Entries Tagged as 'Consumerism'

Cosmetic Ingredients to Avoid

Beauty , Consumerism 1 Comment »

Natrue has recently published their list of Top 10 ingredients to avoid in Natural Cosmetics while David Suzuki has his Dirty Dozen.

The Natrue list:

  1. Any ingredient featuring the word ‘parabene’
  2. Triclosan
  3. Any ingredient featuring the three capital letters ‘PEG’  
  4. Paraffinum Liquidum
  5. EDTA
  6. Phenoxyethanol
  7. Chlorine
  8. Quaternium
  9. Any ingredient featuring the word ‘…propyl…’
  10. Methicone

 

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The Story of Cosmetics

Beauty , Consumerism No Comments »

The Story of Cosmetics is an enlightening insight into the world of big cosmetics from the team at The Story of Stuff

 

Whole Foods Organic Made in China?

Consumerism , Musings 1 Comment »

Whole Foods is claiming Organic produce made in China with a distinctive lack of both traceability and certification. Do we believe them?

UN Biodiversity Conference

Consumerism , Environment , Fashion , Luxury , Musings , Social Responsibility 1 Comment »

It's been a good week and now I’m sitting on the TGV to Paris after participating in a conference at the UN in Geneve about Biodiversity in the luxury industry which cumulated in an ethical fashion show held in the controversial UN Chamber of Human Rights & Alliance of Civilizations.

The conference entitled “Redefining Sustainability in the International Agenda” came out of a discussion a group of us had in London during early winter 2009, sitting around a table in the lobby of a Bloomsbury hotel...

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Vivienne Westwood Red Label SS10

Beauty , Consumerism , Design , Fashion , Musings No Comments »


I must admit, keeping blogs up to date is clearly not my forte. I'm realizing that it's been some time since my last post!!! So much for trying to keep a weekly update.

So what's inspired my back after so much time? Well I just returned from the Vivienne Westwood Red Label show for SS10 at London Fashion Week. I thought it was interesting to see that such a major designer who is not traditionally associated with environmental causes was actively championingThe Prince's Rainforests Project. Not only were there large banners flanking the entrance to the show, but all the packs had a leaflet and some of the models were carrying the project's mascot, a little green frog.

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