The online eco directory My Green Directory has recently partnered with King Lion Media, the publishers of GREEN Magazine to create a paperback eco directory.

GREEN is distributed quarterly in the Guardian’s Saturday Supplement, and it has been announced that the My Green Directory paperback will also be distributed with GREEN in the Guardian in January 2012.

‘We’re delighted to have been given this opportunity. The sole purpose My Green Directory is to help and inspire the environmentally conscious, bringing to light green companies, green issues & green lifestyle choices, so to get our advertisers in front of a broadsheet audience is just fantastic.’ said Sue Jueno, Director and founder of My Green Directory.

‘Online we promote all types of eco businesses, a large number of which are small start-ups with little advertising budget.  Our low cost paperback options now give even the smallest of businesses the chance to be seen in main stream media’

Not only will the paperback be with GREEN Magazine in the Guardian, the 200,000 copies will also be distributed by Permaculture Magazine, the Eden Project,  Mamapacks – the ethically influenced mum & baby sample packs, Suma Wholesale’s distribution network, Planet Organic in London, The Eco Village events throughout the summer, at Bricks & Bread, the leading Sustainable Living Centre, at the London Green Fair and more…

Unlimited free digital copies will be available from January 2012 and you can reserve your copy here.

Eco/ethical companies – to book your space please email Sue on hello@mygreendirectory.info or call Jo / Livia on 01737 237900.  See our media pack for more information.

My Green Directory is an active member of Ethical Junction, learn more

Book of Green, the free eco living directory full of green and ethical businesses, confirms the strength and prosperity of the green sector. Despite the recession Book of Green has launched a larger edition of the paperback eco-directory, doubled its print run, and gone digital, launching an iPhone app.

“In less than a week since the launch advertisers in the book are already seeing results showing that consumers are spending.  Innovative companies that can help save money, energy and show social responsibility by putting both people and planet first, are those that will thrive in this difficult climate.” says Sue Jueno – co-founder of Book of Green.

Book of Green provides readers with hundreds of eco-friendly companies in this year’s paperback. From architects, body & skincare and cleaning products to homeware, microgeneration and sustainable tourism as well as offers, articles and new this year a fabulous competition.

The competition will enable one lucky reader to win an entire Christmas shopping list.  Winning 26 presents for friends and family, including goodies from Green People, Jo Wood Organics, Balm Balm, Weleda, a case of wine from Vintage Roots, a signed copy of ‘The Woodland Year’ by Ben Law, and many more.   Plus there are 50 runner-up prizes, for a little pre-xmas treat.  Sign up here for your chance to win!

Book of Green is available for free across the country while stocks last, in stores such as Planet Organic, The Eden Project, health food shops, WHSmith (free with Permaculture magazine July). To find your nearest copy visit the distribution page. An online version is also available.

iPhone users can download the app for FREE direct from the App Store (search Book of Green) or via iTunes – http://bit.ly/btNx13. Users cans search categories from the home page, and will be able to view the closest green business to their location, plus any relevant web-only companies. It also features social media integration to post information to Twitter and Facebook.

Explaining the inspiration behind Book of Green, co-founder Katie Keegan explains. “We wanted to create ways of making green living really convenient and practical for people. By having a directory that is freely available, in paperback, online and on the iPhone, it is now easier than ever to find many of the great green businesses that exist today.”

Book of Green is an active member of Ethical Junction, learn more

The week sees the launch of a new green pages website for the Midlands region. ‘The Midlands Green Pages’ covers the counties of central England and enables the public to find green businesses in their local area, as well as information about living a green lifestyle.

The website provides a regional directory which lists environmentally friendly companies, organisations, services and products. From where to buy cloth nappies to finding information about woodland burial sites, green gifts and eco wedding services, all this and more can be found on the website.

‘The Midlands Green Pages’ will also include the latest green news stories, local campaigns and will include details of local green events.
 
Website founder Kate Haines founder of the national eco website ‘GreenFinder’ is based in Leamington Spa where she runs both websites from her dining room table. She said ‘Since setting up GreenFinder almost three years ago I’ve met a great many small business owners based in the midlands like myself who work from small shops, studios or home offices that provide great green services and products’

‘Being a Midlander born and bred and being passionate about the ‘shop local, shop green message’ I thought it was the ideal time to set up a regional green directory. Every pound spent with a local supplier or business is worth £1.76 to the local economy yet only 36 pence if it is spent out of the area so it’s really important for the economy of the Midlands that Midlanders support their local businesses.

Click here to visit the Midlands Green Pages

GreenFinder is an active member of Ethical Junction, learn more

Appearing
this month on the shelves in WH Smith and Borders nationwide, new eco-living
directory BOOK OF GREEN is the most comprehensive guide for everybody to
genuinely and easily green their lifestyles.

With
the general public currently becoming more receptive to living a more
eco-friendly life, this completely free guide points the consumer in the right
direction – it includes hundreds of approved ethical providers in a wide range
of sectors including business services, health and beauty, home and garden,
green energy, travel, parenting and food & drink.  All the companies
in the directory are in some way mostly or completely environmentally friendly,
sustainable, fair trade, organic,  ethical and socially responsible.

