Whether you spend time in the gym, go jogging, or play sports such as squash, wearing the right clothes is important for working out. The wrong clothing can lead to excess sweat, make you feel overly hot and lead to unpleasant smells. They can also impinge on performance, especially if the clothing doesn’t stretch to accommodate your [...]

When most people hear the word bamboo, their mind either turns to canes that support plants in the garden, or the food that panda bears consume; however, bamboo is one of the most useful, practical and sustainable resources on Earth. Bamboo is a grass and is one of the fastest growing plants on Earth; this [...]

With the annual Academy Awards last week and British film The King’s Speech taking many of the top prizes, leading man winner, Colin Firth, was showing off some eco-friendly clothing when he picked up his best actor Oscar. The fifty-year-old actor and his wife, Livia, wore eco-friendly outfits at this year’s Academy awards to help [...]

Eco fashion used to only appeal to a minority of people as many eco materials and clothing were unappealing with little style – often hemp-based and only worn by fringe groups. However, increasingly eco-fashion is becoming mainstream with more high street stores stocking it and some eco-clothing designers exhibiting their items at shows like the [...]

Eco friendly products that can save us money and keep our homes warm during the winter are extremely popular with items such as radiator panels, draught excluders and insulation able to keep out the cold and prevent the need to turn the heating up and add to the burgeoning emissions pumped into the atmosphere. However, [...]

Eco clothing has often had a mad reputation. It seems people don’t mind compromising on anything accept on how they look and eco-friendly fashion items have not always been appealing to people. However, times are changing and eco-friendly materials and fabrics are becoming increasingly fashionable with an entire Eco Chic fashion movement emanating from wearing [...]

When you mention bamboo most people think of the long cane-like grass much favoured by gardeners and pandas. So when you talk about a bamboo wardrobe people may assume you are talking about the closet itself and not its contents. However, bamboo is not only a useful building material it can be turned into a [...]

Eco friendly clothing has never had a great reputation in the fashion industry. Mention eco clothes to many people and they will think of hemp clothes, woollen sweaters and other dowdy sartorial items. But eco fashion is changing and more and more people are taking notice of where their clothes come from, how they are [...]

Eco fabrics and clothing has often had a dour and dowdy reputation but bamboo clothing has changed all that. Bamboo, most commonly thought of as garden canes or the stuff pandas eat, is in fact, a very sustainable, useful, comfortable and versatile fabric. And the amount of different styles and types of bamboo clothing available [...]

There is often a misconception that eco friendly products and green ideas somehow means slumming it. Often people are put off looking at eco-friendly products thinking they will end up having to resort to hemp or other uncomfortable natural fibres. However, there are plenty of luxurious and eco-friendly gifts out there that can give you [...]