Tanya McGinnity

Canadian songstress Sarah Slean has decided to do something pretty interesting for her current tour.

Dubbed ‘The Recession-ista Tour’, Sarah is doing a quasi-Etsy trunk show as she is going to work with local designers to create gowns from recycled, second hand clothing. She’s looking to wear a different piece for each stop and at the end of her tour, each gown will be auctioned off on ebay with the proceeds to be donated to the David Suzuki Foundation.

The first designer featured on Sarah’s site to provide clothing for part of the tour is Norma W whose technicolor bags are sooo cute. You can check out Norma W’s etsy shop via this link.

Walk the Talk Show: Titans of Tech Forum from Alex King & Mito Media on Vimeo.

The ever-fab Gwen Bell recently was on the Titans of Tech Forum as part of Elephant Journal’s “Walk the Talk Show”. This engaging clip demonstrates the power of bringing 2 communities together to work for good and positivity. It also features an interesting bit of commentary by Jeffrey Kalmikoff , artner / chief creative officer at Threadless speaking to what his company is doing to become more eco-friendly, Micah Baldwin, serial startup-er and founder of Lijit and investor/intrepreneur Brad Feld also loaned their voices expressing how they see the tech community and eco communities being able to collaborate.

Mention of passion came up during this talk as was the need for inclusiveness and encouragement. This talk wayyy inspired me. Hope you enjoy it as well.