A Keeper's Jackpot: Going Green

Our recycled distressed denim tote bag is featured on the A Keeper’s Jackpot blog
A Keeper's Jackpot: Going Green

eco friendly, vintage fabric belts listed in our etsy shop

Click on the following links to find the belts in our etsy shop

Blue tones vintage fabric belt with bakelite buckle

Purple daisy repurposed and recovered belt

Eco Etsy St. Patrick's Day Team Scavenger Hunt

Team Eco Etsy is hosting an online Scavenger Hunt for St. Patrick's Day and Pouch have donated a prize to the hunt.

This is your opportunity to win some really great eco-friendly prizes.

Playing is easy, and you can find all of the rules on the Team's Blog.

St. Patrick's Day Team Scavenger Hunt

Launch of a new shape reversible tote in our etsy store

Perfect for taking to the shops to stock up on provisions
Wide straps make this bag comfortable to carry
Also makes a great knitting bag, book bag, gym bag, you can cram virtually anything into this handy tote
The vintage fabric features flowers in shades of indigo, purple, lilac and plum
Fully lined with recycled purple denim fabric and it features 2 pockets made in matching vintage fabric
This tote has no visible seams, so it is reversible – making this two bags in one
Nice and roomy
Fun and stylish, perfect for year round use

Measurements:
12 inches (30.5cm) wide, 18 inches (46cm) tall (including the handles) and 3.5 inches (7.5cm) deep



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the artwork you can see in the background is by the very talented charliemotel.etsy.com
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A living wage for the people who make your clothes

The campaign group Labour Behind the Label are lobbying large corporations in the UK to pay garment workers a living wage:

"We all know that fashion executives and supermodels live in excess on seven-figure salaries, while garment workers remain - systematically, across the world - mired in a poverty trap. This winter, LBL is calling on the fashion industry - and four companies in particular - to finally live up to its promise to pay workers a living wage."
"Even adjusting for the lower cost of living in developing countries, most earn just a half of what they need to get by. Workers producing the clothes we wear can be earning as little as 22p per hour in Mauritius, £1.13 per day in India, £16 per month in Sri Lanka, £145 per year in Bangladesh."

If you'd like to take direct action and support the LBL campaign, please visit their website for further details:
Labour Behind the Label: Take Action

Featured on Autonomous Artisans blog

Our Reclaimed caramel corduroy dilly bag is featured on the latest entry of the Autonomous Artisans blog, read all about it here:
So who in the UK sells Re-cycled goods?

Pouch listed in the Bristol & Bath Green Pages

We are really excited about being included in the 2008 edition of the Bristol & Bath Green Pages.
It is a directory of ethical businesses operating in the Bristol & Bath area. Categories range from gardening, shopping and health, through to ethical money advice and green home improvement.
Pouch is listed in the shopping section under 'Design and Craft Products'.
The ethos behind the B&B Green Pages is this:
"We believe that the way we buy our goods and services can have a real impact on the world today and in the future. However, these choices are not always easy or obvious, so by bringing all these different aspects of green living together in one directory, Green Pages aims to make it a bit easier! Green Pages is part of a diverse and growing community of businesses, all of whom have strong ethical values at their core.
We believe that we have a responsibility to operate our business as ethically and sustainably as possible, for everybody’s future. We therefore aim to act ethically, avoid damaging the environment and people, and believe our business offers an ethically preferential choice. We aim to be sustainable, to offer quality products and services and to always look at how we can improve our practice.”

Find out more and where you can buy the directory by visiting their website:
Bristol & Bath Green Pages