For over 100 years The Ideal Home Show has been bringing ideas and inspiration to generations of British home owners. The show is back in 2012 at Earls Court London, with loads more features, more expert advice and more fun for all the family.

From kitchens and bathrooms, to bedrooms and basements, from fixtures and fittings to fine food, gardens and the latest gadgets, plus three fully built show homes, you'll find it all under one roof.

Hippyshopper has teamed up with the Ideal Home Show, sponsored by Everest, to offer you the chance to win one of THREE pairs of tickets to this multi award winning homes and gardens event (each pair is worth £24).

At the show Everest will also be running various competitions including DIY time with a handyman as one of the prizes.

The Ideal Home Show will take place at Earl's Court, London, 16 March - 1 April, Earl's Court, London. To be in with a chance of winning one pair of tickets simply tell us:

What is the one thing about your home you would like to change and why?

You can leave your answer in the comments below or on Hippyshopper's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hippyshopper. You can even send us a picture to show us the part of your home you would like to change.

The closing date for the competition is Friday March 2nd.

Tickets are non-transferable, non-assignable and there are no cash alternatives. All tickets will be scanned upon entry. Multiple applications will be refused entry onsite. Open to UK residents only. Promoter: Ideal Home Show.

See Shiny Media's terms and conditions here: http://www.shinymedia.com/terms-and-conditions.html.

For more information on Everest visit its website at www.everest.co.uk

I love discovering new places to get my eco fashion fix. And to help you discover them too, Hippyshopper has teamed up with online ethical fashion store Ms Wanda's Wardrobe to give you an exclusive discount of 25% off your first purchase.

Ms Wanda's Wardrobe is an ethical fashion brand that specialises in upcycled, vintage and pre-loved clothing. Since its launch in April this year, Ms Wanda (aka Esther Freeman) and her team of eco-fashionistas have already saved over 8kg of textile waste ending up in a landfill, as well as helped reduce pressure on natural resources and CO2 emissions created by producing 'new' clothes. The clothes embrace all eras, from the femme fatale of the 1940s to the Mad Men-esque 60s, making it a treasure chest for the eco-chic. No better time than now to channel your inner Joan Holloway!

To take advantage of this discount simply head on over to Ms Wanda's Wardrobe online store and enter the code HIPPYSHOPPER when you check-out. But hurry, the offer ends on Tuesday 8th November 2011.

Got a good idea which re-uses or mashes-up existing technologies and products to tackle today's environmental challenges? Well Sony and the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) want to hear from you.

They are behind a new initiative called Open PlanetIdeas which has been formed to answer questions like how do we make better use of our scarce natural resources? And how can we actively change people’s behaviour to encourage more sustainable lifestyles?

A panel of experts has already sifted through an incredible 335 of inspiring ideas. And it has pulled them together into six themes to form this challenge. These themes include: changing behaviour, cleaner by design, more with less, make it real, waste not and recycling revisited.

So now it’s over to you. Take a look at Sony's technology showcase and start thinking about how you could re-use, combine or mash-up these and any other technologies to address the challenge. You can applaud other people’s concepts or refine them further. Best of all, why not contribute a concept of your own here.

The expert panel, along with the community, will select the concepts that most excite them. Once the winning concept is chosen, its contributors will work together with these experts to make the final concept real.

To help get you started, Hippyshopper has come up with its very own concept: Fly Tip Focus. This automatically alerts you if people are dumping rubbish in your local neighbourhood. You can see the full details here.

To view the challenge brief itself go here: http://bit.ly/aMPzEV.  You can also visit http://bit.ly/ccvdpd  for more details as well as watch the video below for more inspiration.

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Those nice yoghurty folk at Yeo Valley have got 5 pairs of free tickets to give away for the Organic Food Festival, September 11 and 12.

Taking place at Bristol Harbourside, the festival promises more than ever for food lovers and families alike, including celebrity chef demos, live bands and the Kids Taste Experience.

Over 150 organic food and drink producers will be there as well as organic health and beauty companies.

To be in with a chance of winning the tickets just answer the following easy-peasy question.

Who is the president of the Soil Association?
A) Monty Don
B) Monty Python
C) Full Monty

Now send your answer marked Hippy Shopper - Organic Festival to shinymediacomps@googlemail.com

Closing date is Friday September 3. Terms and conditions here.

Remember the Purity Project range I reviewed back in September, which led to some of the kindest remarks I'd ever had from colleagues? Well, my skin's still benefiting from these marvellous, toxin-free potions, and yours can too if you couldn't quite afford that range until now, there's a fantastic special offer for hippyshopper readers that will save you 50% on orders over £25. Follow the jump for details.

Related: Beauty review: The Purity Project | Fantastic eco offers for Christmas #1 | Fantastic eco offers for xmas #2

As all true eco-warriors know, greener living is often cheaper living. But you've still got to get hold of those everyday essentials that make the war on carbon so much easier - and this is what costs money. So here's a solution that will help you address both issues.

Green Rewards is a new loyalty scheme that gives you free stuff for buying greener products in 900 stores, and they've got an offer specially for hippy shoppers...

We've had such a buzz on the site about Trolley Dolly since featuring their clever shopping bags earlier in the year that ZPM have now agreed to offer a special discount for hippyshopper readers!

