Summer Rayne Oakes Takes Us On a Journey Through Life, Loss & Hope
Using personal storytelling and stirring imagery, eXtinction is an environmental short film that highlights ten of our most pressing environmental issues. These things are happening now, within our lifetime. To highlight this fact,…
Pantone’s Color of the Year, 2013, is Emerald – But How ‘Green’ is That?
Yesterday, Pantone announced their selection for color of the year, 2013: Pantone 17-5641 Emerald, a lively, radiant, lush green. While 2012’s Color of the Year, Pantone 17-1463 Tangerine Tango, was a spirited, reddish…
Goodlifer’s Guide to Costa Rica
Costa Rica has emerged as the prime eco-tourism destination in Central America, much due to the country’s extensive system of national parks and nature reserves. In Costa Rica you can find both the…
H&M Aims to Raise Sustainability Profile with New Men’s Line for Urban Cyclists
Mass-market retailers’ appetite for design collaborations seems to have no end in sight. After releasing much-hyped collections in collaboration with fashion-world darlings like Maison Martin Margiela and Anna Dello Russo, H&M is now…
The Artificial Leaf – Turning Sunlight & Water Into Energy
If plants can use nothing but sunlight as their energy source, why couldn’t we use a similar process to power the world? That’s the question chemist and MIT professor Dan Nocera asked himself…
Gift Guide: Good Gifts From A to Z, Part 2
As part 2 of our A to Z gift guide we continue our celebration of handcrafted goodness, artisan collaborations, wild(er) publications, and environmental art projects that propose new models for urban renewal. Giving…
Chivas Skin Care – Artisanal Goat Milk Products From a Sustainable Family Farm
On their farm in Fillmore, about an hour north of Los Angeles, mother-and-daughter team Donna and Lauren Johanson use fresh goat milk to craft artisan soaps that have garnered near cult-status. Chivas Skin…
Gift Guide: Made in Australia
In the lead-up to the holiday season, we are cleaning the barbeques, ordering seafood and readying ourselves for the celebration of family, friends and the good life. Born and raised in Chicago and…
Good Stuff: Jewel Tones & Complex Patterns
As nights grow longer and darker, keep things bright by dressing in rich jewel tones of red and blue. Add some fun and playfulness by rocking complex yet wearable patterns — there is…
Method Launches the World’s First Bottle Made from Recycled Ocean Plastic
Every year, millions of tons of plastic end up in our oceans, polluting the environment and causing damage to marine life. Some of this washes up on shores, even in the most pristine…












