Fashion guide II: greenest fabrics by Kirsten Dirksen on March 12, 2008 Put a bit of hemp in a shirt and call it eco-fashion, but is it? Beyond the hype of alternative …
Pacific Garbage Patch… and collective deplastification by Kirsten Dirksen on March 6, 2008 Way out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a thousand miles out from the coast of California, floats a …
How to BYOC (bring your own container) by Kirsten Dirksen on January 30, 2008 An order of takeout food can grow your garbage: all those styrofoam, plastic and paper containers that get used once …
"Eco-Nazis" Down Under (on extreme green) by Kirsten Dirksen on January 2, 2008 Just when you think that everyone has gone “green”, at an upscale uptown-Barcelona party a Canadian expat accompanied by her …
A new trend in cafeterias: compost ready eco-disposables by faircompanies on December 7, 2007 Sports stadiums serve beer in corn cups, beverage firms sell bio-bottles and takeout comes in sugar cane. A biocompostable supplier …
Why we all will be gardeners by Kirsten Dirksen on November 18, 2007 They require very little (sun, water, regular care). In return, they offer fresh, organic, local, inexpensive produce and a tool …
Consumption and a future of temporary ownership by Kirsten Dirksen on October 11, 2007 How unsustainable is our consumption? According to a World Resources Institute report from a decade ago- and things have only …
Green collar (II): where jobs are by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2007 The green economy has arrived. Its demand for workers rivals the Internet boom. Business schools are preparing alumni and politicians …
The truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC) by faircompanies on June 26, 2007 Plastic with harmful effects to the environment and human health. Few materials exist with an application so internationally extensive like …
Environmental Working Group (EWG) by Nicolás Boullosa on May 23, 2007 A U.S. non-profit that tries to protect the interests of consumers through research and reports regarding the levels of toxic …