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Style meets substance in this lavishly illustrated highly informative and beautifully designed book on sustainable fashion and beauty. Summer Rayne Oakes fashion model eco advocate and resident expert on ?Treehugger.com and Discovery Network's Planet Green shows how to make informed choices when shopping. In addition to explaining the basics (from fair trade to organically grown) Summer Rayne showcases hundreds of her favorite designers such as Stella McCartney and Safia Minney and eco-friendly brands such as Levi's Loomstate and Aveda that have made earth-friendly materials and sustainable practices a priority. With over 300 photos pages of resources and eco-style stories from the hottest trendsetters it's the ultimate fashion and beauty bible for women who want to feel good about looking good.

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Summer Rayne Oakes is a Udall environmental scholar, National Wildlife Federation Fellow, and United Nations U.S. Partnership Youth Emissary. Based in New York City, she travels the world modeling eco fashions, writing on sustainable style, and speaking on sustainable design and environmental activism.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0030ILWSS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books; 1st edition (December 24, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Perfect Paperback ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.33 x 9.25 inches

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Summer Rayne Oakes is an entrepreneur, author and model whose work centers on health, wellness and sustainability. Graduating Cornell University cum laude with degrees in Environmental Science and Entomology, Oakes began to bridge her interest in ecological systems to industries that affect our everyday life—from what we wear to what we eat to what we grow.

In 2009, while modeling full-time, Oakes co-founded the award-winning start-up Source4Style (now Le Souk) to connect designers to more sustainable textile suppliers around the globe—from cotton weavers in India to silk spinners in Cambodia. From there she applied her knowledge of sustainable systems to the world of food, helping to launch food startups seeking to build and strengthen more sustainable, regional food systems.

After working to nix her own sweet tooth, Oakes founded SugarDetox.me in 2014, a website which offers easy-to-follow, affordable 10-day and 30-day guided cleanses, centered around helping people transition away from sugary, processed foods and to begin embracing whole foods free of added sugars.

Most recently, she founded Homestead Brooklyn to help people become more attuned to nature in the city, largely around growing plants indoors and outdoors. Homestead Brooklyn includes a blog and Instagram channel (@homesteadbrooklyn), a weekly YouTube series called "Plant One On Me", Plant Swaps, and the Houseplant Masterclass (houseplantmasterclass.com)—the first online audiovisual course on houseplant cultivation, care and maintenance.

Oakes’ vision is to help find the extraordinary in the everyday person by inspiring and empowering those to live an active, healthy, fulfilling and sustainable life. Her work has been featured in a range of media outlets worldwide including: CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue, Vanity Fair, INC, and others. You may see her in Brooklyn cooking sugar-free meals, hanging out at her local community garden, or tending to her own copious indoor jungle. More about her work at www.summerrayne.net, www.homesteadbrooklyn.com, and www.sugardetox.me.

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My wife really liked this book

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-Covers a lot of material

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I remember when my wife bought this book and she read it cover to cover twice. She really liked this book when it came out.

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Has Feel Good Vibe; Best as Shopping Guide; Not a DIY Guide

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I chose to read this book as I was most curious about issues with the clothing industry and how the manufacture process may be bad for the human workers or the Earth. I already know a lot about the issues with ingredients of personal care products and makeup.

Overall I feel this book is a very good attempt to bring a blend of information, some important and some more "feel good" information to a reader who may not already know this information. This book will inform readers a LITTLE BIT on the topics. The book handles the topics lightly. The author does not over-burden the reader by inciting anger or fear.

As the subtitle states, this is a SHOPPING GUIDE and it is worth mentioning that it does not steer the reader toward Do-It-Yourself projects such as encouraging readers to make their own soap, shampoo and skin care products.

Good to know also is the products and clothing in the book are for women and teenagers. This book does not have too much in the way of men's personal care products (except where gender neutral items can cross over). Also the book does not cover the growing market for green baby and children products and clothing.
Some shortcomings are that the author recommends toothpastes but never explains the health risks or issues related to SLS in toothpaste (a special concern as if swallowed it has different implications as when SLS is in shampoo or hand soap). The big fluoride in toothpaste controversy is entirely absent. Also missing from the discussions are the issues chemicals that act as phyto estrogens which is especially an issue for young girls and boys and for women in peri-menopause (the dozen or so years before menopause).

An omission in the laundering clothes section was bothersome. The author focuses on laundry soap and reducing water usage and carbon emissions. However she does not mention fabric softener which is an issue in some people's opinion. Inexpensive white vinegar can be used in place of chemical based liquid fabric softener products. Other issues regarding ingredients in softener sheets (chemical neurotoxins) is absent.

