Tag: water

FYF Fest x Global Inheritance, Featuring The Oasis, Illustrates How Getting Educated on Recycled Water Can Be Fun and Important at a Music Fest—Especially In California

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The Oasis Water Challenge is one of the most original and educationally fun on-site festival sustainability programs we’ve seen in awhile. At the FYF festival in Los Angeles, along with Global Inheritance, they called upon attendees to do something 99% of them had never done: taste the difference between recycled wastewater, desalinated ocean water, LA […]

Largest Women’s Surf Event and Festival Comes to a Close at the Paul Mitchell Supergirl Pro with Tatiana Weston-Webb Winning Out of Field of 108 Surfers

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The Paul Mitchell Supergirl Pro Women’s QS6000 cape was dawned by a new champion Sunday afternoon as Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) battled through victory-at-sea conditions to earn a win over Courtney Conlogue (USA) and is now the Qualification Series (QS) points leader. Weston-Webb joins an elite group of women, including Conlogue, who have won this event […]

Fashion Positive Hosts Salon Series—Here’s the Latest from Julie Gilhart and Lewis Perkins with Bionic Yarn about the Future of Sustainable Fashion

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Fashion Positive was launched last November as a response of more fashion designers and industry professionals seeking new ways to make fashion sustainable. It was an initiated and created by Cradle to Cradle Products Institution to figure out regenerative systems in the supply chain and design. Last week, they announced their first salon series in […]

San Francisco Unanimously Passes Nation’s First Soda Warning Label, Advertising Moratorium, and What this Means for Coca-Cola

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On June 9, 2015, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy was able to push through in San Francisco the nation’s first Soda Warning Label and advertising moratorium on surgary soft drinks. “By requiring a health warning on all sugary drink advertising and restricting marketing of the same on public property, San Francisco has become […]

Greenpeace’s #DetoxCatwalk Reveals Fashion’s Leaders (H&M, Adidas) and Greenwashers (Nike, Gap) and Goals to Reach Zero Hazardous Waste by 2020

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Over the past three years, hundreds of thousands of activists, fashionistas, bloggers and consumers have come together to call for fashion without pollution. From record-breaking strip teases to social media storms, people power brought about Detox commitments from 18 major fashion companies. Greenpeace’s Detox Catwalk now reveals who is delivering on their commitments, and who […]

Surfer and Artist Kassia Meador Launches Kassia + Surf Featuring The Kit

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Kassia Meador has quickly become known as one of the most outspoken advocates for surfing and environmental change among top surfers in Southern California. Just after exhibiting her very cool collection of women’s wetsuits at the new women’s trade show, AXIS, in New York last month, she has announced the launch of her brand KASSIA […]

The Drinkable Book—Unique Storytelling and Water Purification System by Water is Life

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Water is Life has created one of the most unusual and helpful items ever, called the Drinkable Book. It’s the first-ever manual that teaches about safe water tips and serves as a tool to kill deadly waterborne diseases. Basically, this beautiful book creation functions as a water purification system. Each page is a filter that […]

Global Inheritance Introduces the Oasis Water Bar for Upcoming Festivals Comparing Water of the Present and Future

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Global Inheritance steps-up once again with another sustainability initiative to introduce climate change issues to youth culture markets through on-site, interactive sponsorship programs. Their latest brings awareness to water through their traveling Oasis Water Bar. With the current record breaking drought in California, and a growing global water scarcity, the need for solutions and actions […]

H&M Conscious Foundation Names Three Groups to Receive Aid: UNICEF, WaterAid, and Care

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Fast-fashion retailer and brand H&M, continues with its strong sustainability program and the aim of achieving long-lasting improvements in the areas of education, clean water and strengthening women. Starting this month, February, the H&M Conscious Foundation is to support UNICEF, WaterAid and CARE. Each will receive a total of SEK 180 million over  a three-year […]

Waves For Water With Support from Hurley H20 to Help Victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan

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The largest storm ever recorded has left over 1 million people without clean water in the Philippines. Waves For Water non-profit, with the support of Hurley H20 is currently asking for support to get clean water filtration systems into the area. Here’s more: New York, NY // Nov 8, 2013 – Waves For Water founder Jon […]