Ethical Pulse

Good Energy creates first energy efficient hamper collection

Good Energy, the UK's leading supplier of 100% renewable electricity, is helping people to give green this Christmas by launching a new range of Christmas hampers packed full of energy saving goods.

Every year at Christmas, people send thousands of hampers to friends and families, but most of these contain food and fine wines. In an attempt to raise environmental awareness, Good Energy decided it was time to change the face of the Christmas hamper world.

The eco-hampers are decorated with materials made from recycled Christmas trees and have been created by the company as a message for people to try to go green in the New Year.

Eco Eco is designing "green" theme decorations for the Christmas Tree Festival that will take place in the Derbyshire village of Hope from 5th - 7th December. Local groups, schools, and businesses will all decorate trees donated by Haddon Hall. They will be displayed in St Peter's Church to raise money for the Local Red Cross and the Send a Cow appeal.

Alison Jackson Bass from Eco Eco said "Christmas is a magical time of year but there is a tendency to consume huge amounts, putting pressure on our environment and our pockets. Following the same ethos that guides our selection of products to sell in our clothes and home shops in the village, we want to demonstrate how you can have beautiful things that are both ethical and eco-friendly. Our Christmas tree at the festival will reflect our approach." 

Just to remind you that the BWEA 2008 Photo Competition is now fully up and running and we are pleased to say that entries have started coming in. Don't forget the deadline for submissions is Wednesday 10th December 2008.

Please note that if you have sent photographs to us before, you are welcome to re-send, but please use the competition e-mail address at BWEAphoto2008@googlemail.com.

Children's sustainable living website Mimimyne to introduce new lines at the East London Design Show and Eco Design Fair in December

Introducing a new range of sustainable, ethical eco-friendly children's products, Mimimyne will be showing new items from Naomi Dean, Teenytini, Spinifex, and a new SPLAT chair prototype, as well as Mimimyne's own design children's T shirts at the London Design Show which runs from 5th to 7th December at Shoreditch Town Hall.

They will also be exhibiting at the Eco Design Fair in London's Brick Lane on 13th and 14th December. 

The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA), UK's leading renewable energy trade association, welcomed Chancellor Alistair Darling's commitment in this afternoon's pre-budget speech to extend the Renewables Obligation (RO) to at least 2037. BWEA believes the move will increase investor confidence, particularly in Round 3 offshore projects, and ensure long term stability for developers and wind farm operators.

Winning green business awards- Inspire yourself!

Green Mobile Ltd has had an incredible emotional ride over October and through November, winning not one but two green business awards and narrowly missing out on winning outright south west London Green Guardian Business award.

Treat a loved one to the oriental splendour of traditional Gujarati design

The Saathay range of traditional arts and crafts, featuring wall hangings, bags, tableware, bedding and cushion covers, with their vibrant colours, detailed embroidery and rich mirror work are an expression and celebration of the natural joy and simplicity of the Gujarati artisans who produce them.

With 15% off all items until 20th December this is a perfect opportunity to bring some of this bright and joyful spirit into your home or to offer as a gift to loved ones this Christmas. Simply enter promotional code EJ2008 at the checkout to get your 15% discount.

The Credit Crunch is NOT affecting people's desire to buy and live "green" says new ethical online community marketplace, ooffoo.com

Christmas is coming, belts are tightening and even the infallible Marks & Spencers are quids down at the moment, but all this financial insecurity is not stopping eco-conscious buying, thinking and living, according to a recent poll conducted by ooffoo, the brand new exciting eco space where it's FREE to swap, sell, give away, recycle and share ideas with like-minded people.

Crunch your way healthily through the credit crisis by growing fresh vitamins and minerals on your windowsill !

Start the New Year afresh and give your bank balance a break after all the excesses and expense of the festive season - growing your own sprouts is the healthiest way of joining the raw food revolution and adding concentrated fresh vitamins and minerals to your daily diet, plus it will save money by bringing the farmers market into your home. Energiseyourlife.com aims to encourage everyone to consider their health-enhancing and longevity-promoting kitchen juicers, sprouters and water purifiers, to give the consumer control over their own health, in their own homes.

Safe, beautiful nails is a sweep of a brush away with Zoya toxin-free nail polishes from buyOrganics

Nail polishes have traditionally contained a nasty mix of cancer and reproductive disorder containing chemicals; the top three being dibutyl phlalate (DBP),formaldehyde and toluene - substances you wouldn't really want within yards of your body or home, let alone on your nails and being absorbed into your bloodstream!

Desk space available in semi-open plan 2nd floor office in Clerkenwell

Enough room for up to 8 people but we would consider letting individual work stations. Own side of room gives some privacy. Big windows, wood flooring, kitchen with microwave and plumbed in water cooler,shower,separate WC's,meeting space.

Good vegan options are a great solution for caterers

The Vegan Society invites all caterers to join their free Vegan-Friendly Promise scheme. In return, The Vegan Society offers promotional 'Vegans Catered for Here' window stickers, a staff training sheet, and more.

The Vegan Society offers professional advice and support to caterers and can help with staff training, modifying existing recipes to make them suitable for vegans, and sourcing new ingredients, for example. It can also help to promote businesses more widely.

Saturday 18th April 2009

Discounts for EJ Members

Viva! is organising their third Incredible Veggie Show at the Lawrence Hall & Conference Centre of the Royal Horticultural Halls in London and is offering Ethical Junction members 10% discount on stall space (not in conjunction with any other offer and does not apply to Food & Drink stalls) and 15% discount on programme advertising (if complete artwork provided).

To guarantee inclusion in the programme, stand and advertising bookings must be received by 22 December (copy deadline 12 January). With two-thirds of stands already booked, it is recommended businesses and organisations register their interest as soon as possible. 

A few lines borrowed, with great respect, from the pen of the American poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, serve to inspire all who will be alone and lonely this Christmas.

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

Whatever your personal circumstances might be, there is someone out there that needs YOU. Seek and you might just find them.

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