Green Offers
A selection of green offers from around the UK
We have put together a list of green companies that offer ethical and environmentally friendly products and services, have a look through our Green Pages and see if they can help you choose a greener option in your day to day life. Keep checking back as our Green Pages grow to offer you a wider range of products and services.
- This section contains: Banking & Insurance
-
ibuyeco®
Save money and do your bit to save the planet - ibuyeco provide 100% carbon neutral car insurance. As well as offering competitive quotes, for every 1kg of CO2 produced by a car insured with Ibuyeco they will pay for 1kg to be saved by a climate friendly project somewhere else in the world. They also offer claims repairs guaranteed for 3 years, emergency assistance 24 hrs a day, window glass cover and a guaranteed courtesy car for a minimum of 7 days.
-
The Green Insurance Company
The Green Insurance Company was launched in August 2007 and already has more than 11,000 customers turned green. It offers car insurance and car insurance related products such as breakdown cover and will fully offset 100% of customer's emissions at no extra cost through tree planting
Customers can get up to a 20% discount online, as well as discounts for low emissions, and low annual mileage. There is also a price beat guarantee for those who drive hybrid or 'green' cars. The website has an emissions calculator to help users roughly calculate their emissions online and a green quiz gives users a chance to see how 'green' they are.
The Green Aspect
The Green Insurance Company not only rewards green car owners, but aims to do their bit internally as well. All documents are produced on 100% recycled paper and they email 98% of their policy booklets to customers to cut down on paper and only where necessary (Motor certificate and schedule of insurance) will documents be sent in the post. In addition to this they have a recycling programme to recycle as much as possible.
Externally they aim to donate 5% of their profits to environmental charities, and also run a refer a friend scheme which after 3 months donates £10 for each policy taken up to the Young People's Trust for the Environment which aims to help educate young children on the environment. In addition to this they are also involved in community projects such as helping plant new trees at local schools.
Information
The Green Insurance Company
PO Box 10078
Glasgow
G71 9BG
Telephone: 0845 272 7602
Bookmark: http://www.greeninsurancecompany.co.uk
- This section contains: Lifestyle
-
Solar Powered Mobile Phone Charger
With us being in the mobile phone business it only seems right that we keep up to date on any environmentally friendly mobile phone products we may find. So we have found these 2 fantastic solar powered mobile phone chargers for you to look at.
Solar Device
The 1st is this charger, available for £24.95 with free p&p. This charges not only from sunlight but also from normal daylight and artificial light which make it perfect for use within the UK. It comes with 7 charger attachments which fit all the major brands of mobiles and if none of those fit your mobile they will send you out a free attachment that does! Brilliant!
powermonkey-eXplorer
The 2nd charger we have reviewed is perfect for all you travellers lucky enough to escape this winter. This amazing gadget charges not only your phone; but the majority of digital cameras, i-pods and handheld game devices! It is also waterproof and comes with a rubber casing to take care of any knocks of bumps life throws at it. At £65.00 (with free p&p) it is more expensive than the Solar Device gadget but we recon it is definitely worth the extra money if you are taking several gadgets abroad with you.
-
ECOutlet
ECOutlet is a website for people who care about the planet and are interested in responsible shopping. They stock a wide range of eco friendly products and offer tips and advice on sustainable living.
The Green Aspect
ECOutlet is where innovative design meets style all wrapped up in eco friendly goodness. All our products have been chosen based on their environmental credentials and conform to one or more of the following eco standards: made from recycled materials or recyclable, energy efficient and will save you energy or water, biodegradable, made under fair trade conditions, made using natural or organic ingredients free from any harsh chemicals, promotes sustainable living or made from sustainable materials, not tested on animals and made in the UK.
Every item listed in the store also has a number of eco icons associated with it so you can see at a glance the benefits and exactly why they are environmentally friendly. Popular shop categories include energy & water saving devices, recycled glassware, natural cleaning, recycled bags, gardening and pet accessories not forgetting a unique range of bicycle accessories aimed at helping cyclists green their cycle ride.
Information
ECOutlet
Studio 5
37 Bavaria Road
London
N19 4EU
Telephone: 020 7272 7233
Email: sales@ecoutlet.co.uk
Website: ECOutlet -
Green People
The Green People Mission is to promote an organic lifestyle and provide high quality, truly organic, natural health and home care formulations…
We also support charities with related health and environmental concerns. Our aim is to continue to expand our range of certified organic products.
Green People have been around for over 11 years. After 18 months of intensive product testing they launched their first organic health and beauty products into UK health stores in August 1997.
