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Leilani Münter – Carbon Free Girl

Leilani Münter stands with feet firmly planted in two worlds that could almost not be further apart. Münter is a race car-driving environmentalist, she has a degree in biology, is a former volunteer of a wildlife rehabilitation center and a long time vegetarian. Several times she has visited Capitol Hill to lobby Congress in support of the Climate Security Act. She knows that driving 200 mph race cars is by all means a waste of fuel, tires, and carbon fiber. cont.

Stacey Murphy – BK Farmyards

Only a few New Yorkers are fortunate enough to have outdoor space to call their own; even fewer know how (or have the desire) to grow anything in their garden. This is where Stacey Murphy comes in. Her team of expert gardeners at BK Farmyards will come to your house and grow anything you want for you. How brilliant is that? cont.

Jay Parkinson

Healthcare needs a redesign. No one could agree with that more than Dr. Jay Parkinson. After completing his residency at Johns Hopkins, he started a medical practice called Hello Health, based in a small office in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The basic idea was to use the way we all communicate everyday to interact with patients. On Hello Health’s website patients can schedule appointments using the Google Calendar, make notes of their symptoms, and pay via PayPal. cont.

Natalie Chanin

After spending twenty years abroad abroad, traveling, living and working as a costume designer, Natalie Chanin returned to her hometown Florence, Alabama with the intention of producing a short documentary focused on stories of the joys and hardships, the friendships and family bonds of a specific time and place, told by traditional quilt-makers from the south. cont.

Yellow Michelle Obama.

At the National Design Awards, Michelle Obama came out to greet the honorees in the White House’s East Room, wearing a sunny yellow suit. A Goodlifer-yellow suit. cont.

Kee Edwards

I first met Kee at a party in a friend’s community garden on the Lower East Side, and was immediately struck by her kind demeanor and calm radiance. We chatted about our mutual pasts living in Miami, and found that we had quite a few other common interests. For her clothing line Loup Charmant, Kee creates beautiful, ethereal clothing, made from organic fabrics in the most sustainable way possible. cont.

Gone Midsummering

This week, we are enjoying the good life, celebrating love, life and midsummer in the clean air of Sweden. Time off from reality nurses the soul and clears the mind. Please check back next week for more thougts on the good life.

Cathy Erway

Before having the pleasure of actually meeting her, I sampled Cathy Erway’s cooking at a May Day dinner party on Queens County Farm, where she and Hapa Kitchen partner Akiko Moorman were responsible for the evening’s culinary delights. This was their first supper club dinner and, needless to say, it was a busy night for the Hapa girls (Hapa is the Hawaiian word for “mixed-race” and is generally used to describe anyone of part-Asian descent cont.

Danielle Venokur

Through her company dvGreen, Danielle helps people plan sustainable parties. She does everything from small weddings to large conferences, always ensuring every step of the event planning is carried out in the most environmentally conscious way.

I first had the pleasure of working with her at the inaugural Greener Gadgets conference in New York City, and was impressed by how she balanced her sweet, kind nature with the intense, demanding personality an event planner must possess. cont.