Climate Pulse

Image from Sugar Baby In the "old days" every woman wore an apron in the kitchen. They were a sensible way to protect your clothes while cooking. Then the hapless apron fell into disfavour; they became a symbol of women's drudgery and being tied to the kitchen when men were out having a life. ... [continue]

Source 4 Style, screenshot of development site. Image courtesy of Source 4 Style When I caught up with Summer Rayne Oakes at a Fashion Delivers event in June, she only briefly mentioned her forthcoming project: Source 4 Style, an online marketing platform to help fashion and interior designers... [continue]

Hand-loomed silk and wool shawl from eBay's World of Good. When World of Good by eBay asked me to choose my favorite eco-fashion picks from their fair trade marketplace -- packed with thousands of products that positively influence people and planet -- for a feature on their site, I jumped at the... [continue]

Organic cotton towels from the Sufi (left) and Gazel lines. Images via Gazel. The hamam, or Turkish bath, is famous worldwide, offering the opportunity to luxuriate in a hot, sauna-like environment, interspersed by cooling splashes of water and topped off by a vigorous massage -- and/or being... [continue]

Image by B. Alter The Fourth Plinth is the empty column in London's Trafalgar Square where a different artist is chosen to design a piece of art to occupy the spot for a year. The last one was controversial: Antony Gomley's One & Other featured a different person on the plinth every hour of every... [continue]

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Image via: LovethisLife The above might read more like a valedictorian speech or a scribbled poem in a yearbook. Dewdrops and lollipops, I know, but it's neither speech nor poem. It's the "manifesto" of Santa Monica, Cali-based clothing brand LovethisLife, commonly found emblazoned on the back of... [continue]

Photo: Silicon Valley Moms Blog With all the news and talk about the Gulf oil spill during the past two weeks, we've (unsurprisingly) been talking a lot about the science behind oil and oil production, the future of energy, and the economics behind the whole shebang. We talk about this stuff a lot... [continue]

Image credit: Good "Peruvian Pima cotton," Good writes, "is world renowned as a high quality fiber." Earlier this year, Photographer Joseph Pfeifer traveled to Lima, Peru, to visit the clothing factories that transform this revered fiber into finished fabric and garments....Read the full story on... [continue]

The Rebel Green collection includes the ubiquitous reusable tote and t-shirt, but also reusable produce bags, and even veggie wash. The kid's line includes a Free Bird bib and Peace Girl reusable lunch bag. While the snappy designs caught my eye, I thought, What's with the army helmet and peace... [continue]