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…
Celebrating the Future of Sustainable Fashion in China
When we talk about sustainable fashion, rarely is China mentioned in a positive context. There is, however, a large movement among younger designers to move toward more conscious ways of creating wearables. 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…
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…
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…
Earth Unplugged – A New All-Digital Nature Channel to Inspire a New Generation
Today, BBC Worldwide launched Earth Unplugged, a new YouTube channel from BBC Earth, dedicated entirely to nature-themed programming. The channel will feature short films and series created for a digital audience by BBC…
Grounded – a Film Festival Celebrating the First Global Soil Week
Soils are essential building blocks of sustainable development. They are essential for food security, to support human well-being and provide further ecosystem services like as carbon storage. Sadly, soils are also severely threatened,…
People for Urban Progress – Using Design to Improve Life in Cities
Based in Indianapolis, People for Urban Progress (PUP, for short) is a non-profit organization that successfully uses design and nostalgic ephemera to promote and advance public transit, environmental awareness, and urban design. It’s a…
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...
