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The best packaging
We source tote bags and tea towels from Bristol-based Bishopston Trading. They import organic cotton goods from rural India with the sole aim of fair trading.
AND, what a nice touch,...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Tuesday 2 December 2008
In case of emergency
Today the Public Interest Research Centre will present the 'Climate Safety' report in Euston, London.
With Arctic sea ice melting away faster than anyone had predicted, the climate seems more sensitive than...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 27 November 2008
Hairy Humbug
Its that time of the year when we have to empty the shrapnel out of our pockets and i have to suck on a hairy humbug found at the bottom of...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Emma on Wednesday 26 November 2008Eco-friendly Couriers
We are constantly looking for more ways we can reduce our impact on the environment and today I started looking for an eco-friendly courier company.
After trawling the internet for a while...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Helen on Friday 21 November 2008
E-on powerless literally
We've just heard that the E-on offices (just round the corner from our studio) have had a power cut! Now that's karma for you. Apparently their poor call centre operatives are...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Friday 21 November 2008You need hands
Hands are important at I Dress Myself. We've resisted the change to automatic printers because we appreciate the craft involved in the screen printing process. It means we are in control...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment, Thoughts by Hannah on Wednesday 19 November 2008
Brightly coloured totes
We've just received a sample pack of the new EarthPositive tote bags from Continental and are amazed by the colours. You can get them in black, red, khaki, green, purple, blue...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 13 November 2008
Co-operative living and toasty feet
We've just moved house from a rented house to a (much smaller) detached flat that's part of Ned's housing cooperative in Nottingham. Co-operative life has been great so far and...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Hannah on Tuesday 11 November 2008Permaprint ink tests
We collaborate with Colormaker Industries and recently got a tester pack of their new water based printing inks for paper and have decided to use these Permaprint inks for all...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 14 October 2008
Great Tape
We get through a lot of tape here as we are constantly rebuilding boxes to package up tee orders that we've printed for people, so it's great to find a tape...
Posted in Ethics and Environment, Other Stuff by Helen on Friday 10 October 2008
Best of a bad situation
Unfortunately our landlord unwittingly signed a long-term energy contract with E-on. E-on are generally considered the worst offenders with plans to open a series of new coal-fired power stations. We were...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Friday 3 October 2008Kingsnorth Activists Not Guilty
On September 10th, 6 activists were found not guilty of commiting the offense of criminal damage at the Kingsnorth Coal Fired power station in Kent owned by the energy company E-On....
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Pete on Thursday 18 September 2008
North Pole Island
This month, satellite pictures have confirmed that, due to global warming, the north pole is now officially an island for the first time in it's history since before the last ice...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Pete on Thursday 18 September 2008
and fertilize the plants
Disposal instructions for Permaset inks suggest that waste water can be poured onto the garden - apparently the nutrients help fertilize the plants (although not every day). Obviously you have to...
Posted in Screen Printing, Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Friday 29 August 2008
From Heathrow to Kingsnorth
I spent a couple of days this week walking with the climate caravan, a group of people walking and cycling the 60 mile route from Heathrow to Kingsnorth in Kent, calling...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Thursday 31 July 2008
How big is yours
I've been looking at my carbon footprint using a really useful calculator at myfootprint.org. Apparently the average person in the UK has a carbon footprint of 48.1 gha (global...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Tuesday 22 July 2008
Organic EarthPositive tees cost less
From Monday our supplier is reducing the price of their EarthPositive tees for Men and Women. This is because their production process - from spinning to packing - is powered by...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Saturday 19 July 2008
Saving a square mile of sea
The amount of plastic waste in the sea - an average of 46,000 bits of plastic float on or near the surface of every square mile of sea - is enough...
Posted in Ethics and Environment by Hannah on Saturday 5 July 2008
The wonder of the stapleless stapler
We came across the stapleless stapler about a month ago and it still gets me every day. A stapler...without staples. Brilliant!
You fold the papers over at the...
Posted in Design, Ethics and Environment, Thoughts by Hannah on Thursday 3 July 2008
Aldous Huxley and the ecological problem
I found this interview with Aldous Huxley the other day in which he talks about the ecological problem of an accelerating population and a limited environment.
For the relevant part... Posted in Ethics and Environment, Thoughts, Other Stuff by Pete on Monday 23 June 2008
