Throughout the past five months, I have had to ask myself some serious as well as comical questions. One of the oddest has been around the color black. (And now I am going to tell you an Amy story that usually people think I make up but I swear it’s all true.) When I was […]

Suzanne McKenzie, Able Made’s Founder, CEO and Creative Director, describes her company as a retail platform where creative innovators and designers join forces to support causes through beautifully designed products. “Whether we’re partnering with a national brand, an emerging designer, or artisans around the world, the impact of each Able Made exclusive product is as […]

Sustainable textiles have come a long way since their humble beginnings of hemp and bamboo. Giusy Bettoni, the co-founder and CEO of the C.L.A.S.S. Eco-Textile Library based in Milan says her library, which includes organic and natural, repurposed, and renewable textiles with low-impact dyes and processing, continues to grow seasonally thanks to advancements in technology. […]

Is smoother skin worth more than having potable water or edible fish? For years, research has shown that beauty products made with tiny microbeads, gritty cleansers that scrub off dead skin cells, have been damaging water supplies, marine life and the ecological balance of the planet. Beat the Microbead, an international campaign to ban the […]