Photo courtesy Pink Sherbet Photography via flickr and Creative Commons . The continuous flow of press releases through the TreeHugger mailboxes is truly astrounding, and mostly inspiring. So many green entrepreneurs, with so many great ideas! After a while, however, a discernible pattern appears of the products that continue to flow into the market. Green, sustainable messenger bags, no shortage there.
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5 Green Things We Really Need More Of
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Tagged beauty treathments, bras-at-its, Culture, fashion & beauty, green, green news, green-building, green-things, Hollywood, products, recycles, treehugger, via-flickr
Photo: Intimissimi We’ve heard of jeans being recycled into building insulation, but bras into soundproof insulation? That’s a new one. Italian intimate company Intimissimi has launched a six-week multimedia campaign to encourage women to drop off their used bras at its stores across Italy, Ecouterre reports (via New York Times ). For every used bra brought into Intermissimi’s s… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Italian Lingerie Company Recycles Bras into Insulation
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Photo: Plaid Doctrine True to their name Plaid Doctrine has crafted the lovely tartan fabric–favored by Scotsman and Brooklyn hipsters alike–into a neat collection of iPad sleeves, briefcases, totebags and other great accessories . Made from domestically-sourced materials, including recycled fabrics and vegetable-tanned leather, the Washington-based brand manufactures all of their goods in the US of A. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Charming Recycled iPad Sleeves and More Gift Ideas by Plaid Doctrine
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Photo: charlotte macey Lavender sachets are so lovely; they smell sweet and look nice in your drawer. They are supposed to keep away the moths (although the jury is still out on that one) and help you sleep peacefully. Here’s a small gift for yourself or a friend that you can make without a sewing machine. Use whatever nice fabric you have and decorate it as simply or as lavishly as you wish. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Make a DIY Lavender Sachet
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Tagged bennyhollywood, Celebrity, charlotte-macey, cotton, fashion & beauty, jury, recycled, stars, TMZ, whatever-nice
Photo: Jendarling Bags We’ve covered Jendarling’s organic garment bags before. But with the holiday/travel season in full swing, their new chic Chelsea Girl collection , comprised of non-plastic garment and travel bags, is right on cue. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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New Chic Travel Accessories by Jendarling Offer Alternative to Plastic Garment Bags
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Tagged countryside, Culture, fair-trade, fashion & beauty, from-the-simple, offer-alternative, plastic-garment, travel-bag
Photo: My Favorite Shoes by Chris Tackett What’s your favorite pair of old shoes? Mine are an old pair of gray Converse, which I’ve had for about 10 years. They’ve seen better days, have an assortment of scuffs, stains, rips and holes, but they fit perfect and feel great. As Lloyd says about architecture, ” the greenest building is the one already standing ,” you could argue that the most sustainable shoes are the ones already in your closet. But some people want aged things right out of the box. This… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sustainable Fashion Lessons From Put This On, Billykirk and the Late William S. Burroughs
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Photo: Lost Property Lost Property of London takes abandoned and discarded coffee sacks and makes them into totes and bags. So do lots of other people but these have an edgy and chic look to them that takes them into the eco-luxury realm. They come in a rucksack form, carry-on tote bag and over the shoulder bag. All parts of the bags are recycled and each one is unique…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Lost Property Bags are Made from Old Coffee Sacks
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Photo: Moop To market, to market. From Pittsburgh, PA-based handbag design studio Moop comes a carry-all bag for your big, bulky items–books, laptops, diapers, et cetera. Made with organic cotton canvas and twill, from organic cotton grown in the USA, the Market Bag , as it is called, is dyed with vegetable-based dyes in pretty hues, from Rosewood to Provincial Blue , and … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Stay Organized with Moop’s Handcrafted Organic Cotton Carry-All Bag (Photos)
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Tagged bennyhollywood, celeb news, cotton, cotton-grown, Culture, fashion & beauty, handbag-design, image-source, marcus-woelfle, not-usually, organic-cotton, organized, other-materials, sweatshop-free
Image Source: Marcus Woelfle Dear Pablo: Which is more sustainable, eyeglasses or contact lenses? Contact lenses are disposable, a word that is not usually synonymous with sustainability. But eyeglasses are made out of metal and other materials that also have a certain environmental footprint. Which is the more sustainable choice?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Ask Pablo: What Is More Sustainable: Eyeglasses Or Contact Lenses?
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Tagged accessories, bennyhollywood, celeb news, Celebrity, environmental footprint, eyeglasses, fashion & beauty, Hollywood, source, sustainable
Photo: As You Sow When it comes to sweatshop-free supply chains, does your favorite fashion brand make the grade? More than a decade ago, in response to controversy sparked by sweatshop conditions in the U.S. companies’ global supply chains, apparel brands adopted vendor codes of conduct to avoid risks. To date, it’s been unclear which brands have actually adopted effective policies and programs to address the issue. A new report, released by corporate responsibility group As You Sow re… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sweatshop-Free? New Report Grades Levi’s, Gap, and Wal-Mart’s Supply Chain
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