Book
of Green is intended to show everybody how to easily reduce their carbon
footprint, live a healthy lifestyle and make  a personal positive 
impact on the environment by integrating truly ethical products and services
into their daily home and family lives.

With
an initial print run of 30,000, the guide comes in a handy A5 format and is
printed in vegetable inks on 100% recycled paper.  An online flip magazine
version is also available at www.bookofgreen.com 
 Book of Green will be available in WH Smiths this July, attached to the
front of Permaculture Magazine as well as distributed across the UK in high
street eco stores, online eco stores, and at events during the summer as well
as at the Eden Project and the Kent Eco Village, the Kent Show by The
Ecologist, July 17-19.

Book
of Green is co-founded by Sue Jueno (founder of Allthingseco) and Katie Keegan
(founder of One Green Earth),
 whose combined experience of 6 years in the eco/ethical business arena
has given them the experience, knowledge and contacts to create a guide for
green living which everybody can trust.

“Being
green is more than reducing the threat of climate change, it’s also about
ethical trading and personal health.  The companies found within Book of
Green provide solutions across all sectors through their products &
services to help build a positive foundation for your family’s future
generations,”  says Katie Keegan.

“With
credit crunch in mind and a passion for promoting green shoot businesses we
have made Book of Green extremely affordable to advertisers and free to the
public to show off exceptional companies that are solving environmental
problems and that will be leading us into the future,” says Sue Jueno.

Book of Green is the new annual paperback eco guide brought to you by Ethical Junction members www.allthingseco.co.uk and www.onegreenearth.com. 
The two online eco directories have joined forces to create an
inexpensive marketing tool for green businesses wishing to reach the
eco conscious consumer. 

What’s more it will be given to the public
for free and distributed by leading green magazines The Ecologist and
Permaculture Magazine, plus online stores Green Rewards, Love Eco, Onya
Bags retail shops, Bags of Change retail shops, and the UK’s digital
radio station specialising in health & environmental issues Passion
for the Planet Radio. More distribution outlets will be announced
shortly.
In a handy A5 format, printed on 100% recycled paper, a
print run of 30,000 plus an online flip magazine version with clickable
links (circa 500,000), and prices starting from as little as £35.00 for
a listing, Book of Green is a fantastic opportunity for green
businesses to find more customers.
There’s advertising space in the
guide ranging from a basic listing, eighth of a page, a quarter, a half
or a full page. The ad space can consist of adverts, product reviews,
features and eco tips giving general public a great information packed
resource.

We would like to invite EJ members to join us in
providing the consumer with a green guide covering many different
sectors, allowing customers to green all different aspects of their
lives, to help them reduce their carbon footprint, live a healthier
lifestyle, and have a positive impact on their environment.
You can see an online demo (click 1:1 to zoom in) and download our media pack to get more information. Contact sue@bookofgreen.co.uk & katie@bookofgreen.co.uk who will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

UK AWARE 09 is looking more and more like it’s going to be the green consumer event of the year, especiallly with its rapidly growing green machines area including Tesla, Lotus and Saab. Here’s an article about the green cars in the Telegraph > > >

There’s also a huge list of exhibtors covering just about anything you might need or want: homeware, clothing and fashion, eco-gadgets, ethical finance, conservation, energy, renewables, food and drink, computers, printing, cosmetics, skincare and so much more, not to mention talks from top class speakers, debates, demonstrations, a cinema, cafes, a clothes swap party and workshops.

Tickets are priced at £5 but you can get yours free by using the promotion code UA09EJ at the registration page here > > >

One ticket is allocated per e-mail address. Anyone under the age of 16 can attend the event for free as long as they are accompanied by a registered adult.

The date for this year is Sunday 5 October from 10am – 5pm. in the Market Hall, Abergavenny. We have backing from Fairtrade Wales as well as local businesses and Abergavenny Council. There will be plenty of local and regional press coverage as well as BBC Wales.

Last year saw a huge attendance and we will increase this year. Stalls last year included – Love Zimbabwe, Goodies from the Gambia, Bag- Age, Bryn – y – Cwm project, Smouldering Sage,Biltong 2 U,Tropical Forest, Fairtrade Abergavenny & Crickhowell, Tools for self reliance, VSO, etc.

We also had fantastic catering from Scrumptious catering and Taste Zimbabwe. We will be having the Fairtrade fashion show again and the drumming workshop from Dave Roberts. Also, hopefully the amazing Chrys Blanchard and Abercapella. We have a school group performing African Dance and hope to be bringing over from Zimbabwe Sam Mtukudzi son of Oliver (Tuku) the most well known Zimbabwean artiste.

There will be a childrens area this year with face painting and a bouncy castle. Music and entertainment will be going on all day and there will be lots more to announce as we get nearer to the date. I realise that it is still relatively early, but it would help us enourmously if those who are interested in taking a stall this year could let me know as soon as possible. Looking forward to seeing you all in October.

Kind Regards,
David and Martha Holman.

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