Music Magpie is the only online site that allows you to turn your old and unwanted CDs into cash in one free and simple process.
This is a great way for you to get cash for something you no longer use and it helps to reduce waste. Take a look!
To celebrate Organic Fortnight, which runs from 6th - 21st September, Ethical Superstore is offering free delivery on all orders over £15.
Just click here to take advantage of this great offer.
We have just been provided with a new discount code for GiftsForGreens.com customers to use when ordering from Biggreensmile. Until the 31st August you will receive 10% off your order by visiting their site via the link here and adding discount code BGSSUM10 into your shopping basket when prompted.
100% electric. No fumes, no noise, no emissions and no expensive visits to the petrol station!
Available here from £999.95 there are many economic and environmental benefits to this particular form of transport, which include:
1) Zero emissions
2) Free road tax / congestion charge
3) Cost of 8p to recharge giving equivalent of over 1,000 mpg
4) Electric scooters are 99% less polluting than the cleanest fossil fuel powered vehicles (Environmental Protection Agency)
5) 5 scooters can be parked in the same space as 1 car
Visit Firebox via the link here for full details.
To get £5 off your order (every little helps!) simply visit the Firebox site via the link here and follow the simple instructions to claim your discount. This offer is made in association with our sister site, welovegifts.tv and the Firebox £5 off can be used with any purchase; not just this product.
Another indication that big retailers are taking the drift towards environmentally friendly products seriously is the launching, by Figleaves, of a dedicated department for 'Green' products - Greenleaves.
So if you are looking to buy some organic knickers, boxers or pyjamas, take a look at their new store which can be reached by clicking the banner above.
On one of our sister sites welovediscounts.tv we now have a section devoted to Discount Codes & Discount Vouchers provided by online retailers selling ethical and fairtrade products.
Discount codes/vouchers are simply a set of characters that you type in at a retailers checkout in order to receive money off (usually around 10%) your purchase. Discounts are currently available from leading ethical retailers such as Arena Flowers, The Body Shop and Gossypium, so do take a look!
Envirofone is the UK's first mobile phone trading platform that pays the general public to recycle their old mobile phones for cash.
Users are simply asked to look up their old mobile phone on their site, see how much it is worth - and then trade it in. Once they have done the trade envirofone sends them a welcome pack that includes a freepost envelope. Once the phone is received they are tested and if they meet the terms and conditions users are paid cash.
There are over 80 million old mobile phones lying around in drawers and cupboards and many are thrown away when they could be worth up to £100. Launched in March 2006, envirofone has now paid out over £2.6 million to users. You can visit their site and check out the value of any old phone you might have here.
Tonight the Tefal Quick Cup Kettle was a hit with the Trainee Chefs who reviewed it on Channel 5's 'The Gadget Show'. We featured this excellent eco product several months ago on this site.
You can view the original review here. The review now includes links to where the item is currently in stock at the best available prices.
Hi All
I'll be taking a break from blogging for a few days so posts will be sparse over the next week or so.
Even though we have just started, feedback on the blog has been great, so thank you for all the emails. We've got some great 'gifts for greens' lined up, as just about every eco site on the net has started to bombard me with suggestions! Check back soon for some cool ideas for ethical green gifts for ethical green people (not really green, but you know what I mean)!
We will regularly make suggestions on ways to make your gifts greener. As a starter here are 5 basic ways to green your gifts:
1) If you are going to give something tangible, a product, then make sure that you give a gift that your recipient will actually use. If not, then you are just creating more waste. Give material possessions only if you know the recipient well enough to pick out something they really want.
2) If you are going to buy a product, make sure it is an ethical one. For example, find a fair-trade, eco-cotton t-shirt styled with natural dyes and a green screen printing process. You could send a fruit hamper filled with organically grown produce.
3) Minimize your shop - Minimize the impact on the environment of your gift shopping by travelling around as little as possible - best of all, buy your gift online!
4) Be creative - is there something you can give that you can create or make yourself. Create your own giftcard or knit your own jumper.
5) Give the gift of giving. A few years ago the idea of buying a cow or sheep for a poor farmer in an undeveloped country would have been laughed at. This is no longer the case. You could even make a donation to a charity you know someone is interested in on their behalf.
