Business Week Live: 10th November 2010, The Kent Showground, Detling nr Maidstone

Interested in promoting yourselves in a business to business environment?

Business Week Live will be held at the Kent County Showground, and will feature The EcoVillage, showcasing sustainable and eco-friendly businesses. This event is a broader business event run by the organisers of Construction Expo, who hope to bring the key elements and exhibitors of that event to Business Week Live.

The EcoVillage is an active member of Ethical Junction, learn more

E-charger was picked as one of the three best portable chargers by the Metro on Friday 10th July 2009
Here is what they said
E-charger Pack this compact emergency charger and you’ll never be caught out with a dead phone, BlackBerry or iPod.£15, www.echarger.co.uk

Echarger Ltd is a small company
aiming to make a big difference to the environment by offering a range
of environmentally friendly – and extremely useful – battery and
mobile chargers for people on the move or out of reach of a standard
power supply.

Offering the following products: 
- emergency charger 
- solar mobile charger  
- solar bags ranging from business bags  
- messenger bags  
- city style bags  
- pouch  
 
Echarger’s range of fashionable, energy efficient and solar travel
chargers is available in a variety of formats to suit a wide range of
portable gadgets.  
 
The solar mobile charger, emergency charger and solar bags supplied
by the business are just right for any occasion. Available on the website,
the products are beautifully constructed and last for life.  
 
Echarger Ltd has an expanding network of clients, located in and around
London, including Eco friendly sites. The company is managed by Tony
Momoh who has been focusing on the business for many years. Having previously
worked for the IT industry, Tony Momoh is more than qualified to look
after the company.  
 
With a fully fitted workshop and fully qualified staff, the company
provides a professional b2b to businesses. The service is designed to
cost effective, enabling clients to make a difference to save the planet
economically. 
 
 Link to product review article  

http://www.lifegoggles.com/1738/echarger-emergency-charger-product-review/

amba nature ‘Winter Sale’ extended for EJ members.

20% discount off trade prices on fair trade homeware, jewellery and accessories.

Our Winter Sale has been extended until 23rd January for EJ members.

For more details please contact us on 01702 471131 or email trade@ambanature.co.uk

Readers and visitors of Ethical Pulse can also get a 20% discount off retail prices during this time by entering the Discount Voucher Code EJWS3 in the shopping cart of our website www.ambanature.co.uk.

London, Wednesday 3 December

Oxford Street’s first ethical Christmas marketplace is being held on Wednesday 3 December 2008. Thousands of ethically minded consumers are expected to attend the event where they can purchase ethically traded gifts, Fair Trade Christmas pudding and recycled fashion from a variety of stalls.

Retailers at the event at The Salvation Army Regent Hall, 275 Oxford Street, include Soho’s Fair Share shop, reused and handmade London fashion designer Flawless, and international company Freeset that sell bags crafted by former prostitutes in India. 

Fair Christmas Fayre will feature craft corners and knitting workshops to help inspire people to create recycled and personalised gifts. Or people can exchange an item for free and rejuvenate their festive party outfits at the “Swap Shop” stall.

Other highlights include top ethical tips that people can take on board as they sip fair trade drinks and listen to jazz performed by local musicians.

The organisers of Fair Christmas Fayre take heart in research from Christmas 2007 where one third of consumers surveyed suggested they were planning to buy ethical presents. To encourage people to buy their presents at the Fayre every person who makes a purchase will be automatically entered in to a draw to win one of three boxes of Fair Trade chocolate bars!

Event organiser Lucy AitkenRead says “Fair Christmas Fayre is an ethical marketplace that aims to inspire people to do Christmas in a more sustainable way and to provide alternatives to expensive shopping for those feeling the squeeze of the credit crunch.

“If you believe in fair trade or are just curious to find out how you can do Christmas differently this year, we’d love to see you at what promises to be an inspirational event.”

Event organisers hope to raise enough money from the Fair Christmas Fayre to buy a Bush Ambulance for some of Malawi’s rural poor. The vehicle will be used to transport sick people and expectant mothers to hospital in areas in Malawi where there are no available vehicles or suitable off-road transport is required.

Organisations who have already chosen to benefit and confirmed there presence include: Friends of the Earth, The Fairtrade Foundation, The Soil Association, The Ecologist, Charity Bank, Hubcap Creatures, National Ethical Investment Week, The Recycle Warehouse, Green Row, Neo, Greenfinder, WWOOF,  Morsbag, Alternate Style and Incognito.

So, if you want to join these heroic and illustrious champions in the great 2009 pageant of all things ethical and sustainable then contact Jodie or Danny at UK AWARE whilst early bird prices remain as low as they are . . . but not for long.

The Environment Council presents the next ASP Learning Event: “Engagement 2.0”

Public, Stakeholder and employee engagement have all been important tools in a Sustainability Practitioner toolbox for a while now. However, since these approaches were pioneered by organisations such as The Environment Council (www.envcouncil.org.uk) in the 1990’s the world has moved on.  Developments with the internet have increased connectivity between people and groups and expanded the opportunities for collaboration, public trust in ‘official’ mechanisms for participation continue to be eroded while the public interest in many sustainability issues is growing rapidly.

What does this mean for engagement?

How should it respond and what might it look like in the future?

You are invited to join other sustainability practitioners in a ‘participative enquiry’ to investigate these issues and contribute to the development of Engagement 2.0.

Mike King CEO The Environment Council

Chief Executive, The Environment Council, a UK based NGO dedicated to enabling people to make better environmental decisions and choices: pioneer of the use of Stakeholder Dialogue to resolve contentious environmental issues. The organisation now works with industry, government and local communities to develop and promote innovative ways of achieving sustainable development through effective dialogue and engagement.

Mike himself is an environmental scientist with 20 years experience working in the area of stakeholder engagement, public participation and community development.  He is an experienced facilitator and trainer and has been involved with a range of projects and initiatives working on issues such as renewable energy production, nuclear power, biodiversity, landscape management and waste minimization.

Location:     The Environment Council, 212 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7BF

Date:         30th September 2008, 14:00 – 18:00

Registration:     Download:  www.asp-online.org/events/Eng2.0/Eng2.0rap.doc

Cost:        ASP Members:     £45         Non ASP Members:     £85

Association of Sustainability Practitioners’ (ASP) Learning Events are highly participatory and promote collaboration, sharing and learning.

Contact:     Gwyn Jones,    0779 563 2607,      gwyn@gbjconsulting.org

ASP, The Hub Bristol, Bush House, 72 Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QD.  Registered: 5457420 www.asp-online.org

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.

Email: fairsfairfairs@mail2world.com
Telephone: 07879400897 / 07774608215 / 01873854055