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Hey #YP4 Fellows, Alumni and Friends!

Hi Everyone,
I am new to the YPF blog, thanks for having me. I want to share two exciting things that have been going on at Green For All over the part month.

One is this:

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Fashion Week. A week during which top designers preview their upcoming collections, some see it as a vapid tradition of parading the up-and-coming styles of apparel that are generally completely out of reach for most Americans. Attendees include major retail buyers, stylists, celebrities, media and the "fashion press corps;" and people with enough money to afford the clothing can usually finagle an invite as well. Fashion Week happens a few times throughout the year in major cities around the world, but the week hosted in New York City is considered by many to be the one at which to be and be seen. It's easy to dismiss this event as one of the ultimate representations of materialism, frivolity and superficiality; nevertheless, it is undeniably trend-setting.

This year, in addition to setting trends in hair, makeup and clothing, sponsors of Fashion Week tried to set trends in environmental friendliness and sustainability.  

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Check out the Girl Headquarters page for some fun ways to go green.  Even if these steps are aimed at teenage girls, its important to find and incorporate environmental and sustainable things to do that fit in with YOUR lifestyle.  If it means taking the bus to work or school so you get more time to read or study, or running outside instead of on a treadmill--the much over used term 'going green' should be about your life and your needs--so find what works best for you and then do it!