Green Canary Day
Canary Wharf held its annual Green Canary Day on Tuesday. It aimed to encourage businesses and individuals to go green, with a variety of exhibitions with recycled furniture; clothing; mobile phones; office supplies; ethical plants and home products. HSBC (the first carbon neutral bank)Â had a great competition to see who could power the most electrical [...]
Read moreChrist Church Spitalfields
We went to a fantastic event last night thanks to an invitation from our friend Maria at Passion Organic. We began with a walking tour of the area around Spitalfields market, spanning the centuries in the space of a few streets. We then visited the venue itself, which has been restored to an incredibly high [...]
Read moreHowies
The post arrived a moment ago with the new Howies catalogue, which prompted me to check out their website again. I love the clothes, although I don’t really have the sporty lifesyle to go with them! Their “blog” section was a major influence on how we wanted our site to feel… informal, hopefully informative and [...]
Read moreContainer City
This past weekend was “Open House” in London, with lots of interesting venues opening their doors to the public. On Sunday I went along to Trinity Buoy Wharf to see some of the installations and check out some of the possible event spaces. Alas, I was a day too late for Eco-Design Day, but it [...]
Read moreEthical Mexican Handbags
Check out these cool little handbags made of crisp packets by womens groups, environmentalists and a prisoner skills training group in Mexico. Available from the New Consumer online shop which is crammed with ethical and fairtrade goodies.
And for an amazing array of ethical bags, take a look at Doy Bags. The bags, purses and luggage tags are [...]
Green Venues
We’ve been doing some research lately into London venues and their environmental policies. Whilst there’s definitely a long way to go, we were pleasantly suprised by some of the initiatves underway. Even traditional buildings which could be restricted due to listed status etc. have been taking the plunge. The Guildhall, for example, has one of [...]
Read moreViva Mexico!
Our favourite London Mexican restaurant, Green & Red, have a programme of events coming up to mark the Mexican Independence Day celebrations. There’s more to it than just tequila and jalapenos – the food is fantastic and they also serve our favourite Mexican cheladas – a bit like lager and lime only a thousand times [...]
Read moreThe Green Awards
Don’t forget there’s only a couple of weeks left to enter the first ever Green Awards. Check out the website for more details – your chance to show off your skills in the field of creative sustainability!
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