Style ideas and news for your eco-chic home
Posted in News, Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2010
For the THIRD instalment in Oliver Heath’s eco-refurb diary read on…
If refurbishing a home wasn’t complicated enough we now have to choose our materials with extreme care and attention. You could see this as a limitation but for me it’s an opportunity to create a style that embodies the philosophies of sustainability.
Luckily there […]
Posted in Offers & discounts, News on Oct 30th, 2009
Very exciting Divine Fair Trade chocolate giveaway news coming soon…
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Designer Tord Boontje, creator of our recycled glass vase range, this Autumn takes up the position as Professor and Head of Design Products at the Royal College of Art, the role previously held by Professor Ron Arad.
Tord Boontje himself studied for his MA in industrial design at the RCA, and returned in 2000 as tutor […]
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.�
Posted in Outdoors, Eco Living, Style Ideas, News, Events, Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2009
Around the UK for the next fortnight, an array of events will be taking place in schools, farms, shops, cafes to support all things organic. The government’s target is to reduce the UK’s greenhouse emissions by 80% by 2050. Currently manufactured food produces 30% of the UK’s emissions, so we all need to change our […]
Posted in Design & Architecture, Eco Living, Celebrity, News, Events, Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2009
Last month, Oliver joined Kevin McCloud and a bunch of politicians to help insulate a model home outside the Houses of Parliament. The event was in aid of the Great British Refurb Campaign. They managed to get a huge 7,500 signatures but there is still time to sign up.
Go to the Great British Refurb website […]
Posted in Kitchen & Dining, Lounging, Outdoors, Office, Eco Living, Bed & Bath, Style Ideas, Trends, Events, News, Celebrity, Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2009
Have you been to Goop.com yet? Gwyneth’s website has caused a massive stir among environmentalists and journalists alike. The websites aim - to encourage sustainability, good health and an eco-friendly lifestyle. Surprisingly enough, Gwyneth’s tips aren’t so friendly to the purse strings! But are we surprised? Well some people are…
Gwyneth leads a Hollywood lifestyle so her idea of ‘green […]
Posted in Design & Architecture, Eco Living, Outdoors, News, Trends, Events, Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2009
Well think again!
This amazing new concept is designed by product design graduate Chris Chapman and I spotted his ‘Roll-out Vegetable Patch’ at the New Designers Exhibition last week and fell in love with the idea!
Gardening isn’t for everybody, we either don’t have the time or the weather to get excited about it! This product is created specifically for those people, unconfident, busy and lazy […]
Posted in Eco Living, Design & Architecture, Celebrity, News, Events on Jul 20th, 2009
Last Tuesday Oliver Heath, Kevin McCloud and a whole bunch of MP’s spent the morning insulating a mini house to raise awareness for the Great British Refurb campaign, asking the goverment to make insulation, and other green home measures, more accessible for the average home owner.
Part of the issue, Oliver says, is that the talk […]
Posted in Eco Living, Celebrity, News, Events on Jul 14th, 2009
Tomorrow government is expected to announce White Paper on carbon reduction strategy. To coincide with this, on Thursday Kevin McCloud will hand in a petition to Downing Street asking for more accisibilty of funding for making green improvements to the UK’s homes. So far over 5,000 people have signed the petition - but there is […]