Archive for November, 2011
A couple trends have dominated the auto industry in the past few years: a focus on fuel-efficient and alternative-fuel vehicles, and a rise in technologies that are turning science fiction into dashboard reality. Both of those will be on display this week when the 104th Los Angeles Auto Show opens at the Convention Center. About 900,000 people are expected to attend the event that runs Nov. 18-27. The show is open on Thanksgiving. Although no vehicles are sold during the show, car manufacturers from around the globe will be on hand to tout and answer questions about their products. Approximately 1,000...
Puma has transformed the concept of the shoebox with it’s recyclable boxes, turned plastic packaging on its head, even overhauled its signature suede sneaker. But the German sportswear manufacturer has its sights on a loftier goal, a line of apparel and footwear that would be content to retire among coffee grounds, eggshells, and carrot peels. We are confident that in the near future we will be able to bring the first shoes, T-shirts, and bags that are either compostable or recyclable to the market, Franz Koch, Puma’s CEO, told German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche on Friday. Puma is working with external partners to develop products...
The NACPA has partnered with one of Green Jar’s favorite non-profit groups Reverb! NACPA and Reverb will speak with various promoters and venue operators across the country to get a “lay of the land” as far as their interests, challenges and abilities to go green. In addition to the data collected in this process, Reverb has extensive experience in the live music industry: greening over 100 major tours and thousands of concert events including Jack Johnson, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Drake, Arcade Fire, John Mayer, Maroon 5, Sheryl Crow, Phish, John Legend, the Honda Civic Tour and many more. After...
Today is America Recycles Day, a day dedicated to educating and motivating everyone in this country to recycle, according to the group’s official website. There are recycling events happening in cities across the country today. Find one near you simply by entering your zip code on the America Recycles Day website. I hope recycling is not a single-day event! Here are some other ideas to get educated, get involved and keep recycling throughout the year. Research Your Municipal Recycling Just like checking the smoke detector batteries on the day the clocks change for daylight savings time, America Recycles Day is...
Actor Adrian Grenier yesterday tweeted a first-look photo of a bottle of the blend Stomping Ground, the first offering from SHFT House Wines, a new sustainable wine label he and business partner, film producer Peter Glatzer, are set to start selling under the label Shft House Wines this December. The wine is under the umbrella of Grenier and Glazter’s eco-website SHFT.com, which sells sustainably designed products and produces original environmentally conscious online content. Grenier and film producer Glatzer launched SHFT.com two years ago and also executive produced the 2008 Planet Green lifestyle and home makeover series Alter Eco. At the Napa Valley Film Festival’s Buick...
If a bunch of supermodels won’t get you to care for the environment what will? Using the platform of the modeling industry, supermodels Georgie Badiel and Heide Lindgren have formed Models 4 Water, an organization which provides the most basic human need and right to countries low in resources: CLEAN WATER. What started as a brainstorming session over a kitchen table searching for a way to help the people of Burkina Faso, Georgie’s homeland, has now become a registered 501(c)3 through their various relationships and with the help of their director Max Crespo. Currently Models 4 Water, through its partnership with Gilt,...
Fabolous is getting into the giving spirit. The New York rapper has teamed up with New York Yankees’ Robinson Cano and New York Jets’ Ahmad Bradshaw for his first annual Three Kings coat drive. We just started the foundation, the Fabolous Way, and the winter was coming and we wanted to kick off the foundation with something where we’re giving back to the people within the inner city explained Fab of the initiative during an interview with Pix11. The winter is coming and it’s getting cold and people need coats and people don’t have the opportunity to go out and buy...
Leonardo DiCaprio celebrated his 37th birthday by raising $1.3 million for charity at a party attended by stars including Robert De Niro. DiCaprio, currently getting Oscar buzz as the star of “J. Edgar,” threw a bash with night-life impresario Danny A Abekaser at New York hot spot Avenue on Friday night. Toasting the star were De Niro, Chace Crawford, Ed Norton, Bradley Cooper, Naomi Campbell, Kevin Connolly, Benicio Del Toro and billionaires Stewart Rahr and Len Blavatnik. Instead of just going out to the club and have a reckless night like most stars do these days, Leo raised money for his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation by adding a fee to all...
We see spin classes and centers popping up all over the map lately. It’s no secret that in the past ten years, along with fellow yogis, a spin enthusiast culture has emerged. Some might call themselves addicts. Because that is the exact feeling you get after completing a 55 minute – 80 minute class. 30 people in one small space, dim lighting, an instructor that motivates you and functions as your favorite DJ, and your imagination transforming your stationary bike into a mountain bike trekking somewhere in the Andes. Or at least that’s always been my experience. Where the club...
