A report on the Ethical Consumer Magazine conference ‘Mainstreaming Ethical Consumption’ by Jo Salter of Where Does It Come From? Ethical Consumer Magazine’s conference took place at the Amnesty International Building in North London on Friday 25 September. With a range of speakers from key ethical businesses and organisations it was going to be an exciting day! On the …
(by Jo Salter of Where Does It Come From? published in Suffolk Families Magazine September/October 2015 ) You’ve probably heard of Fairtrade. It’s been around in various forms for many years and its main aim is to ensure that the people who produce things for us are treated properly. Everyone likes a bargain but unfortunately the drive …
Today I had to throw away some food. It’s not that unusual in itself but it got me thinking. Worse – it was fish so it meant that a living creature had been killed purely to end up in the bin. It didn’t seem a great justification for its death. Being on holiday in France a major highlight is the totally sensory …
Need Versus Greed (or How to be a Loving Consumer….) Read More »
That cream cake is calling you, by name. ‘Eat me! Eat me! I’m delicious and creamy’. But you resist. You are ‘being good’. It’s the same with that expensive dress, those amazing shoes ….. no wonder we associate virtue with deprivation – we train ourselves to think we are ‘being good’ if we resist the …
Influencer Mummy in the City kindly reviewed our Freya Pinafore dress. You can read her review by clicking on the link below. http://www.mummyinthecity.com/review-where-does-it-come-from-for-practical-and-traceable-childrens-clothes/
Here’s a recent article in Ipswich Star featuring our new children’s organic shirts – ethical products you can trace back to the field. Click the photo to access the article online. http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ethical_products_you_can_trace_right_back_to_the_maker_1_4122137
Last Wednesday, 10th June, I headed to London in great anticipation to attend the Ethical Fashion Forum Source Summit Event. The event was held at the Amnesty International Building and was attended by around 150 people. There were representatives from Fairtrade and GOTS (Organic) accreditation bodies, both emerging and established brands, education, enabling technologies and consultants. I was looking forward to spending …
What’s Fair about Fairtrade? Well we’re now coming to the end of Fairtrade Fortnight in the UK. I hope you were able to take part in some of the events, such as Fairtrade Foundation’s ‘Sit down for breakfast, stand up for farmers!’ campaign, or grab a tasty Fairtrade muffin (or two). The Fortnight has undoubtedly raised the …
Fashion Revolution – Why April 24th? On April 24th 2013, a date now remembered as Fashion Revolution Day, the Rana Plaza Clothing Factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed on its garment workers. Over 1130 garment workers were killed and over 2500 were brought out alive from the wreckage – some with horrific injuries. Just imagine that number of …
Fashion Revolution – Encouraging children to ask ‘Who Made My Clothes?’ Read More »
Blog Post by Bella Forcella – Beauty and Lifestyle Blogger – about tracing the life story of her new Where Does It Come From? scarf Click on the photo to visit Bella Forcella’s article……… http://bellaforcella.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/where-does-your-scarf-come-from.html