Category: news
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Waste Not, Want Not
We all love those prized Palisade peaches that are so easily devoured, crate after crate, at the end of summer every year. But did you know that one out of four peaches doesn’t even make it out of the orchard? Or that after 253 miles of transporting them to Boulder County (about 10 gallons of…
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A Growing List of Ways to Be Sustainable
1. Shop from local businesses. It reduces carbon emissions from transportation used and it funnels money into the immediate economy. 2. Make friends with a farmer. Buy local meat and produce. 3. Swap out your fake fabrics for breathable ones such as cotton, linen, or bamboo. You are literally wearing plastic on your skin. 4.…
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Dior: From Paris to the World
The highly anticipated fashion exhibit, Dior: From Paris to the World, will be open to the public on Monday, November 19 until March 17 at the Denver Art Museum. After two years of meticulous curation, an A-team led by Dior expert Florence Müller, the museum’s Avenir Foundation curator of textile art and fashion, and renowned…
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Slow Fashion
Photo courtesy of Robins Photography Just about every sector of business is geared toward sustainability these days. Sustainable agriculture, energy and tourism are all a given, but sustainable fashion is just beginning to disrupt the traditionally wasteful mainstream fashion industry. Denverite Deb Henriksen, owner and founder of the rocker-chic brand Equillibrium, is poised to keep moving…
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