Warehouse has become the latest high street store to jump on the green bandwagon and add an eco-friendly range to its collection.
'Ware Eco' will consist of organic T-shirts and vest tops, in what can really be described as a symbolic gesture by the retailer to be more green. As is always the case with launches of this type, the implication is that more lines will follow and organic cotton will spread through the collection, but I've seen far to many other stores promise to do this with no real change to their offer as a whole that I can't help but be cynical. What do you think?
[Via Catwalk Queen]
Personally I'd welcome a move towards cars that don't make that 'Rrrrrrrrrrah' show-off sound, but it seems that anyone with £120,000 to spend on a car would prefer the rest of us to take notice -- preferably through an auditory assault.
This is why the latest green supercar, the electric Lightning GT, has been fitted with a "programmable external engine sound generator"; in other words, a sort of 'canned' engine track that responds to the driver's actions. I guess it's a small price to pay to make eco-friendly cars cool (unlike the car itself, which is now pre-ordering with a £15,000 deposit.)
[via The Guardian]
For us greenery-deprived city types, a tree is enough of a rarity to be worth getting excited about. Any leafy structure that hadn't been trimmed to the point of unrecognition to allow buses to pass by is a bit of a treat, and those that have been allowed to grow for long enough to gain historical significance are really something special. Which is why Trees for Cities wants Londoners to nominate their favourite tree in a vote that's open now.
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The BBC's Thread campaign is doing some great work to change fashion from the inside, harnessing the best in design talent to promote sustainable practices. And to further that cause, they've now launched StyleSearch, a competition to find the UK's most stylish and ethical dressers.
If you've used ethical and eco-friendly methods to create a really funky, original look for yourself (or a friend) and consider yourself skilled in the ways of eco-styling, entering the competition is as easy as posting a pic on Facebook! The winner will get to spend a day with a top stylist at London Fashion Week in September, assisting with the styling of the Thread fashion show.
Follow the jump for instructions on how to enter
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Treehugger has posted a really comprehensive listing of all the search engines that help the environment in some way (or claim to -- even our old friend Blackle is here, despite being all but laughed off the internet a year ago.
I'd suggest bookmarking this list and testing out a few of these tools. Read on to find out more.
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Eco-minded songstress Sheryl Crow is to try her hand at fashion design, with a new eco-friendly collection for Western Glove Works (a manufacturer that seems to specialise in celebrity endorsed lines, as it also makes Victoria Beckham's dVb line)
Details on when the clothes will be available are sketchy, but we do know it'll be called "Bootheel Trading Co By Sheryl Crow". As for what it'll look like, Sheryl's often seen rocking the denim, cowgirl look, and I've heard the collection will be jeans-based. So anyone in the market for some top class organic denim should watch this space!
Related: Sheryl Crow says 'no' to loopaper to save the world | Top 10 green celebrities
[Via Ecorazzi]
The 'hall of shame' when it comes to climate change culprits is a long one: Cars, planes, power stations and now...tattoo removal clinics? Bafflingly enough, the process used to erase ill-advised and unwanted tattoos from people's skins has been deemed 'bad for the environment', and has led to a new method being devised that does not cause pollution. Who knew!?
[Via New Scientist]
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Warehouse has become the latest high street store to jump on the green bandwagon and add an eco-friendly range to its collection.
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