Green with a View

A solar-powered, naturally ventilated home in Austin, Texas,
encourages porch sitting and socializing around a front yard pool.

Chic, Comfortable & Classic

Make your home a haven with this year’s best green home decor.

Pack Light

Check out these stylish items for the sustainably minded jetsetter

Accessories in Bloom

Spring’s earth-friendly fashion accessories are inspired by nature—the finest designer—with fresh, eco-femme jewel tones, blossom colors and glorious greens.

Summer Rayne on Spring

Eco-model and activist Summer Rayne Oakes on spring fashion, Source4Style and her new film

Hand Spun

  We’d rather not think about it—especially when the fit is just right. Industrial clothing is made from pesticide-ridden and genetically modified cotton and treated with carcinogenic formaldehyde and flame retardants, then flown to the United States from China. Their production byproducts aren’t pretty. Rebecca Burgess, a textile artist and indigo farmer in Marin County, [...]

Summer’s Spring Forecast

Summer Rayne Oakes says new sustainable dyeing techniques are bringing fresh, bright color to the runways this spring. 1 “I’m seeing a lot of carry-over from the season before, so a lot of artisan fabrics and color. African textiles, batiks, items with indigenous flare, and by ‘indigenous’ I mean culturally relevant. That’s continuing.” One Shoulder [...]