Archive for July, 2008

Financial Times Germany shares some sustainable style with Summer Rayne Oakes

Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Financial Times , Sunday edition – Deutsche.
You can read more here and English translation is below:

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Summer Rayne talks Planet Green, green-collar jobs, and eco-fashion with Elephant Mag

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

elevision – Ecofashion & Green Collar Jobs with Summer Rayne Oakes from elevision on Vimeo .

From eco-fashion to consulting: Hometown paper gives mad props on environmental career

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Former Montdale resident, model and activist becomes environmental reporter for new Discovery channel

Summer Rayne Oakes’ criteria for being an environmentalist is pretty broad.

BY JOSH MCAULIFFE
STAFF WRITER

Summer Rayne Oakes’ criteria for being an environmentalist is pretty broad.

“If you drink the water and breath the air, you’re an environmentalist,” the former Montdale resident said.

“It’s those of us worried about putting food on their plates. It’s those of us worried about getting their kids to school and putting gas in their tanks.”

Ms. Oakes worries about all of those things, and then some. And she just got a bigger platform for airing her views.

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