eco fashion events

Banners to Bags

Rickshaw is a new San Francisco-based bag company. Inspired by the creative energy of our city, urban cycling and an intense desire to make great products, we started Rickshaw to satisfy our own personal passion for bags. We know how people love their bags. We think it’s cool—if not kind of weird—the way people grow attached to their favorite bag as though it were a pet or loved-one.

We also love city living—the excitement, diversity, creativity and culture we experience in a fast-paced metropolitan environment. With access to art, theater, music and restaurants, there’s an energy that pulses through the community. We design our bags for people who thrive on the urban experience and celebrate the creative spirit.

We’re a new company, but we have many years of experience designing and manufacturing great bags and providing unique customer experiences. In addition to our passion for bags, we share a strong set of humanistic, environmental and social values that guide the way we conduct every aspect of our business. The name of our company derives from three Japanese characters meaning “human powered vehicle”—delightfully apropos for a company making bags for bicycle enthusiasts and urban commuters, and our metaphor for the strength of the human spirit. 

thegreenshows:

If you’re wandering past Dray Walk this weekend, or over the next two weeks, you might notice things are looking a little different. The walls of two facing buildings have been entirely dressed up in second hand threads, as part of the M&S Fashion Lab project. Marks and Sparks have teamed up…

• Director/Producer: Meghna Gupta at  meghna@soulrebelfilms.com. Producer: Gigi Berardi. E.P.: Lucy Norris & Tony Clark. D.P.: Susanne Willett. Editor: Prano Bailey Bond. Length: 14Mins. Year: 2012. Selected for: Contro-Sguardi: International Anthropological Film Festival. (Italy, 2012)

Everything Must Go follows the journeys of worn clothing as it is sold for reuse and recycling across the world. This exhibition brings invisible global waste economies into public view, explores the people involved and the impact these businesses have upon their lives, and questions our ability to control, contain and curtail waste.

Everything Must Go contextualises anthropological research on textile recycling in India and the UK with collaborative projects including Meghna Gupta’s film Unravel and photographs by Tim Mitchell, hosts recycling workshops with Lizzie Harrison of Remade in Leeds and showcases a resurfaced textile created by Kate Goldsworthy.

It marks the culmination of the Waste of The World research project, funded by the ESRC. This investigated global flows of waste, including local waste management, food waste, the second-hand clothing trade, steel and nuclear industries and ship-breaking.

Social Enterprise, Elvis & Kresse, creates stunning life-style accessories by re-engineering seemingly useless wastes. Elvis & Kresse creates stunning life-style accessories by re-engineering seemingly useless wastes. The innovative and pioneering Fire-Hose range is made exclusively from genuine de-commissioned British fire brigade hoses which, after a distinguished career fighting fires and saving lives, were otherwise destined for landfill. 50% of profits from the fire-hose line are donated to the Fire Fighters Charity.

awakenedaesthetic:

It might sound hokey, but I’ve always felt a connection to deer. I guess I’d call it one of my spirit animals - it reminds me, each time I see it, to listen carefully, stay close to those I love, and respond calmly, instead of reacting with force. (It also reminds me to eat cupcakes. Cupcakes…

awakenedaesthetic:

Awakened Aesthetic tries to be earth friendly all the time, so I almost avoided posting about Earth Day (and Earth Week) at all. When “Earth Day deals” started to pop up, though, I couldn’t resist. You’ll be seeing a few of these throughout the week - take advantage of them and show these…

thingyoungbright:

Check out People Tree’s ethical (and thoroughly lovely, bright and flowery) spring-summer collection.

I’ve always preferred looking through catalogues; they make everything look so appealing.

And this way, you can peruse the catalogue without having the subsequent tinge of guilt when you throw it away after.