fashion friday :: buffalo exchange

The first Buffalo Exchange opened in 1974 in Tucson, Arizona
by Kerstin and Spencer Block. To our knowledge, this was the 
very first store that bought, sold, traded and took clothing items 
and accessories on consignment.  Kerstin, being Swedish, thought 
the word 'Buffalo' was very American.  And since the store was 
going to be an 'Exchange,' the store's name was born.

Buffalo Exchange is a sustainable company that works to protect the 
environment by reusing and recycling clothing.  The EPA estimates 
12.4 million tons of textiles were generated in 2008, or 5 percent of 
total U.S. municipal solid waste.  Nearly half of the 2.5 billion pounds 
of postconsumer textile waste prevented from entering the solid waste 
stream is recycled as secondhand clothing, according to the Council
for Textile Recycling.

sustainable sunday :: little homestead in the city

Little Homestead in the City

"In the mid-1980s, our family set out to do
the seemingly impossible:
To create what we dubbed an urban homestead
and live a self-sufficient, low-impact life in the heart of the city.
For years we worked steadily to transform
our ordinary urban lot in Pasadena, California,
into an organic permaculture garden that supplies us with food year-round."

"The journey is ongoing and we are by no means finished
but we are grateful to have come this far.
In 2001, we named our homegrown venture Path to Freedom
and created this website, the first ever devoted to urban homesteading.
We hoped that by documenting our personal experiences
we could offer encouragement to those striving to live a simpler,
more self sufficient lifestyle.
Eight years later, Path to Freedom is now the largest
and most comprehensive urban homesteading website,
with more than five million hits per month."

travelling down the greenway

The Storque :: Travelling Down the Greenway
"Since the day I moved into my very first home, I have been 
dedicated to living an eco-friendly lifestyle.  I began with small 
steps toward living green like switching to energy saving 
light bulbs, making my own natural cleaning products, supporting 
local businesses and buying organic locally grown produce.  
Once I realized how easy it was to adapt to these changes, 
I became interested in doing a lot more."
read full article and Christine's finds here..