Our Top 7 Favourite Eco-Stores
Being ecologically friendly no longer means having to live in a mud shack, eating only home grown produce and wearing ratty hand me downs. Theres a whole plethora of ethical, eco-friendly stores out there that create quality products that quite literally dont cost the earth, allowing you to live the life you want without compromising on your values.
Cred Jewellery
CRED jewellery were the first European retailer to sell independently certified fair trade gold, and the first high street boutique to exclusively sell ethical jewellery. The precious metals and gem stones they use are sourced from either fair trade communities, or made from recycled metals to reduce the need for additional dirty gold mining. Each product purchased comes with total transparency of where the materials are sourced, and their diamonds are certified conflict free.
Despite these ethical practises, the jewellery they create are stunning, bespoke designs of the highest quality, proving you dont need to compromise on quality to create feel good products.
Annie Greenabelle
Traditionally, ethical clothing has either been frumpy or unaffordable but thanks to Annie Greenabelle, fashionistas no longer need to make the choice between ethical, affordable or stylish. Annie Greenabelle clothes are sourced from factories which comply with the Ethical Trading Initiative base code, and many of their clothes are made from organic cotton and are even made in England. These initiatives help to keep farmers out of poverty, support the cotton industry and reduce carbon emissions.
EcoCentric
Ethical furniture like ours isnt too hard to come by, thanks to Forest Certification Schemes, but other interior products and home ware can be difficult to source without a price tag. EcoCentric stock organic soft furnishings, recycled décor, energy saving lights and eco paint and wall paper, meaning that kitting out your home in sustainable and ethical home ware that suits your personal style is no longer difficult.
Graze
Eco-friendly, healthy and delicious snacks may sound too good to be true, but thats exactly what Graze does. They use 100% recyclable and biodegradable packaging which is sourced from sustainable forests. They only use free range eggs and organic fruit and nuts.
Reuseable Bottle
In our throwaway society, plastic water bottles are a huge problem, with each one taking up to 500 years to biodegrade and generating up to 600 times more CO2 than tap water. Whats equally worrying is the presence of BPA in plastic water bottles, as this chemical can have detrimental effects on the brain, behaviour and prostate gland of foetuses, infants and children. Reusable Bottle has a range of reusable water bottles, all of which are BPA free. There is a range of steel bottles, collapsible bottles, glass bottles, sports bottles, plastic bottles and more which are all durable, environmentally friendly and chemical free.
Vegetarian Shoes
Up to a third of non-ice land is being used to raise animals for meat and leather production, and has a negative effect on the environment, not to mention the poor treatment of animals raised for the slaughterhouse. Vegetarian Shoes uses a synthetic microfiber material which breathes like leather, but is ethical and environmentally friendly. There is a huge range of shoes which will please even the most fashionable, and the products are just as durable as real leather.
Protect the Planet
When buying gifts, its all too easy to avoid giving eco-friendly gifts in order to avoid disappointing presents for friends and family, however Protect the Planet means you can now buy gifts that delight the ones you love, without compromising on your values.
