Win EcoForce Spring Cleaning goody bag - and save the environment too!

Reduce carbon emissions by ditching your tumble dryer and spring into cleaning the green way with eco-friendly scourers, sponges and cloths from EcoForce.

Manufacturers of practical, everyday, household products from recycled materials, EcoForce's range comprises a Recycled Clothes Line, Recycled Peg Basket and Recycled Clothes Pegs. Strong and durable, EcoForce's Clothes Pegs are made from 93% recycled plastic and contain no metal parts to rust or wood to stain clothes.

They're available from Sainsburys, Tesco and Morrisons,

Each tumble drier load can release up to 2.6kg of carbon into the atmosphere as well as increasing your energy bills by more than £70 per year. EcoForce's new Recycled Clothes Line is 20m long with a break strength of 30kg. Why not let the sun do the work instead?

Hippyshopper has 10 goody bags of EcoForce recycled household products, worth £15 each. Each one contains the following:

New EcoForce Recycled Peg Basket £2.99
New EcoForce Recycled Clothes Line £1.99
EcoForce Recycled Clothes Pegs £1.50
EcoForce Recycled Food Bag Grips £1.49
EcoForce Recycled Sponges (99p), Scourers (99p) and Cloths (£1.19)
Dishmatic Fillable Washing Up Brush £1.19
Dishmatic Fillable Steel Scourer £1.19
Dishmatic Refills(£1.49 pack of 3)

To be in with a chance of winning answer the following easy-peasy question. In which month does Spring begin?
A) May
B) March
C) June

Now send your answer marked Hippyshopper - EcoForce competition to comps@shinymedia.com. Closing date is March 21st.

For terms and conditions click here.

www.ecoforce.com

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WIN A TEA AND CHOCOLATE HAMPER FROM CAFEDIRECT

It's cold and miserable outside and the nights are still drawing in. What could be better than a lovely hamper from Cafédirect to cheer you up. A warming treat for the hot drink fanatic, the hamper - which would normally set you back £25 - includes a fantastic array of finest tea and hot chocolate; Gold Tea, English Breakfast Tea, Earl Grey Tea and award-winning San Cristobal Drinking Chocolate.

All this can be enjoyed in the classic Cafédirect mugs and comes complete with a rustic fair trade hamper basket, great for storage around the home. Alos, if you are looking for Christmas presents there are several gift ideas from http://www.cafedirect.co.uk/shop. Order now and you'll enjoy free delivery until the end of December!

TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING THE HAMPER SIMPLY ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION. WHERE ARE THE CLIMATE TALKS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK:
A) COPENHAGEN
B) OSLO
C) STOCKHOLM

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WIN a Method detox kit from Big Green Smile

Method make some of Hippyshopper's favourite things, from the revolutionary O-Mop to the cleaning wipes that smell of yum.

If you're as much of Method junkie as I am - or haven't yet found out for yourself what all the fuss is about - then you might want to enter our latest competition, in association with Big Green Smile. You could win all the products shown here, which are enough to 'detox' your home from strong chemicals and bleaches while keeping it squeaky clean.

Read on after the jump for prize details and how to enter!

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WIN a veggie goodie bag from Redwood Foods

Having been vegetarian since I was in primary school, I've tried a lot of veggie burgers in my time. There's the good (juicy, satisfying, meaty) the mediocre and the downright ugly (mashed up vegetables with breadcrumbs) but I feel I've still yet to sample the perfect veggie burger.

Now, it seems that Redwood foods might just have created the holy-grail of meat free burgers...and they want to give you one free to try!

Read on to find out more...

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WIN a skincare consultation and £200 worth of natural beauty products from Puresha

Whether you're looking for an effective, non-toxic sun cream or a natural alternative to botox, the place to be right now is Puresha -- and we've teamed up with the site to offer you some fantastic prizes!

One lucky winner will get a personal consultation with a member of Puresha's team of natural beauty experts as well as a tailored skincare regime worth around £200. There's also a great discount for hippyshopper readers on the revolutionary new range by Marie Véronique Organics, pioneer of the Yoga Facelift. Sounds good so far? Read on to find out more.

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Innovation - Ethical Fashion Competition

Are you a budding fashion designer who likes to make amazing stuff out of all kinds of discarded things? If so, the Ethical Fashion Forum is the organisation that could help you get the funding and guidance you need to turn your dreams into fully-fledged catwalk creation.

They're running a competition called 'Innovation' to find new talent, which will allow one up and coming designer to exhibit their S/S 2010 collections at either Pure or Estethica and receive business support from an expert consultancy team.

Follow the jump for details on how to enter!

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WIN an energy-efficient BT phone and tickets to UK AWARE

BT has been working on making its entire phone range more energy efficient, and to celebrare the launch of its new, more energy-efficient handsets, it's teamed up with Hippyshopper to give away 3 Graphite home phones.

These simple and stylish cordless phones are packed with features including an answer machine and 50 entry phone book - and most importantly they are more energy efficient - good for the environment and your pocket. All BT's phones now use new energy efficient power units, designed specifically to consume around half the power of previous units.

Read on after the jump for details on how to enter

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