Organic and fair trade products to brighten up your household. Including electrical appliances, furniture, ornaments, linens, blankets, towels, cushions and many unusual and unique ideas.
All the companies listed have been vetted to ensure they pursue eco-friendly policies and help to protect the environment, so you can be sure your purchase is a green one!
My Greener Home sells energy and water saving devices as well as ethical products - either ethical in the way they were made, or in the impact on the environment when they are used.
With My Greener Home you save money and save the environment. My Greener Home offer a broad selection of eco-friendly products for the house and garden, including water butts, baby accessories, wind up devices, radios, portable chargers, books, eco appliances, and solar panel kits. If you are looking for a present for someone else or just a way of cutting your household bills, My Greener Home can help.
The Natural Rug Store are a specialist rug company that sell superior quality rugs made from natural materials that include, bamboo, coir, jute, paper, seagrass, sisal, sisool and wool. The website provides users with the unique opportunity of building their own custom made rugs online using the Rug Builder tool. All rugs are made in England and free shipping is available within UK mainland. www.naturalrugstore.co.uk/
adila (just & fair) launched their internet boutique of Fashion Accessories, Interiors and Art, July 2006. The idea was simple, combine ethical production and fair trade practices with innovative, exciting design. Traditional skills have been applied to discarded materials such as paper, plastic and cotton to create contemporary, functional, unique, funky well designed products. The first adila collection has been personally sourced from township, farm and community projects based in South Africa. Working only with producers and designers who adhere to fair trade and ethical production. adila (just & fair) is a member of BAFTS (British Association of Fair Trade Shops) and a recognised fair trade importer. www.adila.co.uk/
Indian furniture, along with throws, bedspreads, rugs, cushions and unique home accessories. They're proud to be an accredited importer and member of BAFTS (British Association for Fair Trade Shops) with over 90% of products sourced through Fair Trade channels that minimise harm to the environment.
Parna sources hand crafted textiles in antique and vintage linen and hemp. From beautiful antique grain sacks to intricate embroidered pieces, parna has pieces to suit all tastes. Attractive, functional and versatile their range of soft furnishings from vintage linen and hemp are the ultimate in eco-chic for the home. They stock a wide selection of vintage linen and hempsincluding kitchen linen and upholstery fabric. Their ”from vintage” range refashions to make the most of these beautiful fabrics so that you can enjoy them for years to come and includes bespoke embroidery on vintage linen pieces. www.parna.co.uk/
SKYLOTUS ‘meaningful merchandise’ offers hand embroidered cushion covers, rugs, wall hangings and a dazzling selection of hand painted festive decorations, all fairly traded direct from the Valley of Kashmir. By purchasing meaningful merchandise, via their online shop, you will be supporting the gifted artisans of Kashmir, and encouraging the continuation of their time honoured crafts, where goods created in harmony with nature preserve our fragile ecosystem instead of harming it. SKYLOTUS promotes positive consumerism by acting as ambassadors for the artisans of Kashmir, and their families, as they struggle to survive in a strife torn region whilst still managing to create beauty. www.skylotus.co.uk/
The Recycle Warehouse - where every product is made from recycled materials. The Recycle Warehouse encourages the practice of recycling in order to reduce dependency on natural resources and to help minimise the impact of production on the environment. The Recycle Warehouse is a supplier of domestic and office products, clothing and other products, wholly or predominantly made from recycled materials. www.therecyclewarehouse.com/
Ecostaurus is the online organic and eco website. They have a fabulous range of locally sourced organic products for all the family, together with great recycled, energy efficient eco home and office products. All of which help move towards a sustainable lifestyle. www.ecostaurus.com/
Tiger Lily specialise in unique designer and fashion jewellery, gifts, home furnishings and accessories. It is Tiger Lily's aim to source high quality and innovative, design-led fairtrade products from different regions of the world. Browse their selection of contemporary fair trade gifts, stationery, bags and scarves, and their recently introduced Home and Eco-Friendly collections, produced using sustainable materials. Tiger Lily is a member of Ethical Junction and a well established importer and registered member of BAFTS, The British Association for Fair Trade Shops. Their vibrant shop is open daily and is located in Ludlow, Shropshire. www.tigerlilyshop.co.uk/
Organic, recycled products & gifts for the green UK home: Biome Lifestyle offers contemporary designed homewares for people who want to live stylishly, without harming the environment. The online store provides products for every room of the home, made from only organic, recycled or sustainable materials. www.biomelifestyle.com/
