Posts in Green Shopping

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By Steve
Posted January 31, 2013

Just The 2 Carrots Please Waitrose

2 loose carrots

Dear Little Waitrose, High Holborn, London. I would like to make a request and I hope you can oblige because I believe it is in the interest of you, your customers and just about everyone…

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By Steve
Posted January 29, 2013

Who Wood Have Thought It? Sustainable Timber Practices

sustainable wooden products

Look around your home and you will more than likely notice that one of the most common materials is wood but not all wood is created equal and some is best avoided. While I live…

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By Steve
Posted December 18, 2012

Green & Ethical Christmas Fayre Adventures

Green & Ethical Christmas Fayre Clapham

It was a cold and crisp morning when I arrived at the Holy Trinity Church on Clapham Common and I was a little apprehensive. You see, I was sponsoring the Green & Ethical Christmas Fayre…

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By Steve
Posted December 9, 2012

Nourish Skincare Christmas Competition

Nourish Skincare

While down at the Green & Ethical Christmas Fayre in Clapham on Saturday I met the people behind Nourish Skincare and they have kindly given me one of their Mini Kits worth £24.95 to give…

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By Steve
Posted December 5, 2012

Earthlust Water Bottles Make Great Eco Gifts

Earthlust water bottles

Bottled water (the plastic kind) – it’s so bland and boring to look at, so completely avoidable and so incredibly damaging to the planet but an Earthlust water bottle can be your own personal solution…

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By Steve
Posted November 26, 2012

Bog Standard Loo Roll Hitting A Bum Note?

toilet paper

Toilet paper – it’s probably not too high up on most people’s list of considerations with regards to the environment but it is something that we take for granted in this modern world. It is…

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By Steve
Posted November 23, 2012

Green Steve Is Sponsoring The Green & Ethical Christmas Fayre

Green & Ethical Christmas Fayre in Clapham

Saturday December 8th – put the date in your calendars boys and girls – the greenest of Christmas Fayres is coming to town. Returning for its second year, the Green & Ethical Christmas Fayre in…

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By Steve
Posted November 14, 2012

The Shop Is Live & Carbon Offsetting Explained

Green Steve Shop Open

If you haven’t noticed already, the Green Steve Shop is now officially live in an early launch phase. This means that you are free to register for an account and start doing your Christmas shopping…

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By Steve
Posted October 10, 2012

Unpredictable Weather Impacts on Food Prices

flooded farmland

A number of the UK’s leading supermarkets are facing shortages of certain fruits and vegetables following a summer of terrible growing conditions. Later harvests have left retailers under stocked and many have been forced to…

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By Steve
Posted October 3, 2012

Green Steve Asks: Will You Try A Milk Alternative?

milk alternatives

Apart from on the odd bowl of cereal when I’ve been away from my own home, I haven’t bought cow’s milk since setting out to find a plant based, low carbon alternative back in January….

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