A boutique from New York City offers elegant stylish shoes and other accessories online such as belts, bags and purses, and wallets. Their shoes and accessories are cruelty free an are completely vegan. Its the first type of store to do this in New York. You can be vegan and stylish. As the insist one cannot have fashion without compassion !

Mooshoes supports no-kill animal shelters and has hosted companion animal adoptions in their area.  Dis Visit Mooshoes.com

These below are the sexiest of high heels, but they do have others besides dress wear such as casual wear, sneakers, and boots and sandals. The same goes for men.

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By BTC Elements, a US boutique from California, that dedicates itself to eco fashion clothes. Many of the fabrics are certified organic or made from plant that does not require pesticides. Moreover BTC Elements strives for fair trade clothing meaning it was made by paying a fair wages and in clean safe working conditions.

All these items are very stylish and trendy, but you will pay for this designer swim wear. For most of us we will have to wait

New style for this summer, its 90% Organic Cotton and 10 % cotton. Made in California. This sassy one piece swimsuit has braded halter straps that tie at the neck. By designer Kelly Barry. $148

Glamorous black tube swim suit. 3 adjustable straps at the back and a removable strap for the neck. Kelly Barry Designer. Red belt not included. $154

Elegant String Bikini is 100 % Organic Cotton and 100% Bamboo. Made in New York. By Jenny Hwa, designer of Loyale clothing. Only $60 Check BTC Elements.

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Elegant contemporary normal looking furniture on the outside, but on the inside its all eco friendly. By Viesso

All the wood from the upholstered furniture comes from green sources. The exposed wood furniture is made from bamboo from China. Bamboo is technically a grass and grows very fast, unlike trees. Moreover, it can be harvested by hand thus reducing the impact on the environment. Bamboo grows to a height of 6 inches and matures in 5-6 years.

The fabrics for Viesso’s furniture is green as well. It contains a good amount of recycled content and mostly natural fibers. The same goes for the fillers of the cushions ! Natural latex comes from the sap of rubber trees, and is a naturally derived biodegradable.. The feather fill options also come from birds that are being raised for food or other reasons. Of course they are cleaned from non-toxic substances.

Even the metals are made of recycled or durable materials. Metals can be recycled indefinitely without losing any of their properties, which makes their impact on the environment minimal.

Viesso even takes their furniture back and recycles it too.

You can customize your furniture online. Choose your layout, pick a filling, pick a fabric, pick a leg and have your sofa in 3 weeks!

Somebody tell me how much this costs! I don’t think hippies can afford this, not even sophisticated ones !
Check Viesso out today and tell me about it…

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Beau Coco is a young online retailer of eco friendly and fair trade jewelry.

The first line is made from raw materials from the Pacific Island of Mauritius in the Central Indian Ocean. The designs are unique, and elegant, and very “earthy”. They include necklaces, bracelets, and earrings.

Bettina Bunce, the designer and owner of Beau Coco, personally went down to Mauritius to create the designs with the locals. Bettina established her background in fair trade before it became fashionable, working around the world for major organizations, including Oxfam.

The next group to work with Bettina will be  women from the poorest slums of Delhi, India. The women collect and recycle plastic bags from the city dumps and Bettina is working with them to create a very contemporary range of jewelry to be launched in the autumn.

Support this eco friendly, fair trade jeweler.

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We are so wasteful as a society that there is a small, but growing movement that lives off the “waste” of the American middle classes - Freegans. Some of the characters are depicted in this NY Times article.

They are able to get descent food and home décor dumpster diving in NYC. The Times reporter meets up with them as they are foraging through the departing NY University students leave for their summer break.

More power to these people. I totally agree that we are too consumerist and through away too much with hardly a thought. It amazes what I see on the curb on garbage pickup day here in affluent Northern Virginia – TVs, cribs, mattresses…

We need sustainable development and recycle what we use, no matter what we do. Cell phone companies are getting with it, PC manufactures are studying it… The furniture industry has a long way to go, but did you know that you can get organic mattresses? As far as food waste is concerned at least its biodegradable, but it’s a shame people go starving in this world.

What I don’t agree with this movement is that they describe themselves as anti-capilast when they are technically living on the excesses of capitalism itself. Like the Chinese who are supposed to be communist when they are really capitalist themselves.

This movement is too extreme for me. I agree that buying a hybrid prius and recycling your coke cans does not really make you green. But it’s a start and its more than a ton of other Americans are doing. At least the green movement is on the radar screen now, compared to just 5 years ago…

Lets start using cloth bags at the grocery store. You can get all these stylish colors and designs now. And no more plastic plates, utensils. No more Styrofoam cups for your coffee. Buy a mug and wash it! Its not hard !! Its that or dumpster diving like a Freegan!!

NY Times Freegan Article

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These eco friendly diapers by gDiapers have an outer liner and disposable flushables that are biodegradable. The flushables are made of tree farmed fluff pulp and a super absorber that is able to hold up to 100X their weight in liquid.

They are even comfortable for your baby as they are made of a water resistant, breathable organic plastic-free material to keep wetness away. They are non toxic with NO chlorine, perfumes, smell, garbage or guilt.

They come with snap in outer liners that come in a variety of colors too!!! And they can easily be washed like regular clothes.

They have a time lapse video of the diapers decomposing very quickly next to the normal plastic diapers. These decompose in 2 months !! The other normal diapers would take 500 years !! You can even use them as compost in your garden.

Americans use 50 MILLION diapers a day. That’s 20 BILLION a year. What a difference we can make!! For more info check gDiapers out …

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European airline EasyJet is set to order environmentally friendly aircraft that should be delivered by the year 2015. The new jets will cut carbon emissions by 50% and nitrogen levels by 75%. And the jets are to be quieter and fuel efficient too…

The new jets will be able to do this through new design features such as weight-reducing materials, and rotors fitted to the back of the plane. The only negative will be that targets to reduce noise would be sacrificed as these propeller driven aircraft create a little more noise and are a little slower. But not enough to create a great inconvenience…

The aviation industry accounts for about 2 percent of the world’s carbon emissions. Growth in air travel will probably still increase pollution though even with new technologies but airlines still face very high energy costs so they are trying to figure out how to save on operation costs…They are trying to save $$ and also take on a green image as well…

http://www.livescience.com/environment/070615_easyjet_ecojet.html

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