A superb range of natural latex, sprung mattresses using organic British Wool grown in Wales and certified organic cotton. Researched, developed and designed to offer a natural sleep alternative, which limits exposure to pesticide, herbicide and fungicide residues as well as being kind to the environment. Ideal for people with allergies to man-made fibres or chemicals. Mattresses are available in adult, children, cot and bespoke sizes with combinations and firmness available. All products meet relevant British standards and fire regulations without chemical additives. Abaca hand made organic mattresses are certified by the Soil Association. www.abacaorganic.co.uk/
Visit Pure Design's online gallery and be amazed by their range of beautiful designer eco accessories for you and your home. Made in the UK by award-winning designers, their range of organic, recycled and sustainable accessories are all available to order online. They also offer a consultancy and commissioning service; whether you are decorating a new home or simply looking for a centre piece to refresh a room or outfit, let Pure Design help you find an exclusive design piece just for you. www.puredesigncompany.co.uk
Visit buyOrganics online organic lifestyle company for all your pure, natural and safe products in one place at one low delivery cost. Be it all your maternity or baby needs, complete skincare and toiletry products, sustainable furniture and organic bedding, natural paints and eco friendly cleaning products, organic wines and beers or considerate gifts. Easy to use online shop. Safe and worry free. www.buyorganics.co.uk
Daisy Daisy brings you a great range of stylish and desirable ethical gift ideas ranging from organic fairtrade kids t-shirts to greetings cards made from Rhino Poo! As a family owned and run business Daisy Daisy feel passionately that they can provide you with products that are created without exploiting people or animals with minimal impact on the environment. Whether visiting their shop on the Isle of Wight or using their online service, Daisy Daisy offer a friendly and hassle free experience. Everything they stock is carefully chosen to fulfil at least one of the following criteria -
- Fair or Ethically Traded
- Recycled or Reclaimed
- Organic
- Made in the UK
- From sustainable sources
- Free from chemicals
- Supporting local and small businesses
Ethnic Supplies aims are to promote economic and social development of East African women involved in handicraft and textile production by enabling them to bring their products to the market. They source handmade handicrafts and fashion accessories from suppliers that support women to be financially independent or directly from established women's groups in rural locations. The women they work with are almost always excluded from any form of employment and this is their only source of income, therefore buying Ethnic Supplies products provides valuable income to these women. www.ethnicsupplies.co.uk
Fou Furnishings, original, organic and luxurious bed linen, brings you affordable, natural and lasting quality. Their luxury bed linen collection, in the finest quality organic cotton, brings you original and innovative designs, in classic white and contemporary colour palettes.Fou Furnishings products have been rigorously tested for colour fastness, pilling, shrinkage and even seam strength. Special attention to sourcing, finishing and testing ensure the organic bed linen you buy from them will not only bring you luxury and style, but also affordable, natural and lasting quality which is considerate to your skin, the environment and the people involved in making it. www.foufurnishings.com
Eco-flooring is a new company, founded by a team of people who have been working in the domestic and commercial flooring sector for many years. Eco-flooring are totally committed to providing their customers with the best possible solution for their requirements, by using products that are more in harmony with nature than their more widely used rivals. By no means are they compromising on aesthetics or quality, Eco-flooring are merely using alternative materials that do the same job, but have a much lower impact on our already fragile environment. www.eco-flooringltd.co.uk
The Fair Trade Stand offers a range of fair trade and ethical goods from countries around the world. Many are hand crafted using techniques and traditions handed down through generations.
Vibrant, original fabrics and designs. Chandni Chowk specialises in designing textiles, which are then hand made in India and Bangladesh by wonderfully skilled crafts people to a very high quality. An exciting marriage of Eastern textile skills with a Western appeal. Their aim is to create a beautiful product whilst trying to minimise their impact on the environment and allow for human fulfilment at work.
Fair and Fabulous is for people who want to buy fair trade, organic, recycled and natural goods such as clothing, accessories, homeware, toys, gifts and even a few lotions and potions to keep you all looking beautiful!
Only Fair want to make fair trade accessible to everyone. They offer a range of fairly traded goods from around the world.
By Nature offers a fantastic selection of organic and ethical products. Green living in style ... no compromise.
Revolution – Fair Trade that doesn’t cost the earth. A wide range of fair trade homeware. They also stock Remarkable recycled stationery and Ecover cleaning products.
ECOutlet stock a wide range of exciting products to inspire a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. Items range from energy and water saving devices, kitchen and homewares to recycled bags and battery free cycling lights.
Other useful Homeware product providers
Green Warehouse Ecological products, great service and unbeatable prices!
SOTO is an on-line emporium based in York & Chiang Mai, Thailand offering exclusive beautiful products made from natural materials. They are committed to Fair Trade, have invested in purpose built workshops and guarantee that any teak used is reclaimed & recycled.