As strange as it may sound there is actually a company that has come up with a way to produce eco-friendly materials using nothing more than a vat of green tea. The company is called BioCouture and their research is making major headlines in the green movement world.

According to the company, they have been able to take a vat of green tea and mix it with certain bacterial cultures to produce these eco-friendly fibers in about two weeks time. From here they take the fibers and mold them to an existing dress to come up with a totally eco-friendly fashion.

EcoZeal.com thinks this kind of GREEN progressive thinking is just what the doctor ordered and hopes that more companies will follow suit. As for BioCouture, they hope to have a full dress grown from nothing more that liquid in the very near future. What a great time to be alive. We have come so far in the way of eco-friendly fashion, and this is only the beginning.

The company’s new way of thinking will surely lead to some pioneering efforts in the eco-friendly fashion world and beyond. Way to go BioCouture!

To learn more about their exciting new endeavors, click here.

Going to the beach means getting beach towels together, beach toys for the kids, sunscreen, ear drops, a book for yourself, and the like. Where do you store all this stuff? In your beach bag.

Now you can go eco-friendly with that beach bag as ivgStores.com is selling a hemp beach bag with bamboo handles. Available in two sizes, these organic beach bags look great and are big enough to tote all your beach goodies around as well.

All of the accents on the bags are also made of bamboo and the bags zipper up for your convenience. There is even a pocket on the side where you can keep your cell phone. No more getting sand on your cell!

EcoZeal.com hopes that ever beach goer this summer will stop and consider what they are putting there beach supplies into. With the new hemp and bamboo beach bag from ivgStores.com you have no excuse not to make your beach days, green beach days.

Check out this cool and eco-savvy beach bag here.

Imagine being able to take old discarded plastic water bottles and being able to use them for fabric. Think of all the space that would save in our landfills around the world.

Well imagination has once again turned into reality and a company in Manila is doing what sounds to be impossible and taking plastic bottles and turning them into fabric. By doing so, the company Revolve is changing the way that many manufacturers will view plastic bottles. According to the company this method is beginning to catch on and there are quite a few big name corporations looking into this process.

So successful is Revolve’s method that they were selling souvenir T-shirts at the 2010 Olympic Games that were made of this new type of recycled material. Talk about an effective way to recycle plastic bottles!

EcoZeal.com thinks this type of innovative thinking is just what the doctor ordered for the planet and hopes that it will in fact catch on as fast Revolve seems to think it will. We only get one planet and if we all work together by wearing eco-friendly clothing and fashions that are made up of recycled materials then the planet is likely to stay around for a very long time. Keep up the eco- thinking and as always…GO GREEN!

These eco-friendly undies are not only coming out for the gals, but they are also being seen in the form of guy’s underwear as well. While some companies have used a blend in the past, more are starting to use 100 percent organic cotton.

While EcoZeal.com realizes that nobody really wants to talk about underwear, it is an important point. Why? Out of all the garments you own, underwear is worn everyday (hopefully) and underwear is probably the most frequently replaced piece of clothing you own. For that reason it makes sense to have underwear made of a sustainable and eco-friendly material such as organic cotton.

If you are one of those who like your undies to come in colors and styles other than regular while and regular cut you are in luck. Because the demand for eco-friendly products is so high, you can now find these eco-savvy underwear in a variety of styles and colors from red thongs, to black boxers and everything in between. If you really want to make a green statement then you can buy organic cotton underwear that are, what else, GREEN!

Bamboo can be used from your eco-freindly fashion to your grill and a couple of places inbetween so pay attention:

• On You: Wear bamboo. Bamboo is much cooler that its non-Earth friendly counterparts and with all the great bamboo fashion that are out today you really have no excuse.
• On the Grill: Bamboo skewers make the perfect spear for all your kabob needs. From meat to veggies and even kabobs with both, bamboo skewers will do the trick every time.
• Where You Sit: Have a seat on some nice bamboo furniture for your patio or porch. It is sustainable and looks great all at the same time.

Aside of eating bamboo, you really can use it in many ways to enjoy your BBQ this summer. Oh, by the way, if you do want to eat it, try some bamboo shoots…they are delicious. EcoZeal.com hopes that these little tips will help you out this summer and make your BBQs even better than ever…go bamboo!

Every woman loves two things in life; candy and handbags. Now you can get the best of both worlds combined.

No, I am not talking about a handbag made out of chocolate (though that would be pretty good). I am talking about a new idea that takes old candy wrappers and turns them into handbags. This new eco-friendly way of upcycling is gaining so much momentum that I saw something to this effect at Wal-Mart the other night.

