VIDEO: WhatGives!? on the MODERN LIVING Showhouse

Date: July 16, 2010 | Category: Green Building, Home Furnishings, Videos

The always hip WhatGives!? crew got the inside scoop on what it takes for beautiful design and conscientious decision making to meet in the middle, and why the environment is an important factor to consider when thinking about design. Check out the video below with interviews from ecofabulous founder, Zem Joaquin, Dwell Magazines’ President & Publisher, Michela O’Conner Abrams, Global Green USA CEO, Matt Peterson and Reclaimed Space’s Tracen Gardner and learn about lessening your impact while maintaining style in your own space! (more…)

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“Into the Green” with Weleda

Date: July 14, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Resources, Skin Care

We’re reporting from Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany where we’re off to visit Weleda Naturals Biodynamic Gardens (all 135 acres of them) to learn how Weleda products are grown right from the earth - not a lab. We’ll be harvesting calendula, one of the main ingredients in Weleda’s Calendula Baby Care products, as well as learning about biodynamic gardening, and treating farms as complete, self-sustaining organisms. (more…)

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Love Life. Live Clean.

Date: July 13, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Skin Care

Life can be messy - no one knows this more than moms. But what if the products you use to clean delicate skin with are even dirtier than the dirt you’re trying to scrub off? Conventional soaps and hand sanitizers contain toxic chemicals that can actually do more harm than good. So when looking to clean and care for your body, look no further than longtime ecofab fave EO (which stands for essential oils - like the ones used in their products, steam distilled directly from flowers, leaves, bark and wood). (more…)

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A Perfect Mat(ch)

Date: July 12, 2010 | Category: Lifestyle

Founded on the simple idea that a better yoga mat could make a world of difference, Manduka eKO™ yoga mats do just that. Made of natural tapped rubber, a sustainable and renewable material, the mats provide non-slip comfort and cushioning without exposing yogi’s to the chemicals found in conventional PVC mats. (more…)

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Natural Beauty, Hold the Parabens

Date: July 9, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Skin Care

The difference between The Body Deli and less eco-conscious beauty lines is the same as the divide between organic cuisine and fast food. The former makes you feel whole and satiated, the latter, sluggish and ill-fed. (more…)

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Case Matters

Date: July 8, 2010 | Category: Bags, Fashion, Office, Travel

While mainstream retailers can often be one of the harder places to spend consciously, American retailer, J.Crew, has recently given us a new shopping outlet. Known for it’s well-tailored, slightly preppy aesthetic, this season J.Crew has collaborated with the sophisticated WANT Les Essentials De La Vie accessories to produce an exclusive line of Ivy League-looking laptop cases and travel bags made from organic cotton and sustainably produced leather (read: vegetable tanned, rather than dyed with toxic chromium). (more…)

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VIDEO: Intro to the MODERN LIVING Showhouse

Date: July 7, 2010 | Category: Green Building, Home Furnishings, Videos

For those of you that missed us at Dwell on Design, (and for those of you still wanting more!) here’s the trailer that was playing at the event. This video shows the beginnings of the MODERN LIVING Showhouse presented by Electrolux, a 400 sq. ft. prefab house built by Reclaimed Space in Austin, TX.

Meet Zem Joaquin, our fearless ecofabulous founder, and hear from a few of the other players involved in this project: Tracen and Kimber, the founders of Reclaimed Space, discuss the “small house movement,” receiving their first call from Dwell Magazine, and take you through all of the salvaged materials used to build the MODERN LIVING Showhouse. (more…)

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The Winning Card

Date: July 6, 2010 | Category: Art, Cards & Stationary, Lifestyle

There are winners and there are champions. Company name aside, Brooklyn-based enormouschampion is a clear leader in the cool-cards-plus-great-tea-towels-plus-more-fun-stuff category (and all while being incredibly sustainable, mind you). From our first sighting of the cetacean study limited edition print to our subsequent swooning over the entire line of greeting cards (check out babylove, a mis-tape, and post script), we knew we’d stumbled on something special. (more…)

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