Unilever & Solazyme Working On Algae Oil Process For Soaps And Other Personal Care Products
World consumption of most common commodity triglyceride vegetable oils. Image credit:Wikipedia
Certain plant oils, especially palm oil, have a reputation of being produced unsustainably. Many plant oils are low-cost commodities (see table above for recent global volumes). Certain of the commodity plant oils are used extensively in soap and personal care products; and demand for these is increasing (a growing market segment does not accept animal fat-based product). For personal care products of the future, a key challenge is to find sustainable feedstoc…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Best of Ecouterre: 7 Celebs Spotted Wearing Eco-Fashion
+ Is Lady Gaga a stealth refashionista? The empty soda cans in her hair could be the next haute hair accessory.
+ Woody Harrelson, Food Inc.’s Robert Kenner, Suzy Amis Cameron (wife of James), and Livia Firth (wife of Colin) were just some of the Oscar red-carpet attendees decked in sustainable style.
+ How our little Herminone has…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Fabulous AW10 Fashion Week Highlights From Around The Blogosphere
It has been another fabulous season for ethical fashion and all of us green bloggers are delighted to see the ethical designers’ collections going from strength to strength. From New York to London to Paris there have been some truly desirable fashion forward pieces for Autumn Winter 2010. Emma Grady did an amazing job of covering <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion/"…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Ten-Year-Old Fashion Designer with an Eco-Conscience
Credit: Cecilia Cassini
Ten-year old Cecilia Cassini might just be the youngest fashion designer in the world. The California-based fifth grader has been sewing since she received her first sewing machine at the age of six. She now makes a profit from her collection of one-off garments made with fabric and re-purposed clothing</…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Totally Cool and Easy to Make Recycled Plastic Bags Rain Boots
Photos: Courtesy of Louis Rigano.
We’ve seen plenty of things with fused plastic bags, one of the best being the Chilean plastic bags boots we featured last year. However, few look like something that you would wear or that can be easily done. Until now….Read the full story on TreeHugger
Go Barefoot for TOMS Annual Day Without Shoes April 8 (Video)
TOMS Shoes has announced their third annual One Day Without Shoes campaign for Apr…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Hessnatur & Planet Green Winning Eco T-Shirt Available Now (Video)
Credit: hessnatur
We announced the Planet Green and hessnatur Eco-Tee Design Challenge winner, Lindsay Seligman for her One Life design, back in September 2009 and we are happy to report that the organic cotton t-shirt is available now. Click through to watch a video with the designer and to find out which animal outlines are “hidden” in the final design, above. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Green Gowns on Oscar’s Red Carpet
Jillian Ganz overlooking Suzy Amis Cameron’s green dress fitting. Photo by Jim Peck
Even with Linda Loudermilk and Stella McCartney’s high-end sustainable clothing, it is still an effort to get eco-minded celebs into black tie worthy gowns. A couple years ago, retro Chanel was all the rage, which was a great idea, until Reese Witherspoon discovered hers wasn’t a one-and-only dress, as she’d been told, and her ’50s number showed up on somebody else. These are problems we don’t have to worry about, thankfully. To avoid the whole thing, actress Suzy Amis Cameron (wife of Avatar’s James Cameron) held a contest f…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Terra Plana Launches EVO Barefoot Running Shoe
EVO barefoot running shoe by Terra Plana. Credit: Terra Plana
Ethical footwear brand–and Best of Green winner–Terra Plana has launched lightweight, barefoot running shoe the EVO, just in time for spring. Terra Plana owner Galahad Clark (whom we sat down with back in October to discuss glueless shoes and reusing shoe lasts) and Asher Clark, his cousin and head designer, collab…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Recycle Old Jeans Into Insulation at the Gap, this Weekend!
UltraTouch Jean fiber insulation. Credit: UltraTouch
Today through March 14, bring your worn down denims to Gap stores across the United States and they will be recycled into UltraTouch Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation. The retail chain has teamed up with Cotton Incorporated for their COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.® denim drive; once jeans are converted into insulation they will be donated to communities in need. Click through for discounts and more on the pro…Read the full story on TreeHugger
