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Livia Firth Met Ball 2015 "Green" Dress
Fashion

Livia Firth’s Met Ball Dress Made Of 100% Recycled Plastic

Livia Firth Met Ball 2015 "Green" Dress

Outlandish, elegant fashion is the name of the game at the Met Ball. This year’s “China: Through The Looking Glass” theme brought a wide range looks, from Anne Hathaway’s Ralph Lauren hoodie dress to Beyoncé’s barely-there Givenchy gown. Livia Firth decided to stand out from the crowd via the “green”-ness of her striking red dress by Antonio Berardi. The dress is completely composed of Newlife fabric, a textile woven from yarn spun from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The dress is an adaptation of a garment Berardi create for Firth’s Green Carpet Challenge in 2012, reconstructed with a Chinese twist.

For more of the gala’s fashions, check out Vogue.com’s impressive gallery.

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TZOA Environmental Tracker
Crowdsource

Crowdsource Watch: TZOA Wearable Air Monitor

TZOA Environmental TrackerTZOA is a wearable device designed to track how clean the air around you really is. The sensor is designed to either be worn or attached to your backpack or purse. It measures air quality, UV levels, light, temperature, and humidity. The company views it as a fitness tracker but for the world around us. TZOA keeps track of your exposure, both indoors and out, to poor air quality and informs you when you need to seek some fresh air. TZOA is able to associate its readings with where you are and crowdsource the data to assemble a map of the air quality around you. The idea is to build environmental knowledge and help the user to understand the environment around us that is not always visible or tangible. By creating this understanding, the creators of TZOA hope to address the mental disconnect they feel spurs behaviors leading to climate change. We are all for anything that helps us lead a healthier life and breath a little easier! The device is almost halfway to meeting its fundraising gal on Kickstarter with 15 more days left. It is estimated to ship in August of 2015.

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