There are a few sites out there that have lists where you can find out about ethical fashion but I found this one pretty cool. It's interactive, fun, and ran by one of my favorite newspapers The Guardian from the UK. They separate their clothes by fair trade, vegan, made from recycled materials, sustainable, and made in the UK. I appreciate that a major newspaper is acknowledging the ethics of vegan fashion.

So if you celebrate the holidays and plan on buy tons of gifts for your loved ones then buy vegan!

Check out the Guardian's Ethical clothing guide here.

Hayden Panettiere, the star of the show Heroes, is an outspoken advocate for the dolphins but when it comes to baby cows she would rather make them into a cute handbag. It was just released that Panettiere will sell an Italian calfskin clutch as part of her Spring 2009 line. This is very shocking considering Panettiere is an animal activist and "hardcore" vegetarian. The issue has many former veggie fans up in arms (link). This will no doubt hurt her career.

Hayden was awarded the "Compassion in Action Award" by PETA in 2007. The group released a confused statement saying that they were displeased with her decision to use leather but is "sure that she'll extend her concern for abused animals to those less popular, like cows who are skinned for bags and shoes, once she sees our undercover footage, which we'll be sending to her (link)."

Hayden may not know the truth behind the leather industry so it's up to us fellow animal activists to show her the light. Let's try and get her to take this out of her line.

Wanna be Eco-friendly this winter? WEAR FUR! The FCC or Fur Council of Canada is marketing this masochistic 'fashion' as this winter's hottest eco-trend. There campaign is in full force to convince people that fur is the oldest and most popular form of environmentalist fashion (link).

I feel like I'm in an alternate universe. This is the strangest marketing strategy I've ever seen. Check out these adds below to really be tripped out. I cant believe they used a picture of a guy roasting something that looks like a head in an ad for environmentalism.



My favorite quote from the furisgreen.com website is this :

"fur also makes sense if we want to protect nature."