ISSUE 17: MAY/JUN 2011
GOOD GREEN GLAM!
FASHION:
SUMMER
SAFARI
BEAUTY: FEROCIOUS
COLOR
MEN WE LOVE:
Moby, Louie Psihoyos, John Paul Dejoria, Jeff Corwin, Gene Baur,Wayne Pacelle, Captain Paul Watson, and Steve Irwin
UNTAMED
WILD ADVENTURER:
SEBASTIAN COPELAND
WOMEN: Tippi Hedren, Kristen Davis,Wendie Malick, Dr. Jane Goodall, and more!
THE WILDLIFE ISSUE
EDITOR IN CHIEF
ANNA GRIFFIN
DIRECTOR OF TRANSMEDIA & BUSINESS DEV. KAREN SNYDER WEBMASTER CREATIVE DIRECTOR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER EDITOR-AT-LARGE GUEST EDITOR FASHION DIRECTOR FASHION EDITOR
WOLFGANG KOVACEK K.Y. SNYDER LUKE TRIMMINGS STARRE VARTAN POLLY WALTER & REBECCA MINK MICHELE LLANOS SARAH GRIFFIN BERNS
ASSISTANT FASHION EDITOR
THUY NGUYEN
BEAUTY DIRECTOR
EMMA PEZZACK
EUROPEAN EDITOR SASS BROWN FEATURES EDITOR
BETH DOANE
PHOTO EDITOR
EMILY PEREZ
EVENTS EDITOR
VICKI GODAL
NY EDITOR MEN WE LOVE EDITOR
JOHANNA BJÖRK NIKKI LIN
WOMEN OF THE WORLD EDITOR
NICOLE LANDERS
TAKE ACTION EDITOR
HEATHER CARTER
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
ZEM JOAQUIN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
GRETA EAGAN KEVIN GEORGE VICKI GODAL JOLENE HART MORGAN MCKEAN LEILANI MUNTER ALEX JAMIESON JOHNNY LANGENHEIM JACK LAGOMARSINO DOMENICA PETERSON
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
JEFFREY FITERMAN JEN ROSENSTEIN PETER FOX
ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER
BRIAN KROFCHICK JOE MERKINS DRU ERIN
KEY HAIR STYLIST
JUDD MINTER
CONTRIBUTING HAIR STYLIST
MARILYN COLE
KEY MAKE UP ARTIST
JULIANNE KAYE
CONTRIBUTING MAKE UP ARTIST CONTRIBUTING STYLIST MANICURIST
AKEMI YAGI ADEEL KHAN DEBBIE LEAVITT
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EDITOR LETTER TO YOU BY ANNA GRIFFIN CONTRIBUTORS COCO ECO EDITOR LOVES:
FASHION
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COVER STORY A WILD ADVENTURE: Sebastian Copeland Takes Us Into The Cold and Shares A Little of His Soul . . .
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
WILD BEAUTY
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UNTAMED WOMEN
FUR: THE TRUTH
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TAKE ACTION
Summer heats up with safari inspired pieces that are sexy, wild and wearable, whether you choose to travel to the Serengeti or the city…
NY EDITOR LOVES EUROPEAN EDITOR LOVES SPOTLIGHT ON FASHION: Mink Shoes
For vegan shoes that are better than leather, go with Mink
BEAUTY WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
Color! Some of us are afraid of it, some of us embrace it with gusto; no matter where you stand and what you think of it, you can wear it!
NO ANIMALS ALLOWED THE MANE EVENT MIND, BODY REBOOT CREAMY SKIN BEAUTY DIRECTOR LOVES SPOTLIGHT ON BEAUTY: L’UVALLA
L’uvalla treats the skin and the senses with its natural, sustainable, cruelty-free line of face and body care.
