Archive | January, 2010

Au revoir from GGG! – Green Girls Global is closed.

Posted on 31 January 2010

Please note that Green Girls Global has closed. This may not be forever but for now this is an indefinite break. We hope you continue to enjoy our past posts and stories. Thank you for visiting. The last post from Green Girls Global So this is the last post from Green Girls Global for now. [...]

Special offer from The Beach Shack Project

Posted on 27 January 2010

The Beach Shack Project specialises in handmade unique pieces of jewellery made from flotsam and Jetsam. Sea glass, old Victorian pottery shards, driftwood, nylon, monofilament, plastic, shells and stones all make up the unusual components used in each design. Although the beach is a great place to source new objects and inspiration, the items gathered [...]

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Mountain Rose Herbs Tells Employees to Take a Bike

Posted on 21 January 2010

Known for an uncompromising commitment to organic agriculture and sustainable business practices, Mountain Rose herbs is raising their eco-efforts to new heights by launching a new program aimed at helping employees reduce their carbon footprint. The new program focuses on preventing pollution caused by commuter traffic by offering cash incentives to employees who carpool and [...]

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Easy Ways to Make Your Home Green

Posted on 19 January 2010

Recycle, recycle, recycle -  It is as easy as taking the aluminum can and dropping it in the recycle bin.  Along with plastic bottles, newspapers, and glass bottles this is a simple and effective method. Use Paint that does not contain VOC – Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) are toxic chemicals found in furniture, tables, wallpaper, [...]

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Simple: Shoes for a happy planet

Posted on 17 January 2010

I recently became the lucky owner of a pair of Simple shoes. Sadly, because of all the snow here in the UK for the past couple of weeks, I’ve  not been able to wear them out and had to stick to boots, but I have been able to find out about the company that made [...]

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Wakefield: Carbon-friendly wine

Posted on 15 January 2010

With all the recent talk of food miles, you might think that antipodean wines were off the menu, but Aussie winery Wakefield has been working to develop a range of wines which can be enjoyed guilt-free. All of the wines from the Eighty Acres range have been declared 100% carbon neutral (based on a life [...]

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Leblas – Where Luxury Jewellery finds its Ethical Side

Posted on 13 January 2010

Leblas Fine Jewellery is an ethical jewellery boutique founded by Clare Winfield and award winning jewellery designer Arabel Lebrusan. The core concept behind the brand lies in the belief that a business can be culturally and socially responsible, and that ethical jewellery can be contemporary and chic. Winner of Coutts New Jeweller Award 2009, Leblas [...]

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Energy without costing the earth – building sustainable rural communities

Posted on 07 January 2010

Much of the wild land in Scotland is under threat from large scale developments to meet our future energy needs. In contrast to this approach to the future, we have a vision of a more sustainable future where communities in remote areas meet their energy needs without ‘costing the earth’. I work for the John [...]

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Recycle Now has teamed up with the resourceful members of the Really Rubbish Orchestra and Hear Me Now to play some well-known Christmas carols and raise awareness of the opportunities and importance to recycle small electronic and electrical goods.

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