Thursday

One Noffs Upcycling

Prince William Supports One Noffs

We've written about companies who engage in upcycling to create scarves, bags, teddy bears, and more. Similarly, our latest spotting breathes new life into cast-off clothing, but adds a charitable twist. Launched by the Ted Noffs Foundation, Sydney-based One Noffs offers local aspiring fashion designers the opportunity to rework donated garments into one-of-a-kind designs, which are then sold to fund programs for disadvantaged kids.

The Ted Noffs Foundation concept store – One Noffs – is shouting out to all young and talented Sydney-based designers to come and show their creative flare. One Noffs is reinventing the idea of the cool thrift store. With a very LA feel about them, One Noffs is encouraging design students, designers and mums and dads from around Sydney to get involved.

Participants receive a big bag of pre-loved clothing which they have three weeks to remanufacture, either at home or on One Noffs' in-store sewing machine. A section of the foundation's second-hand stores will be dedicated to these one-off designs. Each designer receives 20 percent of the sale price and their bio is added to the item’s swing tag.

There's nothing like one-of-a-kind designs to make consumers feel unique, but add stitch of upcycling, sew in a social cause element and the products become all the more desirable. 

Website: www.noffs.org.au  by: Gerard McLennan

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Monday

Edun Rocks NY Fashion Plus Scenes From Paris Fashion Night Out

According to today's International Herald Tribune, style section:

Edun's diversity is built into the brand. The first convincing offering of a "green" wardrobe, this show featured inspirations from Africa, using the continent's historic prints and beading, as well as more subtle touches, from the new designer Sharon Wauchob. Embracing African in America is just one of the ways that designers are widening their reach and their theatrical programs. - Suzy Menkes

What shouts a message louder than silence?  Nothing! Edun, oh by the way, is ENTIRELY ECO!

Edun Creator/ Founder Ali Hewson

And now some scenes from last week's Vogue Fashion Night Out a' Paris!  Ooh La La!! What a tease for Paris Fashion Week.

Photos Courtesy Alexandra de Lapierre "Adelap"

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Angela Lindvall, Super Model, On NYC's Green Fashion Week

Angela Lindvall with her two boys as featured in a British Vogue photo shoot.

By: Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Exclusive Interview below. 

ES: Are you involved in the Green Shows?

Angela Lindvall: What is that?

 ES: The Green Shows are the eco-fashion shows that take place during New York Fashion Week.

Eco Fashion Highlights From N.Y. Green Fashion Week

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Angela Lindvall:I feel a little foolish that I don’t know more about who’s doing what. I’m not the type of girl who talks about clothes but from the point of view of what I believe in, it’s an opportunity to give credit to people who are doing great stuff. I have to check that out.

Angela Lindvall on the Victoria’s Secret catwalk, and featured in New York magazine above.

As a supermodel—and I mean that literally—Angela Lindvall has been a cover girl for Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and countless other big-fashion mags. Inside their pages, she’s the face of brands from Valentino to Missoni. I talked with the ecoista from her Los Angeles, CA home about becoming the new face of DKNY’s new Pure fragrance, which sources sustainable vanilla from a fair trade cooperative in Uganda, as well as the sticky subject of how she comes to terms with representing brands that might not reflect her personal ideals.

For the past 10 years, Angela has managed to bring a personal interest in sustainability to her professional life. After realizing that the mainstream media wasn’t talking about environmental issues, she founded the non-profit Collage Foundation, which uses the “you get more bees with honey” approach to stimulating awareness. “If you are coming in as a radical people aren’t going to respond very well,” she said. “But if you come from a place of inspiration and invitation you’ll get a much better response.”

Then the model/actress—she appeared in 2005’s “Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang”—co-hosted “Alter Eco” with Adrian Grenier. It might just very well have been her dream job if it didn’t involve working 13-hour days, six days a week, then modeling on weekends to make her mortgage payments. Oh, and she did her own hair, makeup and wardrobe—a challenge for Angela who admits, “I’m probably the least fashionable person. At home I’m in my jeans and tank top. If I shop it’s at vintage stores.”

