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Fashion for the Future – As Old Becomes New, The New Becomes Old
It’s hard to think of an industry that relies more on the power of new-ness than fashion. Designers are expected to produce as much as six new collections every year. Just the thought…
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Good Gift Cards
This final good gift guide of the season is for all you forgetful procrastinators out there. Gift cards will never disappoint, but there’s no need to be as obvious as getting an Amazon…
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Good Gifts for Men
Men can either be really easy or super difficult to buy presents for. Our handpicked gift selections include good stuff like a badass backpack, sinful beard oil, cookwear for the rugged outdoorsman, a…
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Good Gifts for your BFF
When buying a gift for your best friend, go for things that make their everyday life just a little bit brighter. Our BFF gift guide includes cozy and conscious wardrobe staples, social reading…
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Good Gifts for the Wellness Warrior
Although the holidays are not a time when we tend to stick to our normal healthy routine, the rest of the year offers plenty of opportunity to make up for that. This gift…
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Good Gifts for Your (Lady) Love
This gift guide is for you men out there desperately wondering what to get that special lady in your life for the holidays. Our suggestions include beautifully handmade objects and wearables, lots of…
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Good Gifts for Foodies
Food is no longer just something we need three times a day to stay alive. It’s become a way of life, with an increasing number of people identifying themselves as foodies. In this…
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Richard Branson Tells Employees: Take as Much Vacation as You Want
If you want to get a European living in the US riled up about something, start discussing vacation time. Most American companies give their employees two weeks paid vacation every year. In that…
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A Tour of Moby’s LA Home, Where He Keeps 30,000 Bees
Musician, DJ and activist Moby takes us on a tour of his four-acre property atop the Hollywood Hills, which he shares with approximately 30,000 healthy, happy bees. Many of the foods we eat…
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Homeboy Industries – Jobs, Hope & Transformation for LA’s Former Gang Members
Since 1988, Homeboy Industries has provided job training and counseling to thousands of former gang members, giving them a rare opportunity to change their lives. The organization was started by Father Greg Boyle…
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Vivienne Westwood – Designer, Climate Activist, Fashion Icon
Upon entering the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s wildly popular exhibit Punk: Chaos to Couture, visitors were greeted by spiky-haired mannequins wearing outfits designed by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren alongside couture designer pieces…
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Startup Stories: Factory45, an Accelerator Program for Made in the USA
The most successful entrepreneurs out there create because they simply cannot help themselves, and few stop at just one idea. Shannon Whitehead got her start in 2010 when she co-founded {r}evolution apparel, a…
Switch Your Lights Off For Earth Hour
Earth Hour is an initiative that began in Sydney on 2007, with over two million homes and businesses shutting off their lights for one hour, in hopes of shedding light (pun intended) on…
90 Days of Organic Raw Vegan-ness: week 2
It’s week two and I still firmly believe the key to success is the preparation of food. I have several examples to prove my theory. One super example is that of my best…
The Most Beautiful Scarf
When my mother had to take time off from work while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer this year, she needed something besides reading (she’s a fantastic reader and can get through a whole…
Cooking Connection: Stuffed Chicken
At first every thing seems fine. You may not even realize it. You go to meetings. You smile. Now and then, they ask your opinion or for your help with some seemingly benign…
The Largest Ponzi Scheme
In the words of author and environmentalist Paul Hawken. “We have an economy where we steal the future, sell it in the present, and call it GDP.” What is this if not a…
EcoFish – A Label To Help You Make Better Seafood Choices
Fish and seafood can be great assets to the human diet. They provide a wealth of excellent-quality protein and other nutrients, they tend to be relatively low in calories and fat if prepared…
Objectified – Investigating Our Complex Relationship With Stuff
Cogito Ergo Sum — I think, therefore I am, the statement made by French philosopher René Descartes in the 17th Century seems, in Western society (and largely other cultures throughout the world), to…
90 Days of Organic Raw Vegan-ness: week 1
My decision to go organic raw vegan came about like any other life changing decision, in the form of a boy. The guy I had been dating suggested that, together, we embark on…
Pantone’s Color of the Year: Mimosa
Every December, the well-known authority on color, PANTONE picks a color it thinks will dominate the year to come. According to them, 2009 will be the year of Mimosa, or PANTONE® 14-0848. The…
Cooking Connection
“It’s complicated maintaining a kitchen,” my wife said to me, as I began unpacking and assembling our new food mill. “I guess so,” I was instantly uncomfortable with the word “complicated.” I’ve always…
Healthy Oats From Bob’s Red Mill
When will oats gain proper respect in the United States? Even now, when most people are aware that oatmeal is a whole grain food and that can lower cholesterol, people look upon them…
Obama, Plant a Survival Garden
Most people in the environmental movement agree with the suggestion that the Obamas should plant a so-called Victory Garden on the seemingly useless and resource-intensive White House lawn. I certainly do, although I…
November 18, 2015
Mrs. Kimberly Leonard — Dear Harmless Harvest,
Where do I begin? It's hard to choose the correct words to say THANK YOU! You...
September 1, 2015
Kelly Sims — Gwen,
I live in Durham and I see it all the time, sometimes on sale at Kroger and Harris Teeter.
Kelly...
