Category: Starre’s Work
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“Adventures in Om” in September Whole Living Magazine
I’ve been covering ethical travel for Martha Stewart’s Whole Living magazine, and here are the first fruits of my (and my editor’s) labor! Fun, short piece on travel that combines the best of yoga with other pursuits, like horseback riding, climbing and surfing. Check it out in the September, 2011 edition of the magazine, available now!
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The Yoxi “Trim the Waste of Fashion” Competition!
I love this new competition by Yoxi, a cool nonprofit that aims to find the “next social media rockstars” – their latest topic to tackle takes a look at the fashion industry. I helped them out a bit with my expertise and they were kind enough to feature me on the page for the competition:…
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“Practical Sublimities”: My Thesis for Columbia University’s MFA in Nonfiction Writing
Today I handed in my thesis! Needless to say I’m exhausted, but happy, and very, very proud. It came it at just over 34,000 words, and is a combination of memoir, science writing, essay and the chapter of the book project I’ve been working on, called Sense(Less). And now I just wait until my thesis…
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Video: Afingo Fashion Forum Panel
I really enjoyed speaking at the recent Afingo Fashion Forum in NYC at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Check out the wrap-up video below, courtesy of Ecouterre.
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Starre Vartan, Founder and Editor of Eco Chick and Eco Chick Escapes, Speaks at the Afingo Fashion Forum at FIT
Starre Vartan (far right) speaks at FIT at the Afingo “Sustainability and Philanthropy” panel. Jill Fehrenbacher (not pictured), editor of Inhabitat moderated, and (L to R) Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra, designers of Costello Tagliapietra, Julie Gilhart, the former creative director of Barneys, Melissa Kushner, founder of Goods for Good, Summer Rayne Oakes, eco model…
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Starre Vartan, Founder and Editor of Eco-Chick, Featured in Whole Living Magazine!
Starre Vartan, as featured in April, 2011 Whole Living Magazine If you follow my Tweets, I kinda gave away the fact that I was going to be the first in a new feature in Whole Living Magazine called “My Stylosophy” in April. The magazine is on newsstands now! (That’s the page, above.) It’s a jam-packed…
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Ecover’s 30 Under 30 Event: Video
Was thrilled to be included in this great video about Ecover’s 30 Under 30 Event. What IS the future of sustainability?
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Greenopolis TV Interviews Starre Vartan!
This past weekend, I was in Vermont, learning about Ben & Jerry’s move to Fair Trade ingredients for all their products by 2012 (which is so awesome!). I also ran into Melissa McGuinness of Greenopolis TV, who did this fun interview with me.
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Creative Minds Unite at Hatchfest Asheville, 2010
What an amazing experience it was to both speak at and participate in Hatchfest Asheville, 2010! (AKA Hatchville!) I was brought to the sunny North Carolina mountain city not really knowing what to expect, and came away with more than I could have imagined. Hatchfest originally started in Bozeman, Montana, seven years ago as a…
Starre Julia Vartan 