Economic Steps
« Previous EntriesDo you have £1,250 and want to invest in SFHP?
Friday, January 29th, 2010With the socks being shipped over right now it’s time to promote the 3 micro-investment opportunities we have left. For £1,250 you can become a shareholder in Socks for Happy People and amongst other things receive 10 pairs of our socks a year for life!
People have been so enthusiastic and supportive while we’ve been [...]
Thank goodness for the global finacial crisis!
Friday, November 6th, 2009The financial crisis really has been the best thing our premium quality sock company could have hoped for!
This video brilliantly explains why, and gives you glimpse at the soul of Socks for Happy People.
When we started 3 years ago we dreamed of bringing about a positive shift in the world towards the values we [...]
Well done you lovely bankers!
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Any other reasons to love The Co-op? A bit of feedback on my outfit? Ways in which you’ve brought a smile to the bank managers day? Things you’d like to see us film with our new Flip video camera? Leave them all below by clicking comment…
Is measuring a nations wellbeing in GDP a bit…well, gross?
Friday, August 21st, 2009Finally a refreshingly different way of measuring human progress!
The good people at the New Ecconomics Foundation (NEF) have created the ‘Happy Planet Index’ (HPI) which moves beyond the crude measurement and ranking of nations on national income, or Gross Domestic Product (GDP), to chart progress of nations based on the amount of the Earth’s resources [...]
A Healthy Water + A Healthy Wariness
Friday, February 13th, 2009Believe it or not, Coca-Cola have made a nutritional drink. It’s called VitiminWater and you’ve probably seen it around since it’s had a really big promotional push. The bottles and colours are undeniably snazzy looking and come with an explanation that it’s “definitely au naturel” and comes with “triple antioxidants”. In addition to that the [...]
Socks to get the kids talking
Monday, December 15th, 2008The times are a’changing, just listen to the kids!
I was huddled round a fire at a party recently and heard a mother discussing how close her daughter is getting to catching her out as the ‘toothfairy’. But toothfaireis aside, the part of the story I like best was the bit that highlighted just how our [...]
Kaos Pilots to help transport Socks for Happy People!
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Last night I had the pleasure of meeting with two Kaos Pilots!
Rowan (from Denmark) and Zulma (from Columbia) have recently moved close by (with their adorable newborn Naira) having finished studying at the Arhus Kaos Pilot school in Denmark. They have clearly landed with a cargo packed full of really interesting and innovative ideas and [...]
Socks on Dragons Den!
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008For us, Dragons Den is a nice little bit of homework and it always gives us some fresh perspective on Socks for Happy People.
But last nights Dragons Den, episode 8 and the last in the current series, gave us the best perspective yet! It saw ‘Beyond Boil’, a business with an underlying social mission to [...]
Money can make a world of difference
Thursday, July 10th, 2008With Tom away in Mongolia looking at Camel Hair socks for one of our social initiatives, I get to busy myself with all things official. Recently my specialist subject has been banking…..with an onus on the ethical management of our money.
Because if ‘money makes the world go round’ then surely it makes sense to choose [...]
Retail sales rise by 3.5%, but who benefits?
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Despite the forecasts, retail sales rose by 3.5% in May, which is the strongest monthly growth since January 1986. Now, imagine if every single one of those retail sales also gave a gift for free to someone that really, really needed it?
Well, we have friends who’s mission is to actually make that happen, and they’ve [...]