Miscellaneous – have a
look!
Flooring suppliers
Ethical trading groups
Period house information
HEALTH
Allergies
Pregnancy & decorating
Pollution information
Pollution eating plants |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
THE
ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENT-CONSCIOUS BUILDING (AECB)
E info@aecb.net
W aecb.net
BIOTHINKING
Biothinking is a very interesting and, in a positive way, provocative
site by a chap called Edwin Datchefski and it focuses on product
design. Many beautiful products have an underlying ugliness
that is hidden to the consumer and is often invisible to the
designer as well. This site reveals these environmental and
social impacts and shows how they can be re-designed to create
products that have a ‘total-beauty’. Lots of areas
on the site are of positive use but I particularly like the
‘sustainable day’ guide.
W biothinking.com |
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| FLOORING
SUPPLIERS |
THE
ALTERNATIVE FLOORING COMPANY
W alternative-flooring.co.uk
see also CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES |
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| ETHICAL
TRADING GROUPS |
The
Fairtrade Foundation
W fairtrade.org.uk
Traidcraft
W traidcraft.co.uk
Ethical Trade Initiative
W ethicaltrade.org
The Rugmark Foundation
W rugmark.org
www.equityinteriors.com
T 07866 629 641 |
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| PERIOD
HOUSE INFORMATION |
BRICKS
AND BRASS
When you want to decorate your period house, you probably visit
your local DIY store to buy your paints, unaware of the impact
they will have on your home. Most outlets stock the popular
ranges of conventional paints, including ’heritage’
colour ranges but few sell ecological or pure traditional paints.
They, like many homeowners, are still unaware of the importance
of using these paints on period properties. This is an in-depth
website for information on period houses, explaining what paints
were originally used when your property was built. Find out
here the answer to this question and more!
W bricksandbrass.co.uk |
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| ALLERGIES |
ALLERGYMATTERS
The owners, having tried many mainstream and alternative remedies
and practitioners, and making some important changes to their
lifestyle, were able to manage their symptoms with minimal use
of medication. Allergymatters aims to promote good health to
allergy sufferers through knowledge and up-to-date information,
advice and recommended products. The website was designed as
a one-stop resource, to enable customers to take charge of their
own symptoms.
W allergymatters.co.uk
WWW.ALLERGYFOUNDATION.COM
The website has a gamut of good information relating to allergies
along with award recommended items, no paint yet but I’m
trying to change that!
W allergyfoundation.com
W asthma.org.uk
W allallergy.net |
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| PREGNANCY
& DECORATING |
www.activebirth.com
Look at their ‘moving/decorating home’ section.
W activebirth.com
www.fetal-exposure.org/PAINT.html
An ITIS document well worth reading |
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| POLLUTION
INFORMATION |
THE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE
For information on indoor pollution.
W jrc.cec.eu.int
THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
has a wealth of information on indoor pollution and, scarily,
many other forms!
W epa.gov/
GREENPEACE
Well I’m sure you know of this organisation. Look at their
‘Chemical House’ section. Scary yes, but being made
aware of hazards gives you the chance to make the right choice.
W greenpeace.org |
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| POLLUTION-EATING
PLANTS |
Pollution
eating plant information
BILL WOLVERTON
Professor Wolverton’s site is a fascinating insight into
the beneficial properties of plants regarding pollution and
water-cleansing.
W wolvertonenvironmentalservices.com |
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links then please drop us an electron or two. |
jamie@ecoartisan.org
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