Kyler by Joy O – California-made Upcycled Jewelry
To me, the ultimate in casual stylishness is pairing a simple white tank top and a pair of jeans with some great jewelry and a hot pair of heels. It’s effortless elegance personified….
Inspired by Heroines of the Past & Sporty Retro Dreams – Swedish Hasbeens SS12
Swedish Hasbeens has been creating innovative takes on the traditional Swedish clog for five years now, using all natural materials (more on Designer and Creative Director Emy Blixt’s thoughts on inspiration and sustainability…
Emy Blixt, Creative Director of Swedish Hasbeens Talks Inspiration & Sustainability
Some things just never get old, like Swedish clogs. Especially when they are brilliantly reinvented every year by Emy Blixt, Designer and Creative Director of Swedish Hasbeens. The brand showed its Spring/Summer 2012…
The Lexicon of Sustainability
No matter how educated we are in various areas of sustainability, it’s easy to sometimes get stuck in the terminology of it all, especially since so much good stuff is going on. This…
Zimride – Community-powered Ridesharing
We all have somewhere to go, the question is: how do we get there? Services like Zipcar are becoming more popular every day, but how can we utilize all the cars that are…
ARZU STUDIO HOPE – Rugs With a Mission
ARZU, which means “hope” in Dari, is an innovative model of social entrepreneurship that helps Afghan women weavers and their families break the cycle of poverty by providing them steady income and access…
Mainstream Green: Moving Sustainability from Niche to Normal
If you are a reader of this site, chances are you’re already a “green” person, or at least trying to be. As someone who lives and breathes this sustainability stuff, I am constantly…
Tom Ford, Slowing Down Fashion
Tom Ford is not commonly thought of as an eco-designer (he would probably cringe at the term), and probably doesn’t subscribe to many of the same principles as the creators of eco-fashion. However,…



















