About four months ago, in a thrift-obsessed mania, I launched a Facebook petition calling for a commemorative month of American Thrift. It didn’t take long to realize this was a monumental project, naively approached with the build-it-and-they-will-come mentality. Like most super-sized deals it’s easy to order, hard to swallow and sticks to the gut for [...]

Every year my resolution is to get organised. Really organised. I mean super organised. I will know what I’m supposed to be doing at every moment of the day and what’s more, I will be doing it! Credit: matsuyuki In my mind, there was only one thing holding me back from this heightened state of [...]

Time to Change www.t2c.org.uk is on a mission to replace the UK’s oldest fridges. We want to encourage the replacement of 15.4 million old appliances in the UK that are needlessly wasting energy. Amazingly, if we replaced all large domestic appliances with energy efficient ones we would provide savings of up to 3.6 TWh – [...]

No eco wardrobe should be without these stylish, smart and 100% organic Green Girls Global and Green Guys Global t-shirts. Each tee has its own unique design and message for living a sustainable life. They also come in unisex styles and various sizes from XXS to XXL. Choose from a variety of great colours too. [...]

I have to admit that I am a late convert to the whole “green ethos”.  I would occasionally buy organic meat (am a veggie myself) and produce, but never really gave it much thought and as a creature of habit, I used to just stick to buying the old faithfuls. Then last summer I had [...]

Music has the power to heal, cross borders, spread ideas, inspire and yes bring the people together. Can it also help improve the environment? End wars? Create gender and racial equality? I think that it can. Historically, emotive music with powerful lyrics has played a vital role in a wide range of causes. From the [...]

Welcome to this week’s ECW run down. Click the links below to read more. Enjoy! Alternative Consumer New to the eco savvy style scene is a line of beautifully handmade purses, totes, messenger bags and iphone cases from ZAUM. Green Cotton END Footwear: Defining the cutting edge of eco-trail and road running with soy, rice, [...]

Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 begins on Monday 23rd February. For those two weeks groups and individuals will be holding events up and down the UK to raise awareness and celebrate Fairtrade. The Gedling Fairtrade Group is no exception. We have teamed up with The Cooperative, students from the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent [...]

As you know from my previous posts I’m a big fan of charity and thrift shopping. For me its the greenest option, buying pre-loved things means they have an intriguing history as well as low, low energy consumption. So if you’re not familiar with the joy charity or thrift shopping check out this great giveaway [...]

This week saw National Carrot Week. Sing along and celebrate the yummy orangeyness of carrots!