes may look HOT… but aren’t contributing to our earth getting any hotter! Olsenhauscreates a collection of vegan footwear that could rival – do I dare say – Christian Louboutin, himself?
Shoes can literally destroy lives and ecosystems during their journey to your feet. In the US alone, 350 million pairs of shoes a year are produced using environmentally destructive materials like toxic dyes, synthetics, glues, petroleum-based rubber and chemically treated leathers. All of this results in millions of pounds of waste and poison!
Unlike other designers, who create special eco-conscious lines to capitalize on the green trend, Elizabeth Olsen is committed to keeping her shoes 100% vegan and influencing others in fashion to do the same. Her influence stretches far since she’s a member of PETA, the Humane Society, as well as Greenpeace.
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Tags: green fashion, olsen haus, vegan, vivienne westwood
Ever wanted fashion forward, fair-trade clothing? Now, you can have it! Eco Citizen, one of San Francisco’s most renowned boutiques, carries only fair-trade, sweatshop-free clothing that stands up to any high-end designer!
Eco Citizen‘s classic, modern clothing is made from organic wool suiting, organic cotton, and soy cotton textiles. Their accessories are reinvented from recycled gold or sterling silver overlay. You can even find the infamous Vivienne Westwood “Melissa” shoe made of recyclable and specially patented plastics.
Owner, Joslin Van Arsdale, is all about shopping locally and community participation in doing our part for the world. She is on the board of global green and donates to a number of local causes and schools. Some of her charities include: The Green Youth Movement and San Francisco Green Clean.
Now that you can shop in style with fair-trade fashion, stop in and get a little something green for your closet!
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Tags: eco citizen, fashion, green fashion
“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. That proverb couldn’t be more fitting for multi-media artist, Yuken Teruya. This distinguished artist brings new life to everyday objects that you and I call trash.
Teruya references consumerism and culture by using traditional techniques with unconventional mediums such as pizza boxes, toilet rolls and McDonald’s bags. Teruya believes that when everyday items become artwork, they begin to hold a political connotation because they are taken from everyday life. As soon as they are seen as an unconventional medium of art portraying real beauty, they are no longer political and can become something more meaningful.
The image here is called, NoticeForest. The tree is standing inside the same McDonald’s Happy Meal bag that it was cut-out of. It is quite interesting that Teruya created a cut-out tree from a disposable paper bag.
Perhaps the tree is a gentle reminder of where the paper bag came from? Art like this can inspire us to take action!
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Tags: art, yuken teruya
No, this is not a flashback of ‘Meet the Parents’. This is a real eco-solution for your pet’s bathroom time! One of the biggest problems we face with pets is waste. And lots of it! Cats and dogs produce about 12 million tons of – dare I write it – poop each year, spreading parasites and disease all over landfills.
To address this problem, Feline Solution created CatSeat, a contraption the replaces your toilet-seat with one that cats can use. Cats are trained to use it on the floor, like a traditional kitty-litter box, but once they are trained, you can attach it to the toilet seat and voila… no more taking it out to the trashcan!
For a slim price of $59.99, you may never have to buy kitty litter ever again. Flush your smelly litter boxes goodbye!
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Tags: green, kitty litter
