Eco-pianist wears recycled juice container dress

Her music may be sublime, but I don't think the dress will scale:

The sleek, striking strapless gown was fashioned of brownish-white material decorated with a matrix of triangle shapes. Several long trains in the back and on the sides looked a little stiff and made a crinkly sound as Ms. Lee settled onto the bench with some difficulty, offering self-effacing apologies to her audience.

For a big-picture look at how high-profile carbon footprint reduction efforts can be morally satisfying but not likely to have a substantial impact on the environment itself, check out Michael Specter's Big Foot in the current issue of the New Yorker.