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Are you global warming ready?
Jeans-maker Diesel is |
Sarah van Schagen |
07 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Jeans-maker Diesel is. Their new 'Global Warming Ready' ad campaign (image: CNW Group) depicts life in a climate-changed world (yes, that's Mount Rushmore in the background). And PS, y'all, if global warming is going to make people that hot, I'm all for it. Check out those ... um ... jeans. Below the fold, a short video about the campaign from the Diesel website. |
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| Topics: climate, fashion, messaging (all these topics) |
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The Brody Hunch
Eric Brody of outdoor-apparel company Nau answers readers' questions |
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26 Jan 2007 |
InterActivist |
| To what extent are your products produced in the U.S.? How do you intend to inventory environmental cradle-to-grave impacts from manufacturing where no regulations exist? -- Jeanne Cahill, Northburrow, Mass. Eric Brody, Nau Inc. Our sourcing team has worked diligently to develop business relationships with U.S. and overseas sources that meet our environmental, social, delivery, quality, and price ... |
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| Topics: fashion, InterActivist, interview, outdoor recreation (all these topics) |
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If Not Nau, When?
Eric Brody of outdoor-apparel company Nau answers Grist's questions |
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22 Jan 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Eric Brody. What work do you do? I am the sustainability manager at Nau Inc. My other involvements include founder and coordinator of Portland Green Drinks; executive committee member for the Sustainable Packaging Coalition; and advisory committee member for the Oregon Natural Step Network. How does your work relate to the environment? Nau, Inc. is a retail (as well as direct) technical and lifestyl ... |
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| Topics: fashion, InterActivist, interview, outdoor recreation (all these topics) |
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Holier than thou, and better dressed, too
Times reports on vegan fashion |
Kate Sheppard |
11 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The Times reports on cruelty-free fashion today. Not that any of us can afford this stuff. But still. Just saying. It's there. And we're glad of it. But could this bring eco-fashion to the fashion-conscious masses? And could it signal the end of Summer Rayne Oakes' unchallenged hegemony in the sphere of eco-fashion? |
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| Topics: fashion, green living, animal welfare (all these topics) |
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Blood diamonds are for never
Movie, music bring awareness to conflict gems |
Sarah van Schagen |
08 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| A diamond is forever. A diamond is a girl's best friend. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Neil Diamond. Call it bling, call it ice, call it the most beautifulest piece of sparkly you've ever seen and yes-yes-yes-I'll-marry-you. Diamonds are more than just super-polished rocks. They symbolize true love and economic status. They adorn everything from ring fingers to pierced ears, gangsta grillz to bra straps. But a recent string of films, music, and media coverag ... |
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| Topics: fashion, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, mining (all these topics) |
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A Loom With a View
The U.S. organic cotton industry has a tough row to hoe |
Jason Mark |
20 Nov 2006 |
Main Dish |
| The view from the Panoche Cotton Gin outside Firebaugh, Calif., reveals a great deal about the state of the cotton industry in the U.S. A generation ago, fields of cotton surrounded the gin as far as the eye could see. Today, the gin -- a warehouse-sized plant that can clean and bundle dozens of tons of cotton a day -- is flanked on all sides by almond orchards, groves upon groves of the tall tre ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, business, fashion (all these topics) |
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Lexus Nexus
A dispatch from an eco-showroom evening full of luxurious goods |
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16 Nov 2006 |
Dispatches |
| Emily Gertz is an environmental journalist based in Brooklyn, N.Y., who has contributed to Grist, Plenty, WorldChanging, and other independent publications, and blogs at OneAtlantic.net. Thursday, 16 Nov 2006 New York, N.Y. I want to believe. I want to believe that we can create an ecologically sustainable and socio-economically just future for the billions of biologically distinct individuals who comprise humanity ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, fashion, green living, greening biz operations, greenish companies, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Pest Control
On environmental busybodies |
Umbra Fisk |
15 Nov 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, A friend recently said I should "walk the talk" by replacing my synthetic clothes (purchased before I saw the environmental light, as it were) with new things made entirely of organically grown fibers. I thought about this, and it seems wasteful to get rid of clothes that still fit and look nice, just to buy new clothes that I don't really need. What to do? Arvella Georgetown, Texas Dearest Arvella, Where d ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fashion, green living (all these topics) |
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Ghoul-y jewelry
Beware, ye Halloween pirates and princesses. |
