NY Fashion Week: Costello Tagliapietra Premieres AirDye Fabrics in Spring 2010 Collection

Credit Greg Morris / Insight Visual Friday night I braved the rain -- strapped on my vegan heels and headed downtown -- for New York Fashion Week's Costello Tagliapietra Spring/Summer 2010 show and the high fashion debut of AirDye -- a dying and printing technology we've covered here -- that uses 88-95% Read the full story on TreeHugger

John Lewis Department Store Publishes a Book of Thrifty Tips

Image from Daily Mail John Lewis, the department store beloved by the UK, is publishing a booklet filled with thrifty tips to help customers ride out the recession. That's very nice, but department stores are supposed to be trying to sell us things, not load us up with money-saving tips. Shockingly, they say " We are witnessing a reawakening of interest in traditional skills... there has been a sea change in our attitude toward possessions." And that's a quote from the managing director of the company. So what's in the book and where can we get one... ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Jevons Paradox and Energy Efficiency

William Stanley Jevons noted in 1885 that when coal burning got more efficient, people burned more coal.

"If the quantity of coal used in a blast-furnace, for instance, be diminished in comparison with the yield, the profits of the trade will increase, new capital will be attracted, the price of pig-iron will fall, but the demand for it increase; and eventually the greater number of furnaces will more than make up for the diminished consumption of each."

Or today, one can build bigger monster homes because they cost less to heat, like this ridiculous second home built out of Read the full story on TreeHugger

A Turtle Gets Furniture-Slider Legs, A Pigeon is Faster than DSL, Dogs Do Yoga and More

Each week we're bringing you some of our favorite posts from our friends over at Boing Boing. Enjoy! Dogs Doing Yoga: Herm...just as Xeni states, we can't tell if these images are "creepy, adorable, stupid, awesome, or all of the above." Pigeons are faster than DSL: Yes, it was actually tested out and found to be true. That's why we can't stop relying on nature for some things... Read the full story on TreeHugger

REVA Announces 'Second Life' for its EV Batteries

Image credit: REVA India Reva, the Indian electric car maker marketed as the G Wiz in the UK, announced last week that it was launching two new electric cars - a four-seat, three-door hatchback family car , and a sporty two seater. Inevitably, when we write about electric cars, we get asked about embodied energy in batteries, and about the source that the electricity comes from. Reva are now takin...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Gaiam Hosts Carnival of the Green

This week is Carnival of the Green #196 and it's being hosted by Gaiam's blog, Stream of Consciousness, which is under Gaim's umbrella site called Gaiam Life. This "guide to a better living" highlights green living in addition to personal growth, health and wellness, and mind, body and fitness. Gaiam Life is a gathering place to communicate values and to provide people with a gathering place to share thoughts, ideas and feelings about the world we live in and our relationship with it. So head on over to Read the full story on TreeHugger

One Good Chair Competition: Vote On Where You Want To Put Your Rear

The three finalists' chairs are being unveiled today in Las Vegas; a finalist jury is picking the winner. A big component of the voting is the People's Choice vote here at TreeHugger. The three basic principles of "One Good Chair:"

• Make good (Material conservation). How can shape optimize resources in design, fabrication, and shipping? What forms create little waste but lots of taste?
• Feel good (Physical comfort). How can shape aid the body in the act of sitting? How do different people sit? How might they?
• ...Read the full story on TreeHugger