Category: Eco and ethical

1. Melody Seal

   Posted on 10:22am Thursday 8th May 2014

   

   Really Eco Baby is very proud to stock  wonderful cards by the London-based artist Melody Seal: they will bring a personnal touch to your gifts and you won't find those on the high street.

   What's more, Melody designed our new message cards and we absolutely love them! They will be a great addition to our gift boxes.

   Melody Seal is an independent graphic artist based in London; she specializes in limited edition original screenprints and recycled greeting cards, all featuring her signature highly decorative and detailed pen and ink drawings. All of her work is made using sustainable, recycled, fairtrade and organic materials and is mostly inspired by nature and our connection (or disconnection) with it, as well as traditional folktales and tribal art from around the world. She hopes to use her art as a platform to promote sustainability, ethical and environmental issues as well as to bring inspiration, beauty and imagination into the lives of others.

   If you want to know more about Melody, check her blogspost and her Etsy shop.

    

   

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2. Eco Easter

   Posted on 6:22pm Wednesday 16th Apr 2014

   We love Easter! There is the religious aspect of course but it is also a celebration of the arrival of Spring. 

   It is agreat opportunity to organise crafty activities with the kids both inside (making chocolate) and outdoor (creating a wicker basket)

   Look after Mother Nature this year with our eco-friendly Easter ideas:

   • our Yummy Nest is on sale: of course there is lots of chocolate included (choose between Green & Black and Rawr) but lots of other yummy products: coconut oil, lipbalm, soap and lavender.

   

   • take an old wicker basket (from charity shop) or plastic bucket and decorate it with treasures from your house and garden: stickers, wool, grass, pine cones, leaves,... 

   • fill your Easter basket with Fairtrade and Organic chocolates.

   • make your own natural food dyes to colour your eggs: your children will love the experiment and you will reduce packaging and chemicals found in egg colouring kits.

   

   • make an origami Easter bunny

   

   

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3. Not just bananas!

   Posted on 10:24am Friday 28th Feb 2014

   

   Fairtrade Fortnight is here!

   If you are interested in Fairtrade bananas, head on to the great Fairtrade Foundation website: they have lots of bananas stories.

   But you can get lots of other fairly traded products at Really Eco Baby: see a complete list here.

   And we are always ready for a party so we want to celebrate decent working conditions and local sustainability by helping you switch a few products of your everyday life.

   Get 15% off the following fairly traded products until 9th March:

   • Organic virgin coconut oil: fantastic moisturiser for body and hair.
   • Akamuti evening primrose day cream.
   • Akamuti orange blossom facial toner.
   • Wooden animals: choose between safari and farm: a great toy for toddlers.
   • Kenana knitted toys: because we all need a soft friend, be it a zebra, giraffe or lion.
   • Ava & Luc long sleeves T-shirts with beautiful animals on the front and back: elephant, giraffe or T-rex.
   • Heart shape sorter: original and fun.

   If your order has to be delivered in postcode SG4, SG5, Sg6, SG7, you also get free delivery. Simply choose that option during check-out.

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4. Generosity Day

   Posted on 10:26am Wednesday 12th Feb 2014

   A few years back, some people, like many of us, thought of valentine's Day as a bit formulaic and came up with a great idea: Generosity Day. It caught up very quickly and is now celebrated in many countries on February 14th.

   Generosity Day is great: it allows you to dip your toes in the sea of generosity (even if for a day only) and be really really nice to your friends without them wondering if you will ask them for a huge favour. You can find out about community projects near you or walk the streets giving out croissants to everyone (a nice lady in London did this).

   Here are a few ideas of things to do on Friday PLUS anyone with a Bingo. Let us know!