Recent Hookups
Food+Health
Since trying to adapt a more raw friendly diet, I’ve accumulated quite a collection of fruit skins, seeds, pits, bad ends of veggies, and other inedible yet fertilizer friendly parts that I find myself discarding. As a Brooklyn resident, how can I put these valuable components, potential for nutrient-rich soil, to better use?
I heard about San Francisco’s public compost system that provides residents with bins that are regularly emptied by the city along with the trash and recycling. I began... [View full]
Composting in NYC
Fashion+Beauty
Sup ya'll could not keep this one to myself but did think about it. I won a Matt & Nat vegan duffel bag on one of my favorite sites "The Discerning Brute”(fashion, food and etiquette for the ethically handsome man). The bag's design is crazy and recommend that all the fly girls and boys check these cats... Here's a photo of me and my bag.
DUALITY 21
MATT & NAT'S 21 WATER BOTTLE INITIATIVE IS EXPLORING ECO FABRICS... [View full]
Matt & Nat Vegan Accessories - I Won A Dope Bag...
Lifestyle+Travel
Ex-Beetle Sir Paul McCartney and daughters Mary and Designer Stella McCarney launched Meat Free Monday at St. James' Park in London on June 15, 2009.
Can you believe it? Eco Hustler was not invited, but at least they invited Yoko Ono. I guess they had Yoko there to represent the non-white population of this multi-cultural world. But hey look at the big picture it's a dope cause and a brilliant idea.
Meat Free Monday is great way... [View full]
Meat Free Monday-Ex-Beetle Sir Paul McCartney and daughter Designer Stella McCartney
Lifestyle+Travel
ecohookups - Plywerk "Eco Moment" Photo Contest.
This is an opportunity for you to flex your eco-artistic side and show others how you envision the world.
Please submit a photo capturing an "Eco Moment". The winning photo will win a free Plywerk 8 x 10 mounting of their photo . An "Eco Moment" blog feature on ecohookups.com sharing your photo with the world along side the 2nd and 3rd place runner ups ...
Rules:
1. One photo submission per ecohookups... [View full]
ecohookups - Plywerk "Eco Moment" Photo Contest
Architecture+Design
Rising from up from the fossil fuel ghetto Chicago's Sears Tower gets a "Green" make over. The gives the Jefferson's saying "Movin' On Up" new meaning...
Image via the New York Times
Via TreeHugger
The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere is getting hooked up with a $350 million boost that will include wind turbines and extensive energy efficiency improvements. The Sears tower is on track to become the biggest, greenest building in the US.
The turbines are only the tip... [View full]


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