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Wedge Card Loyalty Scheme
The Wedge Card Loyalty Scheme gives people the chance to support local shops and services that might otherwise disappear. It’s simple: you buy a Wedge card for £10 (£5 of which goes to local charities); in return you get special offers and discounts at over 800 shops, restaurants and museums across London. www.wedgecard.co.uk
Continue reading...Guerrilla Gardening
Thursday, January 8, 2009
“Let’s fight the filth with forks and flowers” is the London-based Guerrilla Gardening rallying cry to action. GGers (guerrilla gardeners) locate neglected and dilapidated green spaces – from traffic islands to parks - and fill them with flower bulbs, seeds and plants. UK. www.guerrillagardening.org
Continue reading...UK Pesticides Campaign
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Georgina Downs runs the UK Pesticides Campaign to highlight the adverse health and environmental effects of pesticides. Downs has lived next to regularly sprayed fields for most of her life. For the last 7 years she has been making her case to the UK Government for a change in the regulations and legislation governing crop [...]
Continue reading...Ecoffins
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Bamboo coffins made in China get good eco-ratings as the material is sustainable and the shipping has a low carbon footprint. Ecoffins are the manufacturer of the bamboo coffins and were the first British company to get Fairtrade accreditation in China. UK. www.ecoffins.co.uk
Continue reading...Natural Death Centre
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Natural Death Centre offers free, independent advice about death and funerals (regular as well as green). The Centre publishes The Natural Death Handbook containing tips, legal advice and case studies on how to arrange a “dignified death in harmony with nature” and hosts annual Green Funeral Exhibitions in London. www.naturaldeath.org.uk
Continue reading...A-bike
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Always have a bike handy. The world’s smallest folding bike reduces to just 66 cm high and 15 cm wide. Weighing only 5.5kg, it will be ready to use in 10 seconds. UK. www.a-bike.co.uk
Continue reading...Natural Candles
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Forget the black smoke, nasty carcinogens and fake aromas of most scented candles, Neom Organics, founded by Nicola Elliott in 2005 these candles are made out of vegetable waxes (soy, rapeseed and beeswax) and organic aromatherapy oils. The brand’s signature three-wick treatment candles come in eleven different fragrance combinations and burn for 55 hours. www.neomorganics.com
Continue reading...Recycled shoes
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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
Thursday, January 8, 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
Thursday, January 8, 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 [...]
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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