A personal manifesto from Summer Rayne Oakes.
Pre-register now for Summer Rayne Oakes’ talk on Sustainable Living & Design at the Aldrich Museum.
Feb 20, 2010 | Categories:africa, speeches | Tags: africa, Aldrich, Aldrich Museum, Aldrich talks, Cornell, green fashion, Mezimbite Forest Centre, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable design, sustainable development, sustainable living | Leave A Comment »
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 »
a.d. schwarz, the coveted Mozambican label designed by artisans and South African architect, Allan Schwarz, debuts in New York City May 2009.
May 20, 2009 | Categories:activism, africa, fair trade, fashion & style | Tags: a.d. schwarz, africa, African sustainable development, allan schwarz, ecodesign, jewelry, Mozambique, South Africa, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable design, sustainable forestry, sustainable furniture, trade not aid | Leave A Comment »
Sustainable development meets sustainable design in the a.d. schwarz label. From deep in the heart of the Miombo forests of Mozambique, each high quality design is hand-wrought from beautiful, sustainably-harvested African wood.
May 14, 2009 | Categories:africa, fair trade | Tags: a.d. schwarz, africa, African artisans, African design, allan schwarz, fashion jewelry, jewelry, luxury, luxury jewelry, Mozambique, mozambique design, social enterprise, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable development Africa, sustainable forestry, sustainable furniture, sustainable wood design, sustainably harvested wood | 1 Comment »
The latest “Time Bomb” video with Charity: Water. Check it out. It’s the coolest.
Mar 22, 2009 | Categories:activism, videos | Tags: africa, Africa water, basic sanitation, Charity Water, clean drinking water, clean water, clean water wells, drilling wells, Scott Harrison, water, wells, wells in Africa | Leave A Comment »
Summer Rayne Oakes gives her Top 10 Picks for the coolest in African fair-trade design.
Feb 10, 2009 | Categories:africa, fair trade, fashion & style | Tags: africa | Leave A Comment »
Conservation, AIDS, education and hope: Summer Rayne Oakes shares her accounts from the field in Mozambique.
Feb 08, 2009 | Categories:activism, africa, personal musings | Tags: africa, AIDS/HIV, Mozambique, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable development Africa | 3 Comments »
Take a sneak peak of the people who attended the Charity: Water ball at the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC.
Dec 22, 2008 | Categories:activism, africa, events | Tags: Adrian Grenier, africa, Amos Lee, Charity Water, Charity Water ball, charity water benefit, Charity Water gala, clean water, Scott Harrison, Summer Rayne Oakes, The Summit | Leave A Comment »
If you’re into Africa-Western fusion, you may just want to check out Ladybrille.
Join the crew at the Charity: Water ball on December 15, 2008 and raise money for clean water projects.
Nov 15, 2008 | Categories:activism, africa | Tags: access to clean water, africa, African water projects, Charity ball, Charity Water, clean water, Kenya, Scott Harrison | 1 Comment »
I take the long road up from Inhambane to Vilanculos…a stop-over as I make my way nortward to the Mezimbite Forest Centre.
Sep 27, 2008 | Categories:africa | Tags: a.d. schwarz, africa, allan schwarz, Inhambane, Mozambique, Summer Rayne, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable development Africa, Vilanculos | 1 Comment »
Discovery Earth Live goes live in Mozambique! Watch, read, and hear about Summer Rayne’s and Allan Schwarz’s excursions through the country.
Sep 23, 2008 | Categories:africa | Tags: a.d. schwarz, africa, allan schwarz, Discovery Earth Live, Mozambique, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable development, sustainable forestry | 1 Comment »
In honor of my departure to Mozambique tomorrow, I’ve posted a video diary of my time there last year. Click on it to see the very cool sustainable development programs we are working on.
Sep 15, 2008 | Categories:africa, videos | Tags: a.d. schwarz, africa, African artisans, Aga Khan, Aga Khan Foundation, allan schwarz, fair trade Africa, forest managment Africa, Mezimbie Forest Centre, Mozambique, Mozambique diaries, Muslim Africa, Summer Rayne, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable harvest, sustainably harvested wood | 6 Comments »
The release of Ombre Claire jewelry ad campaigns – a fair trade jewelry line co-created by the nomadic Tuareg peoples from Niger and Parisian designer, Aude Durou.
Sep 14, 2008 | Categories:ad campaigns, fashion & style, photoshoots | Tags: africa, Aude Durou, Niger, Nigerian jewelry, Ombre Claire, Parisian jewelry, Summer Rayne, Summer Rayne Oakes | 3 Comments »
A look at Esther’s Umucyo ubamurikira photo exhibit at Charity: Water and Salt Gallery. Check it out: The exhibit closes on September 30, 2008.
Aug 31, 2008 | Categories:africa, events | Tags: africa, Charity Water, Esther Havens, Mozambique, Rwanda, Salt Gallery, Toms Shoes | Leave A Comment »
Holla on the telephone on August 28th with the Green Jobs National Day of Action conference call. Sounds boring? I don’t think so. Plus, you’ll get all the insights from the frontlines. Be the first to know!
Aug 26, 2008 | Categories:activism, random acts of green | Tags: africa, climate change, global warming, green economy, green jobs, green-collar jobs, Mozambique, national day of action, sustainable economy, U.S. jobs, what can I do? | Leave A Comment »
Summer Rayne takes us behind-the-scenes of a “Behind the Label” photoshoot for Lucire Magazine.
Feb 28, 2007 | Categories:fashion & style, photoshoots, videos | Tags: africa, behind the label, dominatrix, eco-fashion, ecofashion, fair trade, latex, noir, organic cotton, photoshoot, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainable style, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
A sleepwalking land’s awakening.
Feb 14, 2007 | Categories:africa, environment | Tags: a.d. schwarz, africa, allan schawrz, luxury, luxury jewelry, Mozambique, sustainable development, sustainable forestry, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
ONE helps end the war on poverty.
Oct 09, 2006 | Categories:activism, africa | Tags: africa, Ali Hewson, Bono, jeffrey sachs, ONE, One Campaign, Paul Hewson, poverty, poverty alleviation | Leave A Comment »
