Archive for January, 2009
A New Way to Cut Down on Heating Bills
Date: January 30, 2009 | Category: Lifestyle, Stores & Resources, Women
Let’s face it, worrying about the environment and the economy can keep us awake at times. But if counting sheep doesn’t quite cut it for you - before you turn to pills - try the Za Zen ecoflex Heating and Cooling Comfort Pillow from Made in Santa Cruz. The Za Zen is also a great way to warm your body without having to heat the entire room. (more…)
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Who has the Most Class?
Date: January 29, 2009 | Category: Events, Lifestyle
Here comes the best idea to hit schools since foreign language introduction (or recess)… If you’re a parent, teacher, student, or designer who loves a quest, check out and spread the word about the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom. It just launched today, so get tweeting and posting on all of your social networks. (more…)
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Everyone is Getting Sacked
Date: January 29, 2009 | Category: Care, Clothing, Kids
For anyone who has attempted to swaddle a newborn, you know that origami is less challenging…and more attractive. You’ll be relieved to know that there is finally a solution: Kiddopotamus. (more…)
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Studio to Street Cred
Date: January 28, 2009 | Category: Fashion, Women
Extend the euphoric experience with yoga inspired clothes that are hip enough to hang in long after your downward dog is done. While it still hasn’t become fashionable to wear your pj’s all day long (as much as we’re tempted to push the limits of casual Friday), wearing your yoga gear from 8 to 5 just got a whole lot easier, and way more hip. Thanks to Yoga Tribe and Culture and the amazingly trendy line of yoga inspired street threads, you can go from studio to street seamlessly. (more…)
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Exotic Table Dancing
Date: January 27, 2009 | Category: Home Furnishings, The Home
A table should be sturdy, look good with a vase of flowers atop it and have clean lines that compliment your other furniture. But there is no reason it needs to deplete a forest to be gorgeous! (more…)
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Why Om Y?
Date: January 26, 2009 | Category: Accessories, Bags, Fashion, Lifestyle, Stores & Resources
Yoga is a beautiful thing. Only thing is, many of the products that support your poses are anything but healthy. Everything associated with yoga should be as conscious as your asanas. Most bags that make transporting your mat a little less clumsy are made of petroleum based material or pesticide-laden conventional cotton. (more…)
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White Towels go Green
Date: January 25, 2009 | Category: Home Furnishings
Wrap yourself in these beautiful bath sheets - they have the luxe look and absorbency of a Frete without having to fret about how they are manufactured. Coyuchi’s organic cotton is grown in India by family farmers organized in cooperatives. Colors are limited but their white isn’t that wheaty white so often associated with organic cotton. They are brilliant despite the fact that no chlorine is used. And the plushest part is that they are surprising affordable.
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Not Just for Australian Shepherds
Date: January 24, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Featured, Hair Care, Pets, Skin Care, Stores & Resources
It’s tough to find a pet shampoo that doesn’t smell like, well, pet shampoo. With all the harsh insecticides that go into most of those bottles, it’s really no wonder that even the tastiest treats aren’t enough to lure your dog into the bathtub. But australianScent, a Brooklyn-based skincare company, has a wag-worthy solution. Their pet soap ($8), sold in bar form, is made up of a blend of eight essential oils, all of which repel fleas and mosquitoes the natural way. Combine that with the bar’s base of olive oil and cocoa butter, and you’ll have one happy – and soft – pup on your hands. (more…)
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Yoga High
Date: January 24, 2009 | Category: Lifestyle, Stores & Resources
Work worries, economy woes and the desire to hibernate until April can all be alleviated with a calming yoga class in a calming atmosphere. In Manhattan, the Lower East Side’s Yoga High answers the cry of stressed out yogis and yoginis everywhere by offering uplifting and powerful classes in a planet friendly studio. (more…)
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For all Eco-Chicks!
Date: January 23, 2009 | Category: Lifestyle, Media, Stores & Resources
Last month, ecofabulous was at the New York launch party of Starre Vartan’s new book, The Eco Chick Guide to Life: How to Be Fabulously Green. (more…)
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