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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…
Disruptive Innovation: The 360 Paper Water Bottle
Every day, Americans throw out somewhere around 60 million plastic bottles, many of them previously used to contain water. It’s a staggering figure, and the global market is projected to reach just over…
Happy Girl Kitchen Co. Packs Mason Jars Full of Flavor
A year or two ago, while researching an article on ketchup, I had the plum assignment of trying every brand I could get my small hands on. What struck me was the multitude…
Can Changing Our FUEL Change The World?
Josh Tickell grew up in carefree Australia, running around the outback, playing with wild animals and swimming in pristine waters. When moving back to the Louisiana bayou with his American mother, he discovered…
Dining as Experience
New Yorkers crave new, unique, over-the-top and authentic experiences. This is not so much a revelation as an unspoken compact that is part of the deal of living in this metropolitan city. This…
New Stamps Honor British Design Classics
In celebration of that which is quintessentially British, Royal Mail has released a series of stamps featuring iconic designs from the country’s impressive oeuvre. Selections range from pop-culture items like Penguin Books, Mary…
How To Do Worm Composting in Your Apartment
About one third of all waste generated in New York City is biodegradable and could easily be composted, I imagine those numbers are fairly accurate for any U.S. city. It’s crazy to think…
Good Stuff: Voltaic Solar Bags
Having walked around NYC with one of these messenger bags I can only agree with Voltaic founder Shayne McQuade, who says that a solar bag is to the single woman what the puppy…
The Afterlife on Facebook
In real life I have a handful of friends that I talk to on a regular basis, on Facebook I have 278 (as of the time of this writing). I rarely converse with…
Save Your Appetite, It’s Frugal Friday
Hard times call for desperate measures. At NYC eatery Craft, executive chef Damon Wise has taken matters into his own hands and created a menu where nothing costs more than $10. Damon: Frugal…
Prepare Yourself With Survival Straps
It’s a jungle out there, we all know it. Have you ever been stuck out there in the urban wilderness thinking to yourself “Damn, I wish I had a 550 Paracord right now!”?…
Not Sure How To Make Good Seafood Choices? Ask FishPhone
We have all heard by now that the oceans are over-fished and that there are some types of fish that we should avoid. But which ones? It’s very hard to keep track of…
Rehabilitated Dishware, Made in Brooklyn
Out of her studio in Brooklyn, designer Sarah Cihat lovingly crafts the pieces that make up her Rehabilitated Dishware collection, a refreshing comment on our deeply rooted throw-away culture. The project started as…
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...
