Lumoi.com is an ethical jewellery company and we do all we can to protect our environment while supplying beautiful jewellery designs responsibly.

June 7th saw the launch of our recycle jewellery service, to help prevent broken & unwanted jewellery being thrown away.

Designing with perfectly good recycled materials keeps them in circulation preventing futher manufacture at the expense of our environment. It’s also incredibly rewarding to inject a new lease of life into something that would otherwise be discarded over time.

So how does it work? Simply put….

1. Collect all of your unwanted jewellery, odd beads & chain etc (making sure you only raid your own jewellery box)
2. Complete our simple online form at www.lumoi.com/recycling-service to notify us that you are sending items in & to receive your consignment number.
3. Wrap each piece of jewellery separately (to avoid tangling) and package well in a sturdy box.
4. Send your parcel to Lumoi, PO Box 50975 London E4 8XF (please don’t forget to insure your package)
5. Await contact via e-mail which will contain your voucher. Please then confirm you are happy with the offer. (please confirm within 14 days of receiving the offer)
6. Treat yourself to a gorgeous new piece of Jewellery from lumoi.com for your good deed!

To find out more about our service please visit www.lumoi.com/recycling-service where you’ll find our FAQ’s & T’s & C’s.

Lumoi Jewellery is an active member of Ethical Junction, learn more

A shocking statistic – 500,000 tonnes of carpet are buried in landfill in the UK every year! There has to be another solution. So, can you recycle an old carpet?

One new company is leading the way, building their own plant to take some of the carpets, break them down and sell their component materials on as raw materials to other industries from polypropolene and nylon to wool, hessian and jute. Greenback Recycling are even working with local authorities and have managed to get dedicated carpet recycling containers placed at local recycling collection points. They intend to spread this plan nationally.

• Until then, it is worth checking with your local authority to see if they take carpet for recycling. If not, what else can be done?
• If it, or a large part of it, is in good condition try offering it on Freecycle. You never know, someone could be waiting for that particular posting!
• Offer it to local schools or preschool groups
• Reuse it yourself as a good insulator in an attic room or outdoor shed or even to cover the compost heap
• Offer it to local gardening groups or allotment societies who can use it on their compost heaps

Gecco Interiors Limited is an active member of Ethical Junction, learn more

C Mobile is the Eco Friendly Mobile Company for people who want an alternative mobile provider to help them live a brighter green life. So what makes our mobiles phone bundles eco-friendly?

We donate £1 per month of our commission from every contract phone to the Natural Energy Trust.  The Trust aims to help your local community produce its own renewable energy from the elements, whatever works best:

• Solar power on the roof of your sports club, school or community hall
• Putting a turbine in an old watermill
• Geothermal heating
• Small wind turbine

As well as the regular mobile charger we package all our handsets with a FREE Solar charged energy pack to ensure our mobiles can be charged off grid as much as possible.  Place it in the window to catch the sun during the day, use the free stored energy to charge your phone at night.

Recycling your mobile is also part of our process!  Every box we send out comes with a recycling freepost label so you can use the box your new phone comes in to return unwanted old mobiles.  You can take the cash or choose to donate it to the Natural Energy Trust.  Our recycling partner ensures the maximum re-use of handsets and monitors the extraction of materials where suitable and where not.

Visit us at www.cmobile.co.uk, to see how your new mobile can make the difference.

C Mobile is an active member of Ethical Junction, learn more

Why not do your Christmas shopping via MoreEco this year and earn up to 10% cashback with your favourite eco, green and ethical online retailers.

Visit the latest offers page to make sure that you take advantage of the latest eco shopping offers as well.

Also to help organise the perfect Green Christmas, save money and reduce your carbon footprint we have listed some useful tips.

1. Serve local, healthy and seasonal December foods at your events and Christmas parties.

2. Decorating your house – Go for ethically made and traded decorations. Kids really enjoy making their own green decorations out of old scraps of material.

3. E-mail invites cards rather than post them or alternatively make your own out of scrap and recycled products.

4. Christmas heating and lighting bills can be huge! Save cash and protect the environment by using energy saving devices.

5. Use recycled paper, gift bags or even colorful cloth to wrap the Christmas presents

6. Make a green statement this Christmas ! Send a message to the manufacturers of consumer goods by shopping for & buying only natural, non toxic, eco friendly, organic presents this year.

7. Which makes a better tree? Artificial or a real one? Simply real ones are as they are great for the environment and can be replanted after use.

8. How do we give children what they desire but without poisoning our planet? Take electronic toys for instance,  only 2% of batteries are currently recycled – the rest end up in landfill sites and are poisoning our planet! So what do you do? Choose an eco toy.

