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Unilever & Solazyme Working On Algae Oil Process For Soaps And Other Personal Care Products

| Published March 11, 2010

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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

Posted in Business & Politics, Fashion & Beauty, botanical, europe, parabens, usa | Tagged market segment, palm oil, personal care products, plant oils, world consumption | Leave a comment

Best of Ecouterre: 7 Celebs Spotted Wearing Eco-Fashion

| Published March 11, 2010

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+ 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

Posted in Culture & Celebrity, Fashion & Beauty, TH Exclusives | Tagged empty soda cans, herminone, livia firth, oscar red carpet, suzy amis | Leave a comment

Fabulous AW10 Fashion Week Highlights From Around The Blogosphere

| Published March 11, 2010

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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

Posted in Culture & Celebrity, Fashion & Beauty, clothing, green fashion, london, new york, paris, th blog love | Tagged autumn winter, ethical fashion, fabulous season, forward pieces, strength to strength | Leave a comment

Ten-Year-Old Fashion Designer with an Eco-Conscience

| Published March 11, 2010

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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

Posted in Fashion & Beauty, california, sustainable fashion | Tagged cassini, cecilia, fashion designer, fifth grader, sewing machine | Leave a comment

Totally Cool and Easy to Make Recycled Plastic Bags Rain Boots

| Published March 9, 2010

Recycled Newspapers and Plastic Bags Rain Boots by Louis Rigano Photo
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

Posted in Fashion & Beauty, argentina, footwear, plastic bags, recycled consumer goods | Tagged Make, photos, plastic bags, rain boots, something | Leave a comment

Go Barefoot for TOMS Annual Day Without Shoes April 8 (Video)

| Published March 9, 2010

TOMS Shoes has announced their third annual One Day Without Shoes campaign for Apr…Read the full story on TreeHugger

Posted in Fashion & Beauty, events, footwear | Tagged campaign, day, shoes, toms shoes, video | Leave a comment

Hessnatur & Planet Green Winning Eco T-Shirt Available Now (Video)

| Published March 9, 2010

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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

Posted in Fashion & Beauty, clothing, germany, organic cotton | Tagged animal outlines, challenge winner, design challenge, organic cotton, tee design | Leave a comment

Green Gowns on Oscar’s Red Carpet

| Published March 7, 2010

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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

Posted in Culture & Celebrity, Fashion & Beauty, celebrities, clothing, designers, hollywood, movies | Tagged actress suzy, linda loudermilk, reese witherspoon, stella mccartney, suzy amis | Leave a comment

Terra Plana Launches EVO Barefoot Running Shoe

| Published March 7, 2010

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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

Posted in Fashion & Beauty, footwear | Tagged asher, galahad, running shoe, terra plana, treehugger | Leave a comment

Recycle Old Jeans Into Insulation at the Gap, this Weekend!

| Published March 6, 2010

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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

Posted in Fashion & Beauty, Take Action, clothing, recycling, sustainable fabrics | Tagged denims, gap stores, insulation, natural cotton fiber, retail chain | Leave a comment
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