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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Redress & the EcoChic Design Awards : When Chinese fashion goes green
20 May 2011 - posté par Julie
China ? And no, you did not misread that… yes China, and the Chinese fashion industry moreover ! That very industry accused of many misdemeanours by western textile manufacturers: delocalisation, cheap labour, mass production with no quality guarantees and that industry better known for its appalling social and environmental impact: dangerous and harrowing working conditions [...]
Once upon a weekend in Paris, there were Fairy Days with a sprinkle of ethical magic dust ….
9 May 2011 - posté par Julie
From the 20th to the 22nd May, « Les Acteurs de la Mode Ethique » (AME) – the French association promoting ethical fashion – is throwing Fairy Days, a whole weekend long dedicated to eco and ethical fashion. So what’s with the fairies? It’s all focused around indulgence and beauty like a enchanting fairy tale. Private sales [...]
Earth Day 2011: hip and arty initiatives from around the world
21 April 2011 - posté par Marie
Since its launch in the US in 1970, Earth Day brings together people and organisations wishing to assert their commitment to environmentalism each April 22nd. Can you believe that each year, over 1 billion people take part, which in fact makes it one of the most followed civic events. Impressive no? However, could it be that [...]
Parsons Paris and 1.618 : cast your vote for your best-loved example of creative recycling!
19 April 2011 - posté par Julie
Throw into a room the following: 25 students from the Parsons Paris design school, a heap of unsold copies of the Herald Tribune and a handful of catalogs from the 1.618 salon (on luxury and sustainable development). Add in one highly-regarded fashion designer (e.g. Bensimon), and a pinch of good intentions from the “Chaine du [...]
Kick-off of the 2nd edition of the Prize for Women engaged in Sustainable Development
4 April 2011 - posté par Marie
It’s during the Planète Durable Fair in Paris that the publishing conglomerate Mondadori and the Yves Rocher Foundation kicked-off the 2nd edition of the “Prix des Femmes pour le Développement Durable” (The Prize for Women engaged in Sustainable Development). The first of its kind in the world of women’s magazines, this Prize addresses women who [...]
Let’s celebrate Weleda’s 90th birthday! Flashback on the story of a pioneer in organic cosmetics
29 March 2011 - posté par Julie
There’s no need to introduce Weleda … Is that so? Sometimes you think you know everything about a brand, just because it’s famous… And it’s true that when it comes to organic cosmetics, Weleda is a must. If we decided to make an analogy, we would say that Weleda is to organic cosmetics what nail [...]