Continued development since that time has resulted in the present Green People range which now numbers well over 100 products. As part of that expansion and development, we are now producing products aimed at specific groups and special needs.
-
Surya the worlds first ecological night club has launched!
Club4Climate have recently launched the worlds first ecological nightclub, Surya has a piezoelectric dance floor that creates energy when danced on. The dance floors contain crystal blocks which generate up to 60 percent of the club's electricity, much of which will go towards powering the air-con.
With its own wind turbine and solar panels, Surya (named after the Hindu sun god) plans to donate surplus electricity to neighbors, making this the first business to provide free energy
Recycling and reusing is also high on the agenda. Tables are made of magazines, the walls out of old mobile phones, and there's a bathtub that's now used as a sofa. Waterless urinals save 90 gallons of water, and the club gathers rainwater. The wine is also fair-trade and organic.
Information
Venue: Surya 156 Pentonville Road, London N19JL, 9pm - 3am
Cost: £5 entry or FREE if you used public transport or walked!
Tube: Kings Cross/Angel Bus: 30,73,205,214,476
-
Wild Wonders of Europe Profile
Wild Wonders of Europe is a unique media initiative featuring 59 of Europe's best nature photographers who will be travelling across the many wild and wonderful landscapes that Europe has to offer.
The photographers will be taking awe inspiring photographs of the wildlife that inhabits these areas, and these photographs will be used to document and reveal the amazing natural treasures of the continent.
The Green Aspect
Wild Wonders of Europe will be aiming to help the 700 Million Europeans appreciate the beauty on their doorstep, as well as showcase its beauty to them, and the rest of the world through the emotional power of great photography. The project is about the joy of wildness, and what is still out there as well as what is at risk of being lost.
The project should help all of us realise why our wilderness matters to us, and why we need to protect it. To find out more visit www.wild-wonders.com
Information
Wild Wonders of Europe
Ballintean
Glenfeshie,
Kingussie
PH21 1NX
Scotland
Telephone: +44 (0)1540 651352
Email: florian@wild-wonders.com Bookmark: www.wild-wonders.com -
The Body Shop®
The Body Shop® International plc is a global manufacturer and retailer of naturally inspired, ethically produced beauty and cosmetics products. All products are animal cruelty free, many are made with fairly traded natural ingredients.
-
Nigel's Eco Store®
Offers a range of environmentally friendly household and lifestyle products for sustainable living, including low carbon, recycled, organic and green products. Which includes eco laundry balls, eco kettles, solar chargers, standby savers, recycling bins etc. There is free postage on all orders over £75.
-
Big Green Smile®
Sell an extensive range of green, ethical, recycled and eco-friendly gifts and gadgets that will help you to help our environment. They have lots of ways to save water & energy and reduce your carbon footprint. The company also work closely with suppliers to ensure that their products are the most environmentally friendly of their type on the market.
-
Green People®
Green People offers handmade health and beauty products that are 100% natural and certified organic. Leaders in organic skin care, the Green People mission is to promote an organic lifestyle and provide high quality, truly organic, natural hair and skin care, deodorants, toothpaste, sun lotions, health care and home care formulations.
-
Seasalt®
Bright, fashionable, and fun Organic cotton clothing for women and men. The first fashion brand in the UK to have cotton clothing certified to Soil Association standards. Seasalt are an accredited Ethical company. Free delivery on orders over £60.
-
Ethical Superstore®
Offers fair trade and green products from the world's leading ethical brands, including Cafedirect, Traidcraft, People Tree, Green & Blacks, Divine, Ecover, Freeplay, EcoZone, Solio and many more. The full range includes gadgets, gifts, cosmetics, foods, beverages, CDs, books, DVDs plus handmade lifestyle and fashion products.
- This section contains: Green Utilities
-
Solar Powered Fairy Lights
Reduce your Christmas electricity bills this year with these amazing solar powered Christmas lights. They are easy to set up as they don’t connect to any mains, but rely solely on power generated from the sun even in the middle of an English winter!!.
They are also fully weather proof and can last all year long, a brilliant bargain if ever we’ve seen one! We particularly like these solar powered lights on Powerbee.com. During the winter they charge throughout the day and can produce around 4-6hrs of full bright light and a further 8-12 hours on flashing mode. In the summer this increases to 8-12 hours of full bright light. Check them out here to make the most of current price reductions.
-
Green Mobile
Set up in July 06 in co-operation with Friends of the Earth and The Woodland Trust, Green Mobile Ltd state that they are the only genuine 'green' telephone company in the UK.
