COMPETITION
Last
chance to design your own llama- inspired t-shirt with the winning
entry receiving their own bamboo t-shirt handprinted in
vegetable inks by Ecoco. What a great activity to wile away wet
summers days- creating llama-styles! To enter send your own t-shirt
design to info@llamarama.org
or contact us for a postal address. Closing date for entries is 18th
September 2009.

NEWS
Llamarama
are on tour in the South West this month- come and see us at
Dartmouth Regatta & the fabulous Newlyn Fish Festival. For
details see www.llamarama.org/events.html

HEROES: TIKA RUMI From Desert to Silver Treasure!

Tika
Rumi produce gorgeous fair trade silver jewellery in one of the
poorest areas of Lima. Villa El Salvador was barren desert forty
years ago, and then poor families migrating to the city in
search of a better life began to settle in the desert and make it
their home. Through working together these families fought & won
ownership of their settled lands & in time basic services like
water & electricity. Life is still tough in Villa El Salvador but
the thriving community is resilient and entrepreneurs like Tika Rumi
are creating their own pathways out of poverty.

Tika
Rumi is an association of 10 jewellery makers who produce handmade
rings, pendants & earrings. They are a tightknit community,
sharing their successes & challenges at monthly meetings, and
they have even opened their own shop locally.

You can buy a
lovely selection of rings, pendants & earrings all made by Tika
Rumi at www.llamarama.org/shop/jewellery.html

We
are a compassionate fashion boutique with an ethical-business model
that aims to facilitate an attitude of compassion towards animals,
humans and the environment.

We
believe in the consumer’s voice and, by providing compassionate
fashion alternatives, we hope to educate consumers that their
conscious choice of an ethical product does make a difference in how
people, animals and the environment are treated in the commercial
world.

We
offer a range of ethical fashion accessories for both men and women.
Every product is free from animal ingredients (suitable for vegans).

Come
and visit our stall at the London Vegan Festival on the 6^th
of September and discover our new exciting A/W range of BBoheme
shoes.

Don’t
forget to quote “Ethical Pulse” to get a 10% discount on your
order at the fair!

Have
a look of our website www.bboheme.com
and make sure to contact us if there is any shoes you’d love us to
bring for you at the Festival.

Bobo
has also a shop! Visit our retail showroom at Hydrex House, Garden
Road, Richmond, TW9 4NR.

We’re
open Mon – Fri 9am to 5pm and Sat 10am to 4pm.

Bourgeois
Boheme-Fashion with Compassion

+44
(0)208 8788 388

info@bboheme.com

Don’t
hesitate to contact us if you have any question!

You
can now join us on Facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Richmond-London/Bourgeois-Boheme/10172084433

Howard Carter of Incognito was interviewed for around 20 radio stations on 18th August to help people avoid getting bitten and talk about a new scientific report. Here’s a taster from Passion for the Planet Radio http://www.lessmosquito.com/passion-for-the-planet-interview/ a summary of the report is here http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804193230.htm

According to the long range forecast the temperature will be above average right up to October. Exactly two years ago there were a lot of mosquito outbreaks all over the UK so, Howard has started a blog which will record any outbreaks and give useful information, it also has a very funny animation on it so be sure to turn up the volume when you watch and listen to it! http://www.avoidingbites.com

The
organic bed linen company, Fou Furnishings, is marking Organic
Fortnight 5-20 September with a competition for budding designers, big
or small.

Fou Furnishings, a 2009 Organic and Natural Products finalist, wants to encourage the next generation to think green.

The
brief: design an image for a child’s duvet cover using any medium
including paint or crayons. The winning entry will be made into your
own single duvet in 100% organic cotton.

Fou
Furnishings is also offering a special Organic Fortnight promotion of
10% off all its bed linen. Unbelievably luxurious, thanks to its high
thread count, the clever company has designed the cover with a special
opening – you will never have to do battle with your duvet again.

Closing
date for both the competition and the 10% offer is 5 October. Send your
design to Fou Furnishings, 12 Waterside Gardens, Glasgow G76 9AL or
email: info@foufurnishings.com

To claim your 10% off all bed linens include the promotional code CompOrg when you post an order, call 0141 644 5211 or shop online at www.foufurnishings.com

Choice, options and range: Key trend for 2009/2010.