Between now and the end of August, you'll get 20% off all products on the ZPM site. The offer includes not only the famous 25-bags-in-one bag, but also a wide range of stylish and contemporary bags and accessories for all the family. Simply quote code HIPSHOP20 at the checkout for your discount.

Related: ZPM Trolley Dolly: all the bags you'll ever need

Hippyshopper has teamed up with ethical fashion portal Devidoll to bring you a fantastic offer on Doie; an exciting new womenswear range made from responsibly sourced bamboo jersey and silk. Follow the jump to find out how to take advantage of the offer.

Fancy getting a hefty 30% off some innovative and sophisticated fairtrade fashion? If so, we've got a great offer in conjunction with Tam & Rob, makers of some of the most stylish ethical threads around.

Between now and the end of December, simply quote 'hippyshopper' when placing an order, and 30% of the cost will be subtracted from your order.

Tam & Rob has stringent ethical standards for its manufacturing process, even going as far as producing videos on their producers' working conditions. The current range is a sharp, sassy collection with an oriental twist, and with prices between £18 and £180, it's well worth having a look.

Related: Buy one, give one free this Christmas with Tam & Rob

Last month, Hippyshopper's Jonathan Kalmus tested Biobags, an eco-friendly alternative to black bin bags, and was so impressed that we decided to team up with Bin Liners Direct to offer a year's supply of the bags to three lucky winners. We can now tell you that the readers selected to receive the prize are:

Emma Dawes of Chester
Trevor Corbitt of Middlesborough
Cheryl Pasquier of Hastings

Bin bags are an annoying thing to have to buy, so that's one task that these three won't have to worry about for a whole year! And they'll be saving the earth from a whole lot of plastic waste too, as BioBags are 100% biodegradable & compostable which break down when using conventional composting methods to water, CO2 & compost in 45 days.

Matilda Lee, Editor of the Ecologist's Green Pages has gathered her encyclopedic knowledge of the green fashion movement and presented it in a charming new book, Eco Chic, which will be in the shops next month.

What makes this book such a great read is not only the advice it gives on dressing stylishly, but the amount of eye-opening information on everything that's bad about fast-fashion. Meticulously researched with up to date facts and quotes, it explains which fabrics are harmful to the environment; the design pioneers to watch; the labour behind your labels; and how to create eco-friendly fashions by recycling and savvy shopping.

Hippyshopper reader offer: To pre-order a copy of Eco Chic by Matilda Lee (RRP £7.99, Gaia) at the special price of £5.99 with free p&p, please call LBS on 01903 828 503 quoting GA19. Orders will be dispatched following publication on 15th November 2007.

Related: Green is the New Black - Eco fashion tips from Lily Cole, Giles Deacon and more

It's Christmas already over at Nigel's Eco Store, as the ethical emporium is offering 10% off all products as a festive treat for Hippyshopper readers.

If you'd like to do some early Christmas shopping, head over to the site and have a browse. Nigel has handpicked a variety of products and gifts that'll help you to save money, reduce your carbon footprint and live a more planet-friendly life. The range includes something for everyone including home furnishings, kitchenware, gadgets, office products, kids toys and energy saving devices plus a new range of products and gifts for Christmas.

To claim you 10% discount simply enter HIPPY1 to the promotional code box when purchasing online or quote 'Hippy Shopper Offer' when ordering over the phone on 0800 288 8970.

* cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Offer ends 20/10/07

Just in time for the sun to come out again, ethical superstore Adili is offering a cool one third off men's and women's t-shirts for the coming fortnight.

The promotion includes all the store's top-selling lines, including Howies, Patagonia, People Tree and Kuyichi. The classic Howies logo-tee above has been slashed from £25 to £17, while the (perhaps appropriate) 'wellies applique' top also by Howies has gone to just £13. Take your pick here!

The British Gas site make it greener now is currently giving away Green Survival Packs containing energy-saving lightbulbs, tips on saving energy and various other items.

I can’t really comment on whether this signals a genuine commitment to saving energy and cutting emissions or if it’s more a ‘jumping on the bandwagon’ gesture, but maybe the pack might be worth getting, if only to show British Gas how many people are concerned about this issue. It appears that you don’t have to be British Gas customer to benefit from this offer although of course, you will be sending them your contact details!

The pack is advance marketing for July’s Fete for the Future which includes a British Gas Sustainability Station as well as music, theatre and organic food.

If you're planning on experiencing the 'great outdoors' at any point this summer, windup and solar-powered gadgets are your friend. Even if you're miles from civilization, you'll never need to resort to buying batteries for your radio or torch (unless, of course, both your arms drop off, or the sun fails to rise).

To get your started on the windup kick, Hippyshopper is giving away a Freeplay EyeMax windup LED solar radio from Nigel's Eco Store, worth £39.95. The radio would make a great camping companion, as it also has a small LED flashlight built in. It will play for 35 minutes from just a 30 second wind, and in direct sunlight, it will charge itself using a built in solar panel, and play continuously without winding.

If you'd like to be in for a chance of winning an EyeMax for yourself, email hippycomps@gmail.com with the subject header 'radio'.