Archive for August, 2010
Haute House on the Prairie
Date: August 22, 2010 | Category: Featured, Food & Drink
Just a couple of years ago you would have to trawl numerous watering holes to land an organic cocktail but, luckily, times have changed! We enthusiastically welcome Praire Vodka to the bar. It is sure to regularly be gracing our ecofabulous aluminum martini glass (click here for details on the glass)… and found in our favorite eco pomegranate cosmo recipe. (more…)
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Back to Your Roots
Date: August 20, 2010 | Category: Fashion, Women
As Bay Area locals, we know that weather can be a wily force to reckon with! To avoid getting caught in an unsuspecting temperature change, stock your wardrobe with versatile clothing items from Indigenous Clothing that are fit for layering. Stay comfortable in every climate with the comfy, yet colorful in the red apple wrap hoody. Or bundle up with the lightweight weekender cardigan. Both are made from soft, luxurious organic cotton. (more…)
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Basic Elements
Date: August 20, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Skin Care, Suncare
After your first time using one of the products from the diverse, organically-grown, plant-based Elemental Herbs line, you’ll quickly realize how practical and effective they are. The All Good Goop ($13.50 for a 2oz. jar) works on everything from cuts, burns, bites, blisters, super dry hands, and even a baby’s bum! (more…)
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Dedicate Time to De-Grease
Date: August 19, 2010 | Category: Events, Lifestyle, Stores & Resources
Most of us understand the correlation between oil and cars - transportation accounts for 40 percent of our petroleum consumption. What many of us are not as conscious of is the amount of oil-based products we use every day. Nearly 10 percent of U.S. petroleum is used to make plastic products alone, which equates to approximately 2 million barrels a day! That’s why the entire ecofabulous team is excited about participating in The Weekend Without Oil, coming up on August 21st-22nd. Check out the Weekend Without Oil PSA below featuring the cast of MTV’s The Buried Life, sign the pledge and then read up on all the great alternatives we’ve picked - petroleum-free products that are just as stylish as they are sustainable. (more…)
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Eco-Event: A Common Green
Date: August 18, 2010 | Category: Events, Lifestyle
Next week, on August 26th, the Bay Area’s leading nonprofits, foundations, and businesses will have a unique opportunity to connect face-to-face during a lively and inspiring event. Join ecofabulous’ Zem Joaquin and Jared Blumenfeld, EPA Director for the Pacific-Southwest, for A Common Green. (more…)
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Back to School: An Ecofabulous Style Guide
Date: August 17, 2010 | Category: Guides
This guide is presented by KEEN.
The end of summer is always bittersweet. It’s tough to say goodbye to family road trips, warm August nights and lazy mornings. Still, there’s something magical about the commencement of a new school year. As we pencil another cycle of growth onto the wall, it’s hard to believe how much the world of sustainability has matured. We used to have to struggle to find earth-friendly school supplies. Now there are so many products, our biggest conundrum is to narrow it down to the items that we like best. Buoyed by the challenge, we’ve scoured the market to bring you our hand-curated list of the best in healthy, sustainable style for our kids and the planet.
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Let’s Play House
Date: August 16, 2010 | Category: Furniture, Kids, Toys
Combine the backgrounds of two moms in San Francisco, one in sustainable construction and environmental research, the other an artist and teacher, and what do you get? The creation of a line of eco-friendly modern playhouses, furniture and accessories designed to let the imagination roam. (more…)
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Glow and Behold
Date: August 13, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Skin Care
As a company with roots dating back to 1958, Eminence Organic Skin Care definitely has eco street cred. From sustainable farming to utilizing wind energy, geothermal heating and solar power energy to printing with vegetable-based inks on FSC certified post consumer recycled paper. Did we mention the products are ah-mazing? (more…)
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The Apple of Our Eye
Date: August 12, 2010 | Category: Bags, Fashion, Women
Your make-up bag describes your life perfectly - a beautiful mess. Clean up your act with one of Apple & Bee’s gorgeous cosmetic carry alls. Made with eco-friendly fabrics like organic cotton, hemp, bamboo and silk, you can stash and store your sustainable make-up in a bag with the same sentiments. (more…)
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You’re The One
Date: August 11, 2010 | Category: Kids, Toys
Rubber duckies make bath time so much fun… unless they’re made of plastic containing phthalates that have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other health concerns. Decidedly, not so fun. Rich Frog toy company, based out of Burlington, Vermont, carries a collection of cute rubber duckies made from natural rubber (a safe and renewable resource that will biodegrade after its end of life) and hand-painted with non-toxic paints.
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