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Dilmah family opens new centre to help women and children in need

December 10, 2009/23.57

The family behind Dilmah tea has spent over NZ$27 million on the first stage of a complex in Sri Lanka that will care for abused women, differently abled children and marginalized children from urban slums in Sri Lanka, it was announced today.    The first phase of the MJF Centre has been opened by Merrill […]

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Electric car companies use COP 15 to market their wares

December 7, 2009/12.40

Above Think City cars outside the Bella Centre in København, Denmark. Electric car companies are using the København United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) as a forum to market their products—which makes one wonder if some of these conferences have come grand trade fairs, rather than one where politicians do any work toward climate […]

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København innovates with sustainable fashion

December 6, 2009/12.21

As the first fashion industry partner of the United Nations Environment Programme since 2003, it always delights us to see the next generation of designers focus on sustainable fashion and corporate social responsibility. On December 2, the Danish fashion industry showed its Innovating Sustainable Fashion collections, with Karin Eggert Hansen, a student at the Danish […]

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Stockholm, Fortum look at emissions-free city by 2030

December 3, 2009/16.19

Stockholm leads the way with more common sense when it comes to creating a clean city. Teaming up with Fortum, the energy company, the city plans to make itself one of the cleanest cities in the world.    In late November, the Eurocities 2009 conference in Stockholm discussed what sustainable solutions could be employed, and […]

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Electric Mini Es hit UK streets

November 25, 2009/16.03

BMW has announced that 20 prototype Mini E electric cars will be on British roads from next month, as part of a research project. They will be driven by successful online applicants, as part of a six-month leasing programme that begins in December. A second round of applications will be accepted in mid-2010, with Mini […]

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Evolve’s certified organic beauty range: in the making for years

November 16, 2009/5.32

We’ve known about Laura Rudoe’s Evolve beauty range for a long time—long before news of it became public last month. In fact, the connection to Lucire goes back to Laura’s days at Harvard University, when she was already very active in finding a way to produce ethically made and branded products.    Not only has […]

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British Fashion Council announces eco-fashion mentoring

November 12, 2009/3.51

The British Fashion Council has announced the winners of a programme to develop eco-fashion businesses as part of its ethical fashion initiative, Estethica. Six designer businesses have been selected to receive one-to-one expert support from one of three industry mentors: brand consultants Susanne Tide-Frater and Yasmin Sewell, and buying consultant Bev Malik.    The designers […]

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Samsung introduces a more eco-friendly phone

October 15, 2009/12.41

We’re a bit dubious hearing the words eco-friendly and cellphone uttered in the same sentence, when you consider how many unwanted handsets are clogging up landfills around the world. But Samsung has announced just that: the Blue Earth cellphone with a touch screen.    The touch-screen idea has been around for decades—some of us might […]

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Catching our attention: Polli and Oakley

October 11, 2009/4.53

Top Polli leads its 2009 range with this image. Above Gretchen Bleiler wearing Oakley outerwear. Polli caught our eye this week. We were impressed with the jewellery and home accessories’ company’s notion that its team members share a ‘communal vegan lunch’ which it produces in its own kitchen, using ingredients that include herbs from its […]

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Gisèle Bündchen is UNEP’s new ambassador

September 21, 2009/14.09

Today on the Lucire site: we have news that supermodel Gisèle Bündchen has followed in our footsteps by partnering with the UNEP. As Lucire pioneered the idea of partnering the UNEP with the fashion industry, we’re delighted to see the environmental organization find someone as high-profile as Gisèle.    Meanwhile, we have a road test […]

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