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Environment by Heather Heron Salvages Army Textiles, Masters the Military Trend (Photos)

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Published May 18, 2010 at 6:28 a.m.

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Environment by Heather Heron. Credit: David Heron Environment by Heather Heron, a collaboration of California-based designer Heather Heron and Environment Furniture. The lifestyle collection is comprised of travel bags, organic throws, hand knotted beach blankets, and organic hand-dyed scarves and is built by artisans in California with durable, built-to-last textiles such as surplus Japanese denim; organic hemp; boro , an antique Japanese textile; and vintage U.S. military tents--an auth ...

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Do Celebs Help the Green Movement?

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Published May 6, 2010 at 2:05 a.m.

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At the 82nd Academy Awards, an event famous for its decadence and sparkling glitterati, Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson arrived wearing a custom-made Burberry tuxedo made entirely of hemp.The suit represented Harrelson’s well-known support of hemp, ...

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Nixxi: Relaxed, Casual Wear for Spring 2010 (Photos)

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Published April 13, 2010 at 9:03 a.m.

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Nixxi Spring 2010. Image courtesy of Nimli If you're searching for clothing staples for summer, look no further than Nixxi's spring 2010 collection. The Canada-based brand has created cool, casual looks--sexed up in the lookbook--for the season, including leggings, stockings, dresses cinched at the waist, relaxed fit tees, and tank tops made with sustainable textiles: organic cotton, hemp, bamboo, soy, lyoce ...

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8 Green Ideas Revolutionizing Fashion Manufacturing

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Published March 4, 2010 at 4:43 p.m.

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Photos: AirDye, Tristar ... We're all familiar with green fabrics like organic cotton, bamboo and hemp, but which new materials and practices are moving fashion forward to a greener, brighter future? Here are eight processes and fabrics paving the way ...

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New York Fashion Week: Popomomo Fall 2010, "City of Quartz" (Photos)

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Published March 1, 2010 at 9:08 a.m.

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We are no strangers to Popomomo's (short for post-postmodern movement) sustainable designs -- we have been covering Lizz Wasserman's L.A.-based label since Spring 2009 -- and we were delighted to sit front row for her New York Fashion Week debut at the GreenShows. Garments are made with sustainable fabrics -- hemp, organic cotton, tencel, bamboo -- and Wasserman has even launched ...

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The Story of a Hemp Bicycle and a Bamboo Bike Bus

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Published Jan. 15, 2010 at 9:13 a.m.

Photo: Spiegel (Bamboo utility bike in Africa) Spiegel International have a wonderful write-up (in English) on bamboo bikes. It covers how Craig Calfee's dog inspired him to make a bike from bamboo, How he subsequently won trade shows awatds "Best Road Bike," "Best Off-Road Bike" and "Peoples' Choice" for his bamboo designs, how they were lab tested tougher than carbon fibre. Andrea Reidl's article goes to explain how Calfee is now passing on his secrets to African villagers so they might have

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McDonald’s Going Green(washing) With New Logo

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Published Jan. 8, 2010 at 12:44 p.m.

McDonald’s has rolled out a new logo in France, replacing the iconic red background of the golden arches with green. Here’s some info from ZLOK design blog, and here is where I saw the story originally (although I can barely stumble through the French!), at TerraEco.net.There has been so much fluff news lately about “easy [ ... ]Related posts: Why Aren’t Terrorists Protesting the Gay Vegan Hemp Store? ...

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First in South America: Uruguay to Test Cultivation of Industrial Hemp

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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 8:45 a.m.

Hemp harvesting. Photo: Wikimedia ... Great news for TreeHuggers in South America: Uruguay could become the first country in the region to authorize the cultivation of industrial hemp, according to El Pais newspaper. The national Ministry of Cattle, Agriculture and Fishing has authorized an experimental cultivation of hemp to take place in october 2010. If the results are successful, the country could grant permits to producers to start growing ...

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Vegan Chef Sarah Kramer is a “Domestic Terrorist”

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Published Dec. 3, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.

Sarah Kramer makes “domestic” terrorism look good.Check out some of her fantastic vegan cookbooks below, including Vegan a Go-Go and the classic How It All Vegan. If you buy them through these Amazon links, a portion will be donated to GreenIsTheNewRed.com.And holidays are coming up, folks, so show the domestic terrorists in your life you [ ... ]Related posts: Vegan Terrorists Eat Hummus, Just Like Al Qaeda Why Aren’t Terrorists Protesting the Gay Vegan Hemp Store? “Eco-terrorist”

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London College of Fashion Draws Designs for the Future

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Published Dec. 2, 2009 at 7:03 a.m.

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Miriam Rhida's hemp satin dress, winner of the Design for a Thriving Fashion Industry Award. Credit: Sean Michael/Epoch, Via Guardian The Centre for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion announced the winners of Fashioning the Future, their international student design competition awards, last week in London, UK. Designs that made it to the winning circle include: garments made with recycled cotton ...

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