Being a company that values unwanted goods such as used shoes, used clothing, and bulk linens, it should come at no surprise that we are enchanted with the Amsterdam-based company Wintervacht, which makes and sells beautiful coats for men and women from vintage wool blankets. From their website: Cold winter weather can make it hard to want to get out of bed, but Wintervacht has answered your wish to stay wrapped up in blankets. Two young Dutch designers are creating elegant clothes from...

It’s Leap Day! February 29th only comes every four years and since it’s so rare, we thought we’d break from our usual pattern of blog posts to bring you some eco-friendly humor! Enjoy! I only give locally-sourced coal. -Hipster Santa     Alternative Energy Drinks   Check it out, I’m turning green! Birch, please.   Don’t trust atoms. They make up everything.   I only use local children.   Trust me it’s...

In this competitive and sometimes cutthroat society, kindness is often misconstrued as weakness. But kindness is not weakness, it is strength. It takes more courage to be kind than it does to be complacent and/or rude. Our world doesn’t need more nastiness and criticism, it needs more kindness. Outside of practicing kindness ourselves, teaching children the value of kindness is truly one of the most important things we adults can do for the upcoming generation. People often forget...