Green gadgets
With March welcoming the first cloudless days of 2010, I can't be the only one to notice certain people thinking that this warrants cracking out the shortest shorts and the tightest tanktops, despite the still freezing temperatures. With enough power to source the world's energy consumption 1,000 times over, solar is undoubtedly an underused energy source. So, if you want to enjoy the early blue skies without losing any of your limbs to frostbite, then let these solar powered gadgets soak up the sun while you stay safely wrapped up.
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Fashion & accessories
With the 2010 fashion weeks falling around Fairtrade Fortnight, we haven't failed to notice that ethical, eco-friendly and Fairtrade fashion has been one of the biggest talking points in Milan, Paris, New York and London. Some of the biggest fashion weeks have dedicated shows and events to Fairtrade and eco-friendly fashion, with Esthetica at London Fashion week showcasing 28 designers who fit the friendly fashion bill. Of course we've all known this for a while, but if it gives us some more Fairtrade fashion to admire then who are we to complain?
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Ethical & green gifts
My Mother is hard to please. If it's not chocolate, flowers, or something from Marks and Spencer, then the chances are she won't like it. Not surprisingly I've exhausted every possible combination of the above for previous Mother's days, until last year when I gave up (well... technically I forgot, but she doesn't need to know that). Mother's day 2010 falls on 14th March, so here are six ethical gift ideas which will please the planet just as much as the pickiest of Mothers.
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Galleries
Old milk cartons, used party poppers and empty drinks cans sound to me like a list of things to rinse, sort and put in the correctly coloured bins with no thought to how they might be reincarnated.
Well, apparently there is an art to recycling, and these objects have been used to make some the most interesting and individual art around. Recycled art tends to be commission based because of its unique nature, and is the perfect way to be green whilst getting your hands on a one-off work of art. See our gallery to discover recycling in a new light, and to find out the true meaning of one man's trash being another man's treasure...
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Fairtrade
Between the 22nd February and the 7th of March, Fairtrade are celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight 2010. The fortnight is a chance to raise awareness of Fairtrade values and to help change the lives of disadvantaged workers worldwide. Here are some simple ways that you can become part of making a change, and it even involves drinking as much beer, tea and coffee as you can manage...
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Galleries
So, summer is just around the corner....Well, not quite, but post-Christmas is definitely an acceptable time to start getting excited about it without everyone thinking you're insane. Want to see some eco-friendly holiday ideas to inspire your daydreaming?
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Galleries
Looking for a pretty ethical gift to buy your loved one (or yourself) for Valentine's Day? Yesterday we featured some vegan handbags from Fashion Conscience. Today they've given us some more really sexy gift ideas. There's everything from fair trade silk scarves in zebra, leopard and heart prints to chic fair trade brass, gold plated and silver jewellery courtesy of Mirabelle and Fifi Bijoux.
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