B.Y.O.B.

Of course you already know this -- fancy people bring their own bags to the grocery store.

Reuse the bag from your last visit, keep a canvas tote in your car, wear a backpack, whatever it takes. In Seattle, starting in January, stores will charge 20 cents a bag. Hopefully, they'll eventually ban all bags.

My friend Shannon has a great idea -- donate your extra canvas totes to your local grocery store so that everyone can have a reusable bag.

Check Fancy-Green.com in August for reviews of Envirosax totes.

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Attention: Travelers

Are you a green traveler? Do you have a favorite eco resort? What's your favorite hiking trail? Write an essay about it and win lots of nice prizes from fancy outdoor companies.

See details at: FitnessTravelGear.com

Deadline -- August 15th.

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Clap Your Hands if You Love Beanies

I review a lot of gear -- everything from hiking boots and rain jackets for my other website to organic denim and recycled stainless steel jewelry for Fancy Green. Last summer was the summer of the skort. I couldn't get enough of them. This summer - all about skirts. This fall - it's going to be all about beanies.

I have a small, cute head that's perfect for hats, especially beanies. Currently, I'm loving the Sube Sube beanie from Chaos. In the coming months I'll be reviewing beanies from Debra Linquist, Indigneous Designs, and other fancy fair trade companies.

If you have a favorite beanie, please tell me about it. Better yet, send a photo of yourself  in your beanie, and I'll post it on my site.

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Stewart & Brown

Stewart & Brown is one of the first eco fashion companies I discovered. I love their super soft cotton tops. Coming in Sept, we'll be featuring reviews of items from their fall line.
For now, don't miss this episode of It's Easy Being Green, which features the founders of Stewart & Brown and gives a lot of good info about how to start an eco-friendly apparel company:



Here's an interview with founders:



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Tips are For Sissies

From our main site, www.Fancy-Green.com:

Choices and Changes

Tips about greening your life are everywhere. They're in magazines, newspapers, books, the evening news. They're all over the web.

But what is a tip, really? It's a polite suggestion. It's helpful, but there's no urgency in a tip. There's no sense of responsibility in a tip. Tips are optional.

At Fancy Green, we expect more from our readers. Our planet is in peril. We can't waste time with tips; we need action. We all have to do our part to make the CHOICES that will lead to real CHANGE. And fast.

Stay tuned for our Choices and Changes section---we'll be adding to this section to our main site in Sept.

In the meantime, contact us with the choices you've made for change.

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Why Didn't We Listen???

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What I'm Looking For

Ok. I finally found Rogan Gregory on tape -- just for a second, in a clip from the Today show featuring Edun clothing, an eco fashion line founded by Bono and his wife Ali Hewson and designed by Gregory. Edun (nude spelled backward) is all about fair trade; the clothing is produced in Africa.

Block out Katie Couric, and watch this clip. You'll like it. These clothes rock as hard as Bono does:


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A Little Lesson on Organic Cotton

I was searching YouTube for a video of Rogan Gregory, who designs Loomstate's fabulously fancy organic fashions. Didn't find what I was looking for, but did find a Loomstate video that has a good little lesson on cotton growing! Organic cotton makes gorgeous jeans, but it's also good for cows, owls, rats, snakes, and other pest-eating creatures.

Watch and learn:




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Certaintees: "Wearable Wisdom"

Having eco creds isn't just about fair trade and sustainable materials. You have to give back, too. Certaintees, a "tee shirt collection with persuasive imagery that is socially positive and environmentally responsible" has as many non-profit partners as it does t-shirt collections. Their six partners are: ashoka.org, bioneers.org, solarcookers.org, voicesandfaces.org, worldbicyclerelief.org, thelandconnection.org.

You can read more about these partners on the Certainees site.

You can read a review of a fancy Certaintees bamboo/organic cotton blend tee at our home site, www.fancy-green.com.




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