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Victoria E - Writer, Model, EnvironmentalistVictoria E - Writer, Model, EnvironmentalistStarting as an outlet for updates about my freelance writing and modeling, Victoria-E.com has quickly grown into a dependable source for a variety of information on green, crafty, and DIY living. Articles
FYI: E-mail Problems Fixed!
2007-10-25 05:13:00 Hooray! Since yesterday, I have begun receiving emails to my victoria[at]victoria-e[dot]com e-mail address again. So, bring on the messages! More About: Mail , E-Mail , Problems , Fixed
Portland Series :: Portland Fashion Week - Day 4 and 5 Retrospective
2007-10-25 05:03:00 The past two days in Portland have been a flurry of fabric and fun. From local style icons to the only European collection at Portland Fashion Week , this has been a very enjoyable 48 hours. Tuesday was host to “The Collections” - a grouping of Portland designers, most of which have collaborated together or been ... More About: Series , Fashion Week
Branch: Where Design Meets Sustainability
2007-10-24 23:28:00 Efficient, attractive design is at the heart of modern culture. The basis of all Swedish creations is that it has to be both beautiful to look at and useful in a straightforward way. Embracing the advantages of intelligent design is helping to move the green lifestyle even more mainstream than it was in the 1960s. But ... More About: Design , Branch , Sustainability , Ranch
Green Building Council Promotes Healthy Schools
2007-10-23 23:20:00 Developers and enforcers of the widely used LEED standard for green building, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has established a new set of standards specifically for schools. The LEED for Schools Rating System recognizes the unique nature of the design and construction of K-12 schools. Based on LEED for New Construction, it addresses issues ... More About: Green Building
Portland Series :: Portland Fashion Week Half Empty Recap
2007-10-23 17:03:00 Aysia has been doing a fantastic job of giving you all an overview of the designers from each evening’s festivities at Portland Fashion Week - a big thank you to her! With half of the week’s events etched into the attendees minds and wallets, how about we take a look back at what has happened ... More About: Series , Recap
Portland Series :: Evan B Harris and His Natural Talent (double pun intende
2007-10-22 20:24:00 As you might have already realized, I’m still have issues with my email AND didn’t make it to Portland due to a menagerie of events. Despite this, I still have a lot of Portland Fashion Week content coming up this week, so make sure to stay tuned. On top of this, I have at least ... More About: Series , Natural , Double , Evan
Another Green Series on PBS Premieres
2007-10-19 02:06:00 We at Building Green TV are excited to have our first and, very soon, second season airing on PBS. A enterprise of public noncommercial TV stations, PBS has won an outstanding number of awards for their unmatched documentary and entertainment coverage. BGTV is now in ever better company with the addition of PBS’ e2 series. A ... More About: Series , Premieres , Serie , Erie
Green Style Spotlight: MEWV
2007-10-18 21:00:00 For the next week (beginning tomorrow), I will be in Portland, Oregon for their Fashion Week. Though Portland may not be a big fashion hub like New York or Paris, they do have one thing covered much better than most cities - sustainability. This year?s Portland Fashion Week is going to be the most sustainable ... More About: Green , Style , Spotlight , Portland Oregon
New Online Sustainable Materials Library Debuts
2007-10-18 20:44:00 Finding just the right materials for your new kitchen cabinets or dining room floor can be more difficult than finding a hydrogen car on the road. This common problem for sustainably-concerned consumers is on the road to being solved, thanks to a new online directory of eco-materials. Based in both San Francisco and Providence, Rhode Island, ... More About: Library , Green Building , Online , Materials , Sustainable
LED Recessed Light Fixtures Now Available
2007-10-18 20:15:00 The benefits of light-emitting diodes, a.k.a. LED lights, have been widely covered on the internet’s green outlets. Efficient, long-lasting, and eco-friendly, LEDs are step past those infamous CFL lights that everyone is trying to get Americans to install in their homes. What makes them so green? + LEDs use only 12 watts of power, compared to 65 ... More About: Green Building , Light , Fixtures
FYI: E-mail Problems!
