A cold weather shoot with Above Magazine and Gilles Bensimon.
A little article I wrote nominating Ashoka Fellow Allan Schwarz as one of Ode’s 25 Intelligent Optimists.
Dec 21, 2009 | Categories:activism, africa | Tags: 25 Intelligent Optimists, a.d. schwarz, africa, allan schwarz, Ashoka Fellow, Mozambique, reforestation africa, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable development | Leave A Comment »
First feared and then revered, Mike Reynolds, Founder of Eartship Biotecture takes a moment to reflect on the relationships between building, dwelling and living.
Dec 14, 2009 | Categories:Blog | Tags: beyond green building, Earthship, earthship biotecture, green architecture, green building, mike reynolds, mike reynolds architecture, passive solar, smart design, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable housing, sustainable living | Leave A Comment »
Summer Rayne Oakes gives Wade Davis and The Journey to Zero crew and update from the COP15 frontlines.
Dec 14, 2009 | Categories:activism, climate change | Tags: climate change, cop15, COP15 consensus, journey to zero, REDD Developments, Summer Rayne Oakes, wade davis | 1 Comment »
60,000 people poured into the streets of Copenhagen during the Climate Change Negotiations on Saturday, December 12, 2009.
Dec 12, 2009 | Categories:activism, climate change | Tags: climate change, Climate Change Negotiations, COP, copenhagen, deforestation | 1 Comment »
Winter internships at SRO, LLC now available. We’re looking for an awesome photography intern as well as a technical textiles associate. Apply now. Career History Form required for Textile Associate.
Nov 27, 2009 | Categories:fashion & style, green jobs | Tags: externship, fashion industry job, fashion internship, fashion job, photography intern, photography internship, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable fashion intern, sustainable textile internship, textile intern, winter internship | Leave A Comment »
The latest press from New Zealand.
The Very best places to shop for green are right in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Summer Rayne makes her picks in an interview with the Very Style Guide.
This October 23-25, three hundred youth organized in State College, Pennsylvania for a national day of action on climate change.
Nov 02, 2009 | Categories:Blog | Tags: climate action, Key Coalition, Keystone Environmental Youth Coalition, marcella shale, natural gas exploration, Pennsylvania coal, power shift, Powershift, Powershift PA, powershift09, Summer Rayne Oakes | Leave A Comment »
“I wanna be a hipster” with zoe&zac’s latest Chuka boots.
Nov 01, 2009 | Categories:Blog | Tags: Chukka boots, cool boots, eco-friendly boots, ecomodel, ecotrends, Fall boots, green boots, green shoes, Payless, Payless green shoes, Payless zoe&zac, shoes, Summer Rayne, Summer Rayne Oakes, zoe&zac | Leave A Comment »
This October I caught up with five eco-fashion designers at London Fashion Week that had some impressive lines.
Nov 01, 2009 | Categories:fashion & style, videos | Tags: Ada Zanditon, AJNA, Beryl Man, Beyond Skin, Christopher Raeburn, eco-fashion, eco-model, ecofashion, ecomodel, estethica, green design, green fashion, london fashion week, Makepiece, Mark Liu, style naturally, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable style | Leave A Comment »
Personal musings 30,000 feet above the earth: From Manhattan, New York to Manhattan, Kansas.
Oct 13, 2009 | Categories:personal musings, speeches | Tags: eco-fashion, ecofashion, green fashion, Kansas City, KSU, Payless, piano, speech, speech topics, sustainable business, sustainable design, sustainable strategy, sustainable style, zoe&zac | Leave A Comment »
Summer Rayne Oakes goes head to head at the LOHAS Conference in Boulder, CO with the Bag Monster and knocks him down with a one-two punch.
Oct 06, 2009 | Categories:random acts of green, videos | Tags: Bag Monster, Chico Bags, ecomodel, LOHAS, pacific trash vortex, plastic, plastic bag ban, plastic bag tax, Plastic Bags, plastic epidemic, plastic in oceans, plastic problem, reusable bags, Summer Rayne Oakes | Leave A Comment »
Michelle Obama wasn’t in the audience, but we thought she might be considering The Fashion Fights Poverty benefit combined two of her favorite subjects: Fashion and Politics. Despite the lack of a fashionable First Lady in the front row, the all-volunteer run FFP kicked off in style with a combination of designers, video and performances [...]
