This piece was written by Elizabeth Stilwell with updates by me. Is Your Nonstick Pan Poisonous But if you are a sentient being reading this article in 2016, you already have PFOA in your blood. It is in your parents’ blood, your children’s blood, your lover’s blood. How did it get there? Through the air, …
Thoughts on Receiving Free Stuff from Brands In case you hadn’t noticed, 2-3 times per month I feature products I received for free from fair trade and ethical companies in exchange for a review. It’s something a lot of bloggers do and, for most of us, I’d guess it’s the main perk of …
Ethical Shopping: It Gets Better This guest post is brought to you by Julie Overby of bonJOY Box.These days, if you’re willing to put in a tiny bit of effort, moving your purchases out of the (big) box and into the ethical space is easier than ever. More and more people are realizing the importance …
5 Questions Every Conscious Consumer Should Ask My recent post on shopping the J. Crew Warehouse sale sparked a great discussion on the plethora of approaches to shopping ethically. This topic is particularly relevant now, as the Holidays and all their consumer temptations approach, because it’s easy to get caught up in our decorative and gift giving …
Why I Quit My Capsule Wardrobe Way back in August when the weather was warm, I decided to experiment with a capsule wardrobe. I incorporated guest posts and explored my shopping habits, then sat down and listed all the items I wanted to include in my fall wardrobe from memory. Only problem is I never …
Last month, I joined a community organizing group here in Charlottesville. I did it because having a pet cause no longer feels like enough, because people in this town struggle to fit in, to get by, to get the helping hand they need, and I just might be able to make a difference. Don’t get …
Millennial Evangelicals and the Fair Trade Movement Published in 2015 For fair trade activists, this is the busy season. On April 24, people and organizations across the globe asked retailers, “Who made my clothes?” wearing their garments inside out to expose the tags and sharing their photos on social media. It was the second annual …
Capsule Wardrobe Tips From Seasons + Salt Andrea blogs at Seasons + Salt where she shares smart shopping tips, her capsule wardrobe experience, and snippets of her life in Portland, Oregon. I love Andrea’s approach to the capsule because she doesn’t see it as an excuse to overindulge. She’s also focused on building an ethical wardrobe. Read along …
Small Wins and Sustainable Fashion This is a response to Michael Hobbes’ article, The Myth of the Ethical Shopper, published July 15, 2015. Michael Hobbes wrote an article for Huffington Post Highline a few weeks ago that shook the conscious consumer community. In The Myth of the Ethical Shopper, Hobbes outlines the myriad ways buying …
A review of Everlane’s earliest t-shirt offerings