Toxics in, Toxics out. This pithy phrase sums up how and why your cosmetics and other personal care products are slowly killing you. The Story of Cosmetics is the newest rom Annie Leonard, the director of the Story of Stuff project in conjunction with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. Please enjoy this wisdom, and let […]
More brilliance coming soon from the Story of Stuff peeps. Here’s a teaser for their new cosmetics video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo5SZXiyAV8&feature=player_embedded Watch and learn, baby…
Welcome to the first entry of 30 Days of Eco-Sex for the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. The Four Questions of Eco-Sex (Not Necessarily Kosher for Passover, but definitely SFW) Why do we eat only organic, fair-trade, non-GMO and locally sourced foods? Because treating your body like a temple is one of the smartest, sexiest ways […]
No matter how you feel about PETA, they do know one thing — how to market vegetarianism via sex. And there ain’t nothin’ wrong with that, darlings. That is, in part, Eco-Sex’s mission too, so we’re pleased to see that PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door 2010 competition is in full swing. Are you a hot […]
Planet-sized props must go to New York University student Emma Kaywin, who has managed to make a gorgeous, totally one-of-a-kind dress out of expired condoms. Yes, my pretties — condoms. As a pile of condoms from her HIV Hotline internship were about to expire, she got majorly creative and fashioned them into a dress. And […]
My latest obsession? Riding the rails. I’ve always been a fan of traveling by train: I especially adore the way the passive motion evokes creativity and a state of dreaminess. When I think of trains, I conjure images of Hitchcock. (Like Eva Marie-Saint and Cary Grant’s upper berth rendezvous in North By Northwest.) I fell […]