Category: Guides
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The Best Books on Sustainable + Ethical Fashion
We can’t buy our way to an ethical or sustainable world but we can educate ourselves to be more thoughtful consumers. Start with my curated list of these 18 interesting reads. There’s one everyone, from the novice to the passionate advocate.
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This Fabric Could Make Plant-Based Dressing a Real Thing
A guest post by Summer Edwards about the benefits and environmental impacts of ‘vegan cashmere’ aka, soysilk. Can this wonder thread help you build a plant-based wardrobe?
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A Few Cool Brands: November
I feature an architectural necklace, an everyday boot/clog hybrid, and a new line of organic loungewear. Plus, what I read, listened to, and discovered. Plus, what I read and discovered.
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Ethical Holiday Gift Guide: For Fun or Funding
The ethical fashion finds on my holiday gift list, plus the causes I’m supporting.
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A Few Cool Brands: September
I’m back with my roundup of ethical brands for September, plus what I read, listened to, watched and did. This month, I committed to getting outdoors more (living in Austin does this to one) and upping my yoga practice to prepare for a retreat in Costa Rica later this year. Normally, yoga is more about…
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Green Your Clean Part 2: Home Care + Shopping
In my last story on sustainable dry cleaning, I promised you a follow-up with tips on home care and shopping habits to rescue you from your fussy garments. Because, not all of us have access to a posh laundry lounge where the beer takes the edge off our grunt work. Portland, I’m talking to you.…
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Green Your Clean Part 1: Is Sustainable Dry Cleaning Bogus?
There are so many things that make Austin a green city. Accessible vegan food, check. Killer secondhand shopping, check. Composing culture, check. Freegan makers and artists, check. Sustainable dry cleaners, check? Since moving here, I’ve fully embraced the lifestyle. I’m eating vegan or vegetarian as much as possible, learning to compost and walking more than…