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Playboy bunnies that is. And the lettuce was bikini-shaped. Yes, it was PETA’s annual National Veggie Dog Day in the Capitol and Playmates Jayde Nicole and Jo Garcia were there, dressed up/down in their veggie regalia. According to PETA’s blog, “While serving up the “dogs” to politicians and passersby, Jayde reminded each person that “the best way to safeguard your health, reduce your carbon footprint, save animals’ lives, and look your very best is to go vegetarian.” This video from POLITICO shows some rather hilarious Beltway antics and, depending on where you work, might be somewhat NSFW. But every little...
Last night two of my favorite passions came together: the environment and high end fashion. Louis Vuitton helped mark the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing with a beautiful star-studded party at the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. Their newest campaign, featuring Jim Lovell, commander of NASA’s Apollo 13 mission, Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon, and Sally Ride, the first woman in space, launched (no pun intended) last night as well. Television fashionistas Jessica Szohr and Whitney Port, singers Lance Bass, Estelle and Cassie, my bff June Ambrose, and a very pregnant Victoria’s...
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 the CitySol Concert: Performing live at the event will be Schwervon! (going on at 12:45pm), Love Like Deloreans (1:45pm), Outasight (2:45pm), Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers (3:45),So So Glos (4:45pm), Ihsan (5:15pm), DJ Spinna (5:30pm), Dead Prez (6:00pm),Saigon (6:30pm), O’Neal McKnight (6:45pm), Hi Red Center (7:15pm), and Fiasco(8:15). Word is there will also be a special surprise guest DJ, but beyond that I’ve got nothing on it to hint about, so...
35 million people rely on the Great Lakes for water. In fact, the lakes comprise one-fifthof the world’s fresh surface water supply and nine-tenths of the U.S. supply. That’s why their survival is of prime concern. WaterLife is a film documenting everything impacting the lakes, from water abuse to invasive species, introducing viewers to some of the amazing people interacting with the lakes, as well as some very unique vantage points of the waters. Part documentary, part poetry, part visual experience, the film itself sounds facinating, but so too is the interactive website for WaterLife. It lists various factors that impact and celebrate water, and...
With 200 films from 30 countries, the Los Angeles Film Festival (which went on from June 18 to 28) in Westwood near UCLA, seems far from Hollywood. The non-profit that organizes the event “champions the cause of independent films,” and though Public Enemies with Johnny Depp and the new Transformers movie will be premiered, the rest of the schedule has little connection with show biz. Among the screenings, a few high-profile documentaries cover environmental issues. So now it’s time they leave the nest of fests and play in theaters for all of us to see: Bananas!*: A Case Study (June...
This week is Carnival of the Green #186 and it’s being hosted by Conserve Plastic Bags, an informative blog whose goal is to raise public awareness on the consumption of plastic bags. Since it’s inception (which began as a class project), it has since evolved to include content about a multitude of other current environmental issues as well. So head on over to this week’s Carnival, which includes a round up of green news and events from the past week, submitted by other bloggers and green sites. Also, as we recently announced, this week’s Carnival makes the debut of our...
New films about Canada’s tar sands, the damage caused by extractive industries in the Amazon rainforest, and Aristotle’s philosophy on nature will be among the opening-day fare Tuesday at the Rodos International Films + Visual Arts Festival Ecofilms, held annually on the Greek island of Rhodes. Despite its title, the Ecofilms festival does not only show movies with environmental subjects, casting a broader net to include films dealing with social issues and international culture, including pictures about members of the Palestinian diaspora, a Iranian painter and ceramist, orphaned children in South Africa, life in an isolated Serbian village, young Spanish...
Are you a cyclist who bemoans the fact that comfortable biking clothing isn’t stylish? NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and Louis Vuitton Moet Hennesy (LVMH) teamed up to present a challenge to FIT’s students to create stylish and practical activewear for cyclists. The students worked for a semester to develop designs for a poncho, jacket, and travel bag under the mentorship of their professors and designers at Donna Karen New York (DKNY). The top three finalists and their designs were honored at a conference in early June; read on for more, including the winner! The finalists of the Bike in Style Challenge...
An elevated park in the sky built on top of the skeleton of an old rail system? It may have sounded impossible only five years ago, but today, the eagerly awaited High Line elevated urban park, which was renovated / designed by starchitects Diller & Scofidio and James Corner of Field Operations, officially opens for thousands of New Yorkers looking to escape the hubbub of the city below! Check out the pictures below! *Hit From: Inhabitat.com ...
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