3 Great Ways to Help Your Prom Dress Go Green

How many times do you usually wear a prom dress? It’s a ridiculous question, right? Ridiculous because prom dresses, much like wedding dresses, are typically purchased with the understanding that they’ll be worn just once. Once! One…

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3 Great Ways to Help Your Prom Dress Go Green

This Christmas Sweater Is Guaranteed to Last 30 Years

As fun and festive as the holidays are, there’s no denying that this is a wasteful season — this time of year, trash accumulates faster, greenhouse gas emissions rise, and we spend a whole lot of time buying stuff that won’t even last…

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This Christmas Sweater Is Guaranteed to Last 30 Years

7 Reusable Bags That Benefit Charity

These stylish bags benefit the environment and human welfare.

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7 Reusable Bags That Benefit Charity

SEE: Zero-Waste Designs from Daniel Silverstein

Fashion designer Daniel Silverstein creates virtually zero-waste couture using fabric scraps.

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SEE: Zero-Waste Designs from Daniel Silverstein

Holiday Gift Guide: Best of 2013

To kick off Earth911’s 2013 Holiday Gift Guide, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite featured products from this year.

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Holiday Gift Guide: Best of 2013

3-D Printing Means Less Waste, Longer Wear for Sweaters

Appalatch, a North Carolina–based outdoor apparel company, has decided to make custom-fit sweaters using a computerized knitting machine that works much like a 3-D printer.

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3-D Printing Means Less Waste, Longer Wear for Sweaters

4 Ways to Have the Greenest Christmas Tree

From tree rentals to treecycling, the ways to go green with your Christmas greenery are nearly endless.

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4 Ways to Have the Greenest Christmas Tree

Patagonia’s Black Friday Strategy: Use More, Shop Less

The outdoor apparel brand celebrates Black Friday by asking customers to celebrate what they already own and offering free screenings of a new short film, “Worn Wear,” at all of its stores nationwide.

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SleepingBags Makes Luxury Goods from Retired Hotel Linens

SleepingBags takes discarded hotel linens and brings together artists, designers, hotel chains and laundry facilities to create high-quality tote bags adorned with original artwork.

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SleepingBags Makes Luxury Goods from Retired Hotel Linens

4 Ways to ‘Nicecycle’ (or Give New Life to Old Stuff for a Good Cause)

Add this to your vocabulary: “nicecycling.” It’s the practice of taking something old and giving it new life for a good cause.

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