Oscar Swag Reaches all-Time High at £61,000, FEED Haiti Goody bags Worth $200
FEED Haiti Oscar swag bag. Credit: B3
Oscar nominees, presenters, and performers took their pick of goody bags last night at the Academy Awards; attendees were offered gifts ranging from a Tiffany crystal-studded cat collar to tickets on an African safari, according to the Daily Mail. One swag bag that didn’t break the bank– this years bag worth £61,000 is the most expensive in history–was a <a …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Knit a Tea Cosy and Save Energy
Image from Grannies,inc.
Tea cosies are a quintessentially British concept which has spread and developed into an art form. They have a very simple, and useful function: to keep the pot of tea hot.
This beauty of a tea cosy was designed in association with npower, an energy company. The idea is to encourage drinkers to make tea in a pot instead of a mug or cup. This will reduce the number of times we boil our kettles, thus reducing the amount of household energy we use.
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La Pell – How green is this local leather design project?
Leather packaging design by Sebastian Vecchio and Guillem Ferran.
Leather might not seem the most treehugger-liked material, but like with any material, it depends how you use it, where it comes from and what processes it has undergone. A few craftsmen and designers in Catalonia, Spain, got together and created some beautiful pieces to promote certain local trades (in this case the leather production) to prevent them from disappearing in the region due to the pressure of cheaper products from China or elsewhere. The project is called La Pell, which means the skin …Read the full story on TreeHugger
London Fashion Week: 8 Fabulous Accessories from Estethica AW10 (Photos)
All images taken by author at London Fashion Week AW10
Drama, colour and detail, that’s what the most fabulous ethical fashion accessories are about this season at London Fashion Week. Like this incredible tagua (vegetable ivory) and waste cattle bone necklace from Leju. We love a bit of tribal drama in our lives and appropriately enough the necklace is called <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/…/avatar-cameron-environment…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Serbian Artists’ Imaginative, Sustainable Takes on Everyday Objects (Slideshow)
Polar-bear-shaped sugar cubes by Jovana Bogdanović. Image via Redesign Your Mind.
Sustainable design might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Serbia, but for the last three years, Natasa Ilincic and Yugoslava Kljakic of the Belgrade-based design and architecture studio od-do arhitekti have been inviting fellow creative thinkers to “<a href="http://www.redesignyourmi…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Green Fashion Week Fall 2010: Vaute Couture
Vaute Couture fall 2010 collection, New York Fashion Week. Credit: Emma Grady
New York Green Fashion Week is in full swing and we are sitting pretty at the GreenShows. Vaute Couture just wrapped up their fall 2010 show, which featured vegan winter coats and introduced knits made from soy bean farming waste, vegan belts made with Ultrasuede EcoDesign and urban snow coats, made with alternative fiber <a h…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Looptworks Laptop Sleeves from Upcycled Wetsuits
Images: Looptworks
Working at American Apparel’s factory in Los Angeles I witnessed first-hand the amazing volume of scrap fabric that comes out of a garment factory. Even after meticulously arranging the cuts to minimize waste, we’d fill tractor trailers with rainbows of cloth cutouts. The scraps aren’t trashed, but are definitely downcycled, turned into rags and cheap filling for who-knows-what. Abiding by the principal of waste equals food, Looptworks ha…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Old Keyboards Find New Life As Upcycled Keyboard Purses
Image via Neatorama
There seems to be no end to the clever things you can create from old computer parts or peripheral components. And that goes for fashion accessories. We’ve seen rings and earrings made from computer keyboard keys, but…a whole purse? This bag is made of recycled keyboard pieces, and could make a green(er) gift for a fashion-forward green geek girl in your life. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Eco-Fashion for the Urban Cyclist: Pedaler Clothing
Images: Pedaler Clothing
We know you think you look good in Lycra, but you also need options. We’re always on the prowl for bike-friendly fashions with eco-attributes and are glad to add Pedaler Clothing to the list. NYC designers Trinity Kerr and Virginia Elwood (also a badass tattoo artist) have assembled a fledgling line of urban bike apparel ranging from Ts and hoodies to denim and an organic canvas messenger bag. Everything is US-made and 1% of profits go to <a href="http://pedalerclothing.c…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Neon Green’s Soular Backpacks Hope To Be Everything to Anyone
Image via GoneOnGreen
Neon Green has decided to bring solar to the fashion forward among us, from tween girls to guys working in the financial district. The makers of solar bags have come up with a variety of designs that incorporate thin-film solar cells into trendy bags with “soular” for off-grid charging and backup power for hand-held gadgets. Neon Green claims the bags are so awesome, they’ll “transform [you] from a mere mortal to a super hero with soular powers.” Now that’s quite a statement. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
