Green Bloggers Conference

Monday, December 14th, 2009

On November 6, 2009 Karen and Emily attended the first annual Green Bloggers
Conference at the Environment Furniture Showroom in Los Angeles sponsored
and hosted by Eco-Stiletto. More than 60 bloggers, journalists, producers
and publicists from around the country gathered to discuss the ever-growing
field of eco-focused social networking as a profession.

The event started with everyone having the opportunity to mix and mingle and
sample all sorts of delectable eco-goodies such as chemical-free makeovers by Terra Firma Cosmetics, manicures from Sheswai Lacquers and non-toxic (hairspray-free!) up-do’s by the talented team of Steam Salon. The gathering continued with an interactive panel discussion which
encompassed all aspects of environmental issues within the blogging
atmosphere and the future of online media.

The panel consisted of Jane Buckingham, trend forecaster and president of
Trendera.com, founder of The Intelligence Group, and author/host of “The
Modern Girl’s Guide to Life” books and series on the Style Network; Jen
Boulden co-founder of IdealBite.com; Kim Barnouin, co-author of the New York
Times Bestseller, “Skinny Bitch” and founder of HealthyBitchDaily.com;
Lauren Selman of Reel Green Media and the associate producer of EcoDivas TV;
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, founder & editor of EcoStiletto.com; Starre Vartan
editor and publisher of Eco-Chick.com and editor for the Huffington Post,
The Daily Green and Greenopia; and lastly Siel Ju, the “Green LA Girl” and
contributing editor to BlogHer.com, MNN.com and Lime.com.

Finally to top it all off, the vegan Fashion Show in which Stewart Brown’s
own Sarah and Jen modeled vegan-pieces from our 2010 collection and Karen
spoke about the design and sustainability of each piece.

The vegan Fashion show also featured works by ecoSkin, Doie and Deborah Lindquist highlighting
the model finalists from the Project Green Search, in which the final wrap
party was held later that night at the Ecco Lounge, crowing Rachel Avalon as the new “Green It Girl.”