Sarah K. Burkhalter |
23 Oct 2006 |
Gristmill |
| We just received a timely pre-Halloween press release from the Sierra Club, warning about the dangers of toy jewelry. Not the choking hazard, or the dressing-like-Mr.-T-for-the-fourth-year-in-a-row hazard, but the leaching-toxic-metals hazard. Toy jewelry, apparently, can have high amounts of lead. It also, according to the Sierra Club, has become a popular trick-or-treat item in recent years. (Thanks, but I'll take the candy. Unless you have a locally grown, or ... |
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| Topics: fashion, holiday, parenting, toxics (all these topics) |
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Clothes Encounters
On synthetic fabrics and kids |
Umbra Fisk |
11 Oct 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I have just recently learned about all these plastic-awareness issues and now wonder about polyester clothing, or any human-made fabric for that matter, on my children (three girls: 3, 5, and 7 years old). If plastics can leach out into their bodies, can clothing also affect them? Julie Roberts Nevada City, Calif. Dearest Julie, The clothing we wear can affect all of us, as well as our environment. But should ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fashion, green living, parenting, toxics (all these topics) |
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Frumpy, but well intentioned
New study finds women dress better when they're fertile |
Kate Sheppard |
10 Oct 2006 |
Gristmill |
| A new study has found that women tend to dress better when they're fertile, according to an article published today by Reuters. Perhaps there is good reason environmentalists, at least as far as the stereotype is concerned, dress poorly. All the hemp ponchos and fleece jackets are really just another way to walk the talk on population control. At least, that's my new excuse for dressing like this. It's my fertility camouflage. |
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| Topics: fashion, population (all these topics) |
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So maybe it's just my sweet tooth ...
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Sarah van Schagen |
20 Jul 2006 |
Gristmill |
| But when I read this story (albeit a week late), I totally thought to myself 'Clothes made from sugar? Sweet!' See, I saw this: The one-of-a-kind outfits created by big name designers Oscar de la Renta, Stephen Burrows, Elisa Jimenez, and others included a strapless beige ball gown, a cream baby-doll dress with ribbon and sheer overlay, and a pink and yellow taffeta skirt with a silver recycled polyester bustier. And then I sort of skipped down here: Other ... |
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| Topics: fashion (all these topics) |
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Funny
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Chris Schults |
17 Jul 2006 |
Gristmill |
| (from SFGate via Groovy Green) |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, fashion, green living (all these topics) |
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Textile Messaging
On old clothes |
Umbra Fisk |
05 Jul 2006 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I promise that I searched the archives before emailing you, so hopefully you haven't already answered this question. I'm wondering about the best way to dispose of old clothes and shoes -- the tired, well-loved, and much-worn items that thrift shops really don't want. I wear my clothes until the bitter end, and then I just don't know what to do with them. Old T-shirts make great rags, but then what? Carrie Doring Seattle, W ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fashion, green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Hooray natural fibers, and please don't eat the sheep
Wool and silk pass the test. |
Todd Hymas Samkara |
14 Jun 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Vindication is a strange animal (like unto a marmot, or maybe an echidna) creeping up where one least expects it. Such as the BBC yesterday. A fan, nay, a necessary devotee of natural-fiber clothing (see: Multiple Chemical Sensitivities), I often get flak from fellow outdoorspeople for outdoorsifying in non-synthetics. Especially so on high-altitude peaks in Colorado. But, newsflash, people: natural fibers like wool and silk, when worn correctly in layers, can ho ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, fashion, food, green living (all these topics) |
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Enviro tees a major hit in Japan
Japanese buyers buy up Patagonia's eco-themed t-shirts |
Corey McKrill |
27 Jul 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Patagonia Japan introduced a line of organic cotton t-shirts in January that sported messages on the front and back addressing environmental problems in various regions of the country. They donated $5 from the price of each shirt to Japanese environmental groups. The t-shirt line was completely sold out by the end of March. I don't know a lot about the political climate in Japan with regard to environmental issues, so I can't tell if this is a great success story or n ... |
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| Topics: fashion, Japan (all these topics) |
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The Fashion of the Grist
On eco-conscious fashion |
Umbra Fisk |
20 Jun 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I need some new clothes! But besides shopping consignment and used clothing shops and hunting through labels looking for "Made in USA" tags, are there online sources of organic- or sustainable-fabric clothes that are guaranteed sweatshop-free? I would not mind investing in some decent duds that look nice and last. Lorna Vogt Salt Lake City, Utah Dearest Lorna, Yes! I'm going to mention a few, and I ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fashion, green living (all these topics) |
