Students of Design, Sustainability, etc -- want an internship?

We're looking for a few good interns.  Design students, writers, photographers, etc.

Intern for Fancy Green (Unpaid)

Fancy Green is on online guide to eco living, featuring reviews of eco fashion, eco apparel, natural body products, earth-friendly home cleaning products, and more.

Our Motto: "You don't have to live a beige little life to be green ~ You can be Fancy Green."

Our Goal: To show people how to live stylishly while also saving the planet.

We are looking for a few interns with excellent research and communication skills to help us add more content to the site. (Writing and web skills also appreciated!) Some of projects we need help with:

* Researching and writing information pages for the site about various eco and sustainable fabrics and other topics. EX: organic cotton, repurposed fabric, fair trade, etc.
* Researching and writing about various fabrics and eco concerns in the outdoor apparel industry.
* Preparing interview questions and transcribing interviews.
* Researching and assembling databases (eco fashion designers, eco apparel designers, eco boutiques, eco fashion publications/blogs, etc., fabric associations, etc.).
* Writing for Fancy Green’s blog.
* Editing photos in Photoshop.
* We’re also open to your ideas about how we can make our site better and how we can reach more readers and boost our visitor stats.

Here are some of the fashion companies sending us gear in the next month: Debra Lindquist, John Patrick, Nudie jeans (Sweden), Loomstate, Vuori, Preloved (Canada), Nate Organics (Canada), and a few companies that make handbags.

Visit our site, www.fancy-green.com, and send resume and brief note to friendsoffancygreen@gmail.com. THANKS.

Save the Polar Bears

Check out these sites to save the polar bears....

From Save the Polar Bear: 

"Polar bears are dying. As global warming accelerates, the sea ice they depend on for survival is literally melting away. Bears are starving and drowning as they have to swim farther and farther to reach solid ice. Some are even turning to cannibalism in a desperate search for food. Those trapped on land hundreds of miles from the nearest ice often wander near villages in search of food and are shot.

As if that weren’t enough, oil and gas drilling is destroying and polluting their fast-dwindling Arctic habitat.

A third of all polar bears — including all bears in Alaska — will be extinct by 2050 if current trends continue. The rest of the species will be gone by the end of the century."

http://www.savethepolarbear.org/  - click here to sign a petition that will be sent to Pres. Obama

 More resources...


http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/polarbear/polarbear.html
http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/


If you live in Canada, sign this petition:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/256644385

Eco Portland, Part One

Just spent two glorious days in Portland!  Loved it.  The people were friendly, I had several meetings with reps from eco fashion and eco apparel companies (Nau, Icebreaker, Sameunderneath), I stayed in a LEED-certified hotel, I ate tons of gelato (see the picture at bottom right -- from mio gelato's web site), and the land is flat.  And the buildings are short - 3 or 4 stories max for most of them.  My kind of town.  

Check the main site this weekend for reviews of some of the products I reviewed on this trip -- some food storage containers, some eco body products, some eco apparel items, and more.  And Josie Maran make up remover/cleaning wipes, pictured top left.

And soon, I'll post a review of my favorite travel bag by ChicoBag.  It's a day pack that comes in a pouch!

So much to do, so little time.....

Today's Green Report

I've fallen in love.....again.  This time it's not an organic cotton tee or a merino wool 1/2 zip or even a repurposed fabric garment.  It's not even eco, really.  It's just green and totally delicious.

I haven't been posting the past few days because I've been eating and eating....I can't get enough of Trader Joe's Avocado Salsa Verde (you'll find it in the refrigerated section with other fresh salsas).  So YUM.  I've had it with their super salty organic blue chips, their soy/flax seed chips, their crunchy curls, and I've dipped my naanwiches into it. 

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A Fancy Green Day

When I think of it, I didn't get much accomplished today.  But I did look fantastic, and that kept me smiling all day!  I wore some soft and cozy wool socks from Fox Mills, my super hot Flux jeans by Loomstate, and the Loomstate men's tee I've been testing (see previous post).  Love the slate grey color and the contrast with the red birds in flight.

Oh, and, held up my pants with a belt by English Retreads - they make purses and belts and wallets out of old bicycle inner tubes. How lucky for me that the belt matched by outfit perfectly. Even Kamie, my fashionista friend and one of our eco fashion testers, thought I looked fab.

Also, received a gorgeous organic cotton tank from John Patrick that Kamie will be wear testing and reviewing on the main site soon.  Here's a little sneak peak.  My photography skills don't do it justice, but it's a sweet, well-designed, tunic-length long tank.  Wish they'd sent a large so I'd be wearing it!

Be Fancy.  Be Green.

xo


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New Eco Items on Fancy Green Soon

So many fancy things, so little time...received some sweet eco fashion items from Loomstate this past week, like this ultra soft, ultra cool men's tee. Loomstate makes organic cotton tees for men and women.  Let me wear and wash and live in them for a bit, then I'll post reviews on the main site.

Also, this coming week - look for reviews on Twist sponges and drinking glasses from the Green Glass Company. I'm loving these glasses. They're made out of reclaimed bottles.  They're so fun, and they're just the right size.

And I like the "naked" white sponges from Twist. No dyes, no colors.  And some of them have loofah attached for scrubbing action.  Nice.

Now, if I set this up right, there should be an Amazon ad/search box below this post, featuring skin care from Dr. Hauschka.  Took me forever to find skin care products that worked for me.  Dr. H is one of my fav brands.  From Germany.  Holistic.  Check main site for reviews.



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Favorite Shirts

You know what's fancy green? Buying used clothing! Here are some of my favorite shirts. One I bought retail. The striped one I bought 25 years ago at Tatters in Minneapolis. My friend Rob was working there at the time and sold this shirt to me. Don't wear it very often because it's about one wash away from disintegrating.

The paisley shirt is a Benetton reject I snagged 20+ years ago when I worked near London at a summer ESL program. At the end of the session, our rich pupils simply discarded what didn't fit in their suitcases.

And again, my favorite Liberty of London blouse. I spent the entire summer popping into Liberty whenever I was in the city....but always deciding I just couldn't spend that much money on a shirt. Then, at the end of the summer I found myself at Heathrow Airport with some time on my hands before my departing flight.

Ah, I spotted a mini Liberty store (p.s. - the shopping's awesome at Hthrow)! Could not leave the country without a fancy flowered shirt!!

Aren't they all so lovely? Write us and tell us about your favorite shirts. Also, remember that song, "Favorite Shirts" by Haircut 100 (or, British spelling..."Favourite Shirts")...how cute was Nick Heyward?



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Liberty of London

So, despite my countdown to the Liberty of London debut at Target....I ended up engrossed in a deadline and missed it entirely. Couldn't even buy anything online. All sold out. The bed sheets I wanted--gone.

What does this have to do with Fancy Green? Well, Liberty of London is a seriously fancy store. I love their fabrics - ultra thin, super fancy soft soft soft cotton. The Target branded Liberty apparel isn't made out of organic or sustainable material, but if the clothing is anything like the Liberty items I've owned forever then that's a good thing. If you can buy a garment and wear it for 20 years, that's eco too, because you're not buying more clothes or throwing away clothes. And, when you buy top quality clothes, you can recycle them by passing them on to a friend or selling them at a garage sale. (At least that's my justification.)

Here's my Liberty blouse and my favorite little cosmetic bag (I use it to carry my essential oils with me when I travel). I've had both for 10? 15? years.

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