Archive for November, 2008
Elsewhere in the Ecosphere
Date: November 26, 2008 | Category: Lifestyle, Media
A new application to chip away at carbon footprints
Solar energy generated in a Spanish cemetary
Sustainable accomodations for Alpine adventurers
The greenpeace guide to greener electronics
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In Bed with Goldilocks!
Date: November 26, 2008 | Category: Featured, Home Furnishings, The Home
It’s no wonder Goldilocks wanted to try out all the beds in the three bears’ home. She was trying to find the best sheets!!
With the release of Goldie Home, a new line of eco-luxury bedding, sophisticated design meets sustainability. Using only third-party certified organic cotton, you can rest assured that your zz’s will be enjoyed pesticide-free. The dyes are not vegetable-based but do adhere to strict European standards, and Goldie Home makes the commitment to switch to more ecologically-sound dyes in the future. (more…)
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My Little Pakora
Date: November 25, 2008 | Category: Children, Clothing, Fashion, Featured, Kids
As an eco-conscious adult, you’ll want your legacy to live on with your like-minded little ones. My Little Pakora, a line of planet friendly clothing and accessories for baby, takes pride in its low-impact processing (using certified organic cotton from sustainable farms and toxin-free dyeing), helping ensure a green future for the next generation.
The darling designs are inspired by founder Sonia Gupta’s South Asian heritage. What’s more, My Little Pakora features helpful educational material on how to live more healthfully, incorporating local and organic nutrition, yoga, and natural remedies into your routine as part of pregnancy and parenting. In India, these practices have existed long before today’s contemporary trends. So My Little Pakora is not only selling the green goods, they’re living it as well.
Raising a culturally clever kid has never been so easy. Or so adorable.
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Bam-Beautiful
Date: November 24, 2008 | Category: Beauty, Makeup, Teens for Safe Cosmetics
As an ecofabulous reader, you started to replace many of your beauty products with ecological options – sans toxins and chemical-based preservatives (always referring to the trustworthy Teens for Safe Cosmetics). And if you’re paying close attention, you are hopefully starting to question the “process” as much as the “product.” Well, the process for that pretty face can now include make-up brushes that carry your mineral-based powder from the compact to your cheekbones in full sustainable style. (more…)
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Waking up all of the Eco-Senses!
Date: November 21, 2008 | Category: Lifestyle, Tech
Has the green movement got you movin’ to a new tune - recycling, composting, eating organically and buying sustainable products? Well now you can sing to something more sustainable too.
Ecofabulous, design-loving music aficionados everywhere have been overheard coveting the Vers 2X iPod stereo. But it’s the Vers 1.5R radio/alarm clock for iPod that got us out of bed this morning. Designed to deliver maximum sound for its size, the stereo has a retro bamboo exterior cabinet and an energy efficient class D amplifier (between 35-50% more energy efficient). And the 18-function remote allows you to control the tunes, even from across the room. (more…)
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Don’t Be a Turkey: Entertain Greenly this Holiday Season
Date: November 20, 2008 | Category: Food & Drink, Holiday & Gift, Kitchen, Lifestyle
Chekhov once famously wrote, “People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.” It isn’t that entertaining isn’t enjoyable, just that hosting holiday celebrations can be stressful, especially if you are trying to make more eco-friendly choices around the house.
But preparing an organic meal and decorating with an eye towards sustainability needn’t be nerve-racking since there have never been more green products on the market. You just need to know where to look. This year, ecofabulous has done the shopping for you (OK, you still have to purchase the bits you want, but we make it easy!). (more…)
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A Staycation in Bed
Date: November 19, 2008 | Category: Home Furnishings, The Home
It is beginning to get a little chilly to lay in a field of flowers (OK, LA, we know…) So to do your part to reduce your travel footprint and to save your pretty pennies, try turning your bed into a retreat. The Bloom organic cotton duvet from Wildflower Organics can help create an escape. (more…)
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Bag this Deal!
Date: November 18, 2008 | Category: Accessories, Bags, Fashion, Featured
Ditching plastic bags is an honorable goal but if you want to lift your eco efforts to the next level, using totes made from organic cotton is the way to go. While we applaud anyone who forgoes plastic in favor of a reusable tote, many of the bags that tout themselves as eco-friendly aren’t really green. (more…)
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A Call to Arms
Date: November 18, 2008 | Category: Accessories, Fashion, Jewelry
Are your wrists feeling a little bit out of the loop lately? Ecofabulous has the 411 on sustainable jewelry and the news keeps getting better and better. How cute are theses hand-woven telephone wire bracelets from Original Women?
Made entirely from telephone wire by Zulu basket weavers, the beautiful texture of the weave and the graphic patterns will appeal to teenagers and grandmothers alike. You can select from copper, black, silver, brown and copper zebra, or the black and white zebra. Since the bracelets are made by hand, each piece is unique. And when you buy the bracelets, which retail for $35, from Original Women, you’ll be helping female artisans earn a living and receive basic education, health education, and HIV/AIDS support. What a deal!
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Singing the Love Story Blues
Date: November 18, 2008 | Category: Fashion, Women
If retro is the way you roll (which is now au current), rock these slim fit jeans from J Brand Green Label.
Skinny to the knee with a bell-bottom and a feminine waistband, the Love Story in Woodstock jeans recall the 70’s but with a modern flair. Made of 100 percent organic cotton with a touch of Lycra for just enough stretch but not too much, the low rise jeans retail for $227.
Zem recently sported hers while presenting green holiday ideas on our local NBC station.
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