On April 7, 2015, at the downtown Los Angeles Club Nokia, America’s longest running music tour, the Vans Warped Tour presented by Journey’s, hosted its annual sponsorship summit followed by a kick-off party featuring the diversity of what to expect from this summer’s line-up. Amazing performances were showcased by Bebe Rexha, As It Is, Candy […]
Two leaders of the sustainable fashion movement, H&M and Kering, share their latest information and knowledge this week on what they are doing to create a more sustainable future. First, H&M released their Conscious Actions Sustainability Report 2014. The progress made shows that H&M is at the forefront of sustainability. Some of the highlights are […]
Quiksilver, once the kingpin of surfing brands, is still on a long path to recovery and has recently announced new changes to its Board and staff, namely that Andy Mooney is no longer with the company and Pierre Agnes is now the new CEO. Quiksilver has been undergoing significant changes in the past few years, […]
H&M will once again be returning to Coachella, not only as a sponsor, but even more so with the actual collections they’re pumping out right now for the upcoming summer festival season which starts, of course, with Coachella, April 10-12, and again 17-19, 2015. ‘70’s inspired apparel, loose-fit tops, cut-offs, dresses, sun hats, and a […]
Over the past three years, hundreds of thousands of activists, fashionistas, bloggers and consumers have come together to call for fashion without pollution. From record-breaking strip teases to social media storms, people power brought about Detox commitments from 18 major fashion companies. Greenpeace’s Detox Catwalk now reveals who is delivering on their commitments, and who […]
JR, the Paris-based steet artist that won a TED Award and has since been continuing to expose at-risk communities around the world through his art, will be debuting his short documentary based on “Les Bosquets” and Potraits of a Generation during the Tribeca Film Festival in April. The music is by Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams […]
Kassia Meador has quickly become known as one of the most outspoken advocates for surfing and environmental change among top surfers in Southern California. Just after exhibiting her very cool collection of women’s wetsuits at the new women’s trade show, AXIS, in New York last month, she has announced the launch of her brand KASSIA […]
The timeframe is now open for businesses of any size in Southern California to enter the Sustainable Business Council (SBC) Achievement Awards and be recognized as leaders in the region for making an impact. The SBC is a non-profit organization which provides a professional networking and education forum for Southern California businesses and individuals working […]
Freitag is one of the early adopters of recycling and upcycling ever since the founders, brothers Daniel and Markus Freitag, based in Zurich, first started making bike messenger bags out of recycled old tires. Over the years, a main source of their fabric is old truck tarps. Frietag likes to call the various street materials […]
By Kathleen Gasperini and Ryley Bane The Burton U.S. Open of Snowboarding is the largest and longest-running snowboarding competition in the world. Last week in Vail, CO, the Open marked its 33rd anniversary and wrapped-up another epic event series with Kelly Clark claiming her 8th U.S. Open title in the Superpipe and Jaime Anderson taking […]