Found this gorgeous products on a shopping trip yesterday. I was enticed into the store by the amazing smell of flowers and spices. The Kerbside violet a fragrance by LUSH, price starts at £18 https://www.lush.co.uk/products/volume-3/kerbside-violet It is an elusive and evocative fragrance. According to Fresh, Kerbside Violet is inspired by […]
Personal care products like facial and body scrubs and polishing toothpastes can be found in most modern bathrooms, yet few of us realise how many of our favourite products contain tiny pieces of plastic. Cheap plastic microbeads, some as small as ½ mm, in diameter, have been commonly […]
In March 2015, an attempt by German multinational chemical company Bayer to sue Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) over claims its pesticide thiacloprid harms bees was dismissed by a Dusseldorf judge, who said the NGO had a right to voice these concerns. The campaigning group was made […]
The annual festival of chocolate over-indulgence known as Easter raises more serious issues than pimples and weight gain for the ethical shopper. The cocoa trade is notoriously bedevilled by child labour, slavery and other workers’ rights issues. Palm oil, which can be used in confectionery listed merely as […]
Emerging Asian and European designers are ‘cutting the waste out of fashion’ with support from a prestigious sustainable fashion design competition. The EcoChic Design Award, now in its fifth year, highlights and supports up-and-coming new designers working in Asian and European markets toward reducing textile waste. China alone […]
The potential for recycling won’t on its own make fashion sustainable. Putting months-old purchases in a charity or recycling bin won’t undo the waste of resources or make up for any human or environmental cost involved in their manufacture. That said, buying recycled is a great way to […]
Plastic is used for everything from building materials through drinking bottles to medical disposables. PVC (recycling type 3 plastic) has been used in pipes and cables, food wrapping and retail packaging, credit cards and car upholstery. In fashion it’s created imitation leathers and shiny waterproof fabrics for everything […]
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