2007-10-17 18:38:00 If you have sent me an email in the past week, there is a disturbingly good chance (i.e. 99%) that I didn’t get it. I’m currently working on the problem with my hosting company and should have it resolved this week. Til the problem is fixed (and I post an update here on my site) PLEASE SEND ... More About: Mail , E-Mail , Problems
Victoria-E.com Featured as One of 10 Best Green Blogs
2007-10-16 20:07:00 Before I begin talking about how flabbergasted I am that I am on this list, I have to thank one of my favorite green guys, Lee Schnaiberg for telling me about this. I read all of the blogs on SEO 2.0’s “Best 10 Green Blogs “, and finding myself on that list is nothing short of ... More About: Press , Victoria , Featured
When Was Your Last boygirlparty?
2007-10-16 18:00:00 Truth or Dare, Spin the Bottle, easy break-ups and your own locker … those were the days of middle school and, most likely, your first boy-girl party. OK, I was a dork and didn’t get invited to a lot of parties, but that’s not the point. Those days of passing notes in class still give ...
BLOG ACTION DAY: Better Late Than Never
2007-10-16 03:54:00 It’s already past 6pm here on the West Coast, which means over in Australia, Blog Action Day is already officially over. Why did I take so long to write my post? Good question, and I applaud you for being curious. With the topic of “environmentalism” as my backdrop, I spent most of the day trying ... More About: Commentary , Late
Rave Reviews: Sameunderneath - Portland Fashion Week
2007-10-15 21:01:00 Tapping into the power of pop culture, Portland ’s Sameunderneath has grown from a simple idea for a senior thesis to a nationally recognized sustainable clothing brand. According to Ecorazzi, celebs such as Minnie Driver, Ricky Martin, Ben Harper, Nelly Furtado and many others are dedicated fans of the brand. Sameunderneath uses sustainable, renewable fibers (cashmere and ... More About: Reviews , Fashion , Rave , Week
Weekend Review: Body+Soul Magazine, October 2007
2007-10-13 18:49:00 I?ve been putting off this review for almost two weeks now. Why? Worry ? worrying about the job I will do. So far, my reviews of Body +Soul magazine have been quite detailed and, in my eyes, seem like more of a “re-hash” of each issue?s contents instead of more personal opinion pieces. With my plans ... More About: Reviews , Magazine , Review
NRDC Says Most Air Freshners Are Not So Fresh
2007-10-13 18:32:00 Fresh flowers, on a weekly basis, can get expensive quickly. With this in mind, when an undesirable smell (after say a trip to the bathroom or burnt soup in the kitchen), the most affordable thing to do is spray a little air freshener. Thanks to a new study from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), ... More About: Fresh
My Modeling Hiatus Has Ended With Colorful Results
2007-10-12 19:04:00 Shot Wednesday, October 10th in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco Photographer/make-up/hair/wardrobe :: Sonya Yruel MORE COMING SOON! More About: Results , Modeling , Colorful , Hiatus , Result
Air Conditioning Gets Green in California
2007-10-12 19:00:00 Remember when you were a kid and nothing could cool you down on a hot summer day like a frozen popsicle? One Calif ornia company is taking that same concept and applying it to residential and commercial energy systems: ice-based air conditioning. California/Colorado-based Ice Energy has been developing and marketing this technology since 2003. Most recently, they ... More About: Green Building , Green , Conditioning
Rave Reviews: Emily Katz - Portland Fashion Week
2007-10-11 22:22:00 With all of Portland Fashion Week’s exciting eco-events less than two weeks away, we are amped to have more of Emily Katz‘ intelligently simply line in our store again. Dedicated to using sustainable fabrics; such as soy jersey, hemp/recycled poly denim, water resistant fleece and organic cotton fleece; Portland-based Katz is a perfect example of ... More About: Reviews , Rave
Solar Homes Help Revive Slow Housing Market
2007-10-11 22:06:00 Just three weeks ago, we told you about the sluggish general housing market and how it hasn’t been affecting the green building industry one bit. Thanks to a new article from the Los Angeles Times, more info has come to light, proving that solar panels and other green features are preferred by most home buyers. With ... More About: Market , Solar , Green Building , Housing , Homes
