Posted on 05 January 2009
I’m really pleased to announce that the UK’s very first Eco Chic Wedding & Home Show will take place on Sunday 8th March 2009 from 11-4 in Birmingham. I have joined forces with fellow green girl Katie from Ethical Weddings and Michelle from Just The Thing to organise this event and we are really excited [...]
Posted on 19 December 2008
Here’s a message from the GGG team to wish all of our readers a merry and peaceful festive season and a happy New Year!
If you’re celebrating over the next couple of weeks here’s a look back at some 2008 Green Girls Global articles to help you have a greener Christmas….
January - Junk Yard Challenge
Get creative [...]
Posted on 15 December 2008
Here’s this week’s round-up! Enjoy….
Fashion, Evolved
Fashion, evolved has just the thing to give to the girl who has everything this holiday!
Green Cotton
Economic downfall crippling the recycling market: is there anything we can do?
Green Girls.tv
The Green Girls.tv interviews eco-fashion designer Nicole Facciuto
Green Glam Girl
Green Glam Girl sings the praises of the Goody Green Bag
Green Grechen
Meet [...]
Posted on 13 December 2008
The environmental charity Earthwatch are hosting the first of their Expedition Open Days for 2009 in their Oxford Office, Mayfield House, 256 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DE, from 10.00am -1.30pm on Saturday 24th January.
This is your opportunity to meet the Earthwatch team - get the lowdown on what they do, why they need you and [...]
Posted on 12 December 2008
Say hello to our new Green Girls Global editor Lou Taylor!
Lou is an ethical fashion stylist, passionate about creativing outfits which have a positive story behind them. She is inspired by ethical fashion pioneers like Katherine Hamnett and Safia Minney and hopes that in the future ethical fashion becomes a natural part of people’s every [...]
Posted on 08 December 2008
ECW was absent from our blogs last week as it seems we were all distracted by Thanksgiving holidays, snow and other exciting things.
However, this week we’re back with some great posts. Enjoy!
Alternative Consumer
Look and feel great while delivering that eco message.
Eco-Chick
Eco-Chick tells you how to keep away the stink-the natural way!
Fashion, Evolved
Fashion, evolved is drooling [...]
Posted on 05 December 2008
In my last post on sharing your travel secrets, I promised you more news to follow from the world of responsibletravel.com.
And here it is! Hot off the press, Geographical magazine in a joint effort with responsibletravel.com has put together an insightful and thought-provoking special edition looking at the future of tourism.
As Justin Francis, managing director [...]
Guest editor
Posted on 17 November 2008
Top 5 green things you can do at home to help yourself and save the Planet
Here are 5 things you can do around the house to improve the quality of the planet and put some extra cha-ching in your pocket.
Reduce electricity usage
You’d be surprised how much energy is consumed when you leave your computer on [...]
Guest editor
Posted on 08 November 2008
Our global obsession with the Water we drink is not surprising given that water makes up over 60% of our body’s composition, it is vital to our life and health.
The marketing genius that led to the explosion of the bottled water market is now happily past its peak as we have become a bit more [...]
Guest editor
Posted on 22 October 2008
Everyone loves a bargain – and there’s nothing better than being able to boast that your fab new dress/skirt/jacket cost a £5 from your local Oxfam -“yes I look great and yes I’m going to heaven”.
Some of my favourite clothes come from charity shops (my best buy ever is a pair of vintage pink butterfly [...]
Guest editor
Posted on 15 October 2008
Our footprints are all over this planet…..but do we have to stomp so hard!?
My name is Laura Bergman, the creator of Bottled Up Designs. I have lived all my life in the beautiful Pennsylvania Amish Country, where as a child we would dig around old foundations pulling old treasures from the ground from a [...]
Guest editor
Posted on 21 June 2008
What are your clothes made of? Who made them? Inputs of clothing production have significant effects on the physical and social environment.
Take a look at the cotton industry. Insecticides used in conventional cotton production are the most hazardous pesticide to human health, causing behavioral changes, increased cancer risk, and even death. [...]
