Diane von Fürstenberg designed this hip green shopping bag for retail chain Intermix. It's made of certified organic cotton and features small ivory hearts and long beige cotton handles. The tote has a gold Intermix logo on one corner, and Diane's signature on the other. A hand scrawled message from Diane on the inner seam reads "Save and Love the Planet". I keep seeing similar reusable shopping totes but this one is by far the cutest! Available exclusively at Intermix for $65.

I wouldn't generally think of Earth Day as a vacation holiday but the Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort and Spa and the City of Palm Desert, California are trying to turn it into one with an "Escape! Earth Day" travel package during the month of April. The package, starts at $399 a night and includes a stay in a standard guest room at the Desert Springs, two 50-minute organic date scrub spa treatments, use of spa/fitness facilities, breakfast buffet for two at the resort's Lake View restaurant (including an organic honey tasting) and a free admission to Palm Desert's Living Desert (in exchange for turning in a used cell phone). The Living Desert is Palm Desert's natural zoo which fosters conservation through preservation. Ten percent of the proceeds from the package will be donated to the Living Desert Organization. While I might debate the eco-friendliness of travel, at least if you go to the Palm Desert in April you likely won't need the air conditioning.

Another hotel Destination Resorts Hawaii is offering a $250 carbon credit for guests traveling to Maui this spring. Their Honua Makuahine (Mother Earth) package includes five nights lodging, a complimentary Dollar rental car, free parking and a $250 carbon credit per booking. The offer is valid April 1 through June 15, 2008 and pckage rates begin at $1,080 based on lodging in a one bedroom condominium. The $250 carbon credit offsets an average of 3.5 roundtrip flights from Los Angeles to Maui based on calculations from Carbon Planet.

Kermit the Frog says it isn't easy being green but that isn't the case for our new blog sibling, AutoblogGreen. The new enviro-friendly spin-off of Autoblog will focus on alternative fuel vehicles. Given the recent gas prices ($4.09 in Beverly Hills!) this is a blog we should all be interested in.

Today is Earth Day and, in honor of that, it seemed appropriate to bring out something earth-friendly. This unique wine rack is made from over 1,000 single-use chopsticks, the kind that come with Chinese takeout, though these are actually from China. The chopsticks are cleaned and thoroughly sanitized at high temperatures, then stained and bound together to create many interesting furnishings and fixtures.  The Wong Wine Rack holds up to 27 bottles of wine. Price: $108.

Aveda and home-spun designers Project Alabama will be holding a fundraiser for the the Natural Resources Defense Council. For Handbags for the Earth, Project Alabama made 500 handbags for Aveda. The cotton handbags are made from recycled t-shirts, have balsa wood handles and are stitched by Alabama artisans. Aveda sent the handbags and fabric paint, to celebrities. 50 handbags, decorated by celebrities including Avril Lavigne, Cameron Diaz, Jessica Alba and show casts like Will and Grace (their effort is shown here) will be auctioned on eBay on June 5-15. This isn't Aveda's only earth-friendly effort this season, they are also selling the "Light the Way" candle, a $10 candle with scents of rose geranium, lavender, peppermint, ylang ylang and grapefruit which benefits organizations dedicated to saving threatened and endangered plants.

Just in time for Earth Day this year, an Oregon vineyard will be opening a new winemaking facility that runs off solar power. The new winery at Stoller Vineyards in Dayton, Oregon will open on April 19 and is expected to create 44,000 kilowatt hours of clean renewable solar energy each year. The facility includes a gravity-flow system which results in energy savings in production and is also considered to be the most gentle way to process the Pinot Noir that the winery specializes in.  The new facility is the first winery in Oregon to be certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design’s Green Building Rating System. Their 2004 JV Pinot Noir sells for $22.