The only thing more depressing than listening to President Obama’s news conference on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill this morning was listening to it while driving on a jam-packed 405 freeway at 10:30 a.m. If there’s an upside to this ecological disaster, perhaps it’s the guilt that comes with motoring around this fair city that will hopefully motivate us to do less of it (after 8 years of living here, I only recently started taking the bus on occasion–where have I been?)

Most annoying is BP’s now-totally-completely-ironic green logo. Paint it black, people.

But enough of my tirade. Though organic apparel isn’t going to saving the day, it’s looking a lot prettier, more so when proceeds go to a charitable cause. I like C PAS‘s new artist-collaborated collection of  T-shirts called “Greend.” Etnies CEO Pierre André Sénizergues runs the label and is selling the eight styles of 100% organic shirts (retail $50) at his website, as well as Colette and Galerie Wanted Paris.

Proceeds go to Global Green, a climate change-centered non-profit headquartered in SoCal. —Paul Dexter