The fashion design collective Ekovaruhuset, based out of New York and Stockholm, presented their House of Organic show as part of New York Fashion Week. All of Ekovaruhuset’s clothes are designated as “Fair Made,” which means the designers support producers who practice fair working conditions as well as encouraging small, local production.

NOIR

Danish company NOIR combines simple Scandinavian design with eco-friendly fabrics like organic cotton. As a company, NOIR is also incredibly socially responsible, striving to comply with standards set up by the ICC Business Charter for Sustainable Development, the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Global Compact Principles.

Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design

With a January 26 show entitled “Recyckling Mulitplikacje,” Polish designers showed of their eco-design skills which entailed making fashionable clothing out of recycled materials like paper and plastic. The school has been training students to make ecological clothes for over ten years and the experience pays off; this show was much more than simply throwing on a plastic bag and calling it a dress.

House of Tammam

British designer Lucy Tammam’s label House of Tammam is the epitome of London chic. For this year’s London Fashion Week the company is teaming up with Smart LPG and The Electr ic Transport Shop to do a fashion walkaround the city, bringing the smart looks to the London streets.

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Ekovaruhuset

The fashion design collective Ekovaruhuset, based out of New York and Stockholm, presented their House of Organic show as part of New York Fashion Week. All of Ekovaruhuset’s clothes are designated as “Fair Made,” which means the designers support producers who practice fair working conditions as well as encouraging small, local production.

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If the quicktag <!–more–> is used in a post to designate the “cut-off” point for the post to be excerpted, the_content() tag will only show the excerpt up to the <!–more–> quicktag point on non-single/non-permalink post pages. By design, the_content() tag includes a parameter for formatting the <!–more–> content and look, which creates a link to “continue reading” the full post.

Note:

• No whitespaces are allowed before the “more” in the <!–more–> quicktag. In other words <!– more –> will not work!
• The <!–more–> quicktag will not operate and is ignored if there is only one post being displayed.

Usage

<?php the_content(‘more_link_text’, strip_teaser, ‘more_file’); ?>

Examples

Designating the “More” Text

Displays the content of the post and uses “Read more…” for the more link text when the <!–more–> Quicktag is used.

<?php the_content('Read more...'); ?>

Displays the contents of the current post. This tag must be within The_Loop.

If the quicktag <!–more–> is used in a post to designate the “cut-off” point for the post to be excerpted, the_content() tag will only show the excerpt up to the <!–more–> quicktag point on non-single/non-permalink post pages. By design, the_content() tag includes a parameter for formatting the <!–more–> content and look, which creates a link to “continue reading” the full post.

Note:

• No whitespaces are allowed before the “more” in the <!–more–> quicktag. In other words <!– more –> will not work!
• The <!–more–> quicktag will not operate and is ignored if there is only one post being displayed.

Usage

<?php the_content(‘more_link_text’, strip_teaser, ‘more_file’); ?>

Examples

Designating the “More” Text

Displays the content of the post and uses “Read more…” for the more link text when the <!–more–> Quicktag is used.

<?php the_content(’Read more…’); ?>

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Demo

ArtCulture.com is currently using the Magazine News theme.

A bare bones demo of the Magazine News theme is also available here.

Additionally, here are few of my favorite blogs utilizing the theme. Some great customization jobs.

• MatBlogg
• JaypeeOnline
• Outlaw Design Blog

Purchase

All proceeds from this theme will go right back into ArtCulture.com. Hiring more writers, gaining more unique content, and keeping the publication alive.

Standard Package - Single-use License ($49)

This package is intended for bloggers intending to only use this theme on one site, and not redistribute it in any way. The package will include all theme files and plugins used. The credit link is not required to stay in tact, however some credit link must be given on the website.

Developers Package - Multiple License ($129)

This package is for bloggers intending to use this theme on multiple websites. The package will include all theme files and plugins used. The credit link is not required to stay in tact, nor are you required to link anywhere to the theme or to ArtCulture.

Both packages will receive unlimited support via this page. To keep a wealth of information on the theme, all support issues will be posted publicly here, in hopes of helping future users. It may be organized in the form of a FAQ in the future.

Featured Article

This theme allows bloggers to easily highlight an article at any time. Just create a category called ‘featured’ and put the posts that you want featured in there. Make sure the category id is right in the header.php file and everything should work automatically. More specific instructions are included within the theme documentation.

Plugins

ArtCulture.com, along with the Magazine News theme, utilize multiple plugins. These plugins are not mandatory for the theme to work, however you may run into an error without them. Any of these errors of course can easily be fixed, and with the free support given on this theme, just leave a comment here and you will be responded to immediately.

• Advanced Excerpt by Bas van Doren.
• Author Highlight by Jonathan Leighton.
• cforms II by Oliver Seidel.
• Flash Tag Cloud (for archives page) by clowleed, Ikaris, Pod.
• Most Commented by Nick Momrik.
• SEO Title Tag by Stephen Spencer
• Share This by Alex King.
• Shutter Reloaded by Andrew Ozz.
• WP2.3 Related Posts by Denis PaoPao.

Updates / Changelog

1/21/08 - Added to documentation, removed some stray code that could of been causing a select few some errors

11/28/07 - Reworked featured article to be more intuitive. Can now specify image for featured post when writing a post

Continue to check back for updates

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Demo

ArtCulture.com is currently using the Magazine News theme.

