Warm up your winter bedroom with this burnt orange fair trade and organic duvet cover
This icy winter just seems to keep getting colder, so why not add a touch of warmth to your home with this beautiful burnt orange organic and fair trade duvet cover? Currently on sale at a reduced price at Biome Lifestyle, this stylish and comfy double duvet cover is 100% hand woven, with each thread hand set on the loom by workers in Bangladesh. Workers are paid a fair wage for their products, with fair and safe working conditions, so by purchasing this you are helping marginalised workers secure fair pay and build their own future and invest in their own communities. Because the cotton is organic, you are also ensuring that the planet’s resources are not damaged by toxic pesticides (as non-organic cotton is a pesticide-heavy crop). The beautiful burnt orange colour is achieved by combining three different colour threads on the loom, giving each of these lovely soft duvet covers a richness of texture that will complement any bedroom – and add a bit of warmth to these cold winter nights. Matching pillowcases are also available (and are also currently on sale!) so why not treat yourself? And best of all, you can sleep easy under your organic and fair trade duvet cover knowing that your purchases are helping others and the planet at the same time.
This organic cotton eco-friendly roll up bed is perfect for guests this Christmas
If you’ve got guests coming over Christmas but aren’t sure where to put them, why not invest in this eco-friendly roll up bed? Taking up minimal space but unrolling into a comfortable sleeping mattress, this eco-friendly roll up bed was designed in England and made in Kerala in India and will have your guests sleeping easy. The production factory in Kerala is fully accredited to SA 8000 – this means that workers are guaranteed fair wages, the right to fair bargaining powers and ensures that child labour is not used, so you can be sure no one was exploited in its production. As well as being kind to people, the bed is kind to the planet – it is handmade from high-quality, hand woven and organically grown cotton (so no toxic chemicals were used!). The organic cotton is then dyed using environmentally friendly, natural colourfast dyes. (The bed cover is 100% organic cotton, the filling is man-made). Big enough for an adult to sleep on comfortably, the eco-friendly roll up bed is perfect for camping or putting up guests, and rolls up to a compact size for easy storage and is also relatively lightweight, so easy to carry if you want to use it when you travel. Best of all, even the most eco-conscious among us will be able to rest easy knowing that their eco-friendly roll up bed has been produced in a way that is both people-friendly and environmentally-friendly.
Morphy Richards’ eco-friendly Ecolectric range helps you stay warm this winter
Winter is well and truly upon us, and as it starts get colder, many of us now rely on electric blankets to keep us warm through the night. However, these seem a wasteful solution for the eco-conscious consumer – but hope is at hand! Morphy Richards’ Ecolectric range offers a greener solution to staying warm this winter. The Ecolectric range builds on Morphy Richards’ recognised reputation for high quality, technically innovative electrical goods, offering a range that is stylish, practical and energy efficient. This also makes them cost efficient, given the ever increasing price of household energy. Its eco-friendly Electric Blankets are thin underblankets which come in single and double sizes. Morphy Richards are not only concerned about energy efficiency, they are also implementing greener manufacturing processes too. The blankets are manufactured using an environmentally sensitive, glue-free process, and they have ultra-thin wires for comfort and low wattage heating, and come complete with over-heat protection, so you can be sure you won’t get too hot! These energy efficient, durable and long-lasting blankets are also washable and can be tumble dried, so you avoid the need to use harsh dry cleaning chemicals.
Quality ethical products from Nkuku
For high-quality, eco-friendly fair trade gifts and homewares, look no further than Nkuku. The name comes from a village in Zambia and was inspired by the travels of the founder of this Devon-based company, which aims to promote fair trade and reward traditional artisans in Africa and India by selling their work in the UK. Examples of this include the stylish Savannah leather case, perfect as an alternative to a briefcase. The Savannah is handmade from leather and is dyed using vegetable extract and tree bark by a co-operative in Rajasthan, so you can be assured that not only is the bag eco-friendly, the workers are paid a fair wage for their work. Nkuku also sells classic leather-bound journals and photo albums, made with naturally tanned leather and recycled paper. If you’d rather use vegetarian friendly materials, Nkuku offers stylish journals and photo albums bound in hand-printed cotton paper, which come in recycled cotton boxes, or books made from recycled saris, making each one different depending on the fabric used. If you are looking for eco-friendly homewares, Nkuku produces a range of handmade cotton bed linen, printed by hand using traditional methods and wooden block printing, as well as high quality woollen throws, made from recycled wool. So you can enjoy original, beautiful things for your home while knowing you are supporting a fair trade, environmentally responsible company and helping traditional artisans profit from their skills.
