Style ideas and news for your eco-chic home
Posted in Eco Living, Design & Architecture on Jan 28th, 2010
For the second instalment in Oliver Heath’s eco-refurb diary read on…
How do you start an eco refurb? As you mean to continue of course: with lofty environmental intentions. In my case that means stripping out my home’s old fixtures and putting in steel joists and columns to improve its efficiency and circulation, and future […]
Posted in Eco Living, Design & Architecture, Celebrity on Jan 20th, 2010
Ecocentric co-founder and TV designer Oliver Heath has just started the ultimate eco refurb of his 1960s Brighton home. He will be blogging about it here offering tips and advice, with links to helpful resources and suppliers. Here is the first instalment, which appeared in the Guardian’s Green Living blog on Monday 18th Jan. Come […]
Posted in Eco Living on Nov 19th, 2009
TV designer Oliver Heath went to brand new eco hotel, The Scarlet, in Cornwall for a meeting last week and sent us back these photos. It was a blowy, rainy and windy day but you can still get the idea! We’re talking serious luxury retreat with amazing sea views and a strong environmental ethos. Its […]
Posted in Eco Living on Nov 11th, 2009
The Wattson is an energy monitor with a difference - it glows different colours to tell you how much you are consuming (blue for low energy usage, purple for average energy use and bright red to signal that your energy output is starting to skyrocket!) An online survey of customers who bought the gadget shows […]
Posted in Eco Living, Design & Architecture, Style Ideas on Nov 4th, 2009
If you thought wallpaper was boring, you’d be wrong! This photo shoot in the most recent issue of Sublime Magazine (featuring our ‘Burlesque’ wallpaper by Dupenny) proves that it can not only be beautiful but also sexy and sophisticated. This 100% British hand screen-printed black-on-white wallpaper is bold and dramatic and perfect for […]
Posted in Eco Living, Design & Architecture on Nov 4th, 2009
As part of its Eco Home exhibition, London’s Geffrye Museum is hosting an exciting and timely debate on eco homes on Thursday 12th November. The evening will explore issues around making our homes greener. Panellists include our very own Oliver Heath (designer, writer and TV producer), Sean Allam (head of product sourcing at John Lewis), […]
Posted in Eco Living, Outdoors on Oct 23rd, 2009
Feed The Birds Day, which happens this weekend, is a reminder that garden wildlife needs our help providing food and shelter in our gardens over the winter.
This weekend, Sat 24th and Sun 25th October, is allocated ‘Feed The Birds Day’ by the RSPB. Over the winter food and shelter are more scarce as the ground […]
Posted in Eco Living on Oct 22nd, 2009
Keep the windows clean to maximise the amount of natural light that comes into the house.
Pull back curtains and cut away vegetation that has grown up over the summer and is blocking the windows.
Have you considered tha the way you decorate can effect energy usage? Bouncing light into rooms off light coloured walls and windowsills […]
Posted in Eco Living, Events on Oct 20th, 2009
This week the temperature has suddenly dropped and heating is being switched on all over the country. Also, as the evenings are darker we are putting on the lights for longer. So it is perfect timeing that 19th - 25th October 2009 has been allocated Energy Saving Week by the Energy Saving Trust.
This years theme […]
Posted in Outdoors, Eco Living, Kitchen & Dining, News, Events, Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2009
EcoCentric have launched a new range of grow your own gardens suitable to plant in September and October ready for the Winter months as part of organic fortnight.
Try using these with our new planters made from recycled tyres.