This week for Screen Print Saturday we want to introduce a brand after our own (eco friendly) heart, Eco Boutique. This great little London based brand was set up back in 2009 by Lynsey Dickenson and Hayley Power. The brand combines urban style with ethics, with their print work inspired by art rather than the […]
Month: April 2014
Fairtrade Friday – Tropical Wholefoods
It’s Friday! Time for our weekly Fairtrade Friday blog post, introducing you to a Fairtrade brand you may not already know about! This week we want to introduce you to Tropical Wholefoods. Tropical Wholefoods was founded in the early 1990’s, by Kate Sebag and Adam Brett, while they were working in Uganda. The pair wanted […]
Screen Print Saturday – Sinstar
So this weeks Screen Print Saturday is a little different to our normal ones, we normally go for the quirky and light hearted things we have found in the week; however, this week we want to introduce you to a brand called Sinstar. We discovered the brand as a result of following the work of […]
Fairtrade Friday – Pants to Poverty
Friday has come round again and no doubt you are looking forward to the weekend! We’re here with some lunch time reading for you, introducing you to another Fairtrade brand, for our regular Fairtrade Friday post. This week, we want to introduce you to ‘Pants to Poverty’, a brilliant London based brand selling, (you guessed […]
Fashion Revolution Day
On 24th April last year, a disaster occurred that struck many in the world by surprise. The collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex. For those aware of the horrendous conditions in the fashion industry, we knew it was only a matter of time before something of this scale occurred, waking the world up to […]
Screen Print Saturday – QCumber Clothing
This week we want to introduce you to a brilliant and quirky brand, of which we’ve known of for a while now, Qcumber Clothing! The brand was inspired by a food fight between a group of friends; many would have been devastated by the stains on their clothes, however these guys turned it into a […]
Fairtrade Friday – Green & Black’s
Last week was a busy one, in fact busy is possibly an understatement. Despite copious amounts of caffeine, we just didn’t have enough time to get our Fairtrade Friday blog post in, however thankfully this week it’s back! It’s that time of the week when we tell you about another Fairtrade brand that we love […]
Screen Print Saturday – Norvine Clothing
This Saturday we want to introduce to you Norvine clothing, a London based street wear brand, with a growing international following. The brand was established just 3 years ago, but have gone from strength to strength, supplying a wide array of tattoo inspired apparel to their global customer base. We not only love the design […]
Manchester Metropolitan University – Case Study
The People and Planet league table regards Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) as the UK’s greenest university and they’re number one for a reason. They really pull out all the stops to be ahead of the rest when it comes to sustainability, being both innovative and practical across the board. So we were really keen to […]