But with DKNY Pure, an upcoming gig as the spokesperson for Biotherm’s new organic line and appointment to the founding board ofNational Resources Defense Council’s Clean by Design Initiative, the professional and the personal are truly beginning to align. “For so long, I felt like my fashion career was on one side [and] my passion and environmental endeavors were on the other side. It’s super exciting that they’re starting to collide,” she said. “It’s really exciting to believe in something that I represent.”

And no, the 31-year-old mother of two and former Victoria’s Secret catwalker doesn’t do runway anymore—“I don’t really have that Twiggy runway body anymore,” she said, “which I’m happy about.” But we might just see her at the Green Shows this season.


British Vogue

ES: You’ve been on countless magazine covers and ad campaigns, but our readers probably best know you from Planet Green’s “Alter Eco.” How did that come about?

Angela Lindvall: Very serendipitously, I must say. My girlfriend got a text message from a friend asking for music for the show. And she responded by saying you should feature my best friend Angela—it’s totally her world. We got a call five minutes later asking if I could meet Adrian that night. In my heart of hearts I knew that I would get it, but when I met Adrian he told me they had already picked a host. They had to convince the network—they met with the head of Planet Green and Discovery—and two weeks later we were shooting... Read Entire Article at EcoStiletto 

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Vote the Environment - Mid-Term Elections

Vote the Environment 2010

Vote The Environment

This November 2nd, your vote in the mid-term elections will affect the air you breathe, the energy you use, the water you drink.

Your vote could affect not only the Gulf of Mexico, but your favorite river – not only the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge but your local bird sanctuary.

Your one vote could change the outcome of a vote in Congress. A Senate proposal in 2008 to drill in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge lost by only 14 votes.

Eighteen governorships, 10 Senate seats and 30 House seats are too close to call this year, not to mention countless other state and local races. Everyone elected will have an impact on our Earth.

Make your vote count.

  • Register to vote.
  • Know the environmental records of your candidates.
  • Vote the environment on Election Day.

Find simple, useful and informative election resources at votetheenvironment.org

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Environmental Charter School Opens Doors In Los Angeles

Environmental Charter Schools (www.echsonline.org) celebrates the grand opening ofthe Environmental Charter Middle School (ECMS) with speeches by environmental experts Rachel Gutter, Tom Feegel, educational expert Alison Suffet-Diaz and ECMS Principal Kami Cotler. 

When:   Friday, September 10, 2010

                 Program begins at 8:15am

 

Moderator:  Sarah Backhouse (Host from Planet Green, Discovery Network), 

Speakers Rachel Gutter (Director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council), Tom Feegel (co-Author of Green My Parents), Alison Suffet-Diaz (Founder and Executive Director, Environmental Charter Schools) and Kami Cotler (Environmental Charter Middle School Principal).


Rachel Gutter is widely recognized as one of the nation's foremost experts on the topic of green schools. She oversees the U.S. Green Building Council's National Green Schools Campaign, the LEED for Green Schools Green Building Rating System and is responsible for initiating many programs at the USGBC.

 

Alison Diaz, Founder of Environmental Charter High School, and Executive Director of Environmental Charter Schools; is responsible for driving strategic development, as well as fundraising, fiscal and capital budgeting and planning, and oversight of administrative operations.

Environmental Charter Middle School Principal Kami Cotler will oversee the implementation of the Environmental Charter Schools curriculum and manage the day to day school activities.

ECMS will be presented with the Assembly Certificate of Recognition by a representative from the office of Assembly member Steven Bradford. Field Representative April Lawrence will present the school with a certificate on behalf of Congresswoman Maxine Waters.

ECMS opens its doors to 120- 6th grade students for the 2010 - 2011 school year; Enrollment is open to all students regardless of district boundaries.  The school offers students a small, caring school environment, 25-30 children per classroom, which supports students' transition from elementary school and prepares them for high school success. The educational program is designed to help students develop the academic skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to succeed in a college preparatory high school and to be effective stewards of their community. The middle school will extend learning beyond the classroom doors encouraging students to take action to solve local community issues and make measurable improvements in their environment. 

The opening of ECMS signifies a watershed moment in urban Environmental Education.  The school will deliver the same type of award-winning curriculum as Environmental Charter High School, curriculum that has been recognized by the Obama White House and which has been featured on PBS television.

 

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