9. Recycle your unwanted presents. Unfortunately everyone receives at least one unwanted gift at Christmas. Many recycle their unwanted presents to charities. Local hospitals and hospices are often very pleased to receive unwanted smellies to give to patients.

10. Don’t go overboard especially in the current climate and remember – reduce, reuse and recycle.

MoreEco 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.

It’s easy to get hot under the collar
about chemically-riddled sweat-inhibiting anti-perspirants and their
questionable effect on the body, so check out the facts about the alternatives
and enjoy the sweet smell of natural protection this summer.   

Yesterday’s news

• Deodorants and anti-perspirant
  are not the same thing!  Deodorants are responsible for masking
  the smell of sweat while anti-perspirants actually stop sweating from
  taking place, which interferes with the body’s natural way of controlling
  temperature. 
• Conventional deodorants
  and anti-perspirants can contain aluminium which not only clog the pores
  but can also enter the bloodstream increasing the levels of aluminium
  in the body.
• The alcohol contained in
  these conventional products has a drying effect on the skin and can
  also transport other chemicals into the bloodstream.

The
sweat free natural alternatives

Look out for natural products containing minerals such as ammonium alum
or alunite and zinc ricinoleate from the castor oil plant.  This
age old combination of minerals safely prevents the growth of bacteria
responsible for body odour without irritation and without impeding the
body’s natural and vital process of perspiration.

In fact, these days organic deodorants
are so sophisticated that their naturally-scented formulations are truly
effective and leave you smelling as fresh as a daisy (literally!) all
day long.  Even if your job is physically demanding you can be
assured of natural protection throughout the day by reapplying a couple
of times.

Delicately scented deodorants from
pioneering organic beauty companies, Green
People and Lavera, use these tried and trusted minerals to effectively
prevent body odour without inhibiting the essential process of perspiration.

The minerals are combined with aloe
vera, olive leaf extract and gentle essential oils, which care for the
skin rather than irritate it.

Rock
on

Ever wondered how a natural crystal
deodorant stone works?  It is simply made from mineral salts (potassium
alum) and purified water.  Wet the stone and rub it generously
all around the armpit.  It leaves an invisible layer of mineral
salt protection which prevents the odour causing bacteria from forming.

Check out the extensive range of natural
deodorant alternatives at www.lucyrose.biz or email the experts at info@lucyrose.biz
if you have any questions, for your chance to enjoy the heavenly scents
of summer for all the right reasons.

“Go
Ape” with
our July Paper of the Month,
“it’s bananas!!!” Our
eco-friendly banana stock is made from banana skins and is available
in paper and card weights. The Banana
Paper is
ideal for fruit sellers, milk shake bars, cake makers, health food
shops and any organic and food related businesses. This paper also
looks great for special occasions,
weddings, birth celebrations,
as well as offering something different for everyday stationary.

Along with our more exotic range we print on ’standard’
white cards and papers that are also 100% recycled too!

Our
Eco Policy is Reduce, Reuse and
Recycle and
this should not mean compromising on quality, or for that matter
costing the earth! Eco Print handles all jobs, digital and litho,
specializing in short and medium size print runs. We even have an
experienced graphic designer on board if extra help is needed.

Like
our printing process, every member of the Eco Print team is free from
artificial colours and preservatives and happy to offer friendly
helpful advice. We are an approachable, locally based company, big
enough to cope but small enough to care.

For
more information on us and our range of papers and cards, check out
our stunning website. http://www.ecoprintUK.com
We have just added an FAQ page on
the website
which will answer all your questions in a nice and concise way! You
are though more than welcome to call us on 01722 340350.

N.B.
No monkeys
were harmed in the gathering of the bananas apart from one…the
cheeky monkey wouldn’t give up his bunch.

The Recycle
Warehouse is an online department
store that is championing the environment and fighting climate change.
Their object is to be the next John Lewis, except that every
item at The
Recycle Warehouse is made
from recycled materials. 

The Recycle
Warehouse was launched this
year by John Halladay.

‘By buying from us, you are relieving
pressure on the world’s diminishing resources. Our inventory includes
chairs made from recycled cardboard, shoes from recycled tyres and whole
dining services made from recycled glass and much more.’

Six months after its launch The Recycle Warehouse displays hundreds of items –

‘…about 400 at the moment, still
increasing, all of which are made predominantly or wholly from recycled
materials. We have a rule that the items must have at least 50% recycled
content but most are much higher.’

Although it is a distinction that John
doesn’t make on the website his goods fall into two categories. On
the one hand it is easy to see what some of his things originally were.
Take a footstool made from recycled tyres, the tread is clearly visible
around the edge. It’s funky and loud and a real conversation piece.

