Are you a green/eco/fairtrade bizz? Post here to say hello

[200386]

And I'm Green 2 --- with green smiles !!!

 

[Edward Moss]

Although not strictly an eco company each year I donate a percentage of my turnover to carbon offset projects in order to help reduce my carbon footprint.

Hope this helps..I have recycled paper since 1977 when our primary school of 90 pupils started giving newspapers to the scouts for recycling. Really forward thinking when you think about it.

 

[lightbeing creations]

Hi folks,

Have just signed up and figured I should stick my head in here to say hello.

My baby is Lightbeing Creations, an ethically run and environmentally responsible business that provides 100% solar powered web hosting and ethical website design.

Beyond providing truly 100% solar powered hosting, we take lots of other steps to reduce our environmental impact ( lightbeingcreations.co.uk/about-us/ethics-environment ) and are always working towards reducing our impact further.

Happy to provide more info or answer questions and also happy to be on-board here

Warm wishes
Dan

 

[adam]

ps if anybody wants any free samples please feel free to pm me.... seeing is believing

We use veg starch products. Do you have cups and cutlery too? Do they work with heat?

 

[thewholeleafco]

We use veg starch products. Do you have cups and cutlery too? Do they work with heat?

the cutlery we do have is made from renewable forests which work well with heat, unfortunately we dont have cups made from palm leaf as it is very difficult to stretch the palm leaf to a decent depth. I can send you some of our cutlery and some plates if you like? just pm me you details

 

[Anna Clifton Jewellery]

Hi,

I'm Anna, and I design and make eco friendly jewellery using old aluminium drinks cans. Also plan to look into recycling other materials, making something "throw-away" into something precious.

 

[jen.bas]

Hi,

This thread is interesting.. just to share with you, i've also worked for sephari.com .. its a good global marketplace that promotes trade fair principles

 

[pgraves]

And most of us waste huge energy through our un-eco houses: Here are some good Eco Homes in Cornwall, built by our friends local builder Percy Williams & Sons.

These guys are fired up about green and low energy homes, and in these houses in Hayle they have solar panels, eco heat pumps (which take heat out of the ground and pump it into your house), rainwater harvesting, immense insulation and an electric meter that puts electricity back into the mains from your house when you're making too much of your own. Oh and they're nice houses too, plus a couple of minutes from the beach. Beats me why anyone would not want to live in Cornwall

One guy says he hasn't paid for electricity yet. How does the saying go.... Conservation begins at home? I think a lot of this technology could be installed in any home so we could all do it, though the design of the home also makes it a great deal easier to be green, when the windows, walls and roof already have masses of insulation when the place is built.

Anyway this is not my business but I think its worth a mention.

 

[oracle765]

We offer up to £200 cash for your old, new working and none working mobile phones or alternatively users can opt to donate this to their chosen charity, it is up to the individual to decide. We have a national FREEPOST service and payment is within 7 days.

greenertomorrow.org.uk

 

[yinmorrison]

My Company Designs and installs energy efficient HVAC systems and are fully paid up members of HVCA,REFCOM,CORGI and SEPA.

 

[flyingfish]

electric powered bicycles are called green vehicle now, and we are just one of these manufactures. celimo.net

 

[Airia]

Hi,
My Partner runs an organic skincare/bodycare site organicarian
We are dormant at the moment while we take stock of the downturn & assess the way forward in '09. (If anyone has any unique ideas or opportunities please PM!)
In the meantime, we have a high Google PR4 & are happy to swap links with any organic/Green/eco/fairtrade sites to help with your SEO.

Paul

 

[john_harrison]

Hello to all , Guys u rock.

 

[Jasminerose]

Hi Jasmine here, I own and operate a green, ethical web design company.

Jasmine x

 

[adam]

Hi Jasmine, I am interested to know what makes it green. Is it the servers you use?

 

[Jasminerose]

Hi Adam,

We offset ALL the energy we use....we are carbon neutral company, we recycle, we reuse, are eco friendly, basically wherever we can, we limit our impact on the environment and everything we do is as ethical as possible.

Jasmine

 

[adam]

That's great Jasmine, how did you go about working out what your energy usage was? Obviously in your own office it is easy but it must have been a lot of work with your impact in other places.

 

[Jasminerose]

Actually the calculator on the carbon neutral company is very helpful. We build our own servers so we easily work out the energy and while we work on clients etc in our office its caculated and that's as far as we go and we do plant a tree everytime we get a new client they get a certificate etc.

We are always looking at ways to improve.

 

[dfdsolar]

My name is Land.
I run a company for solar products (DFD.Solar CO.,LTD) .we are specialized in providing solar products like solar panel products,solar lighting products (solar torch,solar garden light,solar lantern,solar street light) and distributor of solar water heater,monocrystalline wafers.We have professional team for research and develop the latest solar technology to creat the newest solar products.

Kind Regards

Land

 

[rahul sindhe]

if you have green online business, we list your business in the directory.. free of cost.

this website is for all eco-friendly, green, recycled, organic, earth-friendly products...only.

eco-friendlyshopping com

 

[ALStranslation]

We are the only translation company to have ISO14001 and very much build our business around co existing with our environment

 

[hipsurvey]

I help in the promotion of green issues by being a Domestic Energy Assessor providing Energy Performance Certificates and Home Information Packs, HIP's, for your home. hipsurvey.org.uk has lots of FREE information

'IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN
BUT GREEN IS GOOD'

 

[Spencer Print]

Hi,

I run my own Printing Agency in Herefordshire & actively promote "Environmnetally Friendly" printing through the following medum.

