Style ideas and news for your eco-chic home
Posted in Style Ideas, Lounging, Eco Living, Celebrity, News, Trends, Events, Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2009
Did you go to Glastonbury this year? Did you see the latest innovation by Orange?
The power pump is a fantastic new product launched at Glastonbury to charge your mobile phone. It works in a similar way to an air bed pump, you simply press your foot on to the pump and the turbine inside spins round […]
Posted in Eco Living, Outdoors, Trends on Jun 29th, 2009
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Creating a home that is eco friendly isnt just about inside the four walls, but the space you are surrounded by.
This year’s Chelsea Flower Show took inspiration from all the various factors that are influencing how we work, spend […]
Posted in Eco Living, Office on Jun 26th, 2009
As Recycle Week comes to an end on Sunday, what pledge have you made as part of the ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ mantra?
I have just moved house and am very excited to have a garden. I have gone out and got myself a compost bin. As most of what we eat is fresh (bought from a […]
Posted in Design & Architecture on Jun 23rd, 2009
When planning out the design for a new home we know in the back of our minds that furnishing from e-bay, vintage shops or freecycle not only saves the wallet, but also the planet as second hand saves on resources needed to make from virgin materials.
Check out this office that was created in e-bay style…
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Posted in News, Celebrity, Win!, Events, Trends, Uncategorized on Jun 23rd, 2009
If the answers yes, then you should be entering the Miss Earth beauty pageant today! Now we’ve all seen them on TV and Miss Congeniality starring Sandra Bullock unveiled the painstaking procedures to becoming Miss World but this pageants different. Even though the contestants are all stunning, the main focus is on environmental awareness, the beauty queens need […]
Posted in Design & Architecture on Jun 22nd, 2009
From a glance this house looks like a normal rural development, so why would this run of the mill build win ‘Best New-Build’ award at this years Grand Designs show?
Well I’ll tell you…nothing is what it seems, the huge glass wall actually extends outwards on railway tracks creating a whole new extension. Named the sliding […]
Posted in Kitchen & Dining, Outdoors, Office, Lounging, Bed & Bath, Events, News, Style Ideas, Trends on Jun 18th, 2009
The hottest new design trend for summer is inspired by our little feathered friends. There are bird designs everywhere, on cushions, ceramics, light shades, coasters, clocks, oven gloves…the list goes on!
As well as being ultra cool these designs are also super cute and would look great in any surroundings whether it be vintage or contemporary.
If your looking […]
If you don’t already know Bike Week has officially begun! But don’t worry it carries on until this weekend, so you have plenty of time to jump on board.
Bike Week is actually the biggest cycling event nationwide making it a very special event to be a part of. Its aim - encouraging families to cycle […]
US VOGUE’s ‘Queen of Green’ Cameron Diaz was with Liv Tyler and Rosario Dawson and other stars attending the launch of a new environmental film at Stella McCartneys LA store this week. The green brigade of tinseltown were treated to a screening of new film HOME accompanied by an eco picnic.
HOME is a new joint […]
This morning EcoCentric founder Oliver Heath sets off on the drive of his life in the Brighton to London Eco-Rally.
Along with 19 other celebrity drivers including Zac Goldsmith, The Observer columnist Lucy Seigle & BeyondGreen’s Joanna Yarrow, Oliver will be profiling the new zero and low-emission cars by road testing them from Brighton to City […]