Cold winds and central heating can play havoc with your hands at this time of year.  Rescue them with these soothing natural treatments from The Natural Works Company.

	Trevarno Olive & Almond Hand Cream £11.50 Protect hands against the elements with this rich nourishing cream. With healing comfrey & almond oil to keep even the driest hands soft & supple.
	Ecosoapia Rose Geranium Organic Liquid Soap £6 Ideal as a handwash – this rich liquid soap cleanses gently but thoroughly.  Won’t leave skin feeling tight or dry.  Also available in Almond, Tea Tree & Peppermint.
	Comvita Nourishing Hand & Nail Cream £14 Intensively nourishes and conditions hands & nails. With the anti-ageing properties of Manuka Honey and moisturising Argan Oil, this cream will strengthen nails while keeping hands soft & supple.
	Trevarno Nail Conditioner £6.90 This rich treatment strengthens nails to reduce splitting and ridging, while also protecting and conditioning the cuticles.
	Trevarno Nail Conditioner £6.90 This rich treatment strengthens nails to reduce splitting and ridging, while also protecting and conditioning the cuticles.
	Trevarno Calendula Ointment £9 A soothing ointment for hands which are extremely dry or chapped, ideal for treating eczema on hands.

Shop online @ www.naturalworkscompany.co.uk
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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.

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Launch of the UK’s first ever Eco Tweet Up

Leading thinkers in both digital communications and the environment will be coming together on Tuesday 20th September to explore whether social media could provide the answer to climate change and other environmental issues.

Known as the Eco Tweet Up, the event brings together not for profit organisations, grassroots activists, social entrepreneurs and ethical brands. The aim of the event is to explore, discuss and debate how social media can be used to generate social change around environmental issues.

Eco Tweet Up founder, Esther Freeman said: “We’ve seen some incredible social actions organised through Twitter and other digital forums. The #riotcleanup hashtag on Twitter, which mobilised thousands after the UK riots was an amazing example of this. However many organisations are still failing to harness the interactive power of this incredible new technology. Hopefully the Eco Tweet Up will provide inspiration and maybe even create a few new digital partnerships to enable us to deal with one of the biggest threats that faces humankind.”

The first Eco Tweet Up takes place from 5.30pm to 8.30pm at Eurostar’s head office. Speakers will include:

• Do the Green Thing – a not-for-profit organisation that encourage others to lead a greener life through a worldwide online community and inspiring video content
• Futerra Sustainability Communications – the leading sustainable communications agency who have been helping to save the world for over 10 years. Futerra are the authors of the Sizzle report, which has helped rethink the way we communicate sustainability.
• Chris Smith, curator of Ecotube, the green equivalent of Youtube with a mission to change the world one video view at a time. Chris teaches social media to charities & NGO’s as part of this mission.

The Eco Tweet Up is free to attend. To register for tickets email info@mswandas.co.uk

Canopy & Stars is a collection of quirky, glamping places… From beautiful yurts, to geodomes, to treehouses. We even have a luxury boat in Regent’s Park!

We’re passionate about the simple things in life… about taking time to slow down. We also believe in things being done with a bit of flair and creativity and in working with craftsmen to produce stunning spaces that are in harmony with the natural environment. Holidays with a dash of eco-panache!

Have a look at our quirky camping collection here!

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Paul Testa Architecture is me, Paul Testa.  I have always been an active outdoor person.  This gives me a social & physical appreciation of our environment.

This strongly influences my other passion; for Architecture and the built environment.  I am especially interested in the way buildings are procured and made; the nuts and bolts of the process. I have always seen the technology of building to be something that can enhance buildings and the built environment functionally, aesthetically and environmentally.

I work closely with my clients to produce designs that closely meet their project requirements.  I take the values of good design, good value, long term flexibility and environmental sustainability to produce healthy, flexible and useful buildings and places in which people enjoy living and working.

I am regulated by the architects registration board (arb) and am an active member of the AECB in Yorkshire as part of my aim to promote sustainable building.  I am also an associate design tutor at the Sheffield School of Architecture and teach environment and technology to both undergraduate and March students.

If you are interested I write regular news updates and short articles on sustainable construction and sustainable issues on my website news page.  I am always keen to connect with likeminded building professionals, designers and potential clients.  If you want to chat or ask a question, please get in touch.

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Eco Print as a ‘one -stop -shop’

Print and everything else.

Eco Print are a 100% environmentally friendly alternative to traditional printing methods using recycled paper and card. Our new energy efficient digital printer needs less heat in the process and at the end of its use will be broken down and recycled. Our litho printer uses a plate-making process that is totally chemical free and uses vegetable based inks.  

A recent addition to our service is the provision of banners made from biodegradable material – there is no loss of quality it is just when discarded the banner will start to degrade in weeks as opposed to years. We are proud to offset carbon generated in the postage of our printing and we use a telephone provider that carbon offsets and has a good environmental policy in place.

As an environmentally friendly print company you would expect this kind of thing, so what makes us stand out from the crowd?

Well, we have a full Graphic Design service available – our head designer boasts 30 plus years of experience and offers high end work ranging from stationery design to logo design, full branding and corporate I.D. We are also happy to develop your existing artwork and provide simpler designs to suit differing budgets.