They offer some of the best rates in the market and are one of the only companies that offer 'green' services cheaper than mainstream suppliers, offering great mobile packages for residential and business users.
You can also swap your BT business and residential line rental and calls over to them, and there's no contract and your number and BT services won't change when you join.
The Green Aspect
Green Mobile last year won a Green Business Award from the Wandsworth local Guardian for their ethos and green services—and since Green Mobile set up they have planted 3000 trees in British forests. They are active in encouraging environmental best practice in a number of ways:
Their mission is to tackle the impact that mobiles have on the environment by asking customers to keep their handsets for 1 year longer rather than upgrade.
Offering customers that need to upgrade their old mobile the choice of buying a refurbished handset.
Buying landline minutes from the UK's greenest landline network—who use modern "soft-switches" which use much less power than older exchange networks.
Planting 3 trees for each new mobile contract and 2 trees for each new landline that swaps over, plus they also donate 6% of customers' ongoing bills to their choice of charity partners: Woodland Trust, Friends of the Earth and the EIA.
Customers can opt for paperless billing and recycled paper is used for all correspondence and promotional materials.
Green Mobile has recently issued a Tree Challenge to businesses who have a CSR or environmental commitment: “We’ll beat your current telecoms bills by 10% or plant 10 trees”. To take this challenge simply go to www.greenmobile.co.uk or call 08452 333 333.
Information
Green Mobile
Unit 2
Sundial Court
Tolworth
Surrey, KT5 9RN
Telephone: 08452 333 333
Bookmark: www.greenmobile.co.uk -
co2balance
co2balance provides simple, practical and cost-effective ways for individuals and businesses to reduce their 'carbon footprint', and then balance their unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions through investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy and afforestation projects.
co2balance helps businesses to understand better their climate and environmental impacts and work with a range of private and public sector organisation, including Toshiba, Staples, the World Rally Championship, Mitsubishi and the BBC.
Carbon Offset Projects
Carbon offsetting works by investing funds to absorb or prevent the emission of a tonnage of CO2 equivalent to the client's unavoidable carbon emissions.
co2balance run a wide range of projects in Africa based around energy efficiency and renewable energy schemes. All of which have an additional social and financial benefits to the local communities. They also run forestry projects, planting trees on their own land in the UK and France.
co2balance own and manage their offsetting projects. This means that they only sell carbon credits generated from their own schemes. This control over projects guarantees delivery to their clients and an ethical and transparent model of carbon funding.
Buying landline minutes from the UK's greenest landline network—who use modern "soft-switches" which use much less power than older exchange networks.
Planting 3 trees for each new mobile contract and 2 trees for each new landline that swaps over, plus they also donate 6% of customers' ongoing bills to their choice of charity partners: Woodland Trust, Friends of the Earth and the EIA.
Visit their website to learn how to offset your carbon emissions www.co2balance.com
Information
co2balance
1 Discovery House
Cook Way
Bindon Road
Taunton, TA2 6BJ
Telephone: 0845 094 2620
Fax: 01823 336776
Email: enquiries@co2balance.com
Web: www.co2balance.comOffices also in Warrington, London, Italy and Kenya.
-
Solar Technology International
Solar Technology design and produce a range of solar products that allow you to use the sun for free energy. Their solar panels let you capture the sun's energy and convert it to electrical current and power a range of appliances, using the latest in cutting edge technology to harness solar power.
Their solar panels use Crystalline silicon technology which is more efficient than amorphous or thin film solutions, particularly in lower light conditions found in the UK.
Solar Technology are specialists in Solar PV products including the Freeloader portable solar charger, Solar Mate lighting range and their Solar PV range of panels. They also specialise in one off solar projects.
Just think of the many ways you could use the electricity generated by solar power! You can bring power to a shed, workshop or summerhouse for lighting, tools or an alarm system …power to electric gates and fences – without running cables across your garden or through your home …you could ventilate your greenhouse with an extractor fan …you can tricklecharge your car, motor home or boat battery to extend its life - all with free energy.
To check out the Solar Technology range of innovative solar gadgets simply visit their website www.solartechnology.co.uk
Information
Solar Technology International
Unit 4
Station Drive
Bredon
Nr Tewkesbury, Glos
GL20 7HH
Telephone: +44 (0)1684 774000
Fax: +44 (0)1684 773974
Email: sales@solartechnology.co.uk
Web: www.solartechnology.co.ukOffices also in Warrington, London, Italy and Kenya.
