Tracy Stokes is a mixed media artist living & working on the slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town. She likes to paint on re-purposed surfaces and recycle creatively in all aspects of her life.
Yesterday saw the launch of a new green online magazine, NewConsumer.com. Edited by Adam Vaughan, of Hippy Shopper and the green guy fame, the magazine offers practical and aspirational steps for people unsure of how to make positive changes to… Read More »Launch of NewConsumer.com
It has been announced by the Scottish environment minister, Ross Finnie that every secondary school pupil will have the opportunity to hear Al Gore’s “powerful message” about the dangers of climate change. The screenings of the An Inconvenient Truth in… Read More »Every Scottish highschool child to see An Inconvenient Truth
In the most ambitious move by a UK supermarket yet, Marks & Spencer have announced a plan to spend £200m on a wide-ranging “eco-plan” over the next five years. The planned changes will change the face of the supermarket in… Read More »M&S to go green
Triodos Bank are calling for nominations for The Women in Ethical Business Awards 2007. Have you got what it takes to be the next Anita Roddick? Does your business inspire others because it makes a difference? Can you demonstrate that… Read More »Women in Ethical Business Awards 2007
Nicole Frobusch’s Nixie Clothing makes children’s clothes from vintage fabrics and recycled wool. Each piece is a masterpiece, individually crafted and kind to the environment. At £68 a go, the butterfly-sleeve dresses are not cheap, but absolutely beautiful and lovely… Read More »Recycled style for little girls and boys
Just saw this amazing link over on Celsius blog. It’s called The Breathing Earth and it’s a real-time simulation of births and deaths on the planet, along with the amount of CO2 being emitted every second, minute, hour. Well worth… Read More »A time to be born, a time to die
Is this your life? Slow down! It’s Slow Down Week 2007. (via: Hugg)
Everybody’s favourite pair of jeans eventually come to an end, or do they? A New York company called Denim Therapy can help them go on and on and on. How it works is that once you’ve worn holes into your… Read More »When your threads are just that… threads
There are savings of up to 33% on ethically sourced and organic t-shirts at the Tonic online sale. They’re even discounting their gift vouchers, so you can buy a voucher during the sale, and pick a t-shirt later, what a… Read More »Tonic T-shirt sale