The Revolution is Just a T Shirt Away
T-Shirts have to be the most common item of clothing for people in the UK (excluding underwear!) so for such a staple item it’s amazing just how much they are loved, everyone has or...
Author: Peter Leatherland
The People Behind the Products
Fairtrade ensures better prices, good working conditions, local sustainability and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. Fairtrade companies pay sustainable prices (meaning they never fall lower than the...
Some surprising places you’ll find hidden plastic (and some plastic free alternatives)
We all know the problem with plastic, it’s something we’ve been banging on about for a long time! In the last few years the issue has really come into the public consciousness and people...
Cafedirect – Mayan Gold
Cafedirect is the UK’s largest 100% Fairtrade hot drinks company. All their products carry the Fairtrade mark meaning they are guaranteeing a fair and stable price to 38 grower organisations across 12 developing countries...
Upcycling with Lemonaid and ChariTea
Lemonaid creates organic and fair trade soft drinks. Every bottle sold supports social projects in growing regions. For every bottle sold 5p goes to their Lemonaid and ChariTea Foundation. The Lemonaid and ChariTea Foundation...
Brand Story: rCUP
The rCUP is the world’s first reusable cup made from used cups. It is no spill, easy opening, insulated and recyclable. The rCUP is made by the award-winning design company, ashortwalk who are based...
Marine Friendly Sun Care by Green People
Oxybenzone and octinoxate are used in some of the most popular suncreams. However, these toxic chemicals can have a detrimental effect on marine life. They have been shown to have endocrine-disrupting effects and may...
Can we take positive lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic?
From every tragedy there is always something we can learn, something we can do differently to at least give some positive side effect. In this blog post we are going to look at the...
Black Lives Matter – How to educate yourself
The Black Lives Matter movement strives to eradicate white supremacy and build local power that can intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. Black Lives Matter is a collective...
Brand Story: Ethletic
Ethletic was founded by James Lloyd and Dr.Martin Kunz in 1998. Strangely, the brand started with the production of the first fairly manufactured soccer ball in the world in a production hall in Pakistan....