No Place Like Home Sweet
Date: February 5, 2010 | Category: Home Furnishings, The Home
There’s a certain transition point when a house becomes a home. The sense of welcome and familiarity, a true expression of the creative souls that live inside and small touches of the family’s personality and character. But how do you get that sense of warmth without cleaning your wallet out cold? A recent discovery of Home Sweet block printed fabric and home goods has shown that all you need is a little hand-made, sustainable love. (more…)
Pop It Like It’s Hot
Date: February 2, 2010 | Category: Food & Drink, Kitchen, Lifestyle
For most of us, popcorn is an iconic treat, reminding us of movie theaters and greasy, salt-soaked fingers. With all the fun of childhood, 479 Popcorn is an organic treat for the whole family, but make no mistake – this isn’t the regular butter-and-salt basic you grew up on. These tasty little kernels have risen (or popped, if you will) to a whole new level. (more…)
One Man’s Trash…
Date: February 2, 2010 | Category: Home Furnishings, The Home
Reusing old items (like furniture) tops the eco-list of planet conscious peeps everywhere, no question. But as much as we’d love to add a little pre-loved flavor to our home, the challenge often lies in picturing that discarded dresser or crumbling credenza living in your place when it’s just so… trashed. After a trip to Brooklyn based home décor company, Nightwood, it makes the visioning process a breeze: they gather, recover, and repurpose unwanted pieces and offer beautiful, one-of-a-kind goods. (more…)
Nesting Au Natural
Date: January 26, 2010 | Category: Home Furnishings, The Home
Home design is a passion of ours, but how we cringe when we consider that deforestation may have contributed to the wood furniture peddled by mass retailers. Lucky for us, and for you, nesting au natural does not mean having to throw your ethics or aesthetics out the window. We’ve already written about the vanguards behind environment, whose Los Angeles outpost is a regular ecofab stop when we’re in the City of Angels. In nearby Santa Monica, another green-friendly showroom is proving that design can, and should, have a conscience. (more…)
Pump It Up
Date: January 14, 2010 | Category: Cleaning, The Home
We’re happy to announce another revolutionary development from our friends over at Method, a leading innovator in eco-friendly cleaning products. Laundry piles beware, Method Laundry Detergent with Smartclean Technology™ uses a radical new patent-pending formula that delivers incredible cleaning power with only 1/4 of the dose of the leading national detergent brand. The world’s first ever Cradle to Cradle certified laundry detergent has been recognized for its formulation safety, green packaging design and manufacturing process. (more…)
Cleaning with The Mrs.
Date: January 13, 2010 | Category: Cleaning, The Home
The feminist in us hesitates to gush too much about our obsession for a certain home cleaning product, but our secret love for Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day products in the heavenly geranium scent cannot be kept hidden any more. It is during these winter months that we indulge most in the refreshing floral scent, using it on dishes, for hand soap, laundry, even as a toilet bowl cleaner and window spray. And to think that the scent was inspired by Mrs. Meyer’s very own garden – the woman is dedicated to “straightforward, honest cleaners that smell good and work like the dickens on dirt.” (more…)
An Environment of Sustainable Luxury
Date: January 12, 2010 | Category: Events, Home Furnishings, The Home
Green happenings are making waves at Environment’s expansive 5,500 square foot LA showroom of eco-luxury furniture. At last year’s “Opportunity Green VIP Mixer” executives from XPrize, Dwell, Disney, Global Green USA and Gensler met to mingle and view the hot, new MINI-E electric cars. Another co-hosted success was with “Greening Hollywood,” a lavishly divine dinner catered by MILK’s chef Bret Thompson for 20 people from industries such as landscape design, film studios (Universal), the Makeup Artist Guild, Sebastian Copeland and Zahava Stroud of Hollywood Goes Green. (more…)
Hanging Ten Never Looked So Good
Date: January 11, 2010 | Category: Home Furnishings, The Home, Travel, Women
Designer Heather Heron is a woman of impeccable taste, as demonstrated by the namesake line of bags we previously went head-over-hemp for. Heron’s green designs have transcended the eco-conscious masses, lauded by haute publications like Vogue and anyone with an eye for style. (more…)
The Light Stuff
Date: December 30, 2009 | Category: Home Furnishings, The Home
The latest and greatest in LED lighting has clearly arrived in the Pharox 60 LED Dimmable Bulb. With 19% of energy consumption worldwide used for lighting (most of that going to heat, mind you), it’s with illuminated excitement that we welcome this genius bulb. (more…)
Change is at Hand
Date: December 22, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Care, Cleaning, Food & Drink, Kitchen, The Home
The concept of “disposable” items is one that we try to regularly offer alternatives to here at ecofabulous. As we all know very well by now, there is no “away” and the fact that as consumers, we continue to offer a demand for one-time use goods, is something that we need to take responsibility for – change the demand (give them no demand!) and the market will shift accordingly. That’s why we were so excited to meet with the founders of PeopleTowels at this year’s Opportunity Green conference, to get a first glance at the new stylish, reusable towels. (more…)