Also perplexing is that the author covers laundry detergent which is good but fails to carry it over to the next logical important topic: household and dish cleaning. I understand the book has to have limits on what is covered but one or two pages could have been included to discuss this. The same considerations given for natural laundry detergent could have been said for surface cleansers, bathroom cleansers and floor cleansers: avoiding the toxic, buying the `green' or natural versions (or making one's own for a lower cost). As a comparison the author found room in the book to discuss the danger of inhaling toxic chemical fumes when using perfume or chemical fragrances but the same thing can be said of using common cleansers for glass and surface cleaning sprays while cleaning one's home. While we're on this topic it would also have been good to discuss not just perfume for the body but issues with chemical fragrance in candles and diffuser oils and to present greener alternatives.

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1. Discusses the fact that in the USA the FDA does not regulate the safety of products such as makeup, skin care and sunscreen. Consumers must educate themselves and become informed consumers to make choices that will hopefully not cause them to become sick with something as serious as Cancer.
2. There are over 50 pages of resources to learn more and to find products, located at the back.
3. Good resources are also listed within the pages of the book such as reading sunscreen recommendations on the Skin Deep site.
4. The book is fully indexed which I find useful, especially for going back to re-read certain sections after I've already read the book cover to cover.
5. I learned new things about the manufacture of clothing such as how certain processes such as tanning leather can create pollutants or put workers at risk for developing diseases. To learn more about that was one goal I had for reading this book.

In summary this book covers a broad range of topics in a non-scary way and leaves the reader feeling hopeful and almost happy to go spend money on new products and clothes. The person who will spend a lot on fashion and wants to feel good about their purchases will be happy to hear about companies to buy from.

If money is not an issue the reader/consumer will feel good about being directed toward certain products and companies. The real life downside is that not all consumers will be able to afford these purchases and may have to rely on DIY methods that are not really encouraged in this book, such as opening one's mind to making natural homemade bath soap and skin lotions. If you are in that category, more self-education is needed and there are plenty of good books on the market to inform you.

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In the last few years I have taken great strides to research and live a more sustainable lifestyle. So far, I've had success finding information pertaining to my home, my diet, and my personal hygiene. As far as clothing has been concerned, I figured the only way to "green" up my wardrobe was to thrift shop, wear organics, or see what eco friendly options I could find off adventure sites like REI. And fashion?! I never thought eco and fashion would ever be in the same sentence seriously. So I picked this up to see if it would be of help.

I am so glad I did. This book is a treasure trove of information when it comes to clothing, shoes, accessories, and it even covers health and beauty, too. The author seems to know her stuff, and acknowledges that living sustainably can be complicated. In others words, there's no eco "solve all" when it comes to living the "green" lifestyle. Many eco practices can clash with each other, such as fair trade practices and reducing carbon emissions. Because of the many facets of green living, Oakes goes out of the way to satisfy almost all "green" passions as she indentifies and categorizes alot of the products into specific genres-- vegan, recycled products, fair trade, organic etc.

This guide is thick, well made, and printed in vegetable inks on recycled paper. The layout is very hip, modern, and geometrical. I found it very eye catching. There are photos galore in this book of the products she endorses and models wearing some of the eco fashions. There are also short interviews and profiles from some of the designers whose products are featured in this guide. They talk about how their environmental concerns have created their successes and how they continue to encourage and inspire those around them. They also have short interviews with fashionable women who are very eco forward.

By far, the most valuable part of this book is the well thought out resource guide in the back. It condenses all the websites of the products featured throughout the book, by category. Plus Oakes adds the websites and addresses of good eco retailers from all around the world. The guide also cites eco organizations, and clothing certification labels (which also has the picture of the label for easy reference). There's also a clothing fiber glossary.

While I learned so very much from this guide (I can tell you that these sites have NEVER come up on a google search for me), I found that most of the clothing and accessories do not fit the lifestyle I live. I am not very "fashion" forward anyway, and I am also a stay at home mom of two small kids. I would think a young, urban fast tracker would salivate at alot of the fashion offered. That said, I still found a decent amount of clothing that would be usable to a mom that's juggling kids and errands.

Keep in mind that just about everything in this guide is rather pricey, but Oakes' (and most eco crusaders) mantra is "buy quality, not quantity."
With the economy as it is, I question the timing of this guide. I also would add that as a shopping guide, this book will eventually become obsolete, so enjoy it and use it while it's still relevant.

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Vorangestellt ist eine Einleitung zur Geschichte und begrifflichen Klärung von Eco-Fashion. Von Jeans über Schuhe, Taschen, Schmuck, Haarpflege, Kosmetik werden einige Anbieter umweltreundlicher oder/und fairer Produkte vorgestellt und es ist eine reiche Auswahl dieser Produkte zu sehen. Hinten finden sich zu den einzelnen Kapiteln Listen von Homepage-Adressen der genannten Produkthersteller und ihrer Produkte, Erklärungen zu den verschiedenen verwendeten Fair- und Umweltlogos sowie eine Lister von öko/fair ausgerichteten Mode/Kosmetik-Geschäften in den USA mit Adresse und Telefonnummern und schließlich noch ein alphabetisches Nachschlagewerk zum Schluss. Ein Buch, das viele Anhaltspunkte für eigene Recherchen in dieser Richtung vor allem im Internet gibt.

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