You’re in for a thrill. A low rise building in a dead end street in Greenpoint Brooklyn, a staircase, a rooftop … and here lies the whole of the Manhattan skyline in front of you. The setting is as unexpected as spectacular. You won’t find the usual cocktail bar or Zen gardens on that rooftop [...]
Valentine’s Day under water!
16 February 2012 - posté par Clémence
Is it because of the Hershey’s Kisses we were offered during our visit on Valentine’s Day? Or because the water blue lighting was imagined by Hervé Descottes, an award nominee French designer? Whatever it is that brought us to the Newtown Creek Wastewater treatment plant in Brooklyn on Valentine’s Day was probably a bit crazy. [...]
My Green Lifestyle celebrates its first birthday and expands: what you’re in for in 2012
18 January 2012 - posté par Marie
2012 will be dominated by sustainability! A quick glance at the sustainability agenda of the year is enough to understand that 2012 will be a critical year for our planet’s future. Beyond the major recurring annual events such as Climate Week, Earth Day, the Week of Sustainable Development or the International Day of the Biodiversity, [...]
Worldwide city design tour for the other 90%: a topical exhibition at the U.N.
20 December 2011 - posté par Clémence
This is not a slum. Appearances have changed in the favela of Praça Cantão in Rio de Janeiro since artists engaged community members to paint the building exteriors in their neighborhood, calling international media attention to their need for improvement. Obviously the initiative was successful considering that it has become the exhibition poster for the [...]
Mast Brothers: Brooklyn Grand Cru organic chocolate sets off to Paris
19 October 2011 - posté par Clémence
The landmark Brooklyn institution is embarking on a new journey: Paris will be the new destination for this chocolate “Grand Cru”. No doubt it will win the taste of those French people so well versed in gourmet food, like it did with the White House. Seduced by its original flavor, we followed the chocolate track [...]
Luxury & Sustainable Development: the green literary event that we were waiting for!
11 October 2011 - posté par Julie
We didn’t wait for Cécile Ducroc-Lochard to write a book to hear about her and let alone meet her! She’s sort of THE eco-chic girl in France, who works, breathes and wears sustainable development the stylish way… Formerly working for WWF France, founder of Citizen Luxury (a consulting company in sustainable development), member of the [...]
Sustainable highlights of Nolcha Fashion Week in New York City
20 September 2011 - posté par Marie
Enjoying our time in New York during the city’s Spring/Summer 2012 Fashion Week, where else could we go but to the exciting events organized by Nolcha – the New-York-based platform advancing independent fashion designers – that featured a great line-up of fashion-forward sustainable labels? We had the great pleasure to chat with the three “Innovation [...]
EKYOG: a little taste of things to come this fall…
17 June 2011 - posté par Julie
Fall, whaaaat ?!! Summer has not yet sprung and here we are, daring to mention the word Fall?! No fear readers ! Rest assured, we are of course totally hyped about the impending summer holidays, which organic sun cream to pack, how to offset carbon emissions from our travels, which eco-destination to go for etc, [...]