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Great, Green Fashion Brands

Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Hiking, Clothing, Patagonia, Cotton, Artisans, Green, Earth, Billabong, Timberland, Planet, Outdoors, Jewelry, Organic, Trees, Recycling, Etsy, Rei, Style, Diy, Environment, Sustainability, Fashion, Bamboo, Business Suit, Shoes, Menswear, Brands, Handmade Crafts, Silver, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Some of the most eye-catching baubles are made of stuff that had a past life--and many of them can be found on Etsy, a global network of artisans selling handmade works.

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Sigg Says Sorry, Patagonia Dumps Sigg

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Chicago, Takepart, Patagonia, Bpa, Sigg, California, Green News
Sarah Newman

The anti-BPA movement is spreading nationwide. Chicago has already banned the toxin and legislation is currently pending in California

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Sigg Zigs, Zags and Sags

Ken Cook | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Patagonia, Sigg, Bisphenol A, Ewg, Steve Wasik, Green News
Ken Cook

Patagonia has dumped its co-branding program with SIGG over the bottle maker's blatant conning of eco-conscious consumers regarding BPA.

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Tetro Is Illuminating

Sarah Newman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Francis Ford Coppola, Takepart, Vincent Gallo, Argentina, Tetro, Alden Ehrenreich, Patagonia, Entertainment News
Sarah Newman

The film is a timeless, brooding, sensuous exploration of the physical and emotional struggles between brothers, in the backdrop of a sometimes absurd, comedic snapshot of an Argentine town.

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American Apparel, Naked

Waylon Lewis | Posted 05.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Solar, Patagonia, Dov Charney, Green, Eileen Fisher, Los Angeles, Eco, Made in China, Business, Hipsters, American Apparel, Ecofashion, Briefs, Naked, Hipster, Esl, Underwear, Sex, Fashion, Made in the USA, Waylon Lewis, Style News
Waylon Lewis

American Apparel's fashion sense is personal, retro, preppy, cute, disco, outre. Whatever their designers want to wear, it seems, they figure we'll want to wear. And most of the time they're right.

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Patagonia's Clothes Recycling Uncovers Challenges Of Green Goals

greenbiz.com | GreenerDesign Staff, GreenerDesignPublished March 9, 2009 | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Patagonia, Recycling Clothes, Recycled Clothes, Green Technology, Green News

VENTURA, Calif. -- When Patagonia finalized its Common Threads Garment Recycling Program in fall 2005, is set out to make all its products recyclable ...

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Letter from Chile

Carl Pope | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Chile, Environmentalism, Ozone, Patagonia, Obama Election, Pollution, Global Warming, Green News
Carl Pope

Fresh assaults on the ozone layer may have been suspended, but here the impact of its wounds are severely felt. A new kind of environmentalism is needed.

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The Business of Service

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Cityyear, Community Service, Ethos Water, Inauguration Day 2009, Obama Transition Team, National Service, Patagonia, Teach for America, Americorps, Youthbuild, GOOD Magazine, Barack Obama, MLK Day, Peace Corps, Cisco Systems, Obama Service, Service, Living News
Jonathan Greenblatt

The corporations and small businesses that power American growth and shape our society could be the fuel that turbo-charges our vision of national service.

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Greening Hollywood: Democratizing Sustainability

Paige Donner | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Michael Besancon, Whole Foods, Democratizing Sustainability, Wal-Mart, Patagonia, Business, Fortune Magazine, Barack Obama, Greening Hollywood, Charles Zimmerman, Ucla, Rick Ridgeway, Environment, Sustainability, Green Economy, Solar Roofs, Green Buildings, Government Regulation, Green Roofs, Sustainable Packaging, Green News
Paige Donner

I'll 'fess up. "Democratizing sustainability," is not a phrase I coined nor one I've even used before.

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Reduce, Reuse, Rewear

Julia Plevin | Posted 12.15.2008 | Style

Read More: Flannel, Vintage, American Apparel, Patagonia, Fashion, Abercrombie, Urban Outfitters, Recession, Style News
Julia Plevin

In this era of economic uncertainty and growing environmental consciousness, no one wants to be caught with new clothes.

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Green Edge 9: Tim Sanders on Greening U.S. Workplaces

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: SAS Institute, Enron, Easter Seals, Green Edge, Patagonia, Green Mountain Coffee, Jeff Skoll, World, Worldcom, Work, Tom Kuntz, Doubleday, Saving, Environment, Stanford, Century 21, Tim Sanders, Google, Timberland, Juma, Interface, Aveda, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

Tim Sanders visited with me in New York today on a tour to promote his new book, Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go...

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Green Businesses That Do Right, Do Well

Treehugger | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Best Green Businesses, Corporate Sustainability, Green Businesses, Patagonia, Green, Green Business, Green Business News, Green News

Corporate sustainability -- no longer just the latest collection of business buzzwords -- now is a required feature in the mission statement, annual r...

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The Power of Nau

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Reinvent, The Body Shop, Nelson Mandela, John Lennon, Einstein, Apple, Nike, Yoko Ono, Patagonia, Branding, New Radicals, Portland, Think, Reimagine, Nau, Living News
Julia Moulden

Remember Apple's "Think Different" advertising campaign? "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the...

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Report from the Green Edge 1: The Organic World Congress

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Italy, Green, Organic World Congress, Patagonia, Jill Dumain, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Organic, Modena, Ifoam, Alan Greene, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

Dr. Alan Greene, Stanford Professor and author of Raising Baby Green, addressing the 2008 Organic World Congress on epidemiological studies relating ...

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Greener B-Schools, Greener Employees

Andrew Winston | Posted 06.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Values, Employees, Business Schools, Ikea, Green Business, Patagonia, Stanford, Green News
Andrew Winston

Even though he's been studying sustainable business, Ash wants to work for a private-equity firm and says, "Am I really driven to do this by my values? The honest answer is no...It just makes good business sense to be sustainable."

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