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Casa Shops: Vivavi Eco-Friendly Furniture
If you still think eco-friendly furniture is for hippies, you should spend some time browsing the wares at Vivavi. This design emporium is way more hip than hippy, with luxurious finds that would be irresistible even if they weren't earth-friendly. The shop was founded by Josh Dorfman, whose philosophy comes through in the title of his book, The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish Green Living.
Cameron Diaz's Tip For Finding Eco-Friendly Furniture
In one of Gwyneth Paltrow's recent GOOP newsletters, Cameron Diaz shared her tip for finding eco-friendly furniture and a favorite resource for upholstery fabrics:
Flea markets, second-hand stores, and yard sales provide beautiful, well-made clothing and furniture, that can be reupholstered, tailored, or recycled into something completely different. I love hunting for treasures and finding beautiful things that seem to tell a whole story. Consider updating an old chair in one of these beautiful, sustainably produced fabrics.
Eco-Friendly Um Tote: Love It or Hate It?
I'm all for helping the environment but this Eco-Friendly Um Tote by John Jakus ($115) looks more like a magazine rack than a purse. It's made of factory excess industrial wool felt which would otherwise be thrown away. It's a cool concept so maybe instead of a handbag, I'll use it to store my magazines.
Do You Use Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products?
Now that we've wrapped up our method giveaways of eco-friendly and non-toxic cleaning products, I'm wondering how many of you use similar earth-friendly products to keep your house shiny and scrubbed.
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Do You Use Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products?
Yes.
Casa Verde: 21 Eco-Friendly Home Improvements
I'm always looking for new ways to make my home greener, so thanks to Tdamji for pointing me to this list of 21 eco-friendly home improvements. (By the way, if you haven't checked out Tdamji's Minimal Harm — For the Love of the Planet group, I highly recommend it.)
This 21-green salute will help your conscience and your pocketbook, saving money and increasing your home's value. How many of these tactics do you use in your home?
Fab Flash: Designers Use Eco-Friendly Fabrics
Lately, more and more American and European designers and companies such as A-Style, Moral Fervor, Elisa Jimenez, and Brooklyn Industries have started to use Inego fibers, hailed as the world's first man-made fiber from 100 percent annually renewable resources. Launched in 2003, Inego uses corn as a derivative, and cost is 10 to 15 percent more than standard cotton. The good news is that market research indicates that people are willing to spend a bit more to help the environment.
How-To: Remove Contact Paper Adhesive
Remember how I covered my hideous linoleum floors with woodgrain contact paper? Well, while they looked fabulous, it came time to take them off. The contact paper itself was easy to remove, but as expected, a very tough adhesive residue was left.
Eco-Friendly Outlet Banishes Power Vampires For Good
Vampire power month may be over (how appropriate that it was in October, no?), but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying to find ways to reduce our electric bills! We are living in a digital world, which means nearly everything needs to be juiced up to work. I've already got my laptop working overtime at the office and at home, so you can imagine that I'm a pretty powerful energy vampire on my own.
Paperless Post Gets Holiday Parties Started
This holiday season, go green, go cheap, and go beautiful! Instead of sending out a tree's worth of paper invitations for your holiday soiree, consider using creative and gorgeous online invitations. While e-vitations have been around a while, few are as sassy, simple, pretty, and well-organized as the custom stationery from the Paperless Post.
Link Time!
- Peter Andre backs out of his presenter role on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! because of Katie Price — Handbag
- Singer Robbie Williams cried last night on stage at his reunion performance with Take That — InStyle UK
- Rihanna's heartfelt interview on 20/20 helped to save a fan’s life — theFABLife
- Britney's Twitter account was hacked into yesterday — Cosmpopolitan UK
- The stripper claiming to sleep with Josh Duhamel apologises — Company
- Matt Stone and Trey Parker build an eco-friendly skiing retreat — Ecorazzi
- Lindsay Lohan and Peaches Geldof were spotted partying together at a nightclub in Los Angeles — Holy Moly
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