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String Theory
On clotheslines |
Umbra Fisk |
08 Jun 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, We would like to install a clothesline this summer to take advantage of the few months of sun that we get here in Oregon. Any advice on the best kind, and how to keep air-dried clothes from feeling like cardboard? German Whitley Philomath, Ore. Dearest German, Excellent. If your power supplier is, as I suspect, Consumers Power Inc. in Philomath, you are paying about 7 cents per kilowatt-hour; their handy electricity calculator ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, fashion, green living (all these topics) |
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Changing clothes to battle climate change
Japanese dress down to save 81 million gallons of oil in summer |
Chris Schults |
31 May 2005 |
Gristmill |
| What do you do if your country needs to meet targets under the Kyoto global warming protocol? You dress down. Yup, the Japanese government is encouraging public workers to wear less in order to use less oil. Since many in Japan don dark suits in summer, they crank up the AC to maintain an average temperature of 77 degrees. Someone figured out that Japan could save 81 million gallons of oil in one summer by setting the temperature at 82. To make the warmer workplace mo ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, fashion, Japan (all these topics) |
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Flipping (over) the bird
My favorite side effects of the ivory-bill discovery |
Katharine Wroth |
23 May 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Best local creation to emerge from the recent discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas: a haircut that pays tribute. For $25, you too can sport a moussed mohawk painted red, white, and black. Second best: the ivory-billed cheeseburger. Um ... gross. And finally, best factoid to surface in the media hype: the former name of bird town Brinkley, Ak., is Lick Skillet. |
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| Topics: Arkansas, endangered species, fashion, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Consider this
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Sarah van Schagen |
03 Mar 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Oft-villified sneaker behemoth Nike has introduced five new styles that tread a little lighter on the earth. Part of a new line called Nike Considered, the casual shoes and boots are part of the company's effort to examine ways to reduce waste, eliminate toxic substances, and follow their image consultants' advice to atone for that whole small-children-working-in-sweatshops-in-foreign-countries thing: Among other changes, the Nike Considered shoes are largely made ... |
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| Topics: business, fashion, green products, shopping (all these topics) |
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Everybody Must Get Hemp
On hemp fabric |
Umbra Fisk |
04 Oct 2004 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, You didn't mention hemp as a fabric alternative. Jordan Marquette, Mich. Dearest Jordan, No, I didn't. Thank you for writing such a concise letter; it stood out among the 4 million other hemp letters and cut straight to the point. I apologize for the omission. Hemp is currently a narrowly available fabric with a prohibitively high cost and a limited fashion palette. That said, it holds a lot of promise as a high-yield ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fashion, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics) |
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Oh Danny Boy
An interview with green-style guru Danny Seo |
Amanda Griscom |
21 Sep 2004 |
Main Dish |
| If Martha Stewart really is having a new-age awakening as she prepares to enter the clink (she just bought Body & Soul Magazine and rumor has it she intends to give her lifestyle empire a hint, at least, of green), she might want to take notes from one competitor who, at the tender age of 27, is already burnishing his reputation as America's reigning environmental lifestyle expert. That would be Danny ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, fashion, grassroots activism, green living, green products, interview (all these topics) |
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The Environmentalist's New Clothes
Advice on natural fabrics vs. polyester |
Umbra Fisk |
12 Jul 2004 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I've never appreciated human-made fabrics -- polyester and its cousins invariably feel less comfortable to me than cotton or wool. Until recently, I thought this personal preference also had the happy side effect of making me a greener clothes shopper, since producing natural fibers doesn't involve long chains of polymers. A friend recently claimed otherwise, telling me that the growt ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fashion, green living, toxics (all these topics) |
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Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation
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07 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 07 Nov 2003 LOS ANGELES, Calif. Rebecca and I got going around 10:00 a.m. yesterday with a trip to the Modernica Props warehouse near downtown L.A. I must tell you, being a huge fan of vintage modern style furnishings, I was in heaven. Modernica, the company, reproduces a lot of the amazing furniture designs from the '50s through the ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, Dispatches, fashion, shopping (all these topics) |
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