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Edible displays

Posted by louise on Monday, July 18th, 2011

Floral displays at events present a host of ethical dilemmas. Not so much in summer when you can get some beautiful British grown arrangements from florists like Rebel Rebel, but at other times of the year you need to look at flying flowers in from Amsterdam or even further afield. (Though apparently many flowers are [...]

Katine – It Starts With a Village

Posted by andrew on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

We had the pleasure of organising a conference for the Guardian last week focussing on the work they’ve been doing in the village of Katine in Uganda. Speakers at the event included Lord Malloch-Brown and Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, and the seminar was followed by a reception and private view of a new [...]

Fairtrade Fortnight

Posted by louise on Friday, February 26th, 2010

We’re about to embark on the second week of Fairtrade Fortnight, and hopefully you’ll have noticed lots of promotion for this year’s campaign ‘The Big Swap‘. I’ve just received a handy guide to Fairtrade London, which includes lots of ideas for everyday items that you can swap to Fairtrade. From your daily cuppa, to your [...]

Eco design fair this weekend

Posted by louise on Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Cow pat petrol and fair fashion

Posted by joelle on Friday, February 20th, 2009

It’s time for this week’s sustainable news tidbits:

Cows hit the news again this week. A US dairy has converted its milk trucks to run on cow manure. Very sensible when you have 10,000 cows!
Fairtrade Fortnight starts on Monday. Join me at the launch event on London’s South Bank this Sunday, or see the website for [...]

Melting

Posted by joelle on Monday, July 28th, 2008

Oh my, it is hot round Seventeen offices today. I am fantasising about ice lollies and looking forward to a chilled G&T this evening. So just in case writing about it helps make me feel any cooler, I thought I’d share a recipe for some ice cream I made this weekend. It is not only [...]

Plastic (not) Fantastic

Posted by andrew on Friday, March 7th, 2008

Here’s my latest column from The Wharf…
It’s been a bad week for plastic bags. Marks & Spencer have announced that as of May 6 they’re going to charge 5p for every plastic bag customers need to carry food purchases. 5p isn’t going to break the bank but it will be interesting to see if consumers [...]

Fairtrade fete

Posted by louise on Friday, February 22nd, 2008

If you’re around the South Bank this weekend why not check out the Fairtrade Foundation’s fete and fairground. It marks the start of fairtrade fortnight and as well as buying lots of fairtrade treats you can also meet some fairtrade farmers.

New FairTrade products

Posted by admin on Thursday, August 9th, 2007

I just got a very positive e-mail from the Fairtrade Foundation saying that their range of products is ever expanding. Some of the good news is that Fairtrade teas and coffees are being served in the new Wembley Stadium and on Eurostar, Ben & Jerry’s have a new flavour ice-cream – Fairtrade Vanilla [...]

Fairtrade Fortnight

Posted by andrew on Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Don’t forget that we’re now in Fairtrade Fortnight, which runs until 11th March. An excellent excuse to try some fairtrade chocolate, ice cream, coffee… the list goes on! Cleverly timed to coincide with Fairtrade Fortnight, and perfect for us eastenders, is EAST which runs from 1st til 6th March. If you’re near Spitalfields market on [...]