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Sundance Channel Green

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Sundance founder, Robert Redford announced today that Sundance Channel will launch SUNDANCE CHANNEL GREEN, a weekly primetime destination block focusing on environmental topics, in early 2007. Consisting of three hours of hosted programming, SUNDANCE CHANNEL GREEN will present original series and documentary premieres about the earth's ecology and concepts of "green" living that balance human needs with responsible environmental stewardship. With SUNDANCE CHANNEL GREEN, Sundance Channel becomes the first television network in the United States to establish a significant, regularly-scheduled programming destination dedicated entirely to the environment.

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So maybe it’s just my sweet tooth …

But when I read this story (albeit a week late), I totally thought to myself "Clothes made from sugar? Sweet!"

See, I saw this:

The one-of-a-kind outfits created by big name designers Oscar de la Renta, Stephen Burrows, Elisa Jimenez, and others included a strapless beige ball gown, a cream baby-doll dress with ribbon and sheer overlay, and a pink and yellow taffeta skirt with a silver recycled polyester bustier.

And then I sort of skipped down here:

Other items on display at the fashion show included a men's transparent dress shirt, a hooded pink floral fleece sweater, a blue blazer, and a strapless black dress.

And then I read the part about fermented corn sugar ... blah, blah ... polymer ... blah, blah ... "versatile fiber that can be made to have the appearance of silk, polyester, leather, or elastic" ... blah, blah ... So, what you're telling me is these models are not covered in sugar like designer Peep action-figures? Blah.

But seriously, I guess it's a good sign that an alternative to silk and leather and other destructive fashion materials is being given some attention. Though I would rethink those transparent men's dress shirts.

Lance is out, green is in

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Wow

I'm on vacation, so I'll keep this short, but wow. I mean ... wow. It's difficult to fathom how out to sea the conservative movement is on this issue.

New museum exhibit shows visitors how to build green

Sometimes it feels tough to get through a day without despoiling the planet. The products most of us use come through a wasteful global production chain; discarding old stuff is cheaper than repairing it; and our energy supply is inefficient and hard on the earth. Making matters worse, most of this excess centers around the […]

Environmentalism makes the H-list

OK, I have a Hotmail account (is that too 2002 of me?), and I check it once a day. There's always a little story off to the left, something really thoughtful like "27 Ways to Pad Your Resume" or "Is He Cheating with Your Ex?" But today, the teaser is "Hot on Hotmail: Why environmentalism is so hot in the U.S." Granted, it just links to this not-so-hot Newsweek story. But still. We're, uh, officially hot.

Plugs and Kisses

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Making the Trade

Britain looks into carbon trading system for individuals British Environment Secretary David Miliband has endorsed the idea of a carbon trading system for individuals, requiring people to limit personal emissions and allowing energy-savers to sell back unused carbon allowances for a profit. “Imagine a country where carbon becomes a new currency,” Miliband said. Each citizen […]

Act Normal

Illinois mom blogs about her car-free month In some ways, Christine Gardner lives a normal life — she’s a mom, a writer, and, after all, she lives in Normal, Ill. But for July she’s doing something decidedly out of the norm — going car-free in a suburb without amenities right around the corner. Halfway through […]

That Extincts

Scientists, worried about mass extinction, call for international biodiversity panel The planet faces a “major biodiversity crisis” that could lead to mass extinction of species, warn 19 of the world’s leading biodiversity specialists in Nature. Stating that “biodiversity is still consistently undervalued and given inadequate weight in both private and public decisions,” the specialists urge […]