Supreme Creations, with over a decade’s track record as a specialist supplier to companies large and small, offers the widest range of fabrics, styles and options. Bags, like fashion items are very personal items – having one style or design to suite all promotions is impossible.

A little known secret is that we will manufacture bespoke bag styles for quantities over 1000. You can have cotton calico, canvas, jute or juco fabrics, webbing handles, buttons, pockets, colour linings and zips. Your imagination is the limit.

SALE 15% OFF pink/blue long-lasting cotton promotional bags.

Promote Organic TS.com campaigns in a cost-effective way.

Long-lasting
reusable bags with the ‘Bags of Ethics’ label make sense for the
planet, people and most importantly for your promotion.

Call 0845 230 5996 or email kiran@supreme-london.com for some of the LOWEST PRICES in the UK.

Quick link to the largest range of bag styles, colours and options.

Offer
subject to acceptable artwork and applies to the cost of the dyed bag.
Print, screens and carriage as standard. Valid for orders over 1000
printed bags [code COTBLH2 - Pink or Blue]. Orders must be confirmed by
31 Aug 2009 (not valid in combination with any other offers, discounts
or promotions)

We are pleased to announce that our garden is now officially certified
as organic by the Soil Association.
It’s taken a long time and quite some effort, so we’re thrilled and
hope that it makes you even more confident about us and the way we do
things.
Our garden provides many of the herbs we use in our physicks; others
are grown and/or produced by associates who are also certified by the
SA or similar.  If we cannot find a necessary ingredient that is
certified, we guarantee that we will search out the highest standard
possible.

Gillian and Kevan Trott became involved in sustainable design and construction several years ago.  They saw Mike Reynolds (the visionary behind a fully sustainable building design called an earthship} speak in Brighton and decided to help promote his concept in Europe.  The buildings incorporate a large amount of waste materials in their construction.  They are also buildings which are self-sufficient for power and water and a large amount of food is also produced on site.

Kevan worked as Mike Reynold’s European Associate to develop
the earthship concept in Europe for over 5 years.  They have been
involved in developing earthships in Holland and Scotland.  The
company, Earthbuilds has evolved from the original earthship concept
using new technologies and materials and ways of working.  There is a
strong emphasis on Permaculture which is at the heart of the
organisation.  The Normandy earthship was the first project which was
completed in June 2OO8.  The earthship in Zwolle was completed in an
amazing 13 weeks last Autumn and progress on the current earthship in
Glasgow can be checked out on the Earthbuilds Facebook page. 
Earthbuild workshops are being run later this year in Portugal and
Poland.  A number of projects are also in the pipeline for 2O1O
including a 5 earthbuild development in the Orkneys, as well as
planning applications being processed in Nottinghamshire, Cornwall,
Gloucester and Holland.  

Earthbuilds is a public limited company with a strong emphasis on education, information sharing and networking.  

Design
and planning applications are undertaken by Kevan, they are developing
a Euro Crew for construction and Gillian runs workshops, courses,
co-ordinates volunteers and develops promotional material.

Kevan
and Gillian are based in Brighton but built their own earthship with
initial assistance from Mike Reynolds, in Normandy France.  They are
involved in developing this type of construction in Northern Ireland,
England, Scotland and Wales, France, Holland, Portugal and Poland so
far. They are in the process of developing opportunities in other
European countries in the near future.

See www.earthbuilds.com
for information about construction.  Earthship ‘Perrine’ is available
for rent so that earthship living can be experienced first hand see www.earthship-france.com and up to date information about developments can be found on the Earthbuilds Facebook page.

World Water Week (http://www.worldwaterweek.org), 16-22 August, 2009, is an annual forum which provides an
opportunity for the exchange of views and greater scientific
understanding of the issues within global water and water-related
challenges. The forum highlights the present and future challenges, policies, initiatives, research, best practices and developments that have the potential to shape the future of water. It also focuses on practical thinking and new approaches to dealing with water-related challenges and their impact on the world’s environment, health, and economic development.

This year the forum is being held at Stockholm International Fairs, Sweden and explores the following water issues:

• Challenges with global water, and its interconnectedness with society, the environment and the economic development;
• Building and fostering alliances and partnerships;

• Best practices, ground-breaking research, and innovative policies and
• Global, national and regional commitments, decisions and the implementation of actions.

