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Design Competition: Umbrella Inside Out Deadline September 1!
That's right! Only a little over three weeks for designers to enter the Umbrella Inside Out competitions, brought to you by TreeHugger, I.D. Magazine, and the Sustainable Style Foundation! Designers, give us your umrbella couture, or shelter us with a
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Baptismal Water Car Wash
More late summer car wash news. Here's a free anecdote for whatever type of Sunday gathering you do (or don't do):In an attempt to be environmentally friendly and serve the community, Members of Levenshulme Baptist Church in Manchester will use the water
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Emissary Credit Card Would Track Carbon Footprint
Green and Red credit card options may turn out to be the tip of the ethical electronic purchasing ice burg. Imagine if each time you bought something, a message about its planetary impact flashed across a screen similar to the one where you enter your
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San Francisco Fashion Week Features Eco Designers
Hooray for SF Fashion week's choosing to profile eco-savvy designers among the rest. We're excited to see some of Kelly B.'s organic cotton and glimpse Gypsy and Loic's contribution to menswear. The week will include: A series of professional fashion
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Solar Powered Car Wash in Southern California
Valley Car Wash in Van Nuys will make So Cal autos sparkle using solar power. The owners get a 42% rebate from Southern California Gas Company on the $677,00 cost of installation, and will save in the long run with the photovoltaic supplementation to
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Vintage Shopping in LA
Wondering where to get your vintage amidst LA's vast retail expanse this fall? City Beat's Kendra Gilbert sifts through Melrose shops and beyond, sorting the keepers from the places you're likely to exit empty handed. Before you go, get some sage
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Solar LED House Number Introduced in UK
Want to fully trick out your home LED-style? Add a little outdoor illumination to your indoor tile and light repertoire: Powered by a rechargeable battery fed from a solar cell, the number made from anodised aluminium or black finishes will absorb the
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Bird-Electron EZ-TAKEGTF2: Electricity-Free, Portable Bamboo Speaker
If you're looking for grid-free amplification for your MP3 Player, you can now use your solar backpack or your bamboo speaker. Added benefit: no need to camouflage plastic ugliness if bamboo happens to work with your decor. From exporter
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Designers: One Month To Umbrella Inside Out Deadline!
That's right! One more month to revolutionize the umbrella, or stun us with reused umbrella couture! Finalists will be featured/counted down on TreeHugger, and featured in I.D. Magazine! The winning garment will walk Paris's Ethical Fashion Show! Get to
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Make Biking Cool, Hollywood
Ok, I'm behind most of the movie going public in that I just saw The 40 Year Old Virgin on Saturday night. Anyone who's seen it knows that part of what makes Steve Carell's character a dork is that he rides a bike. It's all tied up in his prolonged
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The Green Apprentice: An Organic Gardener for Prince Charles
Arguably, his hair is better. He's definitely more reserved, and is in possession of a voice more mellifluous. Prince Charles is looking for a gardener, and he's going to find his apprentice on TV, Donald-style. Who would have thought that the monarchy
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Organic Cherry Growers Weather Market Upsets
If you eat cherries, chances are they come from Washington and Western Montana. The Washington cherries ripened late this year, and the Montana crop came early. This has meant a glut in the market, and the largest regional shipping plant isn't accepting
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Del Forte Denim: Organic, Repurposed, and "Magical"
You've heard some variation of it: the best way to make a difference is to do what you're best at, and use it to change the corner of the world you know. Fantasy? Illusion? Not if we're talking about Tierra Del Forte. After six years of work in
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Umbrella Inside Out: Calling All Designers!
Do you know an industrial or fashion designer who hasn't yet entered one of our Umbrella Inside Out competitions? Someone who could rock the Cradle to Cradle umbrella category? Or stitch a damn fine couture garment from abandoned or used umbrellas? Well,
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Paper Magazine: "Accountability is Sexy These Days"
Yay! We're glad our readers aren't the only ones considering sustainability, ethical consumption and charitable leanings sexy. (With luck, the message will keep mutating along with trends and won't become lost to fad-dom... Or will completely transform
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Reverb: Sustainable Interior Design
Published by sustainable design firm, Tricycle, "Reverb
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Bust Magazine Fall Fashion Issue
Thanks, Bust, for making Fall Fashion about raw-materials-sparing self-expression, rather than slavish submission. The August/September issue could easily be called the "Re-use Edition." Check out the interview with Our Lady of Vintage Conversion
