Shopping

Bike trailers

December 13, 2007

I move this weekend, after eight months of doing up the house. It means I’ll be closer to town, so won’t need to use the car for the station each day. My petrol consumption – and with it the cost of running the car – should decrease rapidly, and I reckon I’ll only be filling [...]

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Recycled furniture

April 5, 2007

I discovered at the weekend that you don’t have to buy from eBay to get your hands on recycled furniture. You can actually buy recycled new. On a trip to Braintree to buy a new mattress for the spare bed (the last one got thrown out after eight years’ use and a further year of [...]

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Easy ethical shopping

February 20, 2007

Etheco is an ethical shopping engine. It’s a bit like the price-comparison services offered by Pricerunner, Kelkoo and Froogle, except that rather than financial cost, the products are rated on their ethical and ecological costs. It’s a great service for someone, like me, looking to kit out a house, as you can include your budget [...]

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Say it with flowers

February 14, 2007

Happy Valentines’ Day. Unless you’re a bunch of flowers, that is. Florists love Valentines Day, as it leads to an inevitable boost in sales during the dark winter months. But unless the bunches are to be filled with snowdrops and early crocuses, the chances of those flowers having come from anywhere near home are slim [...]

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Ethical shopping

February 7, 2007

Every now and then you stumble upon a “why didn’t I think of that” idea. Today it’s the Ethical Superstore. With so many fair trade and carbon-offset products on sale these days, there’s only one excuse for not buying ethical products. What reason is that? The fact it can sometimes be frustratingly difficult to find [...]

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