Environmental Steps
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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 [...]
Fair wind wine
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Ahoy Mi Hearties!! I see a great idea on the horizon! Sail ships, emitting one-seventh of the carbon emissions of traditional container ships, carrying goods and arriving there or thereabouts on time (depending on mother nature herself of course).
I think we’ll be getting in touch with the company behind ‘Fair Wind Wine’ or similar companies [...]
Easy on the plastic now
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Life without plastic pretty is hard to imagine now. Well, thanks to BBC journalist Christine Jeavans it’s about to get a little easier as she’s given up buying or accepting anything which contains or is packaged in plastic for the month of august.
It’s an interesting and important idea, and one that’s close to our hearts. [...]
What’s the difference between a courgette and a sock?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Whoa! I’ve just picked the biggest courgette ever (in my life at least) from the Farther-in-Law’s garden here in Sweden. Look at the flippin’ size of it!
This locally grown fairly traded (and free!) beauty is also organic, which means no pesticides or chemicals were used to help it grow to this ‘bigger than a bodybuilders [...]
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 [...]
So…are you going to apply to be the next The Apprentice?
Thursday, June 12th, 2008As the final credits rolled after a particularly good series of The Apprentice my household toyed with the idea of applying for the next series. In the end, the unanimous reason not to apply was that we “wouldn’t want to work for one of Alan Sugars companies!”
And it seems we’re not the only ones who [...]
Our Eco Oracle speaks
Monday, June 9th, 2008I’ve just come off the phone with our Eco Oracle, Niels Peter Flint and I feel inspired to write a post!
We had the pleasure of discussing all kinds of interesting concepts and ideas that will evolve, come to be and grow long into the future, ensuring Socks for Happy People are able to continue pushing [...]
The beauty of bamboo
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008Our launch collection will be made almost completely from bamboo since it’s just so suited to socks!
It’s far softer than cotton, and way more breathable
It has fantastic wicking capability to keep your feet dry all day long
The fibres thermo-control properties keep you naturally warmer in winter and cooler in summer
Bamboo is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-fungal [...]
Email. Email. Email. Email. Another email. Christmas!
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008It’s a bit mind boggling how many emails we have sent and received in the process of setting up Socks for Happy People, but it certainly makes the physical parcels we receive very exciting!
This is a good example of that Christmas feeling as Tom holds aloft a sample of the recycled cotton waste cardboard that [...]