Tippi Hedren, Kristen Davis, Wendie Malick, Dr. Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Olsen, Neda DeMayo with Tatjana Patitz and Leilani Munter
WILD WAYS
MEN WE LOVE WILD MEN Moby, Louie Psihoyos, John Paul Dejoria, Jeff Corwin, Gene Baur, Wayne Pacelle, Captain Paul Watson, and Steve Irwin
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GO THE ECO-CHIC GUIDE TO BOULDER, COLORADO THREE ECO SAFARI VACATIONS
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LIFE HUNTING THE UNICORN DANGER! EXOTIC ANIMAL TRADE LOSING HABITAT, LOSING HOME FIGHT FOR DOLPHINS TO BE “BLESED” CORAL TRIANGLE ART, FILM & WILDERNESS
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EVENTS 25TH GENESIS AWARDS INTO THE COLD PREMIERE GALA 25: FARM SANCTUARY CAPTAIN’S TOAST GYPSY 05 DISCARDED TO DIVINE
SHOPPING CONCIERGE GET IT ALL HERE!
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THE WILDLIFE ISSUE May/Jun 2011 / ISSUE 17
Editor-in-chief Anna Griffin, Sebastian Copeland and photographer Jen Rosenstein
LETTER TO YOU PHOTO CREDIT: Brian Krofchick
THE WILDLIFE ISSUE
Creating this stunningly beautifully issue of Coco Eco Mag has been both a great pleasure and extremely eye-opening. When we decided to do an edition dedicated to the more exotic creatures of the animal kingdom, it was alarming to learn how many are in danger. Whether the big cat family, apes, bears, elephants, horses or marine life, multiple species are facing extinction at an alarming rate. From poaching to habitat encroachment; the brutal and unnecessary slaughter of the Taiji dolphins, to the US government’s rounding up of wild horses; illegal trafficking of exotic animals (a $20 billion dollar industry), to the clubbing of baby seals for their pelts. The list goes on and on. We did also venture into more domestic territory as obviously we have major issues in our own back yard, starting with our factory farming system. The stories, people and organizations that crossed our path during production, made it impossible not to include, and of course as a sustainable fashion publication, it would be remiss of us not to mention the fur industry.
Journey of the Soul,” a gripping and intimate documentary of his expedition to the North Pole, he graciously shared with us details of his inspiring journey. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, I encourage you to do so, for it is a beautiful and intimate account of a vital part of our planet that has rarely been seen, and is rapidly slipping away. We are also thrilled to feature other noble and impassioned individuals including Moby, Kristin Davies, Wendie Malick, John Paul Dejoria, Captain Paul Watson, Jeff Corwin, Dame Jane Goodhall, Tippi Hedren, Tatjana Patitz, Wayne Pacelle, and Gene Baur. And of course, no conversation regarding wildlife would be complete without a posthumous acknowledgement to Steve Irwin, for pioneering the urgent message of animal conservation, and an understanding of this planet’s great creatures.
What has been incredibly uplifting are the people we have encountered that are committed in the fight to protect our planet and its species, and none more so than Sebastian Copeland. Having just released his DVD “Into the Cold: A
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Whilst the opportunity to go to some of the world’s more exotic locations to assist in animal conservation might be unlikely, we can choose to support efforts locally. For me, it begins with the many unwanted dogs sitting in pounds here in LA, and whether posting animals in need via my Facebook page, or doing a spontaneous rescue of a death-row dog (which I did for the first time recently), it is easy to do something. Something is better than nothing, and I encourage you to find your own personal way of making a difference, just because you can.
Anna Griffin Editor In Chief, Coco Eco Magazine
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POLLY WALTER
SASS BROWN
EMMA PEZZACK
JEN ROSENSTEIN
A life-long animal welfare activist, Polly Walter has been vegan for 7 years, and vegetarian for 20. She loves baking cupcakes, shopping for cruelty-free shoes, and helping animals. Her website Veggywood. com covers all this plus vegan fashion, recipes, restaurant reviews, adoptable pets and the world famous “Vegan Shoe of the Day” feature. Polly lives in Los Angeles with her three cats Lucia, James and Calvin.
Sass Brown is the Resident Director for the Fashion Institute of Technology’s study abroad program in Florence, Italy. Originally from London, England, Sass established herself as a designer with her own signature collection selling in the UK and across Canada. As a researcher, writer and blogger, her area of expertise is eco fashion, in all of its different expressions, from slow design and heritage craft skills to recycle, reuse and new business models. Her book, Eco Fashion and showcases eco fashion around the world.
