Students at NYU Launch “Sloth,” a Campus Thrift Store to Slow Consumption

If you love scouring thrift stores as much as we do, you’ll find Sloth and the ideas driving it genius. Inspired by their studies, two students at  New York University are launching a secondhand store in Washington Square that they are going to make into a community experience. With the help of a $4,000 Gallatin Student Resource Grant, they plan on leveraging the school’s global network for social activism and change through Sloth . Click ahead to read more about their vision that challenges traditional models of retail. READ MORE > Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Celia Reingold , consumerism , eco-fashion , Ethical Fashion , green fashion , new york university , NYU , NYU Sloth , Sarah Ferguson , secondhand clothing , slow fashion , Sustainable Fashion , sustainable style , thrift stores , vintage clothing , vintage fashion

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How to Score a Summer Outfit for $21 at the Bayside Thrift Shop!

Has all of summer’s fun left your bank account a little dry? If you’ve still got a lot of events slated for the last days of the sunny season, but seem to have exhausted all your nicest things, then take a cue from Inhabitat editor Yuka Yoneda on how to create a stylin’ outfit for just a little over 20 bucks. You can snag a polished wardrobe for über cheap by just hitting up your local thrift store. In her first installment of her new series, “ Goodwill Hunting ,” Yuka unearths some hidden gems at the second-oldest thrift store in New York City: the  Bayside Thrift Shop in Flushing, Queens. READ MORE > Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bargain fashion , Bayside Thrift Shop , eco-fashion , Ethical Fashion , flushing , Goodwill Hunting , green fashion , new york city , queens , secondhand clothing , secondhand fashion , Sustainable Fashion , thrift shops , thrift stores , vintage clothing , vintage fashion

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Use Social Media to Buy and Sell Unwanted Items to Friends

Photo: courtesy Oodle You’ve done the grunt work of your spring cleaning, but now what? What do you do with all the things you no longer need? Recycling is the obvious choice but even better is extending the items life by selling it or giving it away.

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Don’t Agonize, Organize! Powershift Re-launches Web Site for Climate Activists

photo via powershift.org Two weeks ago, over 10,000 students activists descended on Washington, D.C. to collaborate, train, motivate, and take action at Powershift 2011 . They made enough of an impact that President Obama took notice and invited 12 student leaders for a conversation

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Can Psychedelic Politics Ride Out The Coming Storm?

Sudden storm . Image credit:Flickr, allspice1 , “…entry into the Leave It To Me Challenge #30.” The radical right has been fighting a successful culture war against all things 60′s and 70′s. Earth day and its legislative outcomes are under especially intense attack, for example

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Turkish Prime Minister Erdo?an’s ‘Crazy Project’ for Istanbul: Building a Second Strait

Map showing the estimated location (left) of the proposed Istanbul Canal, roughly parallel to the Bosphorus Strait (right). Image: Istanbul Municipality .

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Weekday Vegetarian: Potato Chip Frittatas

Photo: Emma Alter We have a federal election coming up on Monday, and my son has been working about 15 hours a day for the past three weeks hoping to get our candidate elected. I’m not good about doing things like door-to-door canvassing as he has been doing, so I’m helping out in the best way I know how. I’ve been taking food treats in for the volunteers and staff

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Livia Firth Upcycles Colin Firth’s Moth-Eaten Suit for "King’s Speech" Premiere

Junky Styling transforms Colin Firth’s moth-eaten suit into gorgeous eco-fashion dress. Photo: Vogue UK Livia Firth stunned on the red carpet last year when she accompanied her husband, actor Colin Firth, to numerous award shows dressed to the nines in gorgeous, green fashion. I am happy to report that, due to Colin Firth

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Artist Transforms Recycled Sweaters Into Festive Winter Coats

There is nothing like a warm and cozy sweater coat during the holidays. Enter reconstructed sweater coats made by hand from recycled garments by Jill Kerttula, a Wisconsin-based artist who sells her one-off creations on Etsy under the label Jill2day . ..

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Plastic Bag Ban Starts in New Year in Italy

Image: eflon, flickr “Sustainability is made of little changes to our lifestyle that don’t cost us anything and can save the planet,” said Stefania Prestigiacomo, Italian Environmental Minister, as she confirmed that a ban on non-biodegradable, single-use plastic bags will take effect on 1 January 2011, for all of Italy. The plastics industry protests that the rules are not clear, that the abrupt transition will have negative repercussions on consumers, and that Italy has no reason to take the initiative as there is no ban at the European level

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