ISSUE 15: JAN/FEB 2011
Latin Pop Star:
DEBI
GOOD GREEN GLAM!
NOVA FASHION: CALL OF THE WILD
AMAZONIAN
BEAUTY
MEN WE LOVE:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sting, Pablo Fajardo, & Fabian Lliguin
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CHICACO Gisele, Daryl,Trudie, & Janine GOES ECO-CHIC THE Rainforest ISSUE OF THE FOREST
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Editor In Chief DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WEBMASTER
Creative director Social Media Manager EDITOR-AT-LARGE GUEST EDITOR fashion DIRECTOr fashion editor ASSISTANT FASHION EDITOR beauty director Deputy EDITOR Features Editor EVENTS EDITOR NY EDITOR Chicago Editor take action editor contributing editor
contributing WRITER
contributing photographer
Anna Griffin karen snyder Wolfgang Kovacek K.Y. SNYDER Luke Trimmings starre vartan beth doane MICHELE LLANOS sarah griffin berns thuy nguyen emma pezzack Shahrnaz Nancy Southwick Nicole landers Vicki godal Johanna Bjรถrk Nikki Lin Heather Carter Zem Joaquin & Felica Rangel Brian Bowman VICKI GODAL Lynn Hasselburger Jolene Hart Erin McLaughlin Domenica Peterson Violeta Villacorta Russell Baer JEFFREY FITERMAN Emily Perez
ASSISTANT photographer
KEY hair STYLIST contributing hair STYLIST KEY MAKE UP ARTIST contributing MAKE UP ARTIST
contributing STYLIST
Scott Gregory Angel Romero Judd Minter Brian Bowman Julianne Kaye KELLY HUNT Akemi Yagi Jesse Olsen
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EDITOR LETTER TO YOU BY ANNA GRIFFIN CONTRIBUTORS COCO ECO EDITOR LOVES: Looking Good, Feeling Better!
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A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION:
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How Leather Production is Harming the Amazon
NY EDITOR LOVES SPOTLIGHT ON FASHION: Ethical Fashion and Design Saves the Amazon Rainforest
BEAUTY AMAZONIAN BEAUTY
Used for centuries by the indigenous people who inhabit the rainforests, their beauty secrets are now yours…
BRAZILIAN BLOWOUT Ancient Remedies: Modern Wonders Beauty Director Loves Spotlight On Beauty: SEJAA
Gisele Bundchen’s natural skin care line, Sejaa, keeps beauty simple and eco-friendly.
DEBI NOVA: PURA VIDA LUNA NUEVA
The six-time grammy nomination shares her journey to live an eco friendly lifestyle.
MEN WE LOVE Leonardo DiCaprio, Pablo Fajardo, Sting, Fabian Lliguin
CALL OF THE WILD
Seeking handcrafted luxury and timeless urban separates, our nomadic warrior is ready for an ever changing world.
COVER STORY
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TAKE ACTION RAINING SUPPORT
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GIRLS GO The Eco-chic Guide to CHICAGO
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A look at four distinguished men who are aiming to create change in the world through eco-conservation.
Women OF THE FOREST
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FOUR FABULOUSLY ETHICAL Rainforest retreats
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LIVE PALM OIL: The Other Oil That’s Secretly Killing the Planet
SAVE THE AMAZON: SAVE THE WORLD GOING, GOING, GONE! OIL & OXYGEN JOURNEY INTO THE AMAZON Rainforest RX
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E-SCENE virgin america does dallas hairdressers against aids shopping with your heart return to freedom rethink: green artivist awards
SHOPPING CONCIERGE Get it all here!
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THE Rainforest ISSUE Jan/Feb 2011 / ISSUE 15
LETTER TO YOU 2011: The Year of Possibility
Whilst forecasting this issue, it was imperative that our first edition of 2011 be vibrant, positive and reflect a sense of newness and promise. Twenty-ten was a challenging year for most, as we were called to reinvent ourselves in an effort to survive a rapidly shifting world and marketplace. Interestingly enough, my letter this time last year spoke of a need for reinvention, and didn’t I call it? Now two weeks into 2011, we are already hard at work taking the lessons learned and applying them with a newfound sense of potentiality and responsibility. The possibilities are endless. With that in mind, we could find no greater time to do an issue dedicated to the rainforest. This natural resource so crucial to the stability and well being of our planet and therefore our lives is under daily assault from unsustainable agricultural, ranching, mining, logging, and other practices. Rainforests act as the world’s thermostat by regulating temperatures and weather patterns and are critical in maintaining the Earth’s limited supply of drinking and fresh water. In addition, a typical 4 square mile patch of rainforest contains as many as 1,500 flowering plants, 750 species of trees, 400 species of birds and 150 species of butterflies. 70 percent of the plants identified by the U.S. National Cancer Institute as useful
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in the treatment of cancer are found only in rainforests, with more than 2,000 tropical forest plants having been identified by scientists as having anti-cancer properties. However, originally 6 million square miles of tropical rainforest existed worldwide, but after deforestation only 2.6 million square miles now remain. Every second, a slice of rainforest the size of a football field is mowed down, the equivalent of 86,400 football fields per day, or over 31 million each year. Passionate and vocal about its preservation and protection, Latin pop star Debi Nova graces our cover and shares her commitment in joining the crusade, whilst we also feature activists Sting, Leo Di Caprio, Gisele, Trudie Styler and Daryl Hannah. Our fashion story, Call of the Wild, celebrates the nomadic warrior in us all with handmade and timeless separates fit for any urban Goddess, whilst our beauty story, Amazonian Beauty takes its inspiration from a rich color palette and translates key looks for the season. As we celebrate a new year, it is the perfect time to embrace the many bright and brilliant possibilities that lie in the coming months. We hope this issue of Coco Eco inspires you as much as it did us in creating it, and we wish you a very happy 2011. May this be your best year yet! Sincerely,
Anna Griffin Editor In Chief, Coco Eco Magazine
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CONTRIBUTOR HIGHLIGHT
BETH DOANE
EMILY PEREZ
NIKKI LIN
VIOLETA VIOCORTA
Beth Doane is a fashion designer, author, and consultant. She works with companies on how to be sustainable with their brands and manufacturing processes and is also founder of her consulting firm, Andira International, and CEO of the apparel brand, Rain Tees, which she created in 2008. Beth speaks all over the world about her work with tribal cultures in the Amazon and has been featured in press globally for her contributions to eco fashion and environmental causes.
Emily Perez is a Los Angeles native who single handedly made a bold career change into photography after over a decade invested in the film industry. A natural at story telling through the lens, she is one of LA’s emerging talents becoming known for her fashion editorial, celebrity portraits, and ad campaigns. Emily’s extensive cinematic experience in film behooves her in revolutionizing her edgy avant-garde style in photography.
Hailing from the Windy City of Chicago, Nikki studied English Literature at Loyola University with a concentration in Creative Writing. She has furthered her education in Journalism at Northwestern University and also Screenwriting and Design Communication Arts at UCLA. Nikki has served as Senior Editor for FreshCoast Magazine, based out of Oakland and Los Angeles. She has extensive writing experience covering such topics as music, technology, culture, travel and eco-trends.
In 1993, after seeing a need for clothing made with sustainable materials, Violeta started making one-of-akind garments and a collection made with natural and organic fibers she refers to as Rustic Elegance.™ Her clothes have been featured in national and international magazines, as well as interviews on television. She has dressed luminaries in the music and film industry.
Guest Editor
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Chicago Editor
Contributing Writer
Most recently, Violeta Villacorta showed her collection at MOCA Geffen Museum in Los Angeles during Fashion Week.
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