the modern eco magazine for an urban green lifestyle
MAY 2012 ISSUE
Green Beauty is the eco beauty authority—a weekly column that highlights the best in eco beauty products, brands, trends and techniques. A fabulous new online beauty boutique, Beautyphica, launched in Canada on April 26, 2011. Beautyphica has carefully selected first-to-market skincare, sourced primarily from Europe. Among those prestigious brands is Ainy. Ainy has [...]
Bambini is an ongoing column that features Bamboo’s favourite eco parenting ideas and products, for children of all ages. Sustainable, organic, recycled, natural—when applied to baby rearing, these words are something we all strive for, wanting nothing but the best for our little ones. The problem? Raising babies can be very challenging, let alone [...]
Ready to Wear, a weekly column, is the go-to destination for trends and fabulous finds in the eco fashion world. We’ve ended our voyage for eco floral dresses now that we’ve discovered Nomads and its beautiful line of fair trade, organic cotton florals. These delightful summer dresses are waiting at our fingertips, ready to [...]
“The king of Mustards is a queen,” explains Mary Fabiano, Chef and Chief Creative Officer at Summer Kitchen, referencing her new line of mustards, called Queen Mary. After months of researching the history of mustard making, Mary has produced authentic mustards for contemporary tastes, while staying true to terroir. “[Summer Kitchen is] aiming to make mustard the [...]
LOVA Tea—And Help Chris Noth Save the Planet He stole Carrie’s heart as Big in Sex in the City, brought thugs to justice as Detective Mike Logan in Law & Order, and seems perpetually immersed in scandal as Peter Florrick in The Good Wife. What’s next? Chris Noth is out to save the planet—one cup [...]
Green Screen is a monthly column that summarizes and reviews the best in eco documentaries from around the world. The Hollow Tree, Directed and Produced by Daniel Pierce (2011) The Hollow Tree, a new documentary by Daniel J. Pierce, tells the enchanting story of Vancouver’s legendary hollow Western Red Cedar. Premiering May 13, 2011, at [...]
Green Beauty is the eco beauty authority—a weekly column that highlights the best in eco beauty products, brands, trends and techniques. There is something retro and fancy about going to a traditional high tea. Being surrounded with fine silver, scones and table linens is the perfect excuse to play the part of a sophisticated lady [...]
Bambini is an ongoing column that features Bamboo’s favourite eco parenting ideas and products, for children of all ages. Despite what the execs behind diapers and baby wipe commercials would have us believe, baby bottoms aren’t always happy places. In fact, since many babies’ tushies are prone to rashes, bumps, inflamed blisters and bleeding patches, [...]
Food for Thought is an ongoing column-with-a-conscience that focuses on exciting new discoveries in the foodie world. If you could pickle one childhood memory, what would it be? For us at Bamboo, all it takes is one smell or bite to instantly transport us to our first experience with a favourite food, or to [...]
Ready to Wear, a weekly column, is the go-to destination for trends and fabulous finds in the eco fashion world. Whether we’re having tea for two or simply enjoying the view, a handsome hat is sure to impress. American Milliner Ginger Strand uses organic, reclaimed, and recycled materials to make hats in her line, [...]
