C’est l’été, faut-il le redire pour s’en convaincre. C’est la saison des gougounes, mais pas n’importe lesquelles: des gougounes équitables s’il vous plaît. Même si je n’ai pas encore les sous pour éviter d’acheter des lunettes de soleil made in China, je suis capable et fière de me payer des sandales en matières récup’. À [...]
“Destruction is no longer the outcome of blind rage, but increasingly a matter of meticulous calculation. Destruction has become an alternative architecture”
|| Ole Bouman ||
Après 6 mois de rush et de 85 heures par semaine et plus, POSCH a finalement pris l’air ce weekend. Après un bon gros 56 heures à Orford, c’est à Bridge Burner que la St-Jean s’est fêtée. Avec Véro.B, Caro et bien sûr, Ghislain Poirier dans l’tapis. Ce weekend je serai à Québec City, si [...]
True to their reputation, the Campana brothers have done it again with a stunning exhibition at the Albion Gallery in London called TransPlastic. Using only ubiquitous plastic chairs and the natural fiber called Apuì which acts as a biodiversity controller in amazonian forests by killing certain trees on which they are attached, the brothers have [...]
Its that time of the year again when we need to get a new pair of sunglasses. I’m absolutely guilty of buying pairs of cheap, made-in-China ones on St-Laurent (you know where) that you will not cry for when you scratch or lose them because… they’re only 10 bucks.
Enter Ezri Eyes, a truly sustainable pair [...]
Yes, you there Stinky Hippie, grab a cream jar and treat those Saggy Hagg wrinkles!
Cheeky you say? Not any more than fab organic cosmetics find of the week Scrub Your Butt Soap Co.
A great example of what I will now be calling Sustainability Brands 2.0, Scrub your Butt is respectful of the environment without sounding [...]
Brooklyn designers still continue to rage and impress the world. My latest heartthrob is Brave Space a group of three Brooklyn-based designers concentrating on bringing modular, multi-functional objects into the home and office setting. In their words: “Dedicated to providing quality, high-end furniture that is both playful and modern, the designers at Brave Space draw [...]
My digital skin, that is. At first, I kept getting all these Facebook friends requests, and answered them, a bit annoyed at losing time over such a mundane thing as a mere network website. Then I started uploading a few pics, getting a few pokes, actually following my friend’s status updates. Then I started seeing [...]
Ce n’est pas tout le monde qui possède un balcon (moi entre autre). Je cherchais un moyen local, facile et élégant de me faire un jardinet comestible et je crois avoir trouvé en plus, c’est une entreprise canadienne!
Les semences heirloom sont biologiquement diverses, résistantes aux maladies et sans produits chimiques. Le jardin hydrologique est une [...]
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