

The graphene organic photovoltaic manufacturing process.
Credit: ihelpedcleanupthegulfoilspill.com
Another day, another BP Gulf oil spill story. With a twist. A Kansas man frustrated by damage to the Gulf of Mexico has turned lemons, er, oil into printing ink. Steve Brooker is using reclaimed oil from the environmental disaster to print T-shirts and make neckaces, and giving some of the proceeds to wildlife groups.
Behind the scenes with Samantha Pleet as she designs for the Do-Gooder Design Challenge.
And by Catwalk we

Shabd Simon-Alexander spring 2010.
We first spotted the artful designs of Shabd Simon-Alexander on eco-fashion site Beklina. It was love at first sight.

Image via Ecouterre
From Ecouterre, comes the latest way to add value to clothing and hopefully, combat the disposable buying cycle: "RememberMe"<

Daily Mail's Liz Jones and People Tree founder Safia Minney, left to right, in Bangladesh's first organic cotton farm. Image via Daily Mail.

All images via www.methodlaundry.co.uk
Along with the great news that Method Laundry Detergent has just recently been launched in the UK (yes our clothes are already cleaner) we hear that Method's innovative pump action laundry detergent bottle has won the

hessnatur by Eviana Hartman.
Via dirtshirt.com
Most people use washing machines to remove dirt. A company in Hawaii sells shirts dyed with the impossible-to-remove volcanic red dirt of the islands. Why? A 1992 hurricane threatened to sink the company when red dirt blew in and stained all of its white T-shirts.

Photo via UNitedWeFit
UNitedWeFit is making sure that BP hears everyone's opinion about the oil disaster. In a nation-wide tour called "Bang the Drum," they're taking oil barrels into public places and allowing anyone to write their thoughts onto them.