Green Options

With blizzards and airport delays, there’s no doubt about it - winter has arrived.

Fortunately, the new vanilla coconut moisturizing body balm ($25) from LaVanila combines luscious coconut, creamy sandalwood and madagascar vanilla to creates a scent that preserves the feeling of a so cal summer. It also comes packed with vitamins to nourish your skin.

Check out their healthy fragrances too - they are a yummy way to channel Fiji and [...]

Looking for something fun, sexy and sophisticated to tote around in the New Year? Oh - but it also has to be environmentally responsible? This may be your lucky year. With the success of the Twilight series, it doesn’t get much sexier than Vamp Bags.

I met the Vamp girls, Deanna and Tara, in Boulder, CO (home town of English Retreads) this fall and got to take a sneak peek at their upcoming 2009 collection (see Frenchie below in red) as well as bags from the signature line that are still fan favorites.

In the short time since she has launched the haute green newsletter and site, EcoStiletto, which encourages all the ladies to stiletto-size their carbon footprint from an Ugg Boot to a tiny Manolo, Rachel Sarnoff has made a huge impact of her own.

I got a chance to get the scoop on her inspiration and objectives and couldn’t wait to share them with the FGS readers. Keep reading to hear about her Fashion Week eco-find and what gets her going to inspire other green fashion mavens.

What has 22 uses wrapped into one eco-friendly package? The revolutionary body balm stick ($28) from Revolution Organics is a multi-purpose, travel friendly product that resembles a large tube of chapstick but has the ability to soften lines, soothe chapped lips, tame unruly eyebrows and fly aways and even nourish your cuticles.

With childhood obesity rates and even scarier, type II diabetes rates in children under 10 years old sky rocketing, it’s time to take up the mantra of Green Halloween and start to “think outside the candy box.”

I learned about this program in the spring and am so impressed by what the founder, Corey Colwell-Lipson has accomplished after taking her idea to Whole Foods a year ago.

One of the hardest things about planning my upcoming wedding is figuring out what to serve - we want to offer a full bar and local fare, but how far do we have to go to ensure that it’s organic, free range, local and so on…as if we didn’t have enough details to handle in the first place?

Not like you have to ask me twice to throw a party or give me much of an excuse, but Celebrate Green! ($19), the new book from mom and daughter team Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson, makes me want to host events year round.

From the minute you get engaged, you are bombarded by questions about your wedding - what are your colors, where will you have it, when will it be? Fortunately, there are experts to help guide you in answering all of these questions. And, for eco-savvy brides-to-be, there are several options when it comes to serving up a green wedding.

For all of the green girls who will be wearing white soon, here are some books to help you take small, sustainable steps down the aisle.

Have a birthday party coming up or want to invite your son and daughter’s friends over for a Halloween party this year? Check out the adorable sustainably printed invites from Smock paper.

Not only are these letterpress invites printed on bamboo paper, one of the most sustainable materials on the planet, but the company is also a 1% for the Planet company.

The team behind the gorgeous wedding letterpress company, Bella Figura, [...]

It’s true - the adorable Galup rocker by Argington ($89) gives me rocking chair envy. I want one in my size! Crafted specifically to be adjusted for 2 to 6 year old kids as they grow (so quickly!), this sturdy chair is a great addition to any nursery or big boy’s room.

Argington does a great job of merging simple and sophisticated taste with sustainable sensibility.

Since the company uses 99% wood [...]