Now you don’t have to feel quite as guilty as those M&Ms you enjoy today, could be your handbag tomorrow. One company in particular is featuring these sustainable handbags; Ecoist.

Ecoist has everything from the M&Ms handbag to the ‘Silver Mega’ which was will be featured in Sex and the City 2. Talk about a great boost for the green movement.

EcoZeal.com applauds the efforts of eco-savvy companies to upcycle and makes something unique and fashionable out of something old and discarded. Hopefully more innovative ideas are to follow. 

As for eating that extra bag of candy…go for it! Maybe it will supply the eco-friendly materials needed to make a really cool handbag for someone (or at least that’s how you can justify the extra candy).

Check out the candy wrapper bags that Ecoist has available here.

These days you can find hemp shoes, sandals, purses, pants, shirts, you name it.  Though the hemp eco-friendly fashions of yesteryear may have been dull and drab no you can find hemp fashion that is as vibrant as a new horizon and that features every color under the rainbow…and then some.

Many online sites are dedicated to selling clothing made from this durable material. Even if not specializing in all hemp, it is hard to find an eco-friendly clothing store anymore that doesn’t offer something made of the stuff. So why is it so darn popular now?

Perhaps it is just the green movement as a whole or perhaps it is more. Whatever the reason, EcoZeal.com loves what it has become. Really who can blame us? From a material once used for ropes and burlap sack looking clothing to one of the most versatile eco-friendly fabrics, hemp has come to the forefront of eco-savvy clothing.

So go ahead and buy somethng made of hemp today. You will be surpised at whast you will find and you will love it at the same time.  Hemp it seems is here to stay!

If ever there was a time to pray for no rain on your wedding day it is now. That’s because a group of British students have just created a very special type of wedding dress, namely one that dissolves with water.

This is the perfect solution to the garment that more times than not only gets worn once and then takes up space needlessly. The water soluble trick; polyvinyl alcohol that is woven into the fabrics of the dress itself. After the wedding is over simply put the dress into water and it is then easily broken down and the materials can even be used for something else. Talk about eco-friendly fashion!

This is actually not the first dress of its kind as there are five other dresses that will dissolve in water and the idea seems to be catching on. EcoZeal.com is thrilled to see yet more of the next generation comes out with solutions to the waste that is conventional clothing. While the answer isn’t to make everything so that it dissolves in water, it certainly is a good start. With more time and more innovations the youth of today is slowly making a better world for us all tomorrow.

Check out more on this story here.

Rawganique.com does it again only this time with summer fashion footwear. As the hot summer fast approaches you will be hitting the beach no doubt and even if you are miles from the ocean you want to be relaxed and cozy in a nice pair of flip flops or sandals and hopefully you want to do so in an eco-friendly manner.

Rawganique.com has answered the call of all of you who have been demanding such products in an eco-friendly fashion way. For $45 and under you can score any of a number of cool looking and cool feeling hemp flip flops and sandals that are made to suit men and women alike.

Along with being made of hemp, which is very sustainable, these eco-shoes are also guaranteed to be sweat shop free. This is the easiest way to ‘walk’ into the summer and still be eco-savvy.

Once again EcoZeal.com has shown that you can still look great and not lose one ounce of your fashion sense. As always, Rawganique.com has many different colors and styles for you to choose from so give them a look and see what you will find.

Remember that our planet is nice enough to let us reside on her so we need to be good to her and continue to fight the green fight.

Check out all the hemp designs that Rawganique.com has to offer here.  

Anyone who has ever been to a big sporting event knows that one thing you need to bring with you is a rain poncho in case the Heavens open up and let the rain loose. The problem is that these rain ponchos are usually made of plastic and not very eco-friendly.

Not only are the materials used in the ponchos a slow biodegradable material, but the manufacturing of these plastic pieces are bad for the Earth as well. Enter Bio Poncho.

Bio Poncho makes several different kinds of rain ponchos that are just as effective when it rains and even more effective when you are done with them. They sell three types of rain ponchos and the first type they sell is 100 percent biodegradable. Even their middle of the road poncho is 80 percent biodegradable and their lowest level poncho is made of plastic, but manufactured to be nicer to the planet.

EcoZeal.com reminds everyone that it is the little things in our everyday life that can make a difference. So the next time you are getting geared up for that big sporting event, visit Bio Poncho first and order some biodegradable ponchos for your adventure.

Check out the selection of ponchos that Bio Poncho offers here.