 Eco Print is sister company to Addison Design  and both are based next to each other – this allows us to provide the full design service as mentioned above but also Website Design and Build.

 Many of our regular clients benefit from our ‘one-stop-shop’ for all their branding, print and design needs. Our experience means that Eco Pint can build, maintain and protect your brand giving consistency to your marketing materials.

 For more information please contact us:

 marketing@ecoprintuk.com

 01722 340350

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Spring is almost upon us … the sun has started shine and the nights are staying lighter for longer! Now couldn’t be a better time to treat your little one to some gorgeous and soft colourful organic baby clothes! Let your baby be cool and comfortable this season in our soft, breathable and chemical free baby clothes.

Green Nippers specialise in organic, ethical and eczema friendly baby boys clothes and baby girls clothes. Our baby clothes are kind to babies suffering with eczema as there are no chemicals or pesticides to irritate the delicate babies skin. We wanted to make life easier for busy parents so therefore we designed a range of fashionable all-in-one baby grows that have been designed as little outfits for your baby.

When designing the collection of baby grows we aimed to create a product that looked smarter than an ordinary baby grow but most importantly practical and comfortable. Our baby grows have been designed specifically for babies to sleep, eat and play in, whether out and about or just lounging at home. Such an occasion could be an evening meal, if parents were to take their baby out with them their baby could wear a fashionable Green Nippers baby grow and parents would not have the worry that their baby is underdressed. Subsequently if baby fell asleep they could happily put them to bed in the baby grow without having to disturb them changing them into sleepwear.

Our most popular girls baby grow this season has been ‘Polly Pintuck’, and our best selling boys baby grow has been ‘Ollie’!

Treat your little one today and save 15% off too. Enter the code: ETHICAL15 in the discount code box at the checkout: www.greennippers.co.uk

*Save 15% from now until 30^th April 2011*

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Ethical and eco fashion have become big news in recent years with plenty of coverage of the environmental and ethical impacts of clothes manufacture and waste. But shoes and their sustainability is something that is not considered so often.

Have you ever considered how sustainable your shoes are? As a fashion item, whilst we expect our shoes to look great and be comfortable and functional, they are often considered throw away products which are discarded after just a few wears purely because they have gone out of fashion. The most sustainable shoes are not only incredibly comfortable but are also well made so that they will last for a long time. Classic and versatile styles are also the most sustainable as they won’t go out of fashion.

No matter how long lasting a pair of shoes is, it will eventually reach the end of its useful life and will need to be disposed of. Synthetic materials pose the biggest problems for disposal as they do not easily biodegrade so will remain in landfill for years to come. But even natural materials will cause carbon dioxide emissions as they decompose which contributes to global warming.

Another key factor in deciding how sustainable you shoes are which materials are used to make them and how they are made. Synthetic materials use non renewable fossil fuels in an energy intensive manufacturing process and can also create significant pollution. Leather has environmental impacts as the rearing of livestock creates carbon dioxide emissions and the process of tanning the leather is damaging to the health of the workers and the environment.

Finally the manufacturing of shoes often creates waste and pollution and the glue used to hold the shoes together is highly toxic for people and the environment.

Some of the most sustainable and ethical shoes are made using natural materials like organic hemp and cork, both of which are biodegradable, sustainable and grown without the use of chemical pesticides. Leather has been tanned with natural chemicals which are not toxic is also a better alternative than conventional leather. Organic wool is also another potential material for sustainable shoes, it better for the environment than conventional wool and possibly other synthetic alternatives. Shoes can also be sewn together with natural fibres for a less toxic alternative to glue.

When buying shoes you should try and buy shoes to last. Think how well they will go with the clothes in your wardrobe and be sure that they are really comfortable before buying.

This article was written by Ceri Heathcote. Ceri is a fashion writer with a particular interest in ethical and eco fashion. She enjoys writing about a variety of topics from vegan shoes and natural footwear to sustainable accessories.

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Buy 3 products from a selection of 22 Ecover laundry products and get the cheapest absolutely free.  This is an exclusive 3 for 2 offer available only at BigGreenSmile.com and ends on the 1st April.

Choose from Washing powders and liquids, fabric softenerrs, stain removers, laundry bleach and laundry tablets and all sizes from 500ml to 15L.

Find out more here: Ecover Laundry Multibuy Offer 3 for 2

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London-based eco furniture company Bambienti are excited to announce the launch of a new collection of lounge, dining and occasional furniture. Each piece has been produced using Environmentally Friendly Bamboo.

Here they add a very different look and feel to their existing catalogue. A look that is based on clean lines and simple yet sophisticated design. Each piece can serve a number of purposes and compliment a variety of decor.

Using naturally anti-bacterial Bamboo the Bambienti range offers stain resistance and hard wearing durability over the long term.

At Bambienti they are passionate  about creating beautiful and durable products using plant-based alternatives to conventional wood timber. 

Currently they use Bamboo exclusively, a material that is hard-wearing and widely recognised as a strong and fast growing alternative to conventional wooden timber.

For more information visit www.Bambienti.com

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