Mark on Ellen

OMG...I saw SSF's president, Mark Rosen, on the Ellen DeGeneres Show this morning. Apparently Mark sent a letter to to Ellen telling her about his 'Ellen blond highlights' hour at his Seattle salon Etherea Salon. How cool is that!!! I've heard through the grapevine that Ellen has done all sorts of green building and other sustainable stuff on her show as well. Gotta love Ellen.

Another busy day here in NY yesterday. Spent the afternoon checking at an event hosted by Danny Seo raising awareness for Call2Recycle.com a company that recycles batteries, cell phones, etc. Afterward, I finally had a chance to sit down and have a great talk with model, actress Angela Lindvall who founded Collage Foundation. Finished the day off by attending a small fundraiser for the NY chapter of Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) and got to meet a lot of wonderful people doing amazing things.

Sean in the city

All is well at NY Fashion Week. Started my NY visit with another listen to the fabulous voice of Julia Fordham at Joes Pub. Julia had a full band with her this time so it was a bit more rock than here Seattle show...still amazing though.

On Wednesday I paid a visit to Q Collection guys Jesse and Anthony to check out their showroom of fabulous sustainable furniture and accessories. OMG...I want one of everything. We conspired a bit to get Q Collection stuff on Oprah and Queer Eye, so stay tuned. After Q Collection I hopped on the L train and went over to see the latest goodies at The Future Perfect in Brooklyn. David Alhadef continues to have a great thing going there with some of the coolest stuff that happens to have a great sustainability story as well. Stay tuned for some pics.

Last evening was spent at the great Fashion Week post-party put on by Organic Style Magazine and Angella Lindvall's Collage Foundation. Got to meet up with entomologist and model Summer Rayne Oakes and of course, ecostylist to the stars Danny Seo was there. Great time and a wonderful fundraiser for Collage.

The Big Green Apple

I finally got the excuse I was looking for to head back to the big apple. Angela Lindvall, fashion model, actress and founder of Collage Foundation hosted a fundraiser and Fashion Week postparty with fellow organic style guru Danny Seo. It was great catching up and we conspired a bit on future projects. I also got a chance to talk to Angela's huband William quite a bit. Originally from South Africa and a professional diver, William's got a lot of great stories.

I also got a chance to catch up with other SSF-NY steering committee members Kim Heismann from PopSustainability and Mary Gelhar, fashion director of GenArt.

On my way out to the airport I made a pitstop in Brooklyn to check out an awesome new store called The Future Perfect, started by Satellite David Alhadeff. David's concept was to showcase high style accessories, home furnishings and artwork by local designers...what he discovered was that many of the products had great sustainability stories as well including coffee tables from salvaged wood, table runners from Donna Karan scraps and redesigned dishware.

photos: The Future Perfect store, Scrapile

Danny's green buzz

Lots of green gossip from Danny Seo's greenbuzz column in July/August edition of Organic Style. Per the King of conscious style: Christina Aquilera is big into organic milk and fruits; Ricky Paul Goldin even buys organic goodies for his three animal-rescue dogs; Lyndsey Fonseca must have veggie burgers on her menus; Peter Reckell's hot tub is solar powered after much ado; Danny's latest LA Fashion Week Fur Free Party included Daryl Hannah, Jennie Garth, Fred Savage, Danny Masterson, Ashley Scott, Rick Yune and Puff Daddy's girl group Dream...in true Danny style, cocktails in corn-derived plastic cups by NatureWorks PLA included organic juice from Whole Foods Market, Pier 1 wooden chairs approved by the Forest Stewardship Council were available to lounge in. For more info and details I highly recommend you pick up the latest issue, the whole issue is chock full of great stuff. My 'turned tab" test (how many page corners I turn for later reading) resulted in a whopping 11 tabs for this issue...like the GEICO commercial says "impressive, green one".