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Jul 12 2009

THE LETTUCE RAP Episode 1: THE SOHO PARK CAFE

THE LETTUCE RAP is GreeJAR.net’s newest addition to GreenJAR TV. On THE LETTUCE RAP KiD GReeN checks out and reviews some of NYC’s cheap green eats with downtown friends on the forefront of the fashion and music game. In Episode 1, Kid GReeN reviews NYC soho’s THE SOHO PARK CAFE...

Archived in Travel + Food
Jul 12 2009

Just Tap It

This is one of my absolute favorite new New York City eco-companies. Tap It Water is a new site (iphone application available as well) that lets you know where in New York City you can find a tap that will allow you to refill your reusable bottles with clean NYcity...

Archived in Take Action
Jul 12 2009

So Jelly over these new MELISSA Ultra Clear Eco Jellies!

We’ve been waiting a long time for these Melissa Ultragirl flats in super rare clear. Finally! These comfy eco-flats let you show off your summer pedicure through their frosty ice finish. And they feature the tiny peephole that is a signature Melissa touch. As Planet Green points out, eco-fashionistas have had to say no to jellies for...

Archived in Fashion
Jul 12 2009

Listen to JEREMIH and start using a REUSABLE bottle!!!

You might not realize it because it seems like we can buy water just about anywhere, and for most of us GreenJAR readers, it flows non stop from our faucets at home. However while water is yes indeed a renewable resource it is one of the earth’s most limited resources.The world’s...

Archived in Take Action
Jul 12 2009

ALANIS MORISSETTE & WOODY HARRELSON Launch RECO JEANS

How harmful are your jeans? If they’re made of cotton, they most likely went through a process that included nasty pesticides, polluting dyes and waste-generating production before you decided to put them on your legs. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Singer Alanis Morissette and actor Woody Harrelson...

Archived in Fashion Take Action
Jul 12 2009

MOKUGIFT: PHAROAHE MONCH APPROVES

Hip-hop is fighting climate change head on. Bay Area rapper/producer Tajai of Souls of Mischief and Pharoahe Monch have teamed up with mokugift, an organization that enables ordinary citizens to plant tree gifts to combat global warming. Through its Artists and Athletes program launched on World Environment Day, fans can plant trees with...

Archived in Entertainment Music Sports/Health/Fitness Take Action
Jul 11 2009

BRAZILIAN ECO-HIP HOP

Hit from checktheweather.net: Research on eco-hip hop, brought me to this dope video from the Brazilian group Esquecimiento Total. We’re all aware that Brazil’s environmental justice fight is a deep history that’s lasted generations – similar to the rest of Latin America, and really the Third World, at that, Brazil’s fights...

Archived in Entertainment Music
Jul 10 2009

NYC SOLAR POWERED CONCERT

Hey New Yorkers, if you’re looking for something to do tomorrow, Saturday July 11th and have a hankering for either supporting the efforts of Solar One and Digiwaxx Media, or just checking out some great music, head over to the East River at 23rd Street anytime between 12 noon and 10pm for...

Archived in Entertainment Events Music
Jul 10 2009

Can A Concert GO GREEN?

Last week GreenJAR.net was on site at Jones Beach with the REVERB team to check out how they help artists GO GREEN while performing on tour. Reverb is a non profit organization founded by environmentalist Lauren Sullivan and her musician husband, Guster guitarist/vocalist Adam Gardner. Deeply rooted within the music and environmental communities, Reverb educates and engages...

Archived in Entertainment Music
Jul 10 2009

RECESSIONISTA’S DIY CHANEL BAG

The economic caldera we’re still digging ourselves up from under has put a whole new spin on the definition of “luxury.” (This fall’s New York Fashion Week will be an eye-opener for sure.) With consumer spending in the hole, and chi-chi brands like Hermestightening their croc-skin belts, we might be witnessing the...

Archived in Fashion