Living Lean & Green in the New Year
If your New Year’s resolution is to be more conscious of your health, consider what you will wear when hitting the gym or yoga mat. “Satori” is a Japanese term for enlightenment. Make this the year of...
View ArticleShred the Streets Green
by contributor John Holden Since 1986 Etnies has been manufacturing some of the most cutting edge skateboard shoes on the market. Now celebrating their 25th year anniversary they are continuing on...
View ArticleNew Order & Recycled Military
• Forecaster, stylist, illustrator and designer Jodi Taylor takes on the menswear trend of “New Order” in her “Arrow & Apple” fashion future analysis website. The trend of New Order stems from our...
View ArticleThe Pugilists, Kowtow & Under Armour Strives for Eco
• What could more soothing than a pair of comfortable, organic, fair trade, drawstring cotton shorts? New Zealand’s ‘Kowtow‘ features basics like tees, tanks and shorts in all organic and fair trade...
View ArticleSOS: United By Blue’s Brian Linton Goes Vegan
United By Blue was started by Brian Linton out of a passion to help clean up and call attention to the dire condition of the oceans and rivers as a result of human activity, apathy and lack of...
View Article“Sprucing” Up the Place With Sustainable Decor
Patrick LaDuke joins The Discerning Brute’s lineup of incisive contributors and shares his take on interiors and furniture that dignify principled aesthetics. ———— Ranging from furniture to interior,...
View ArticleThree Leaves, Rapanui and Vivobarefoot
Rapanui is “an Award-Winning Eco-fashion brand from on the Isle of Wight”. They make organic, ethical clothing in factories powered by wind and solar energy. Every piece is rated on its sustainability...
View ArticleBorough Furnace: Possibly the Most Environmentally Friendly Skillet
Borough Furnace is a metal casting workshop in Syracuse, New York that was started through Kickstarter. They create small batches of hand made products using a traditional process that has been...
View ArticleOuterknown Evolution Menswear
Outerknown has released a new range of outerwear and board shorts made from recycled nylon sourced from reclaimed fishing nets. According to the UN FAO there are over 640,000 tons of abandoned fishing...
View ArticleTesting the Waters
by Barent Roth, Professor of Sustainable Design, The New School This week at the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Design conference in Seattle we will be trying something...
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