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Recycled shoes
Currently 95% of all leather is tanned using chrome, a heavy metal that is potentially carcinogenic. Terra Plana makes shoes from chrome-free leather for the uppers, recycled foam and latex sourced from the sap of the lactae hevea trees. Recycled materials are used as a matter of course and include leather car seat scraps, coffee [...]
Continue reading...Hetty Rose handmade shoes
8. January 2009
Fashion graduate Henrietta Rose Samuels set up her footwear label Hetty Rose in 2007. Her shoes are made from vintage fabrics for the uppers, wooden heels and recycled leather soles. For the moment she makes every pair herself in her small workshop in Essex. www.hettyrose.co.uk
Continue reading...Makepiece clothing label
8. January 2009
Makepiece humorously calls itself a “sheep farming fashion label” and makes a delightful collection of sustainable knitwear and wovens. Beate Kubitz owns the sheep and buys in yarn from British farms; Nicola Sherlock designs the feminine shrugs, cardigans and wraps; and Manda Johnson-Holme creates skirts, trousers and dresses from a combination of hemp, silk and [...]
Continue reading...One-stop ethical fashion boutique
8. January 2009
One-stop online ethical boutique Fashion-conscience was launched in 2007 and is aimed at the discerning ethical fashionista. Log on to find fashionable pieces from the US, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Australia and the UK. Ships all over the world. www.fashion-conscience.com
Continue reading...Adili online store
8. January 2009
Fed up with trawling the web for individual ethical boutiques that often don’t sell online anyway? Adili was founded in September 2006 and has done all the hard work for you. With over 800 lines, the e-store stocks everything from basic tees to hard-to-find designer ranges, many organic and all fair trade. www.adili.com
Continue reading...Acorn House restaurant (London)
8. January 2009
The eco credentials of Acorn House are impeccable. They recycle and compost most of their waste, have a herb garden on the roof, use green electricity, never resort to airfreight, drive with bio-diesel within London, avoid industrial farming and buy Fairtrade where they can. UK. Acorn House, 69 Swinton Street, London WC1X 9NT, UK, tel: [...]
Continue reading...Konstam at the Prince Albert
8. January 2009
The decor is intriguing and the food, cooked by chef Oliver Rowe in full view of all the tables, tasty beyond your dreams. Basing most of its modern European menu on produce sourced from within Greater London, this restaurant is both sustainable and supports British farmers. UK. Konstam at the Prince Albert, 2 Acton Street, London [...]
Continue reading...Natural chewing gum
8. January 2009
Chicle is a resin that comes from the sapodilla tree, which grows in Central American rainforests. It was once the only way to make chewing gum (synthetic resins are now used in most cases). If sustainably harvested it can help keep the rainforest profitable (and therefore standing). It is one of the ingredients in Make [...]
Continue reading...Foraging in Kent, UK
8. January 2009
Professional forager Fergus Drennan spends up to 40 hours a week scrambling through woodland or picking his way across shingle beaches, gathering an enormous variety of wild food from the English countryside. Drennan sells produce at a local farmer’s market in Canterbury and runs foraging courses all-year-round for small groups of four people. www.wildmanwildfood.com
Continue reading...Organic Freedom
8. January 2009
Organic Freedom larger is brewed in Germany with no added chemicals or sugar. Oh yes, it’s also vegan. What does meat have to do with beer you might ask? A lot, as it happens. Most cask-conditioned ales in the UK are clarified using isinglass found in the swim bladders of certain tropical fish. Freedom Beer [...]
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8. January 2009
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