Label Gazer: Helping You Find the Best of Sustainable Style
I’ve often found myself drooling over a piece of clothing, wishing there was an easy way to find an eco-friendly alternative. Enter Label Gazer, a site dedicated to showcasing outstanding eco-friendly and ethical…
Eco Chic – Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion
Opening today, May 5, at NYC’s Scandinavia House, Eco Chic – Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion showcases Swedish fashion designers who take an environmentally-friendly and ethical approach to their work, without sacrificing style. The…
Make Responsible AND Healthy Seafood Choices: A Visual Guide
I’ve been very happy to see friends consult Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Seafood Guides when making choices at restaurants. The oceans are severely at risk and it’s very important that we all make…
Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It
We’ve all heard that the one thing we should all do (besides switch to energy-efficient lightbulbs) to fight climate change is fly less. What if that wasn’t true? What if what we really…
Clothing Libraries – a Shift from Wasteful to Resourceful
Looking good sits high on most people’s agendas, and we spend enough money on clothing and accoutrements to prove it. Although there is nothing wrong with wanting to express ourselves by the way…
Joshua Katcher – The Discerning Brute
Joshua Katcher is a Brooklyn-based artist, writer, self-taught vegan chef, businessman, activist, television producer, self-declared hotshot and jack-of-all-trades. In 2008 he founded “The Discerning Brute,” a resource for intelligent men who want to…
Carrotmobbing
As the old saying goes, there are two ways to make a donkey walk forward: offer a delicious carrot in front of it, or hit its behind with a stick. Bad behavior should…
NYFW: Ekovaruhuset / House of Organic
On the final day of The GreenShows during New York Fashion Week, Ekovaruhuset / House of Organic showed their new collections. It is technically Fall/Winter, but the House of Organic does not really…
Recycled Couture at NY Fashion Week
It’s the time of teetering heels again. Uncomfortable, spectacular footwear takes over the streets as the Bryant Park tents fill with fashion’s A-listers for the last time. Meanwhile The GreenShows, this year housed…
Sourcemapping
“We believe that people have the right to know where things come from and what they are made of.” That is the driving force behind a new opensource website called Sourcemap. Developed by…
The NYC Food Charter – a City-wide Food Sustainability Plan
Problems associated with obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, and at such an alarming pace that the Surgeon General has urged communities to address the problems through a formal ‘call…
Lundberg Family Farms
I know so many people in the US who regard rice as an afterthought. What a shame! Rice has come a long way from the boring, one-dimensional grain of my childhood. Nobody has…
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...
