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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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Summer/Autumn 2011 Speaking Engagements
Coming up, I will be speaking: Monday, July 18th, 2011: Prancing Leopard’s debut of their new collection at Jivamukti Yoga Center in NYC. I will be speaking about eco fashion. October 27th, 2011: Iowa High School Press Association Fall Conference, Iowa City, Iowa. I will be speaking about online journalism as well as running sessions […]
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MNN Features Me :)
Thanks to my friend Shea Gunther, for featuring me on MNN! Starre Vartan: Environmental writer, blogger and green living expert | MNN – Mother Nature Network via kwout MNN asked me about my work and my new project, Eco Chick Escapes!
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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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Winter/Spring 2011 Speaking Engagements
Looking forward to speaking at these upcoming events; you can see where I’ve spoken in the past here. February 17, 2011: Speaker on New Media and Web Journalism/Problogging at The Hewitt School, Manhattan April 1, 2011: Panelist at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s “Sustainability & Philanthropy” discussion as part of the Afingo Fashion Forum
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What’s a Splayd?
My friend Jeff Davis, who runs eco snobbery sucks, was so taken with my Splayd, that he made this fun video of me explaining what it is!
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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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