Prom 101: From Prom Queen to Prom Green

It’s IS possible to have an environmentally friendlier prom – without sacrificing any personal style.

Your options include environmentally aware designers like Passenger Pigeon (7-135 Tecumseth St.), a company that makes clothes out of organic cottons, bamboo and hemp. Or, for the ultimate in recycled, check out vintage shops around the city such as Courage My Love (14 Kensington Ave.). Every spring the store rams their shelves with previously loved prom dresses that can be yours for a steal.

And when’s prom’s nothing but a memory, consider gathering up friends from other schools and other towns for dress swap, to keep the recycling going.

(Passenger Pigeon black organic cotton dress, left; vintage prom dress, right)



4Real Update!
Motorola's Raise Your Voice 4 Change tour started yesterday with an amazing response!  Today, Sol Guy and a leader of the Yawanawa tribe will be visiting Woburn Collegiate and George Harvey Collegiate in Toronto.  Tomorrow they are off to Emery Collegiate in Toronto as well.  Find out more about Motorola's Raise Your Voice for Change program at www.raiseyourvoice.ca/4change.  Tell us how you would raise your voice for change and you could win a $1,000 RESP and an additional $1,000 to a charity of your choice from Motorola.

Melissa Grayson, Vervegirl Daily Toronto