Monthly Archives: September 2017
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A Dedicated Follower of Sustainable Fashion
Posted on September 24, 2017 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.London Fashion Week….. London Fashion Week 2017 has just finished – a frantic festival of catwalk shows and new designs. But it’s not just about style and glamour, fashion is big business – the UK fashion industry contributed £28billion to the economy last year and supported 880,000 UK jobs (Oxford Economics). It’s popular too – […]
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Our Journey towards Zero Waste….
Posted on September 8, 2017 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.What is Zero Waste Week? This week is Zero Waste Week, a fantastic opportunity for all of us as individuals and businesses to look at how much we throw away and to ask the question ‘where is ‘away’?’ What happens to what we discard? Can we do our bit to lessen the growing expanse of rubbish that […]
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Help us win an Observer Ethical Award!
Posted on September 1, 2017 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.We’re going for it – we really want to win an Observer Ethical Award! Now in their 11th year, the Observer Ethical Awards celebrate all the great work being done to make our world a better place. This year is a bit different as they are asking people to nominate their favourite ethical business, person or […]
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Jeans with a High Waste
Posted on September 1, 2017 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Jeans with a High Waste by Jo Salter and Rachel Forcella (Forcella Content Marketing) Who doesn’t own a pair of jeans? Invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss (sound familiar?), jeans have gone from being the workwear of farm labourers and miners during the American gold rush to a staple of virtually everyone’s […]
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