Though I don’t write blogroll posts as much as I should, I recently found a few posts in the blogosphere worth sharing.

 100+ Websites All About Green Living Cameron Chapman with Mashable Social Media Blog put together this must see list of over 100 green living websites.  Its going to take me a long time to get through this one! 

How to Recycle Your Old Stuff Joie with Focus Organic wrote this informative post on how to recycle “tech trash” and miscellaneous household junk such as computers, cell phones, that old broken stroller and more.

Loomstate Organic Cotton Apparel Coming To A Target Near You  The Organic Goddesses at Fig + Sage informed us that the popular organic clothing brand,Loomstate is expanding their line to Target.  Will the quality at Target be just as good as the real deal?  Only time will tell.  I may write a review on the line once I get a few pieces. 

Milk Silk: Eco Friendly or Not I know, I couldn’t believe they actually made fabric from milk either!  We know how Grechen with Green Grechen feels about it, but what do you think?  Personally, I think I will pass!

Last but now least….

8 Best Chocolate Shops in NYC Gennaro Salamone of my favorite travel blog, Enduring Wanderlust gives us chocolate!  He lists eight of the best chocolate shops in the Big Apple complete with mouth watering photos.  I will definitely refer to this post when I’m planning my next trip.

I figured its about time I update my readers on some of the newer products I have at Green + Chic.

I found and fell in love with SkinnySkinny bath and body products.  Their products are made from certified organic ingredients and are eco friendly, including the packaging they use and their overall business practices.  Everything is made in small batches at their Brooklyn facility which is registered with the FDA. They are also members of the Organic Trade Association, most of their products are vegan and all are cruelty-free.

Organic Lavender and Black Pepper Soap and Chamomile Organic Body Oil are definitely a delicious treat and personal favorites of mine.  The ingredients used in their products are clean, nourishing to the skin and easy to understand.

I will be adding additional SkinnySkinny products to my site in the next few weeks so check back!  I will also update this post.

Chic Handbags for Vegans

This post is written by Grechen Cohen

Grechen Cohen is an online shopping addict who created a successful business around making online shopping easier & more fun for everyone. Grechen started with Grechen’s Closet in 2004, an online women’s shopping magazine, and branched out to include three more web-properties, including an eco-fashion & lifestyle blog, Green Grechen, dedicated to showcasing the best independent eco-designers and boutiques, as well as discussing the important issues surrounding conscious consumption: knowing everything you can about the products you buy and supporting ethical and environmentally friendly businesses.

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The Cost of Eco-Fashion

The latest collections from eco-friendly designers prove how far eco-fashion has come; if you wanted to, you could fill your entire wardrobe ONLY with environmentally sustainable clothing, shoes & bags. And I’m not talking about boxy dresses and hemp rope sandals. Today’s eco-fashion is gorgeous recycled leather or “vegan” leather handbags, lovely canvas or recycled plastic sandals, and beautiful bamboo dresses (bamboo is a great material for dresses – it drapes wonderfully, is forgiving, and so soft to wear).

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Eco-Rainbow

Previous post in this series: Eco Fashion: What is it? and Eco Fashion: Do it Yourself – Organic fabric

Knitting is a fun pastime for me that doesn’t take up much time.  Its great while waiting in line, riding public transportation or just sitting in a park. Its portable, quiet, doesn’t require machines, and if you mess up, you can always unravel the yarn and start over!

For me, the most simple item of clothing to make is a scarf.  Check out my previous post on holiday gift ideas for instructions on how to knit.

Eco Friendly Yarn Resources

Ecobutterfly Organics carries organic and fair trade cotton yarn in in a variety of colors and sizes. They also have fun notions such as recycled glass beads and purse handles made from recycled wood.

O~Wool “The Vermont Organic Fiber Company is the leading wholesale supplier of yarns and fabrics made with certified organic wool.”  Sustainable agricultural processing  in the creation of organic wool both for hand knitting and commercial use is this company’s speciality.  Though they do not offer their products online, they have a link where you can find retail stores that does.

Eco-Cotton Blend by RedHeart Redheart yarn has a new blend of recycled cotton yarn made from T-shirt remnants.

Second Time Cotton by Knit One, Crochet Too Second Time Cotton yarn is made from a blend of cotton and acrylic fabric scraps from the garment industry.

Tierra Wools located in a small village in New Mexico, is a  spinning and hand dying and hand weaving workshop and retail store.

Ceallach Dyes This eco-friendly yarn manufacturer uses solar power to heat set the dyes used to color the yarn.

The Yarn Tree offers organic merlino wool yarn.

Lion Brand Yarn is great for your basic organic cotton yarn.  The yarn is not dyed so its available in four naturally occurring shades.

Blonde Chicken Boutique Tara, owner of Blonde Chicken Boutique hand dyes and spins local wool to make yarn in the coolest shades.  Check out her Etsy shop!

Happy knitting!

Harmony Art

Previous post in this series: Eco Fashion: What is it?

Just as there’s a wide variety of finished clothing made from organic fabrics, you can also find the raw materials to make it yourself.

Organic and sustainable fabric resources

Green Depot offers organic, hemp and other fabrics in a array of colors, prints and textures.

Harmony Art has certified organic cotton sourced from India. On her site, Harmony shares her reasons for sourcing and importing from India. “How come some of your fabrics are imported from India?”

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Photo by Josh Sommers

California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency because of a severe drought. BBC News

“We have a water system that is for 18 million people – now we are 38 million. We’ve got to go and redo our water system – bring it up to date.”

Wet February helps, water supply but not enough San Francisco Chronicle

The storms pounding the Bay Area and blanketing the Sierra Nevada with snow have brought California back from the brink of the worst drought in state history, but the drenching is not enough to assure adequate water supplies this summer, state water officials said Monday.

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The winner of the  Erbaorganics Baby Lotion is….

Vicky B, congratulations!  Vicky, please email me at carla[at]greenandchic[dot]com to claim your prize.  

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