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JaMiE BaRaTta aka "KiD GReeN"

Web: http://www.greenjar.net

Twitter: @greenjarnet

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Jamie Baratta aka KiD GReeN is a writer, artist, creative environmental consultant, and philanthropist with a B.A. from NYU currently living in downtown New York City. Her work thus far has primarily focused on environmental advocacy and education through the voice of the entertainment, music, and fashion industries. Over the course of the past three years she has established and lead environmental initiatives at two large corporations: ISLAND DEF JAM RECORDS and fashion house RALPH LAUREN RUGBY. In addition, she launched (in Spring of 2009) the first reader driven environmental lifestyle website geared towards the urban youth community and supported by the music industry: GreenJAR.net. She works to show the relevancy of being environmentally conscious to every sphere of life on a daily basis, "where being green doesn't mean losing your cool or $tyle."

Posts by JaMiE BaRaTta aka "KiD GReeN":

Feb19

It’s Time To Collect: Flight Club X Green Jar X The NBA

The NBA Sets an Example & Donates Sneakers in an Effort to Curtail Waste Disposal 

LA/NY based sneaker company FLIGHT CLUB and Environmental lifestyle marketing company GREEN JAR have teamed up to COLLECT worn sneakers from some of the NBA’s most environmentally conscious teams in an effort to recycle product that would otherwise be disposed of as material waste. Mission “COLLECT” has thus far received the most generous and notable donations of used practice sneakers (worn sparingly) from the LOS ANGELES LAKERS (which includes a pair from none other than Kobe Bryant/Vivo) and the GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS. All sneakers are currently being donated to Soles 4 Souls Haiti shoe project.

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Jan29

Hip Hop Fights Climate Change Head On With MOKUGIFT

Hip-hop is fighting climate change head on. Bay Area rapper/producer Tajai of Souls of Mischief and Pharoahe Monch have teamed up with MOKUGIFT, a dope tree planting site with the mission to foster environmental solidarity by making it easy and rewarding for ANYONE to fight climate change and by providing the tools to inspire others to do the same.

MOKUGIFT’S tree planting website makes it possible for concerned people, even …

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Jan25

SOLES 4 SOULS: Changing HAITI One Pair (of Kicks) At a Time

We make an effort to stay sporting the freshest kicks, always updating our closets with the newest and most exclusive. But how many of us make the effort to dispense responsibly of our old ones, our not so cool ones, maybe even out of season ones, that we discard from our wardrobes from time to time. Well today is the day to really re-evaluate your situation and begin to recycle those shoes by donating them to Soles4Souls. Why is this relevant right now? Because Soles4Souls donates to people in over 125 countries, including Kenya, Thailand, Nepal and the United States, free of charge to people in need, regardless of race, religion, class, or any other criteria. And they are currently paying extra special attention to …

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Jan21

Flight Club Lafayette: Where Recycling is the New Cool

What if someone told you growing up that caring about the state of the environment was relevant to everyone? That recycling was cool? What if someone had told you that recycling is embedded in music, fashion, culture, and design? That the recycling of old beats, fabrics, traditions, and ideas will always serve to give birth and inspiration to new ones?

With this as the case, it is safe to say that Flight Club is the uncle of green cool. Well before eco-products became a marketing scheme, there was the reuse of worn product, which is exactly what they promote. Of course, not just any product, but exclusive, limited, and in-demand footwear that is no longer in production. And now thanks to the opening of their new consignment store in the heart of Soho (located on Lafayette and Spring), vintage apparel.

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