A bare bones demo of the Magazine News theme is also available here.

Additionally, here are few of my favorite blogs utilizing the theme. Some great customization jobs.

• MatBlogg
• JaypeeOnline
• Outlaw Design Blog

Purchase

All proceeds from this theme will go right back into ArtCulture.com. Hiring more writers, gaining more unique content, and keeping the publication alive.

Standard Package - Single-use License ($49)

This package is intended for bloggers intending to only use this theme on one site, and not redistribute it in any way. The package will include all theme files and plugins used. The credit link is not required to stay in tact, however some credit link must be given on the website.

Developers Package - Multiple License ($129)

This package is for bloggers intending to use this theme on multiple websites. The package will include all theme files and plugins used. The credit link is not required to stay in tact, nor are you required to link anywhere to the theme or to ArtCulture.

Both packages will receive unlimited support via this page. To keep a wealth of information on the theme, all support issues will be posted publicly here, in hopes of helping future users. It may be organized in the form of a FAQ in the future.

Featured Article

This theme allows bloggers to easily highlight an article at any time. Just create a category called ‘featured’ and put the posts that you want featured in there. Make sure the category id is right in the header.php file and everything should work automatically. More specific instructions are included within the theme documentation.

Plugins

ArtCulture.com, along with the Magazine News theme, utilize multiple plugins. These plugins are not mandatory for the theme to work, however you may run into an error without them. Any of these errors of course can easily be fixed, and with the free support given on this theme, just leave a comment here and you will be responded to immediately.

• Advanced Excerpt by Bas van Doren.
• Author Highlight by Jonathan Leighton.
• cforms II by Oliver Seidel.
• Flash Tag Cloud (for archives page) by clowleed, Ikaris, Pod.
• Most Commented by Nick Momrik.
• SEO Title Tag by Stephen Spencer
• Share This by Alex King.
• Shutter Reloaded by Andrew Ozz.
• WP2.3 Related Posts by Denis PaoPao.

Updates / Changelog

1/21/08 - Added to documentation, removed some stray code that could of been causing a select few some errors

11/28/07 - Reworked featured article to be more intuitive. Can now specify image for featured post when writing a post

Continue to check back for updates

Share and Save

Demo

ArtCulture.com is currently using the Magazine News theme.

A bare bones demo of the Magazine News theme is also available here.

Additionally, here are few of my favorite blogs utilizing the theme. Some great customization jobs.

• MatBlogg
• JaypeeOnline
• Outlaw Design Blog

Purchase

All proceeds from this theme will go right back into ArtCulture.com. Hiring more writers, gaining more unique content, and keeping the publication alive.

Standard Package - Single-use License ($49)

This package is intended for bloggers intending to only use this theme on one site, and not redistribute it in any way. The package will include all theme files and plugins used. The credit link is not required to stay in tact, however some credit link must be given on the website.

Developers Package - Multiple License ($129)

This package is for bloggers intending to use this theme on multiple websites. The package will include all theme files and plugins used. The credit link is not required to stay in tact, nor are you required to link anywhere to the theme or to ArtCulture.

Both packages will receive unlimited support via this page. To keep a wealth of information on the theme, all support issues will be posted publicly here, in hopes of helping future users. It may be organized in the form of a FAQ in the future.

Featured Article

This theme allows bloggers to easily highlight an article at any time. Just create a category called ‘featured’ and put the posts that you want featured in there. Make sure the category id is right in the header.php file and everything should work automatically. More specific instructions are included within the theme documentation.

Plugins

ArtCulture.com, along with the Magazine News theme, utilize multiple plugins. These plugins are not mandatory for the theme to work, however you may run into an error without them. Any of these errors of course can easily be fixed, and with the free support given on this theme, just leave a comment here and you will be responded to immediately.

• Advanced Excerpt by Bas van Doren.
• Author Highlight by Jonathan Leighton.
• cforms II by Oliver Seidel.
• Flash Tag Cloud (for archives page) by clowleed, Ikaris, Pod.
• Most Commented by Nick Momrik.
• SEO Title Tag by Stephen Spencer
• Share This by Alex King.
• Shutter Reloaded by Andrew Ozz.
• WP2.3 Related Posts by Denis PaoPao.

Updates / Changelog

1/21/08 - Added to documentation, removed some stray code that could of been causing a select few some errors

11/28/07 - Reworked featured article to be more intuitive. Can now specify image for featured post when writing a post

Continue to check back for updates

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Sims Global Warming Initiative provides a guide for the average citizen to take responsibility for their role in climate change. It’s worth careful examination, but here’s the summary:

1. Know your “carbon footprint”
2. Bus, bike or walk to your errands.
3. Change your commute times.
4. Make sure your next car is a “clean” one.
5. Use compact fluorescents AND solar power and other energy alternatives
6. Become and informed and active member of the climate action community.
7. Buy locally.
8. Optimize your house to reduce the carbon impact of household activities.
9. Let your friends, family and public officials know climate change is important to you
10. Change your thinking.

Informal poll: How often do you think about your impact on the environment, as a Seattlite, how important is it to you? Or is it? Do you have a personal plan? Let’s hear it in the comments!

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