World Water Week is an opportunity to stimulate information flow for
greater scientific understanding, decision-making and strategy
development.

As part of Article 13’s values and principles, we
regularly demonstrate advocacy and support for the protection of water
resources and equal access to safe and hygienic water supply. As part
of Article 13’s UN Global Compact (UNGC) commitment
this year we are specifically incorporating water into our efforts to
apply the precautionary approach to environmental challenges (Principle 8).

At
Article 13 we are continually looking for practical ways to use
sustainability initiatives, emerging technologies and innovation to
improve and tackle water consumption as a major business and social
issue, both internally and amongst our wider networks.

Article 13 resources:

Tackling water consumption as a core business issue http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1239

World Water Day report

http://www.article13.com/UNGC/World%20Water%20Day%20report_23.03.09.pdf

The elements water

http://www.article13.com/A13_VintageSelection.asp#lst_The_elements_-_water

Article 13 case examples:

• BAA – Water management at Terminal 5:  http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1364
• AWG – RiverCare community water conservation programme: http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1314
• United Utilities – Multi-partner sustainable water catchment management programme:

http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1360

For information on how Article 13 can assist you in auditing your company’s water management practices,

Developing
water action plans, and reducing your business’s water use and related
impacts on the environment, contact Fiona Banyard on 0208 840 4450 or
mail fionab@article13.com

August 2009 newsletter 15% off online

Welcome to our August newsletter we hope where ever you are you are getting a little sunshine.

Using the website for online orders

All customers if you haven’t already done so, firstly need to register
with the site by going to Sign in via the Home Page then contact me via
email jim@simplysoaps.com
or telephone during office hours, 01603 720869 to be set up to see
trade prices online, we will respond confirming that we have set you
up, so that when you log in again you will be able to buy Simply Soaps,
Hedgerow Herbals and Faerie Flames at trade prices. Current prices
shown are mail order prices in bulk.

The benefits of buying online is that it is quick and easy,
carriage is only £2.50 instead of the usual £5, and there are no
minimum orders. Plus we are offering a further 15% discount off your
order total!!* Simply type in the word: trade15 in the discount code
box at the checkout and you will be entitled to 15% off your order.

NO MINIMUM ORDERS

Due to the increasing
demand for our products and in order to keep refilling those lines that
sell more quickly, our retailers have asked us to reduce the minimum
order value from £100. So we are more than happy to oblige, there will
be NO MINIMUM ORDER AMOUNT. Laurence Campion for the company says that;
‘this will help in the current climate plus some of our lines out sell
others, so now customers don’t have to wait before re-ordering.’

As part of Article 13’s commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) we “encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies” (Principle 9). This includes sustainable water technology.  See our UNGC events pages (URL:  http://www.article13.com/csr/ungc_our_csr_events.asp).

Integrating sustainable water technologies into an organisation is
not only an ecologically sound and socially beneficial investment, but
there is also a solid business case attached. Utilising green water
technology:

• Helps to reduce organisational operating and waste cleanup costs; 
• Reduces overall water consumption costs;
• Can prove to be a source of competitive advantage; and
• Will
  make companies eligible for support under the Green Technology
  Challenge, i.e. companies can receive 100% first year capital
  allowances on investments that encourage sustainable water use http://www.eca-water.gov.uk/.

Here
at Article 13, we have leading edge experience in water resources
management, including waste water treatment, water demand management,
trade in water services, water technology, and water management
programmes.

New innovations in water technology have the
potential to pave a sustainable way for the future by making important
contributions to our lives, and the environment we live in.

Some particularly useful Article 13 resources are:

• Tackling water consumption as a core business issue http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1239
• World Water Day report

http://www.article13.com/UNGC/World%20Water%20Day%20report_23.03.09.pdf

• The elements water

http://www.article13.com/A13_VintageSelection.asp#lst_The_elements_-_water

Article 13 case examples:

• BAA – Water management at Terminal 5: http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1364
• AWG – RiverCare community water conservation programme: http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1314
• United Utilities – Multi-partner sustainable water catchment management programme:

http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1360

For
information on how Article 13 can assist you in auditing your company’s
water management practices, developing water action plans, and reducing
your business’s water use and related impacts on the environment,
contact Fiona Banyard on 0208 840 4450 or mail fionab@article13.com