‘This is taking something which had
a defined use and subverting it into something that is functionally
completely different. On the other hand, some of our furniture or our
tableware bears no relationship to the original use to which its raw
material was put. People can make a statement – I’m a hardcore
environmentalist: look at my
wastebin, it’s made from crisp packets! But they can buy a bed
or dining table that’s made to their own design from reclaimed timber
by a professional craftsman, that doesn’t look any different to a
conventional, well-crafted piece.’

‘Our goal is to show that every day
goods can be made from recycled materials and that they are just as
good as new. As well as the quirky – bags made from chewing gum wrappers
or ringpulls, bowls made out of remoulded LP records – we have beautiful,
functional furniture that is handmade from reclaimed wood, including
oak and teak which you just can’t buy any more in a sustainable way; 
designer clothes made from recycled fabrics, that can’t be bought
in any High Street shops.’

Many of the goods on sale through The Recycle Warehouse are made by charities.

‘Doy Bags are one of the best
known manufacturers in the recycling market. Made by a women’s collective
in The Philippines, their bags are colourful and exciting, woven from
reclaimed fruit juice packs. We supply garden furniture made by a charity
in Oxford that employs people with learning disabilities, and we support
other charities in various parts of the world.’

It’s a quirky site that makes its environmental
message clear on every page and it isn’t above being dogmatic about
climate change. This isn’t just about profit. 

At The
Recycle Warehouse they have
simple principles:

• sustainability comes first,
  profit comes second;
• business has to lead the way
  in the war against climate change;
• recycling is an alternative
  to the exploitation of the world’s finite resources
• this isn’t commerce, this
  is a Crusade.

John Halladay is a Board Member of Friends
of the Earth and a local Greenpeace activist.

Vegetarian and Vegan women like to dress as glamorously as anyone else, but their strong principles of not buying leather are rarely understood by the fashion industry, until now!

NeonCollective.com is a new website advocating a fresh concept in fashion retailing, a collection of like-minded designers and manufacturers who share one core belief: looking good needn’t cost a life.

Neon Collective brings the latest shoes and handbags from the world’s leading vegan and ethical designers into one stunning collection. For the first time, women everywhere can browse and purchase the latest trends in one place – safe in the knowledge no animal-derived products, or sweatshops have been used in their production.

Founder of NeonCollective.com is Clare Childs, 33, a former
television editor of BBC2 fashion show ‘Mary Queen of Shops.’ Childs
has been vegetarian all her life and is on a personal mission to make
retailing more accountable:

“As a vegetarian I feel I’ve been
neglected by mainstream fashion. There’s no reason why women should
have to sacrifice style and glamour in order to shop ethically, so Neon
Collective finally provides a choice of luxurious accessories that are
ethically sound. It’s never been more necessary; at a recent footwear
trade-show I found not only were most exhibitors oblivious to where
their leather had come from, but they weren’t interested in how the
animals had lived or died. To me, that is unacceptable.”

All
the designer shoes and handbags at NeonCollective.com are 100%
leather-free, but Childs believes that doesn’t mean they are only
suitable for vegans:  

“Any fashionista would find our range
tempting, and our new gift vouchers will allow vegans and veggies to
show sceptics that ethical fashion can be just as cutting-edge. So if
you know a fashion-focused female, a voucher for Neon Collective is the
perfect Christmas gift.”

Our ranges include designs from
renowned vegan brands Matt & Nat, Charmone, Novacas and Cri De
Coeur. Plus we are the only UK retailer for hot labels OlsenHaus,
English Retreads and NeuAura.   For further information please contact +44 (0)1273 231619
Email: clare@neoncollective.com
Website: www.neoncollective.com

Have you ever wondered how much green energy you could generate at your home or business? How much money this could save you? Not to mention whether you could reduce your carbon footprint? Well the team at Better Generation believe they have the device that can answer all these questions! The Power Predictor is a new site assessment tool that measures both wind and solar energy, while being low cost, accurate and easy to use.

Collecting accurate data from your site is essential in
assessing its potential for a turbine or solar panel, to avoid making a
very expensive mistake. Small wind turbines have received a
considerable amount of bad press over recent years due to their
installation in a whole number of unsuitable locations (think David
Cameron’s rooftop turbine).

On the other hand, the UK
has some of the best renewable resources in Europe, and the Power
Predictor can help to find the most appropriate technology – solar or
wind – for your site, maximising the money and CO2 you can save.

The
Power Predictor allows you to collect real life solar and wind data
from your site. Once a month of data has been collected it can be
uploaded onto an online account at www.powerpredictor.com where a power
report is automatically generated.

The power report compares
the main wind turbines and solar panels on the market today, terms of
payback time, annual energy generation, cost savings and effect on your
carbon footprint.

To find out more visit www.bettergeneration.com. The Power
Predictor is available for just £99.95.