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New York Green Fashion Week: 18 Wacky Spectacular Handmade Hats by Milliners Guild (Slideshow)

Milliners Guild, Spring 2011 Hat Collection at The GreenShows, New York Fashion Week. Credit: Elisa Hyman From Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter to Lady Gaga , Milliners Guild is sure to set hat lovers’ hearts a flutter. Their Spring 2011 Hat Collection, which premiered at

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Safety First With Awesome LED Bicycle Backpack (Video)

Images via Yanko Design We have a soft spot for anything that makes cycling a little safer, and this concept design by Lee Myung Su, Park Geun Wan & Park Okhee pegs it. The backpack lights up with messages for traffic behind the cyclist, from turn signals to emergency signals, to thanking drivers for keeping their distance. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New York Green Fashion Week: School Girl Charm Meets Downtown Chic in Samantha Pleet Spring 2011 (Slideshow)

Samantha Pleet at New York Green Fashion Week. Credit: Elisa Hyman At New York Green Fashion Week Tuesday night, Samantha Pleet presented a mystical and romantic eco chic collection for Spring 2011. Inspired by French New Wave films and the band Beach House, Samantha’s design aesthetic is rooted in a classic style, with modern appeal. For Spring 2011, the Brooklyn-based designer sho… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Case For Recycled Tire Bags & Chic New Models By Cyclus

Photos: Cyclus-col.com If you’ve been around the green scene for some time, you may feel some ideas get a little tired over time. That could have been the case for bags from recycled tires , but ever since I got one (not from this brand, of course) I’ve felt quite in love with it: it doesn’t need any cleaning and looks exactly the same every time, resembles leather nicely (which as a vegetarian I don’t use or buy) but you can … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New York Fashion Week: A Fresh Look at Edun Spring 2011 (Slideshow)

For ethical fashion label Edun , founded by U2 front man Bono and his wife Ali Hewson , achieving their goal of creating more jobs in Africa, one of the company’s founding principles back in 2005, has to be simultaneously developed with creating a product that is in high demand. On September 11, Edun showed their S… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Could Subway Trains Generate Power with Regenerative Braking?

Photo: Flickr , CC Could Save Millions of Dollars Per Year Vehicles without regenerative braking are throwing away a lot of energy every time they brake (movement is converted into heat via friction on the brake pads). Hybrid and electric car address that problem by capturing as much of that energy as possible and converting it into electricity, and the same might be about to happen to subway trains with the added twist that it would be tied to the (smart) power grid. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPT… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Fashion at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York: Ancient Uzbek Fabrics, Bark Belts, and More (Slideshow)

GULI Collection, Spring 2011 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Credit: Emma Grady New York Fashion’s Week ‘s GreenShows have yet to begin and I have already been pounding the pavement attending runway shows and presentations in search of up-and-coming green designers and for hints that more sustainable processes have begun to permeate mainstream fashion. Like de… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Fashion at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York: Ancient Uzbek Fabrics, Bark Belts, and More (Slideshow)

Wildlife Trapped by Global Biodiversity Surveillance System (Photos)

Only an estimated 3,200 tigers remain in the wild worldwide. Image credit: Wildlife Conservation Society Worldwide, the loss of biodiversity has reached an alarming rate—one that many have compared to the greatest mass extinctions in the planet’s history . Unfortunately, assessing the problem is not easy; most biodiversity studies are forced to rely on secondary and retrospective data. To fill this gap, the

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Retroreflector Tie A Bright Entry in Seoul Cycle Design Competition

Photo via Designboom The Retroreflector Tie by Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O’Connell is a somewhat subtle fashion statement for the safety-minded cyclist. And it is one of thousands of entries in Designboom’s Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010. For this tie, the designers wanted to add something useful to the options on store shelves for reflective clothing for cyclists — something that was more than just functional. It’s a statement many designers are making in a comp… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Aprons are Back in Style With a Vengeance

Image from Sugar Baby In the “old days” every woman wore an apron in the kitchen. They were a sensible way to protect your clothes while cooking. Then the hapless apron fell into disfavour; they became a symbol of women’s drudgery and being tied to the kitchen when men were out having a life. And now aprons are back–with a vengeance. Think Betty Draper on Mad Men and Desperate Housewives. Let’s face it–they protect your clothes and they look great–the vintage ones are carefully made out of wonderful old fabrics and prints . And maybe if we wear an apron like our grandmother did, we wil… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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