GirlsWithBeads

Info:  Rebecca Alderman started out by making little bags and things from found objects, recycled materials, plastic bags, old clothes, etc. Right from the beginning, recycling was a very important issue for gwb and she decided everything she produced would stick to a green ethos. This passion developed into a range of unique, handcrafted bags and accessories made from old clothes, including flat caps, suit jackets and ties.

There is a gallery of one-off creations that have been made over the last few years and the shop from which you can purchase the most recent designs.

GirlWithBeads is also part of a fashion collective of eco-friendly designers called Revamp and, as part of this group, exhibited at Esthetica @ London Fashion Week in Sept 08, and a group show at Time for Tea, Shoreditch for LFW in Feb 09.

glo 4life limited

Info:  A fashion brand, producing and decorating 100% organic cotton T-shirts, a company that takes an ethical, environmental and social stance in all its proposed business activities.

We source 100% organic cotton T-shirts, design the graphics, print the T-shirts, sell direct to our customers in our online shop, and wholesale direct to retailers so that more of our customers can get to touch and feel the quality first hand.

We want to have more fun and we want to make a difference for our son, so that we will have something we can pass on to him, something that has given back as much as it has taken out.

Gossypium

Info:  Our products guarantee a better deal to all who are involved – from the farmers in the cotton fields to the customers who buy our products. We believe it's our personal responsibility to ensure that no one is exploited. Our products are made respecting both people and the planet. It's our job to make sure that all the products you buy from us are made from the purest cotton in the most environmentally friendly and ethical way, so that you can shop with a clear conscience.

Gossypium design and make great quality clothing, bedding and accessories using organic and fairtrade certified cotton, sourced directly from independent farmers in India. Our beautiful cotton is soft and easy on the skin allowing your body to breathe, day and night. Our designs are classic, our style uncompromising and each and every product has a strength of its own. We make products to last but when the day comes for your favourite piece of cotton to go and join all the other old rags in their resting place in the sky, don’t despair, because we'll take them back for recycling.

Gossypium is an independent family business.

greener by nature

Info:  Choose from a fabulous range of natural and organic, ethical and sustainably sourced, fairtrade and recycled products for you, your home and your family.

Each of our products has been carefully selected to ensure that the care of the environment and the welfare of those that made it have been considered. We actively source new designs from small producers to bring you your very own work of art, with many items being uniquely individual due to the nature of their manufacture, having been lovingly and beautifully handcrafted. Much of what we source comes from within the British Isles, helping to support local businesses at home as well as abroad. We make every effort to minimise our impact on the envrionment by using as little packaging as possible and trying to keep any transport emissions to a minimum. Any packaging we do use will be either recycled or recyclable and bio-degradable or compostible.

We are committed to providing contemporary eco-friendly and ethical gifts, clothing and home furnishings for the whole family, that are sourced from companies with a like vision and passion for beautiful quality merchandise that has sound sustainable, ethical and environmental credentials. We also want to encourage as many of you as possible to get creative and promote activities such as knitting, sewing and handicrafts as constructive pastimes using vintage, recycled and reclaimed or organic and natural materials.

GreenFibres

Info:  Greenfibres' owners William Lana and his partner Gabriela worked in the financial industry in London, Frankfurt, New York and Brussels. In the early 90's they realised it was vital for ordinary citizens of the planet to change their habits and become more solution focused. Believing it essential to 'be the change they wanted to see', they spent two years researching the conventional textile industry and the opportunities that existed to encourage its evolution towards sustainability and sound ethics. They launched Greenfibres in 1996, but the mission won't be over until everyone from farmer to designer, and producer to consumer, appreciates and acts upon the fact that we don't really have a choice if we want our grandchildren to have the same opportunities as we’ve had -- the textile industry must clean up its act.

Since it began trading in 1996, Greenfibres has grown each year, both in terms of sales and product range. We think this is partly due to a growing awareness of the ecological consequences of our collective purchasing decisions, and partly a result of increasing concerns over the effects on our health of everyday household products. We are trying to push the ecological standards of our products higher all the time and often we are the first to offer them in the UK. We appreciate that we need to be aware of our carbon footprint as well as the way in which a product has been cut, sewn, and trimmed, so with manufacturing facilities in Devon and close co-operation with producers abroad, we are able to influence the production processes to take account of all ethical and ecological issues.

GreenKnickers

Info:  Sarah Lucy Smith is an eco designer with a passion for fun, inspiring, ethical design.

Rose Cleary-Southwood is a fashion merchandiser with a uniquely ethical business mind.

"We started GreenKnickers to prove that ethical choices can be funny, beautiful and sexy. The logical place to start was obviously knickers!"

Green Trading - eco conscious fashion

Info:  We believe that you do not have to sacrifice style or luxury when you switch to a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle. You can still enjoy the finer things in life if you live responsibly.

The Green Trading sites offer fine organic and ethical fashion and beauty products. These include designer fair trade organic clothing for men and women as well as luxury skin care and beauty products. All products are of the highest quality and are fairly traded or ethically made. We are also fully committed to sourcing products made from organic or environmentally-friendly materials.

We use environmentally-friendly packaging where possible and do our best to keep our delivery charges competitive. We take customer service very seriously. We do care that you are happy with your shopping experience and the goods that you buy from us.