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