Replace ripped jeans with quality jeans at 30-45% off while helping the community – best deal on the block…From now until October 20th, recycle your old denim and get 30% off Gap’s new 1969 denim line. Open a new Gap credit card account and receive an additional 5% off, and then another 10% off by becoming a fan on Gap’s Facebook page (just mention JEANS 40 at the register)!
Working with Cotton Incorporated, Gap is collecting old denim to create UltraTouch Denim Insulation by Bonding Logic Inc. to build insulation for actual houses. It’s a win, win win – Keep those old blues out of the landfill, upcycle them into building insulation and get a new pair of jeans (for cheap!) while you’re at it.
We all could use a little more hope… This rough-hewn, ‘Hope’ bracelet, is hand-hammered from fine recycled silver reclaimed from photographic film, old cellphones and computers. Comes to you packaged in 100% post consumer recycled materials
2″ long, 1/2″ wide. Fifteen inch cream deerskin leather cords anchor Hope to your wrist. The bracelet’s smooth edges bend away from your delicate skin. From esmeraldadesigns.
Here in Michigan, when fall descends, so does the smell of fresh-pressed cider and crispy, just-bitten Pippin apples. I equate the season to hay rides, chunky sweaters and football, and mixed in between all of those things is the smell of Sunday afternoon baking—the ultimate comfort in my house.
At the local farmers’ market, we can find bushels of organic apples, so it made sense to me to try out a warm dessert that infused the seasonal bounty with one of my favorite fruits—raspberries—on a recent weekend. I pulled the recipe for Apple-Raspberry Crisp from Robin Burnside’s new cookbook, Homesteader’s Kitchen, The: Recipes from Farm to Table (Gibbs Smith, 2010), which is chock-full of tempting, healthy and all natural recipes, from Sunshine Yam Soup to homemade yogurts.
Hot from the oven, the crisp was a sweet concoction loaded with the vitality of apples and raspberries, with just enough (more…)
A new green community master planned by Connecticut-based, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, has received city approvals in Wuxi, China. The firm recently presented city officials the plan for Jingui Li, a mixed-use neighborhood development. Construction for the project, which will comprise 770,000 square meters, may begin as soon as 2011. Video below:
This is a guest post by Daniel Fielding, an editor at Everything Left who also does freelance design and writing in the green technology blogosphere.
Amongst all the problems the United States is currently dealing with, the two issues making headlines these days are environmental responsibility and economic recovery. President Obama (and I) believe that these two topics are intimately intertwined.
“We expect our commitment to clean energy to lead to more than 800,000 jobs by 2012. And that’s not just creating work in the short term, that’s going to help lay the foundation for lasting economic growth… Just a few years ago, American businesses could only make 2% of the world’s advanced batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles – 2%. In just a few years, we’ll have up to 40% of the world’s capacity.“
The last time America was truly prosperous was the result of a manufacturing boom. Enhanced domestic production leads (more…)
Columbus may have discovered America, but look what I’ve just dug up… a classy dog coat that’s not only made of recycled polyester that can be recycled again and again; but I’m proud to say it’s also made right here in the USA.
Waterproof and outfitted with reflective flares for safe nighttime jaunts, it’s designed to suit me and my canine comprades who range in size from Labrador to Chihuaua.
In stylish shades of moss or sky, this handsome wrap helps prepare us for inclement weather as autumn’s temps continue to drop. Find Cloudburst @ olivegreendog.com and hey – remember to include code: OliveAC at checkout for a nice 10% off.
Ever wonder what to do with all those old phone books sadly stacked in your closet? How about recycling them into a kicky little cocktail dress…Saw this creation by designer Jolis Paons on her Flickr page. Pleating, gluing, sewing and every other time-consuming detail done by hand. Just don’t get caught in the rain.
You can check out some of Jolis’s other work on her website.
Okay all you fall fanatics, in between organic apple picking, pumpkin carving and hooking some bluefish off Montauk Point, nibble on our small, edited collection of eco stylish sustainable fare.
(above L to R) Feast your eyes on Stewart + Brown’s Freida Cowl Neck in Clove, 96% hemp and 4 % Spandex, ($98) @ Jute and Jackfruit. Bring out the wild in Feral Childe’s Silk Meadow Dress made in NYC, ($210) @ Juno and Jove.
(above L to R) REVEAL just unveiled their brand spanking new Recycled Line of handbags made of recycled plastic bottles — recycled microsuede and recycled satin. Olio Quilted Tote in eggplant or ebony, ($78); or Malia Clutch an updated classic in a mix of recycled satin and vegan patent leather in plum, ocean or ebony, ($98).
(above) Is anyone still into dungeons and dragons and such, or has the world gone completely vampire-centric? For those left will a lingering affection for medieval mythology this Dragon Ring made from reclaimed Sterling Silver should do the trick. Created by Species by the Thousands.
(above) That fall wind is starting to howl – time to zip-on a comfy hoodie. This soothing color is offered by Etsy-based Salt and is made out of sustainable hemp + soft organic cotton.
Cute wrap-up of eco conscious goods from head to toe and great deals via shefinds.com
Gotta dash – have a wonderful, low carbon impact weekend…
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Replace ripped jeans with quality jeans at 30-45% off while helping the community – best deal on the block…From now until October 20th, recycle your old denim and get 30% off Gap’s new 1969 denim line. Open a new Gap credit card account and receive an additional 5% off, and then another 10% off by becoming a fan on Gap’s Facebook page (just mention JEANS 40 at the register)!
At the local farmers’ market, we can find bushels of organic apples, so it made sense to me to try out a warm dessert that infused the seasonal bounty with one of my favorite fruits—raspberries—on a recent weekend. I pulled the recipe for Apple-Raspberry Crisp from Robin Burnside’s new cookbook, 
(Gibbs Smith, 2010), which is chock-full of tempting, healthy and all natural recipes, from Sunshine Yam Soup to homemade yogurts.
Columbus may have discovered America, but look what I’ve just dug up… a classy dog coat that’s not only made of recycled polyester that can be recycled again and again; but I’m proud to say it’s also made right here in the USA.
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