With spring now in the air many a homeowner will be inspecting the garden furniture ready for another year. Although sustainably sourced wooden chairs and benches make a good choice. By the time you factor in the maintenance and protection required to achieve their full lifetime they are hardly the choice of the discerning eco-warrior. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ethical materials’
Garden furniture eco-style
Posted in Ethical product, recycled materials, tagged ethical materials, reclaimed materials, recycled materials on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A new life for spent jeans
Posted in Ethical product, recycled materials, tagged ethical materials, ethical products, green home improvement, recycled materials on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I think I must go through at least one pair of jeans a year. Sure they get a gradual retirement, probably a years service for decorating and jobs around the house. But there’s a point when every pairs of jeans doesn’t have the right feel when you pull them on – and that’s when you [...]
Shut up fool
Posted in recycled materials, Welding, tagged ethical materials, recycled cars, recycled materials, Welding as art on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was somewhat surprised to see last year that knitting was back with the cool young things of London (the chicks at least). I realise the credit crunch is bringing a little austerity chic back into vogue but it’s hard to know if the act of knitting or the final product is the most [...]
Rod it’s time to give those chaps a new lease of life
Posted in recycled materials, wallet, tagged ethical materials, ethical product, ethical products, ethical wallet, green wallet, reclaimed materials on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After the groundbreaking Great Green Goods (and if you are reading bare in mind that mimicry truly is the greatest form of flattery) featured this wallet made from reclaimed leather I had to have one. In fact they only did a run of 45 of them and I have the only one in the UK [...]
