10:10
This site offers inspiration and support to help people cut their carbon emissions by 10% year on year. If you’re really dedicated to making a difference then this is the site you’ll want as your wing man.
TREES FOR CITIES
www.treesforcities.org
Trees for Cities is a fantastic resource, with all manner of newsletters, planting events and useful tips on bringing lush fluttering leaves back to the most urban of neighbourhoods.
DO THE GREEN THING
www.dothegreenthing.com
This site does exactly what it says on the tin, a public service that aids and abets a ‘greener life’ – by breaking down the complexities of sustainable living into seven easy to digest focal points, ready for you to implement.
POSITIVE LUXURY
One of our favourite sites here at The GWG, Positive Luxury appraise in minute detail the environmental efforts of some of the world’s biggest brands. Yes there is a way to live a life of luxe (whilst eschewing compromise) and Positive Luxury have proved it.
REVE EN VERT
www.revenvert.com
Brand new kids on the block, Reve en Vert bring the boutique ethos to ethical fashion, resulting in an e-commerce store full of top-notch ingredients; originality, simplicity and high concept design with a heart. A site that ticks all the boxes.
CONSCIOUS BOX
If you’re a fan of the beauty box concept (check out our recent feature on the subject) and also are after products with serious karmic points attached, then look out for Conscious Box. It’s a marriage of pure sustainable products, combined with elegant design that arrives monthly on your doorstep – heaven amongst a myriad of bills.
ETRALA
Another ethical fashion site to be commended is Etrala… Beautiful wide legged pants, macs and feminine dresses, a whole host of funky T-shirts, plus top class menswear (not to mention the fact that it’s a Positive Luxury vetted site) – all in all it fits the bill.
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
www.forumforthefuture.org
This nonprofit sustainability forum has a decidedly global reach. The site is full of educational information that cannot fail to facilitate the ‘trickle down effect’ on your daily life with its entirely ethical ethos.
You might not instantly think of Asos when it comes to sustainable e-commerce, but with a little digging this retail front-runner is on the money. Underpinning a love of on-trend fashion with corporate responsibility, the brand covers all the bases with its emphasis on ‘Fashion with integrity.’
GREENER JOURNEYS
If you’re really committed to a more eco-friendly life, with whatever sacrifices that entails, then Greener Journeys will make the transition that bit smoother, with its national campaign to shift commuters from cars to buses and coaches.
August 2013.