Green Style Spotlight: UJeans
2007-10-11 18:46:00 The world?s most imperative fashion invention of all time (or at least one of the top five) has to be denim jeans. Somehow, since its nearly 200 years of being invented, manufacturers have made it unthinkably difficult to find that “just right” fit. Once you begin adding in the factors of sustainable fabrics and Fair ... More About: Green , Style , Spotlight
Etsy Sellers Craft Delectable Kitchen Concoctions
2007-10-09 19:59:00 Technology has changed things so fast that it makes my mind spin. My mother and grandmother both keep collections of recipe cards in attractive little boxes on their kitchen counters. Me? I have four cookbooks in the cabinet that I barely ever look at. Our generation’s relationship to food has had a drastic effect ... More About: Kitchen , Craft , Sellers , Etsy
Portland Series :: Justin Scrappers? Hankering for Hand-Me-Down House Paint
2007-10-08 20:58:00 As you likely read in my previous post, my first-ever trip to Portland has been set! A week of cutting-edge green fashion and city exploration is just what I need to combat the chill that is setting in this fall. This great little “Portland Series ” that I have going is likely to continue for another ... More About: House , Hand , Paint
Wildlife Society Reviews Wind Energy Impacts
2007-10-05 19:09:00 Since 1937, The Wildlife Society in Maryland has been working hard to “enhance the ability of wildlife professionals to conserve diversity, sustain productivity, and ensure responsible use of wildlife resources for the benefit of society.” In keeping with their mission, TWS recently released a 50-page report detailing the direct and indirect effects of modern wind ... More About: Reviews , Energy , Wind
Green Style How-To: Keep Toasty with Two DIY Accessories
2007-10-05 18:01:00 It?s October, and the cool temperatures here in San Francisco have begun to set in. Trying to live as green a life as possible, I have been resisting the urge to turn on a heater; simply opening the blinds and having the sun shine in has a similar effect. Next, layers are key and making sure ... More About: Accessories , Green , Style
How Green Is Bamboo Fabric?
2007-10-04 23:31:00 Found in your favorite Chinese dishes and on the floors of many modern homes, bamboo has made its way into another key aspect of our lives - clothing. Green fabrics from organic cotton and wool to those even made from corn and seaweed, bamboo is one of the most versatile and features a wide variety ... More About: Bamboo , Fabric
Soy Gel Sustainable Stripper and Remover
2007-10-04 22:54:00 Antique furniture is a shining example of green living because no new resources are used to make them since they are, well, already made. Unfortunately, past owners have often painted and varnished these sustainable pieces to their own liking. Not looking for a yellow china hutch or a purple dining set? Go on - buy that ... More About: Stripper , Sustainable , Ripper
Portland Series :: Eco-Chic - Inside Portland Fashion Week 07
2007-10-04 05:27:00 It’s that time! Announcing the special collaboration between myself and online green fashion source Greenloop for the upcoming Portland Fashion Week (which I first mentioned last week in my exclusive interview with PFW’s Executive Director). Take a gander at our press release and find out all the juicy details. Let Greenloop Take You Behind the Scenes ... More About: Series , Inside
Only 7% of Americans Point to Building Emissions
More articles from this author:2007-10-03 19:52:00 Whether it is from misinformation of simply a lack of it, only 7% of American voters identified buildings as the top contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in a recent poll by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Studies show that buildings produce 48 percent of dangerous greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change, and that ... More About: Building , Green Building , Emissions , Point , Americans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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