The Green Office Week Top 5
Here at the Ethical Superstore offices we always try to think eco. Our light bulbs are all energy saving, our staff kitchen boasts an Eco Kettle, and we recycle all of the paper and...
Category: Sustainability
Real Nappy Week 2010
If you have ever thought about using real nappies for your baby, Real Nappy Week is the time to find out all about them. Held from the 26th April – 2nd May, it’s a...
Green Gardening & Eco Allotments
I’m beginning to think that Spring may have sprung up up North, and it’s not just because the sun has started to shine. This week is a great week in my household, because after...
Are real nappies greener than disposables?
Ethical Superstore unravels the government report on reusables vs. disposables for Real Nappy Week – which are the greenest? The first government report suggesting “no significant difference” in environmental impact between...
No illusions about my Eco Friendly Laundry
Read a book this morning with my little girl about a boy who put a red coat in the washing machine and turned all his Dad’s washing red. The coat had shrunk, which was...
Are real nappies really cheaper? Ethical Superstore explores.
If you’re expecting your first child and wondering whether to ‘go real’ and opt for reusable nappies, then there has never been a better time. If the shocking fact that 3 billion disposable nappies...
Stroke the cat
The first thing I did this morning when the kids went out of the door after two weeks off school was to go down the garden and sit by the pond for ten minutes....
Bottled Water Doesn’t Have to Cost the Earth
Bottled water attracts its fair share of bad press, maybe even more than its fair share. One such example of this was when a government minister claimed that drinking bottled water should be made...
It’s hip to be square
Huey Lewis is perhaps more famous for his contribution to the ‘Back to the Future’ soundtrack than as environmental spokesman. Even if his green activity is only the result of the way my brain...
Spring Clean: The Greener Way
That time of year is upon us once again where the mornings are getting lighter, the evenings brighter, and our bodies are waking up from winter-mode. For me and for my family, that usually...