Three Leaves, Rapanui and Vivobarefoot
Rapanui is “an Award-Winning Eco-fashion brand from on the Isle of Wight”. They make organic, ethical clothing in factories powered by wind and solar energy. Every piece is rated on its sustainability...
View ArticleBackstage at Vaute Couture
by D. R. Hildebrand Last year, in early March, I took a short subway ride from the annual New York City Vegetarian Food Festival in Chelsea to the opening of a boutique clothing store in Williamsburg....
View ArticleFurniture for You and Your Little Dog Too
by Patrick LaDuke The infamous Finnish furniture company Artek founded by Alvar Aalto, whose work is viewable at MoMA, has started a website for used furniture as part of a new environmental strategy....
View ArticleRun & Fell A/W 13
by Patrick LaDuke Run & Fell, an ethical fashion brand based in England, just released their Autumn/Winter 2013 collection. Everything is produced locally, and they use sustainable fabrics such as...
View ArticleMats Rombaut Gets Honest
by Patrick LaDuke The newest Honest by collaboration is with Belgian shoe designer Mats Rombaut. The Honest by name ensures that the products will be produced sustainably, fairly, and transparently....
View ArticleStanford Inn Eco Resort
I recently had the pleasure of traveling up the California coastline to Mendocino and staying at the Stanford Inn by the Sea, a bucolic resort tucked into a wooded hillside overlooking the Pacific...
View ArticlePrincipled Workout Gear
If you don’t compromise on your workouts, why should you compromise on your gear? It seems like a contradiction to pursue fitness, whether for health or pleasure, while simultaneously harming workers,...
View ArticleEngineering An End to Poaching
Ele-rino, Emptyland by Jaume Montserrat Imagine a world where one would not have to convince others to curtail consumption of things like elephant ivory or rhino horn. Instead, one could simply replace...
View ArticleTesting the Waters
by Barent Roth, Professor of Sustainable Design, The New School This week at the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Design conference in Seattle we will be trying something...
View ArticleMassive Fashion Industry Studies Condemn Animal Materials
by Joshua Katcher Two major reports released within the fashion industry over the last 12 months are damning for businesses that profit from animal fibers like leather, silk, cashmere and wool – and...
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