Kids stuff
This adorable baby tee with 'prickly little hedgehog' design is just one of many charming organic pieces from UK-based website Belle and Dean.
Here, you'll find nothing but the softest, natural unbleached fabrics, printed with water-based inks - a great place for kitting out your baby's first wardrobe. Made specially for newborns, there's a range of baby grows featuring this design and many more. And for toddlers, there's a range of bigger tees. If you like the designs so much you want them all for yourself, there's a "bigger people" range for Mums and Dads.
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Fashion & accessories
Sharkah Chakra is a new name in sustainable, stylish denim whose garments are made according to a rigorous fairtrade philosophy, and with a strong respect for the earth.
Available exclusively in Harvey Nicks, this is the first completely organic and fairtrade denim range I'm aware of in the luxury end of the market. No stone has been left unturned in putting the garments together and each pair of jeans is decorated with buttons made from 9-carat part recycled gold plating. The organic cotton is dyed using natural Indigo using a method dating back thousands of years, and is then woven by hand making for one unique and very swanky pair of jeans. The jeans are available in men's and women's styles, and come in at a surprisingly reasonable £195.
Food & drink
Mulled wine is one of the best things about Christmas in my book *hic* and the Black Cat site is a fittingly charming place to buy scrumptious organic mulling spices.
Based in West Sussex, Black Cat is a one-woman business owned by Austrian-born Catherine Kubillus, whose mother taught her the secrets of spicing hot wine and gingerbread. She also sells the gingerbread making kit complete with cookie-cutters as well as all the spices you'll need here. Everything you'll find here is organic.
Fashion & accessories
If you were hoping that a total wet lettuce of a summer would mean a dryer winter, the time has come to admit you were wrong. Probably. Who knows what meteorological madness lurks around the corner now the climate is in such a bad way?
All we do know is that the cold, wet weather is not showing any signs of moving on, and waterproof, warming wardrobe is a necessity. Here's a roundup of some of the best green and ethical gear I've seen this autumn to help you stay dry.
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The recycled umbrella uses the power of sweet-wrappers to keep the rain away. Those sweet wrappers would otherwise end up in landfill, where they would remain for centuries. It's made by the Monsoon Group and costs $65. If pink isn't your thing, the website says it comes in seven different colours. If you like the idea but not the price, there's a mini folding version here (in understated black) that's 100% recycled for £16.
Follow the jump for the best eco coats, scarves and socks...
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Ethical & green gifts
At Shiny Towers, we're lucky enough to work just round the corner from Neal's Yard, so there are oodles of yummy scented Neal's Yard Remedies on offer. I recently had a chance to have a look around after hours and check out the Christmas gift sets. I quickly discovered that the big watchword at NYR is still "organic". The products are not yet all 100% certified, but every bottle and jar carries a percentage to tell you what the proportion of organic ingredients is. The aim, I was assured, is to use the success and expansion of the company to invest in more sourcing of organic ingredients. And, as ever, the company doesn't use controversial commercially used chemicals or fragrances, basing everything on pure essential oils.
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Food & drink
Blowing all your hard-earned cash on organic food and wondering if it's really worth it? Tempted to switch back to cheaper alternatives? Well here's a bit of news to cheer you up - the case for organic food is really on a roll at the moment.
Following the news that organic veggies are better for you than the other sort, it's now time for organic milk to get its moment of glory: it's been shown to reduce eczema in kids. And if you're a new Mum, not only will drinking it do your baby good, it'll help you produce more 'organic' milk of your very own!
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Food & drink
Natural Collection may be good as gold when it comes to ethical credentials, but they want to tempt you over to the dark side with this scrummy organic Chocolate Covered Ginger by the Chocolate Alchemist - it's pure, organic chunks of crystallised sweet root ginger generously covered in delicious dark organic chocolate.
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