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Starre Vartan at TedXYouth@Hewitt: The Story of Eco Chick and Eco Chick Escapes
Starre Vartan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Eco Chick and its sister site, EcoChick Escapes, all about ethical travel and style. She’s the author of The Eco-Chick Guide to Life (St. Martin’s Press), a pro blogger and oft-quoted green living expert who has been featured in the New York Times, Elle, Glamour and Self…
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Rodale’s Healthy Holiday Gift Guide Features Feral Childe
My fave eco fashion label, Feral Childe, got featured in the Rodale Healthy Holiday Gift Guide per my suggestion (check out the quote for why I love the brand so much).
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Autumn, 2011 Speaking Engagements
Saturday, November 19th: “Breakthrough” speaker at TedXHewitt, in New York City. Thursday, December 1st: Speaking with Summer Rayne Oakes at Fordham University’s School of Law class, “Fashion Ethics, Sustainability and Development” You can see all my previous speaking engagements here.
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Naya “Renew Your Soles” Competition Features Me
I’m having fun styling some outfits with a pair of new fall booties from Naya (pictures coming soon!) as part of their Renew Your Soles challenge. They also featured me on their blog and got me thinking about destressing with some of their questions. Here’s an excerpt: How do you like to relax? I find…
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Whole Living “Destination Rejuvenation” Travel Feature
Look for my latest published-on-paper work in this November’s Whole Living magazine! Sarah Engler writes a fantastic piece about why one has to get away (and highlights a family who has turned vacation into their careers), and I found 15 amazing destinations for reinvigoration, from salsa dancing in Mexico to family adventures in the Galapagos…
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Starre Vartan Nominated for Shape Magazine’s “Best Healthy Living Blogger” in the Best Blogger Awards
I’m proud to have been nominated for the “Best Healthy Living Blogger” award from SHAPE magazine. Will you help me win? If you love Eco Chick, please vote for us here (it’s just two clicks, and no registering!). Thanks!
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I Played the Left Frontal Lobe in This Video for “Dance Your Dissertation”!
Seizures Sabotage the Brain from Couple 3 Films on Vimeo. People with epilepsy are significantly more likely to also have depression. But why is this the case? What are the underlying mechanisms that might link these two neurological diseases? In our dance, we wished to convey one very simple idea: that epileptic seizures may lead…
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Iowa High School Press Association Keynote Speaker
I’m excited about my upcoming speaking event at the Iowa High School Press Association. I’ll get a chance to speak at the top of the day as well as teach some breakaway sessions on October 27th.
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Ecouterre’s Photo of Me at the Yoxi “Trim the Waste of Fashion” Party (Wearing my Woodthumb Tie!)
Starre Vartan wearing WoodThumb. Ecouterre covered Yoxi’s “Trim the Waste of Fashion” party and caught me wearing my brand-new (to me, it’s actually made from reclaimed wood and hand-finished in San Fran) Woodthumb tie. I can’t wait to wear it again soon. Check out my coverage of WoodThumb on Eco Chick here.