With a background that spans around 20yrs working directly in the beauty and fashion industries and a burning passion for organic and natural beauty in particular, Emma Pezzack is a self-confessed organic glamazon and responsible hedonist. Having worked on both sides of the beauty business, her background on one hand encompasses sales, marketing and upper level management for major beauty firms such as Revlon & Schwarzkopf; on the other, it involved becoming a trained makeup artist and eventual Fashion Stylist/Creative Director.
Jen Rosenstein is a Los Angeles-based portrait, editorial, and documentary photographer represented by PRETTY BIRD. Her fascination with human nature projects itself through her portraiture, which confronts the onlooker with images that are undeniably honest and captures individual complexities. She’s currently photographing special commissioned projects, editorial and commercial assignments most recently the vents in the gulf oil disaster area while accompanying client, OILiNEX.
Guest Editor
www.veggywood.com facebook.com/veggywood @veggywood
European Editor
www.ecofashiontalk.com
Beauty Director
www.organicbeautyview.com
Contributing Photographer
www.jenrosenstein.com
CONTRIBUTOR HIGHLIGHT
PETER J. FOX
KEVIN GEORGE
GRETA EAGAN
JOLENE HART
Based in the UK, Peter was first drawn to photography when his sister gave him a camera for being a page boy at her wedding when just 9 years old. He hasn’t put it down since. The photos seen in Coco Eco were shot in Ranthambhore National Park in Rajasthan India. Peter notes, “It was a truly magical journey and opened me up to the powers of mindfulness and being present in the moment . . .”
Kevin George is the founder of Articulate Design, a Brand Design Firm that designs and develops sustainable brand programs with companies such as Lexus, Donna Karan, and Stella McCartney. Kevin blogs for The Huffington Post on the subject of Sustainability and Community. His speaking engagements include Waterkeeper’s Annual Conference, Sustainable Brands Conference, Presidio School of Sustainable Management, Digital Detroit Conference, Siggraph and Digital Hollywood, to name a few.
Greta Eagan is a trendsetting entrepreneur with a conscience! A sustainable fashion expert, blogger and strategist- she helps build content in the digital space. Greta is the founder of FASHIONmeGREEN, a sustainable fashion awareness project and creative agency. She is also co-founder of the Sustainable Fashion Summit- NYC’s first eco-fashion conference.
Jolene Hart is a freelance writer with a passion for natural beauty and holistic health. As former beauty writer for In Style magazine, she has covered every aspect of the beauty industry from product breakthroughs to red carpet beauty to backstage trends at fashion week. She also spent time working in fashion at In Style and Self and reporting on celebrity news and events at People magazine and People Stylewatch.
Contributing Photographer
www.peterjfox.com
Contributing Writer
www.articulate-sf.com
Contributing Writer
www.fashionmegreen.com @gretaeagan
Contributing Writer
www.jolenehart.com
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This gentle and nourishing body cream contains Damask Rose Oil blended with Coconut and Jojoba Oils, and Shea Butter to deeply condition your skin. Ramnose Sugar releases endorphins bringing a sense of comfort to skin, mind and soul, and leaving you soothed, soft, supple, and smelling beautiful. My new favorite.
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COCO ECO EDITOR LOVES My Spring Fling! CURATED by: Anna
MAKE LOVE NOT TRASH SAFARI COLLECTION Made of 100% Cotton canvas and printed with non-toxic inks, the Safari Wing Tote is my new favorite bag for spring. Perfect for weekend getaways, running to the gym, or just strolling down the high street, this bag is an eco-chic must-have for any girl on the go. - $140.00 www.makelovenottrash.com www.jpselects.com (June, 2011)
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ANDREA GUTIERREZ SNAKE CUFF
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Fashioned from scrap leather from a book restorer in NYC, and embellished with a rose gold snake plated from recycled silver, this hand-made cuff is one of my favorite pieces and usually not far from my wrist.
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WILD Beauty Summer heats up with safari inspired pieces that are sexy, wild and wearable, whether you choose to travel to the Serengeti or the city‌
PHOTOGRAPHY by: Emily Perez ASSISTED by: Hiram Fleites STORY by: Sarah Griffin Berns, Fashion Editor STYLED by: Adeel Khan MODEL: May Lindstrom at Next Models MAKE-UP by: Akemi Yagi HAIR by: Marilyn Cole