I just wanted to let you all know about our new blog over at Make Hay Ethical E-Media.
For a little while now I’ve been having lots of fun writing Make Hay newsletters for our clients, providing news about what we’ve been up to and links and resources to help ethical business owners and we thought [...]

Don’t worry, it’s not an environmental disaster! No, a new green festival ‘Green Wave’ - billed as ‘The Eco Family Fun Weekend’ - is headed for Brighton on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July.

You’ll be able to experience all the fun of the green fair in the beautiful setting of Preston Park with eight different [...]

As little girls we all wanted a Barbie Doll, as grown women we all wanted to be Barbie.  Face it, as the saying goes “the bitch has everything”, the dream house, car, and guy, not to mention she’s had every career under the sun.  Barbie’s been an astronaut, school teacher, nurse, business woman, Rock Star, and we’ve [...]

You may have seen a very interesting video knocking around the internet lately from the innovative organisation Carrotmob. In this video called ‘We Make it Rain‘ they use consumer power to turn a regular grocery store to a much more environmentally friendly one. I don’t want to give too much away, you really need to [...]

As great green girls you probably already know all about this but just in case…!
The Federation of Small Business has just launched a national petition which calls on the Government to pay special attention to securing the future of independent shops across the UK.
You can sign here on the 10 Downing Street website. It [...]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is very easy reading, its thought provoking and offers fun, realistic and practical tips to make changes and re-think your lifestyle. The book is a neat pocket size and has a nice feel to it, it explains why it is in book form and advises [...]

Can big business really save the planet?
Turning up the HEAT is a series of free interactive and virtual debates on climate change and corporate power organised by the World Development Movement.
You can turn up in person to the events in London (8th May), Cardiff (10th May) and Manchester (13th May) or you can watch and [...]

I’ve read a lot of books and I do mean A LOT on living green, being green, and doing green; and I’ve come to the point where I’ve almost stopped reading them because after a while you realize they are quite redundant of each other.
So when Go Rich, Live Green by David Bach with Hilary [...]

For the past couple of weeks I have been busy organising my second green fair. I loved organising the green Christmas fair in December so much so that I decided to dive head long into the preparations of a ‘Spring Green Eco Fair’ this month
Now whilst the emphasis of the Christmas fair had been ethical [...]

I wanted to wear a real beet red tee! I dreamt of real saffron yellow fabric on my skin! Yes I did! Carrots, coffee, cranberries, and conch…
I imagined not only the beauty of it, but also the heightened sense of being grounded. It didn’t work. Vinegar, salt, soda ash…. it did [...]