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Nina, head teacher and Eleni‘s mum of Godwin Junior School in East London, was on the BBC today talking about her school being shortlisted for a Teaching Award in recognition of the work it does around sustainability. Well done Mrs Panayis and her staff and kids!
I stumbled upon this interview by eco e-zine Treehugger on a company called TS Designs in the US. TS Designs have set up a solar array and a bio-diesel coop all as part of their mission ‘to build a sustainable company that simultaneously looks after the People, the Planet and Profits’. It is a interesting … Read more
There has been a flurry of eco/ethical/organic posts on this blog of late, but nothing in comparison to miles of column inches in the press at present. I hope we aren’t overdoing it but the green issues that face the apparel and promotions industry are the most exciting thing to happen to it since someone … Read more
Not to be upstaged by the hype surrounding Anya Hindmarch’s bag (that is not plastic), Selfridges, the famous London department store, has ditched its yellow bags for paper ones. According to Drapers Record, Selfridges chief executive Paul Kelly claimed that this was an environmental move that also happens to represent the retailer’s upmarket image. This … Read more
Indigo printed the t-shirts for London College of Fashion’s ‘Is Green the New Black?’ campaign and it is great to see that Vogue, the top fashion magazine, is supporting the campaign by running the story. More about the campaign on our previous ‘Is Green the New Black?‘ blog post.
‘Is Green the New Black?‘ is a week of events and activities (Monday 30 April – Friday 4 May 2007) run by the London College of Fashion, “with exciting guests to help unravel some of the most complex issues that face the fashion industry today.” Laura Bailey is one of the faces of the campaign … Read more
Jo visited the Piccalilly stand at Natural Products Europe enquiring about merchandising garments for Indigo and purchasing ranges of organic cotton in colours other than white. Most of Picalilly’s organic cotton comes from India – where they have manufactured 100% organic cotton garments which carry the FAIRTRADE Mark, guaranteeing producers in developing countries a better … Read more
Steven Selzer, of Africa Aid, dropped us an email telling us about his worthy t-shirt based appeal: Africa Aid, an international nonprofit founded by a group of post-grads from the University of California, San Diego, is announcing a nationwide call-to-action: buy a t-shirt and feed an African refugee child for one school year. Leveraging the … Read more
As well as buying organic t-shirts (excuse shameless plug (and pun!)), if you are keen to be more eco-friendly these days (and aren’t we all, otherwise how can you sit around at a Wandsworth dinner party and not trump Marjorie’s claim that she recycled 50 plastic ice-cream tubs last week?), then pop over to the … Read more