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  • Matthew Morrison hosts DASANI Plant Model Fashion Show on Earth Day

    For Earth Day, Glee‘s Matthew Morrison played host to the DASANI Plant Model Fashion Show, which was held at The Grove in Los Angeles and featured outfits–all made from 100 percent plant–by Yotam Solomon. Apart from being a fashion show and a celebration of Solomon’s work, the event also launched the new DASANI Plant Bottle…

  • Green yoga mats

    After not having done yoga for nearly two years, I finally returned to it last month and firmly decided to pursue it seriously this time around. I’m currently using the mat I bought two years ago since it’s still pretty serviceable, although bits of it are already breaking off, so I’m looking around for a…

  • Free Coffee

    If you’re a regular Starbucks customer, you can bring your reusable travel mug this Earth Day, 22 April and they’ll fill it with coffee or tea for free. It’s their way of saying “thank you” for doing your part in reducing your environmental footprint. If you don’t have a reusable mug, you can purchase one…

  • Sell your Cell

    Flipswap is a website that will give you cash for your old cell phone. They will recycle it or resell it. They will also plant a tree for each recycled phone. Get your free shipping label at Greenphone.

  • A new take on paintball

    I’ve never played paintball myself, but it has always both intrigued and scared me–I hear it hurts to get hit. If you’ve been wondering how safe the paint for paintball is, you’ll be pleased to know that it’s being given a new, planet-friendly spin. Extreme Paintball 101 is offering eco-friendly paintball which you can safely…

  • O’BON!

    I admire people and companies who make it easy for everyone else to engage in a sustainable lifestyle. One such company is O’BON, a supplier of environmentally-friendly school supplies based in South San Francisco, CA. O’BON uses recycled materials in producing their school supplies – newspapers for O’BON pencils, art pencils and color pencils; sugarcane…

  • redleaf Water, Canada’s Ultra-Premium bottled water

    You might be thinking, “oh no! Not another brand of bottled water!” Or even “aren’t landfills full of plastic bottles as it is?” I know I did. Sure, there are plenty of recyclable water bottles around. But have you ever heard of a water bottle that is both recyclable AND biodegradable? Enter redleaf Water, Canada’s…

  • All hail the king

    We’re huge fans of Colin Firth here, so you can imagine how thrilled we were that he bagged the Best Actor trophy at the Oscars last night. Here’s something else to celebrate: He was wearing a Tom Ford suit that was made out of “ethical materials,” as Contact Music reports. His wife Livia was likewise…

  • Sleek, sustainable headphones

    A lot of people nowadays walk around listening to music, and if you do this too, you might as well use eco-friendly headphones. This particular pair by Ashcraft Design is made using recycled and sustainable materials, from the wood recycled from old guitars, to the leather that came from old clothes, to reclaimed aluminum.

  • Natalie Portman wears H&M

    Guess what Academy Award nominee Natalie Portman wore at a pre-Oscar party? A $50 dress from H & M‘s new eco-friendly Conscious Collection. The clothes are made from Tencel, organic cotton and linen, and recycled polyester. The company has also teamed up with Swedish Hasbeens so you can dress green from head to toe. The…