Not sold on the idea of a recycled wedding dress yet? Perhaps this style by Watters will change your mind. The one off gown was created for The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) charity using a…
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Seventh Heaven is only a few months old but already has a thriving trade in fairtrade gifts. I’m particularly enamoured with the kids nursery collection. The items are far more interesting than your standard…
Pregnancy isn’t all about burgeoning bumps, it’s also about spoiling yourself a little until little one realises how easy it is to monopolise you 24 hours a day. Until then, why not indulge yourself or …
Origins study aromatic plants, earth and sea substances to produce beauty products that are kind to animals, the environment and the earth and insist that the raw ingredients are cruelty free too. As for the products, the large range contains everything you could think of for skincare, bath, sensory, make-up, fragrance, haircare and man stuff with recycled and recylable packaging.
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Wooden flooring continues to be a big trend and in my current househunting saga, I won’t bore you with how many badly laid, cheap ‘wooden’ floors I’ve seen. Far better to kit your house out with natural woods from renewable and sustained sources that are 100% recyclable. The timber comes pre-finished with a reusable click system. The suppliers, Construction Resources, also have a line of natural wool carpets which are also biodegradable at the end of their life cycle.
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No, really, it’s true – get yourself some organic, vegan and surfactant free liquid and hand soap from Ecotopia and they’ll donate 10% of the profits to saving the rainforest. Available in almond, eucalyptus, lavender, rose, peppepmint, teatree and unscented, the products are ideal for sensitive skins and allergy suffers. £6 a bottle.
Ecosoapia [via our beauty blog Kiss and Makeup]
Fresh Daisy foods aim to help you give your child a healthy, organic and fresh diet right from the word ‘wean.’ With single ingredient baby purees that include tender carrot, smooth sweet pototo, orchard apple and rustic pear, your baby will get some yummy first tastes of grown up fare.
Even their smoothies and ice cream combine fruit and veg. Despite sounding gross, the pear and parsnip flavour was voted the UK’s best organic ice-cream at The Soil Association awards with thumbs up from top foodies and judges Sophie Grigson and Giles Coren.
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Greenies in Sheffield will be pleased to hear that 47 new eco-homes have just begun construction in their neck of the woods. The Norfolk Wood site, formerly the site of some ugly concrete tower blocks, has been donated for the project by Sheffield council and will feature one, two and three-bed homes with solar panels, water-saving taps and recycled insulation. Prices start at £55,000.
Read more at The Environment Trust [via BBC]
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Terraces and rood gardens are a growing trend especially if you’re living in a city like London where space is limited. Apparently if all the flat roofs in London were joined up, the space gained would be 24 times the size of Richmond Park! The good news is you don’t have to live in a swish mansion flat to get a green roof either as it may be possibly to grow a lawn even on your pitched roof.
Property sales and rental site Findaproperty.com have a good beginner’s guide to green roofs to get you started. Dealing with basic questions such as ‘why have one?’ and ‘what is a green roof?’ you’ll soon find which roofs are suitable for planting, how it improves the green footprint of your home, what you can plant up there and how much it’ll cost.
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By Nature has launched it’s ethical and green wedding list with tradtional gifts ranging from recycled and fair trade dining ware to organic bath and bed linens. And in a great move, By Nature are offering to donate 10% of the wedding list sales to a charity of the couples choice.
Couples can also choose their floral arrangements from a choice of organic, fairtrade or UK grown flowers. [via our bridal blog Bridalwave]
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