1) My Blog: This contains many useful articles such as specs on recylced papers, a paper mill that uses straw to make paper, a bio degradable form of laminate, how to change attitudes to Global Warming, & many others.

2) Environmnetally Friendly Printing Emailed Newsletter

3) Talking Product Videos for Mobile Phones & Internet
(even Greanpeace UK loved my "Angry Cat" video).

I have only just joined this site within the last hour & I am not yet allowed to post URLs in my messages yet.

As soon as I can, I will post some lnks to the information mentioned.

Alternatively, please give a call on 01432 870528.

Many thanks,

Mike Spencer
Spencer Print

 

[HDevents]

hiya

my wife runs a small business making fair trade cakes for fairs and events if that counts

cheers
hardydaviesevents

 

[trendy kid]

Hiya ,
I run an organic / fair trade coffee shop at festivals and fairs etc.. The unit is built into the back of a van which uses solar / wind and L.P.G all the materials we use are recyclable and we have different bins for ease. It all goes down very well in the festival enviroment. We run the truck on bio diesel cos im a tight ass !!
make a god cup of coffee though.

 

[greeneast]

Hi Trendy Kid

Sounds like a fantastic idea! Where are you based? and where do you cover events?

Norfolk has several "Green" events lined up, if you want any details send me a PM.

Also if you want to make that BioDiesel go even further, take a look at our site's Car Care pages.

 

[jakeylakey]

Goodprint offers recycled paper to its customers! We also recycle all the cut offs from our printing processes!

 

[ZipSafe]

ZipSafe have just started selling small cotton zip bags. The cotton is Fairtrade certified and is also organic - we think it is the best cotton you can get and our customers can feel the quality.

We are attending a Green Conference in Sheffield next week - looking at ways we can become more eco-friendly.

 

[wnc1981]

Hi, we supply alternative transport in the form of electric bikes.
www.topgear-electricbikes.co.uk

 

[Stockends]

Stockends!

I'm the founder of a site aimed at beating waste in global supply chains / dealing with overstock. stockends . com...

 

[BrydenMcKinnie]

Hi
My wife and I are distributors of Eco-friendly products with a company called Wikaniko (We Can Eco).

We have an online shop with over 650 eco or organic products.

Every little Helps! Our site is alittlebitgreener.com

Bryden

 

[nbpower]

Hello!
I'm from China. Our company is a professional manufacturer of
laptop adapters,
Lcd adapters
and Laptop batteries.

Welcome to contact us for more details. Thanks!

Skype ID: ACADAPTER96

 

[Yolanda]

Hi

I just started by 'green' office VA business yesterday. All hardcopy materials used are recycled and I'm encouraging people to lower their carbon footprint by outsourcing their business needs.

I'm Green Earth Virtual Assistance.

 

[Natural]

Hi,

Myself and a friend are the founders of The Natural Packaging Company.

We supply Eco Friendly Packaging for B2B and B2C.

Our extensive range includes: Bags - Retail & Promotional, Gift Bags, Cotton Bags,
Boxes - Mailing & Shipping, Favour & Gift, DVD Mailing Boxes
Wrapping Paper
Tissue Paper

Welcome to contact us for any information.

 

[Wavecrest Ltd]

My company Wavecrest Ltd is involved in shipping, freight forwarding and warehousing.

We have been port agents in London for Greenpeace for several years now when their ships make courtesy/promotional visits.

On the freight forwarding side we mainly move goods by sea. When moving freight by road we usually try to back load vehicles wherever possible to reduce empty running.

We used to give business to a haulage company that fueled their trucks exclusively with bio fuel but unfortunately despite having Theo Paphitis as a shareholder they have succombed to the recession and are no longer trading!

Glen

www.wavecrest.co.uk

 

[billyboy120]

We offer water based eco friendly screen print, get a really nice finish to the print too

elitecc.co.uk

 

[Kcolls74]

Hi, our business produces a non-gm starch based loose fill protective packaging (fills the spaces in boxes!) as an environmental alternative to polystyrene.

 

[indicaj01]

Hi Kcolls74

I use corn starch void fill when I have it available. I love the stuff, and so do the packing pixies who keep making void fill masterpieces for me to find. LOL

I also had no idea it was possible to get hold of biodegradable bubble wrap in UK. Fantastic news. I cant bear poly bubble wrap and dont use it for my orders, simply because its non bio degradable even though it would be so useful.
I am chuffed to bits I can now purchase an eco alternative.

Please do PM me with min quantities and prices.
Im so glad you posted today.

 

[GEL Transport]

Hi To all ,


We are using technology to reduce CO2 in vehicle's (2000 or newer). We develop software allowing a vehicle to run more economical and increase MPG (miles per gallon) by up to 12 MPG which is a average saving of £2000 P/A based on 13000 Miles ...


Regards GCL

 

[greeneast]

Hi, our business produces a non-gm starch based loose fill protective packaging (fills the spaces in boxes!) as an environmental alternative to polystyrene.

I use this stuff in my orders - it's brilliant! I did a business talk one morning when we first set up. I started talking about our products, and then about our packaging and to get across that it really is safe and eco friendly, I ate a piece while talking to them.

That got their attention LOL.