As part of the campaign to encourage people for Black Friday ‘Shop Ethical Instead’ , our founder Jo Salter was interviewed in the East Anglian Daily Times. You can read the article by clicking the photo below. You can find out more about our Black Friday views in our blog article ‘Black Friday – Let’s …
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In this interview Where Does It Come From? Founder and ethical business enthusiast Jo Salter talks ethical fashion with a group of young people from the local group Evnuth. Hosted by BBC Radio Suffolk DJ Jon Wright. You can listen to the interview by clicking below.
Karen Cannard, recycling guru and founder of The Rubbish Diet, interviews Jo Salter of Where Does It Come From? in this article ‘Is it time to pull on an ethical brand?’ published in the Bury Free Press.
We all like a bargain, don’t we? It’s thrilling! What is it that excites us so much? – is it because we feel we’re saving money? Perhaps we love the idea of getting something for less money than it is worth? Or do we like the idea that we’ve paid less for an item than …
On September 1st 2018 Where Does It Come From? were featured as one of five ethical companies in Suffolk who are working to save the planet. See the article at https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/business/green-businesses-arya-candles-frugal-cups-lowtoxbox-socks-by-thought-1-5675192
In June 2018 the UK Government announced that they were going to delve into Fast Fashion – focussing on its social and environmental impacts. This was welcome news to those of us who have been campaigning for more awareness of how negative fast fashion can be – for our planet, for garment workers and also for …
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Sustainability is in style in the Suffolk Resident with this article on sustainable fashion and featuring Where Does It Come From? and our new African Tunics. You can access the article online free at The Suffolk Resident Magazine.
It’s out there – those who watched Stacey Dooley’s Fashion’s Dirty Secrets Documentary now agree that Fast Fashion is a no no. For those of us, and there are many of us, who have been working to change the clothing industry for years THIS is a very exciting time! It feels like interest has been …
Attached is the Where Does It Come From? submission to the UK Government Review into Fast Fashion. Government Fast Fashion input This input has been published on the Government website at https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/sustainability-of-the-fashion-industry-17-19/publications/ Published October 8, 2018 & Filed in Jo’s Soapbox,Where Does It Come From? Blog
I’ve got a confession to make. I’m an Ed Sheeran Fan. And yesterday I spent half an hour or so wrestling with the internet to buy tickets for his 2019 Suffolk gig. The local boy is coming home. How could I not go? But it got me thinking. Yesterday morning at the school gates the …