JoinLess is another movement spreading the sustainability message. It focuses on spreading the joy that surrounds a truly sustainable life as opposed to the sugary crash and burn of endless retail therapy. The < symbol has been taken on as the open-source brand to represent the movement.You can use it where ever and however you… Continue reading Join the revolution
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Fair Trade Wellington
The super people at Fair Trade Wellington have put together this useful guide of fair trade cafes, retailers and wholesalers. Take a look and then support ethical consumption shwoppers!
Ultra Ten
Winning the Ethical Fashion Forum's Innovation in Design and Sourcing award is this set of ten multi-use items. Designed for a serious slimming down of a wardrobe, it was created in response to the serious overconsumption visible in the fashion world. And much like Six Items or less which Chrissy and Inga embarked on a… Continue reading Ultra Ten
Reverse graffiti
One mural completed at the Stuk Arts Centre, Belgium. Materials needed? Water and one mossy wall. Result? Brilliant. We'd blogged about moss graffiti before. Love.
You’re one fixy looking fox!
Our lovely friend Emma over at Fixy is running a wee competition that we thought you might wanna look at. Its super easy - simply trot off to their facebook page and refer to the competition tab on the left. Winner gets a five-trip Servilles style express card! Surely the perfect way to ensure you… Continue reading You’re one fixy looking fox!
TGIF: Desk Boogie
just bop on down people! and if you liked that, you'll be loving this , Apologies for the lack of video, but by jingos what a tune! Thanks DJ Misteek for getting me onto this nugget.
Giveaway announced: ecostore bodycare pack
Thanks to all The Big Shwop Blog readers who entered the ecostore giveaway that we had last week. We used our favourite random comment generator. Sarah won a fantastic stash of body care products to keep her skin all lovely and pretty all summer. Nice work Sarah! 😉 PS. I don't just wink at perfect strangers… Continue reading Giveaway announced: ecostore bodycare pack
Free feather gift tags
Pretty and free to download gift tags from Love vs Design via Swiss Miss. Now just get to that colour printer without anyone seeing okay? 😛
Feeling crafty Auckland?
Than get your crafty gear around this.
Plastic Fantastic
After seeing this impressive Christmas tree, made out of plastic bottles, on Unconsumption, I thought it would be fun to gather other upcycling ideas for the humble plastic bottle off Pinterest. 1. Plastic room divider/curtain. 2. Plastic bottle apartment garden 3. Wintry Christmas Stars 4. Magic Fairy Lights 5. Cool art installation 6. Plastic bottle… Continue reading Plastic Fantastic
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