Oct 06, 2009 | Categories:events | Tags: d.c. fashion, D.C. style, eco-fashion, ecofashion, ecomodel, fashion, fashion and politics, Fashion Fights Poverty, Michelle Obama Style, style, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable style, will thomas | Leave A Comment »
A seaside adventure: Summer Rayne heads to Kona to swim with sea turtles.
Oct 04, 2009 | Categories:environment, videos | Tags: green sea turtle, Hawaii, Hawaiian swim, Kona, Kona sea turtle, sea turtles, snorkel, snorkel Kona, swimming | 1 Comment »
Win $50,000 for your environmental project from C-14.
Oct 02, 2009 | Categories:activism, climate change | Tags: C-14, C-14 Competition, Climate Change competition, copenhagen, eco outdoor, environmental contest, free money, MisShapes, Summer Rayne Oakes | Leave A Comment »
Fashion leaders come out for the inaugural “Don’t Bag Indonesia’s Rainforest” event during New York Fashion Week at the Green Shows to get fashion shopping bags out of the forests.
Sep 19, 2009 | Categories:Blog | Tags: china, climate change, deforestation, deforested areas, Don't Bag Indonesia's Rainforest, fashion week, Fonzworth Bentley, greenhouse gas emitters, greenhouse gases, Indonesia, Mike Brune, Pak 2000, Rainforest Action Network, Rainforest Destruction, RAN, shopping bags, Sinar Mas Group, Summer Rayne Oakes, The Green Shows, U.S. GHG | 6 Comments »
Summer Rayne Oakes and Will Thomas to host the Fashion Fights Poverty event at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. September 25, 2009.
Sep 19, 2009 | Categories:events, fashion & style | Tags: eco-fashion, ecofashion, Fashion Fights Poverty, FFP, green fashion, organic fashion, poverty alleviation, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable style | Leave A Comment »
Rainforest Action Network, Summer Rayne Oakes and The Green Shows host “Don’t Bag Indonesia’s Rainforests” event in New York City.
Sep 14, 2009 | Categories:activism, climate change, events | Tags: Don't Bag Indonesia's Rainforest, forest conservation, forest restoration, Indonesia, Indonesia indigenous peoples, Rainforest, Rainforest Action Network, Rainforest Destruction, RAN, RAN Event, REDD, REDD projects, Summer Rayne Oakes, The Green Shows | Leave A Comment »
Tara St. James launches her 4 Equal Sides eco-fashion project thanks to you!
Sep 10, 2009 | Categories:fashion & style | Tags: 4 Equal Sides, Covet, eco-style, ecofashion, fashion design, green fashion, how to start a fashion label, Kickstarter, organic fashion, Square Project, sustainable style, Tara St. James | 2 Comments »
Summer Rayne joins other models and personalities to walk in the Purple Dress show to benefit the Anita Kaufman Foundation.
Sep 10, 2009 | Categories:events | Tags: Alex McCord, Anita Kaufmann Foundation, Elliott Yamin, Epilepsy benefit, fashion dresses, Kristen Bell, purple cocktail dresses, Purple dress event, Purple Dresses, Summer Rayne Oakes, The Purple Event | Leave A Comment »
Join Summer Rayne Oakes at Mashable’s Social Good Conference. Her talk: “CONNECT THIS: How youth climate change organizers use technology to build a grassroots movement” will take place at 11:45 on 1395 Lexington Avenue.
Aug 27, 2009 | Categories:activism, events | Tags: "clean coal", 1 Sky, climate change movement, cool technology, Energy Action, Energy Action Coalition, green jobs, Mashable Social Good, no coal, Social Good Conference, Summer of Social Good, Summer Rayne Oakes, youth climate change, Zanby | Leave A Comment »
