Organic and fair trade products to brighten up your household. Including electrical appliances, furniture, ornaments, linens, blankets, towels, cushions and many unusual and unique ideas. All the companies listed have been vetted to ensure they pursue eco-friendly policies and help to protect the environment, so you can be sure your purchase is a green one!
"Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees, lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk, garbage, slime pits, and debris." - Edward Abbey
This Fair Earth believes that handmade, ethical products can be more desirable, more individual and higher quality than their mass-produced counterparts. This Fair Earth has a fantastic range of ethical homeware and ethical jewellery. The homeware includes striking, fair trade and environmentally-friendly photo albums, photo frames, journals and candles. The beautiful range of jewellery is either fairly traded from small producers in developing nations or hand made closer to home in the UK. www.thisfairearth.com
The Natural Rug Store are a specialist rug company that sell superior quality rugs made from natural materials that include, bamboo, coir, jute, paper, seagrass, sisal, sisool and wool. The website provides users with the unique opportunity of building their own custom made rugs online using the Rug Builder tool. All rugs are made in England and free shipping is available within UK mainland. www.naturalrugstore.co.uk/
Indian furniture, along with throws, bedspreads, rugs, cushions and unique home accessories. They're proud to be an accredited importer and member of BAFTS (British Association for Fair Trade Shops) with over 90% of products sourced through Fair Trade channels that minimise harm to the environment.
Parna sources hand crafted textiles in antique and vintage linen and hemp. From beautiful antique grain sacks to intricate embroidered pieces, parna has pieces to suit all tastes. Attractive, functional and versatile their range of soft furnishings from vintage linen and hemp are the ultimate in eco-chic for the home. They stock a wide selection of vintage linen and hempsincluding kitchen linen and upholstery fabric. Their ”from vintage” range refashions to make the most of these beautiful fabrics so that you can enjoy them for years to come and includes bespoke embroidery on vintage linen pieces. www.parna.co.uk/
The Recycle Warehouse - where every product is made from recycled materials. The Recycle Warehouse encourages the practice of recycling in order to reduce dependency on natural resources and to help minimise the impact of production on the environment. The Recycle Warehouse is a supplier of domestic and office products, clothing and other products, wholly or predominantly made from recycled materials. www.therecyclewarehouse.com/
Visit Pure Design's online gallery and be amazed by their range of beautiful designer eco accessories for you and your home. Made in the UK by award-winning designers, their range of organic, recycled and sustainable accessories are all available to order online. They also offer a consultancy and commissioning service; whether you are decorating a new home or simply looking for a centre piece to refresh a room or outfit, let Pure Design help you find an exclusive design piece just for you. www.puredesigncompany.co.uk
If you are looking for unusual gift ideas then quirky shop Daisy Daisy is just the place. The shop is bursting with fabulous fair trade goodies including handmade jewellery and accessories, hand painted ceramics, wooden toys, fair trade organic cotton kids clothes, handmade homewares and organic skin care. Daisy Daisy is proud to be a member of the British Association for Fair Trade Shops. All of their products are carefully chosen for their quirky style and must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Ethnic Supplies aims are to promote economic and social development of East African women involved in handicraft and textile production by enabling them to bring their products to the market. They source handmade handicrafts and fashion accessories from suppliers that support women to be financially independent or directly from established women's groups in rural locations. The women they work with are almost always excluded from any form of employment and this is their only source of income, therefore buying Ethnic Supplies products provides valuable income to these women. www.ethnicsupplies.co.uk
Fou Furnishings, original, organic and luxurious bed linen, brings you affordable, natural and lasting quality. Their luxury bed linen collection, in the finest quality organic cotton, brings you original and innovative designs, in classic white and contemporary colour palettes.Fou Furnishings products have been rigorously tested for colour fastness, pilling, shrinkage and even seam strength. Special attention to sourcing, finishing and testing ensure the organic bed linen you buy from them will not only bring you luxury and style, but also affordable, natural and lasting quality which is considerate to your skin, the environment and the people involved in making it. www.foufurnishings.com
Eco-flooring is a new company, founded by a team of people who have been working in the domestic and commercial flooring sector for many years. Eco-flooring are totally committed to providing their customers with the best possible solution for their requirements, by using products that are more in harmony with nature than their more widely used rivals. By no means are they compromising on aesthetics or quality, Eco-flooring are merely using alternative materials that do the same job, but have a much lower impact on our already fragile environment. www.eco-flooringltd.co.uk
Ochre & Ocre is a chic online boutique, who sell stylish and eco friendly homewares that are all exclusively made in Europe. Ochre colours are the starting point for the Ochre & Ocre collection. The organic cotton range includes table cloths, napkins, runners and placemats, all beautifully finished with mitred corners The organic cotton kitchen textile range includes aprons, oven gloves, gauntlets, tea towels and shopper bags; perfect for brightening up your kitchen. www.ochreandocre.com
Naturewarm bedding is made in Great Britain from British Wool, a renewable, natural fibre from a sustainable source. We spend about a third of our lives asleep. When we sleep, our bodies repair themselves. A bed that is too warm or too cold can disrupt sleep: wool is the ideal material for producing a stable micro-climate for the sleeper. A steady, comfortable temperature promotes a lower heart rate, resulting in deeper, more restful sleep. Look to Mother Nature to provide the perfect materials for your bed: British wool encased in 100% cotton.
Visit buyOrganics online organic lifestyle company for all your pure, natural and safe products in one place at one low delivery cost. Easy to use online shop. Safe and worry free. www.buyorganics.co.uk
UNSCENTED, VEGAN, CLEAN-BURNING 100% NATURAL SOY WAX CANDLES. Hapi Bean Soy Candles is a small ethical business based in Hertfordshire hand-pouring candles for wholesalers and individuals alike. Whether you are planning a celebration, looking for an alternative handmade gift, or enjoy burning candles at home, unscented 100% soy is the way to go. Unlike paraffin candles, Hapi Bean Soy Candles don’t release soot or chemicals into your environment…or into your lungs! These beautiful handmade candles are free from GM products, herbicides and pesticides. The soy wax comes from sustainable sources and not from rainforest land. A sample tealight can be posted out upon request. www.hapibean.co.uk
One-stop online shop of organic, natural, eco-friendly products for the home and body. Toiletries, cosmetics, skincare products, and items for wellbeing, babies, pet care, personal care, energy-saving, cleaning, and hair care; as well as earth-friendly gadgets and gifts, and articles of interest. www.thenaturalshop.co.uk
Vibrant, original fabrics and designs. Chandni Chowk specialises in designing textiles, which are then hand made in India and Bangladesh by wonderfully skilled crafts people to a very high quality. An exciting marriage of Eastern textile skills with a Western appeal. Their aim is to create a beautiful product whilst trying to minimise their impact on the environment and allow for human fulfilment at work. www.chandnichowk.co.uk
SOTO is an on-line emporium based in York & Chiang Mai, Thailand offering exclusive beautiful products made from natural materials. They are committed to Fair Trade, have invested in purpose built workshops and guarantee that any teak used is reclaimed & recycled.
