Vegetarian Star

You know you’ve got power when a major fashion label asks you to represent them, then remakes its fashion animal-friendly just so you can wear them.

That’s what Natalie Portman told WWD Chrisitan Dior has done with all its leather shoes it wants her to model.

“One of the things that’s been so nice is that Dior made all of the shoes for me with no animals and no leather or anything, because I don’t wear any leather…They re-made all my shoes so I can wear Dior shoes without taking lives.”

Leather just isn’t an animal issue, it’s also an environmental one. A 2009 Greenpeace report revealed several top shoe brands like Nike, Adidas and Reebok and their demands for leather may have played a role in the supporting cattle ranchers that were illegally slaughtering in the Amazon and contributing to the deforestation there.

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For those looking to make a statement with their holiday gifts this year, Greenpeace has just launched a new online shopping store through Cafepress.

Clothing for babies, kids, men and women are available in organic fabrics and display art illustrating some of Greenpeace’s most pressing issues on the environment, such as drilling.  There are also BPA-free water bottles, greeting cards and Christmas ornaments.

All items are printed when you place an order and usually ship within 24 hours.

To browse the collection and begin shopping, visit Greenpeace.org/shop.

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From now until December 10th, 2010, Purina ONE beyOnd is donating $1 to help homeless pets when viewers watch a video on Youtube at this link. Donations will be made up to $300,000, with a limit of $1 per person.

The videos highlight Purina’s ONE beyOnd brand, which is touted to have more natural ingredients without adding corn or wheat and use environmentally friendly packing, which include the following manufacturing steps.

• Some of beyOnd is made at a plant in Denver, Colorado that uses solar energy.
• Packaging is made from at least 92% Renewable Materials.
• Paper in Packaging is SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) Certified.
• Packaging is Printed with Soy-Based Inks.

Stars like Shannon Elizabeth and Audrina Patridge have already Tweeted about the charity, encouraging their fans to RT and spread the good news.

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Most fashion, wedding and gossip columnists will have advice for Kate Middleton and Prince William‘s upcoming wedding in April. But the Telegraph’s Tamsin Blanchard has taken planning a step further from genre of flowers, dress design and cocktails.

Imploring the Prince and his fiancee to have a green wedding, Blanchard suggests a vegetarian lunch for the banquet, eco-friendly gowns and other dress by designers like Emma Watson and leather-free shoes from Stella McCartney.

These items are a start, but green weddings can go beyond food and fashion. The venue choice, for example, can cut down on car emissions, electricity and other energy used.

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Cover Girl is cleaning up its act.

It claims to no longer test its products on animals and now, it has unveiled a sister line of products touted as natural and green to be promoted in ads by Taylor Swift, reports Stylelist.

Cover Girl Natureluxe introduced its Silk Foundation and Gloss Balm first, both of which contain plant-based ingredients like jojoba oil, rosehip extracts, cucumber water, mango and shea butter. Natureluxe contains no parabens. It’s also using bioresin–a renewable, sustainable, sugarcane-derived plastic–for its packaging.

But we know a few ingredients that come from the ground or trees doesn’t make it completely eco-friendly. So how does Natureluxe stack up in terms of other items added to the formulas?

Cover Girl Nature Luxe

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Billabong has announced its Billabong X Bob Marley Collection; a collaboration with Marley & Co. that features clothing for the surfer culture.

The collection will be available Thanksgiving Day, November 25th, 2010, and will consist of boardshorts, tee shirts, tank tops and other accessories made from recycled and organic materials.

Bob Marley‘s vegetarian son Ziggy, called the collection “cool and conscious,” liking the steps Billabong took to create environmentally friendly clothing.

The collections will be marketed online, in stores and in print.

Billabong is a producer of active lifestyle clothing designed for board riders and is based in Orange, County, California. Marley & Co. is a lifestyle branding company that partners with manufacturers and retailers to produce goods such as clothing, food and beverages that represent the legendary reggae star.

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Glee may have sustainable eating, veg-friendly actresses like Lea Michele and Jenna Ushkowitz in the cast, but the show could do a little better when it comes to greening the set. At least a recent episode featuring Gwyneth Paltrow as the substitute glee club leader in “The Substitute” could have.

In a behind the scenes clip, Zach Woodlee, co-producer/choreographer of the show estimates they went through 300 umbrellas or so to film a scene putting a modern twist on “Singing In The Rain” by adding some Rihanna lyrics to it. This was because the umbrellas kept breaking during different takes.

For the rest of the season, the cast is ordered to only buy eco-friendly umbrellas, made from things like recycled aluminum and steel, bamboo handles and 100% PET bottles like the Tot eco’Brella.

Totes Ecobrella

Then, maybe we’ll stand under their umbrellas, ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh.

More eco-friendly brellas at Treehugger. Watch the entire scene of Glee’s “Singing In The Rain” with their many umbrellas below.

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Wilco Coffee

Need some organic coffee to wash down your “She’s A Jar” Wilco Sky Blue Sandwich Company sandwich?

The Chicago based band Wilco now has an organic coffee named after them in addition to some deli sandwiches, available from their hometown roaster, Intelligentsia.

Organic Ethiopia Sidama Homecho Waeno has a description more passionate that country music lyrics:

“The aromatics of coffee blossom and violet make way for an incredibly graceful and elegant cup. The body has a light and silky quality, like fresh whipped cream, that beautifully compliments the ever-present note of citron, juniper berry and vanilla. As it cools, the cup blossoms into notes of confectioner’s sugar, rosehips, and soft raisin, resonating on a pristine finish with a touch of milk chocolate.”

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