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Family of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines. Photo: Save the Children

With an estimated 10,000 people thought to have lost their lives and a further 4 million with their homes, livelihoods or way of life affected, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines is one of the worst on record.

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The artists at Arthouse Meath know how to mark an occasion in unique style. Their stationery range offers a quirky take on life that is guaranteed to strike a chord.

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Syrian refugees in northern Iraq earlier this year where Christian Aid
is working through partners to provide help. Photo: Christian Aid / Sarah Malian

A big thank you to everyone who has responded to our humanitarian appeal to help the people of Syria. As the world leaders continue to debate how to respond to chemical weapons and civil war, 6 million have been displaced and we feel we must act from a humanitarian perspective now.

Donations from you our customers plus top ups from us now mean that we have raised more than £1000 for the appeal in just  one month – thank you! We will continue to support the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal as our only charity until the end of October. So every time you shop with us why not round up the total and make a donation? Every little helps.

If you want to see updates from the Disasters Emergency Committee about Syria that you visit their Syria Appeal update.

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Animal Magic! Lots of happy animal cupcakes. (c) Kate Boardman

Can there be any better week (apart from Chocolate Week) than National Cupcake Week? The perfect balance of moist cake topped with lashings of butter icing. My lips are watering even as I write this.

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We’re delighted to announce that our lovely customers have donated £7,474 to Trees for Life since October 2012. This amazing figure has helped Trees for Life to plant over 1,500 trees, in the Caledonian Forest in the Scottish Highlands.   We here at Ethical Superstore would like to say thank you to each and every one of you for donating to their fantastic cause.

the Caledonian Forest

Trees for Life are working towards a vision to plant another 1 million trees within 5 years  within the Caledonian Forest, an area of wild forest which has become a symbol for the harsh effects of deforestation across the world. Once covering 1.5 million hectares of Scotland’s Highlands, the forest now contains just 1% of our native pinewoods once found here.

Trees for life are aiming to bring life to 1000 square miles of forest. Thanks to donations from Ethical Superstore customers and their supporters, Trees for Life have already planted 1 million trees, created an additional 4000 hectares of forest, and have worked across 45 different locations of their project area.

Help Trees for Life by volunteering

If you’re wondering how you can get involved and help Trees for Life, you can become a volunteer and help plant and grow trees as part of a conservation week. With up to 10 places available per week, you’ll be given all the help and training you need, plus accommodation and travel to and from Inverness is provided. Making this a great opportunity to help out. Check out the video below to learn more.

If you don’t have a week to spare, you can still donate to Trees for Life via Ethical Superstore at the checkout area. £5 will pay for a new tree to be planted, whilst £1 will help grow a tree over time. To help ensure other forests don’t become barren, make sure you buy products which are FSC Certified, which means that they’re produced in a responsible fashion which supports sustainable forest management.

We hope to continue fundraising for Trees for Life, and believe them to be worthy of any support you can afford.

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If you’re looking to express your Christmas spirit differently this year, consider being a secret Santa to a friend across the miles.  For ideas, visit www.intelligentgiving.com

If you have any other ideas to share, please comment below…