Now you can make love with an eye on fair play with a French Letter condom. The rubber used to make the condoms is FSC certified and is traded fairly through the Fair Deal Trading supply chain. A royalty from each pack of French Letter condoms goes to ensuring that fair wages are paid to …
Purveyors of the cream of Dutch design, Dutch By Design bring us this cute mobile dolls house made of 100% recycled cardboard. The house has 8 secret rooms, stair openings, spy holes and an attic for storage, and it is blue on the outside and red on the inside, armadilloes. Perfect for children to take …
Father and son team Colin and Carrick have been making videos with a green message and posting them up on YouTube. Here’s one with a message for us grown-ups, it’s time to take action before we get into trouble with the kids. Just remember, one day they’ll be grown-ups too.
QuantumShift.tv is asking “What will you do for the planet in 2008?” Put your answer into video format (no more than 2 minutes long) and enter their “New Year’s Eco-reSOLUTIONS 2008” contest to win loads of cool eco-stuff. Uploaded your video anytime between now and midnight EST on January 15, 2008 and winners will be …
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As an avid Green Thing fan, I’d like to share their latest video that has me feeling rather tickled. My favourite bit is the end where James says: “But I’m already thing about the next one. The big one… the town centre car park in Woking!” I live near Woking and have been known to …
‘Jungle celebrity’ and avid recycler Anna Ryder Richardson has joined forces with Recycle now to launch 2008’s annual Woodland Trust Christmas Card Recycling Scheme. A target of 100 million cards has been set by the Woodland Trust and Recycle Now, which will mean 24,000 trees can be planted, saving 2,600 tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse …
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I remember this option as one of the green features offered by CIS eco car insurance when they launched about 18 months ago, but their green insurance option seems to have disappeared, so Allianz Insurance may be right when they say they’re “the first in the UK to give motor policyholders the choice of using …
Grandmother and former nurse Linda Sones sells organic cotton baby and children’s clothing and accessories, and natural, organic baby toiletries online at SonesUK. Her suppliers are all committed to various environmental and Fairtrade initiatives. In a survey conducted by MORI it was found that half of the British public recognized the Fairtrade mark, which is …
Have you ever thought about how many cheap, flimsy umbrellas are discarded every time they blow inside out or come adrift just when you need them? How many times have you seen an abandoned umbrella lying in a wet and crumpled heap in the gutter? It’s something that Pamela Zonsius pondered and then she decided …