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Get Ethical with Colin Firth this Christmas Want to know what Colin Firth is getting for Christmas this year? The British actor's new eco shop in Chiswick ECO AGE is offering a 'his & hers' Christmas gift bag service with BAGS OF CHANGE, the only bag which is also an ethical shopping loyalty scheme: www.bagsofchange.co.uk Christmas orders can be customised by filling one of the stylish Bags of Change bags with a selection of gifts from Eco Age. Prices start at 21 for the organic hemp-cotton bag and 40 for the wild rubber - bag plus gift contents. 'His' sample bag is shown, with a Bags of Change wild rubber bag. This Christmas Bags of Change is also collaborating with a number of UK designers-makers and small green companies who have joined together to open a pop-up shop in Notting Hill with a superb selection of Fairtrade, ethical, organic, and eco -friendly products. OUR ECO SHOP brings together the cream of British eco-chic designers under one roof, and anyo...

Solar panels, hyper-efficient boilers, green cars that let you drive round with a big, smug smile because you are keeping your pollution to a minimum – they all have their appeal. Article published by www.express.co.uk September 26th 2008

Britons still consume 3bn litres of bottled water a year, and there lies the ecological rub, which starts with packaging, of 13bn plastic bottles sold in the UK last year, just 3bn were recycled. Article published in The Observer February 10th 2008

The final version of the Chinese plastic bag regulation has been released and it goes a long way further than any Western Government have, as yet, dared to. It will be illegal in China for retailers to subsidise the cost of plastic bags, punishable by a fine of about £700, and all plastic bags must meet quality standards. China has also closed the largest plastic bag producing factory in the world that was producing a quarter of a million tons of plastic bags annually. Well done China!