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TreeHugger.com
TreeHugger is a fast-growing web magazine, dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible. Our influential audience stops by frequently to check out the latest news, reviews and recommendations for modern yet green products and services. Consumers also rely on the directory to help facilitate their buying processes. TreeHugger is the most effective way for them to find well designed products that are also ecologically sensitive.

I.D.
The International Design Magazine

I.D. Magazine is America’s leading critical magazine covering the art, business and culture of design. Winner of five National Magazine Awards — four for General Excellence (1995, 1997 and 1999, 2000) and one for Design (1997) — the publication appears eight times a year. Issues include the Annual Design Review, America’s largest and most prestigious juried design-recognition program, published since 1954. The Design Review showcases the best American and international design in the areas of Consumer Products, Furniture, Equipment, Environments, Packaging, Graphics, Concepts and Student Projects.

Ethical Fashion Show
The 3rd edition of Ethical Fashion Show® will take place on October 13th, 14th and 15th 2006 at the Tapis Rouge in Paris. The show brings together various stakeholders in the changing market: Southern Hemisphere designers; fashion-forward, eco- and ethically- oriented Northern designers; and major economic players. The 2005 show attracted over 2600 visitors and was by all accounts a media success.

Sustainable Style Foundation
The Sustainable Style Foundation (SSF) is an international, member-supported nonprofit organization created to provide information, resources and innovative programs that promote sustainable living and sustainable design. SSF's mission is to educate, support and inspire people from all walks of life to make more sustainable personal lifestyle choices at work, at home and at play. From fashion, food and film to interior design, travel, music and more, SSF has designs on making sustainability the next big thing, as well as a timeless trend by using the power of popular culture to influence consumer choices.

Plenty Magazine
PLENTY is a magazine for hip, savvy, environmentally conscious consumers. PLENTY readers that we live in a world of finite resources, that the planet is a fragile system in delicate balance, and that there are limits to how much we can extract from our surroundings without doing irreparable harm. For the “green” consumer, eco-friendly options abound that are not only pleasing to the eye but require no sacrifice of comfort or design. PLENTY offers graphically inviting news of the latest cutting-edge products, along with ideas for better living—with substance, with style, and with a positive attitude toward the planet’s future.

Earth Pledge
Earth Pledge identifies and promotes innovative techniques and technologies that restore the balance between human and natural systems. Through demonstration, education, and research, we deliver viable models to government, industry, and communities. The New York region is our laboratory for implementing replicable solutions that will inspire and facilitate a global transition to sustainability.

Earth Pledge FutureFashion Initiative demonstrates that fashion can be sustainable. Working with the industry, we promote renewable, reusable and nonpolluting materials and methods, while informing consumers of the impact of their choices.