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8 March 2010
Sneaky peek at BoBo's Spring/Summer 10 Collection
Check out our new Lookbook page which will give you a glimpse into what styles are coming up for SS10 from our BoBo's own brand: http://www.bboheme.com/lookbook.php
7 March 2010
William Morris's Ethical Fashion Show
Catwalk show with a conscience - proving that Eco-design can be edgy, fashionable and fun!Bourgeois Boheme has been invited as one of London's ethical brands to present there Spring/Summer 10 collection.
The show is located at Lloyd Park, Forest Road, London, on March 11 2010, the William Morris Gallery will open their doors at 7pm, with an ethical catwalk show commencing at 8pm.
Check out our What's News section for more info: http://www.bboheme.com/newsdesk_info.php?newsPath=10&newsdesk_id=108
7 March 2010
National Vegetarian Week (NVW) is the annual awareness-raising campaign promoting inspirational vegetarian food and the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle. Celebrated by the Vegetarian Society since 1992, the Week is now an established event that gets bigger and better every year.
A huge range of organisations from small businesses to big corporations, schools, community groups and individuals all across the UK get involved and everyone is invited to join in and make the Week a success.
To find out more, including how you can take part and the history of NVW. go to: http://www.nationalvegetarianweek.org/?dm_i=5UI,3OQJ,J0OKE,BGLA,1
10 February 2010
Pure Ethical Fashion
Bourgeois Boheme to show footwear and accessories for Autumn/Winter 2010-11 at Pure London.
Inspired by the great outdoors the Bourgeois Boheme’s Autumn/Winter 2010-11 collection ‘The Long Ascent’ captures the spirit of adventure by taking influence from hiking, outdoor pursuits and natural living.
Bourgeois Boheme’s own label women’s footwear is made working directly with artisan communities and producers all over India making quality handmade shoes and accessories through one fair trade partner; the Community Friendly Movement based in New Delhi.
The men's range features desert boots, biker boots, sneakers and casual loafers with a rough and ready appeal. For a more formal approach classic Chelsea boots and monk shoes with brogue details will set the pace.
24th November
Richmond's 1st Green Christmas Shopping Event, 2nd December 2009
WHEN: 6.30 - 9.00pm, Wednesday 2nd December 2009
WHERE: Bourgeois Boheme Showroom, Hydrex House, Garden Road, Richmond TW9 4NR.
Have you been dreaming of a green Christmas?
Bamboo Clothes and Organic Hampers at Richmond’s first Eco Christmas Fair
FREE organic wine and nibbles
A special Eco Christmas raffle!
There will be a range of eco and ethical stalls including: beautifully designed organic cotton Bags of Change that get you discounts when you shop with them at over 70 stores, Bourgeois Boheme's stylish ethical vegan fashion accessories, Kenyan fairly traded sisal and sustainable soapstone products from Voodoo Blue, Bam’s bamboo clothing for men and women, deliciously healthy and organic Christmas hampers from Oliver’s Wholefoods, Plant Your Tree gift cards, organic T-shirts and towels and more from One Green Earth and Green Sisters, plus ideal stocking fillers from the Sea Shepherd marine conservation charity.
17th November
South Park Creators Show Off Their Sustainably Built Manse
We knew South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were into weaving green themes into story lines, but who knew they were also into doing it with their own homes?
The duo recently opened up their Colorado getaway retreat to Steamboat Today and offered readers a look at where they like to unwind with their families. While the home is clearly massive, it was built by a firm,Trilogy Partners, specializing in sustainable construction and features a variety of green themes we’re happy to see included. Highlights include exterior siding and interior flooring of reclaimed wood, recycled carpeting, high-efficiency boiler systems, energy-efficient insulation and in-floor, and radiant heating that can be shut off in unoccupied zones. The beams supporting the ceilings were reclaimed from a railroad trestle that once spanned the Great Salt Lake.
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/11/12/south-park-creators-show-off-their-sustainably-built-manse/10th November
Bob Barker Donates $1 Million To University For Professorship In AnimalRights
Bob Barkeris stepping up to the plate once again and getting involved in animal welfare issues.
Barker recently donated $1 million to Drury University to establish the Dorothy Jo Barker Professorship in Animal Rights. The program, which is named after his late wife, will offer intense course study on animal issues like cruelty and philosophy.
Bob goes on to explain that animal rights is a “real passion,” of his and started over 40 years ago.
7th November
The Vegan Environmental Awards 009 winners announced, results below - the 2010 awards will be announced shortly - the vegan top one hundred - and voting starts again january 1st 2010
Best Vegan Friendly Shop
| Name | % | |
| Infinity, Brighton | 24.6 | |
| Veggiestuff.com | 18.5 | |
| Unicorn, Manchester | 14.8 | |
| Alternative Stores | 10.9 | |
| Bourgeois Boheme, London | 9.4 | |
| Harvest, Bristol + Bath | 7.3 | |
| Rainbow Wholefoods, Norwich | 6 | |
| Vegonia, Wales | 4.8 | |
| Soundbites, Derby | 3.7 |
http://bristol.veganfayre.co.uk/awards-vote/
12th October
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12th October
The Green Quote: Stella McCartney On “Heartless” Fashion Designers
“I find it astounding, because fashion is supposed to be about change – I mean, we’re supposed to be about cutting edge! I can only think they don’t care as much as people in other industries. So, yes, I think people in fashion are pretty heartless. Why on earth would they use fur and leather otherwise?
“There’s no excuse for fur in this day and age. Baby kids are boiled alive. Foxes are anally electrocuted. If that’s not heartless, what is?”
- Stella McCartneymaking a heartfelt comment about heartless designers. Here at the Razz we’re proud to support Stella and many other compassionate designers who prove that you don’t have to kill to be cool. Because when all is said and done, being cruelty is never...
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/10/07/the-green-quote-stella-mccartney-on-heartless-fashion-designers/
29th September
Top 10 Accessories at Esthetica
8. Bourgeois Bohème Terra shoes
The Shoes:These grey lace shoes in microfibre faux leather will give an edge to your floral tea dress. Part of the Spring Goddess range.
The Label: All Bourgeois Bohème material is sourced ethically. No animal is ever harmed in the production process. The Spring Goddess range is produced in collaboration with WHERE. The range is inspired by the interaction with communities of artisans in India and their traditional skills.
Where to buy it: From the Bourgeois Bohèmewebsite or one of their worldwide stockists.
http://www.greenmystyle.com/top-10-accessories-at-estethica/8/
28th September
Book of green news!
New Website
TheBook of Green website has been revamped! Check out our new Media page to listen to our interview on Passion for the Planet Radio and to see some fab feedback from Al Gore and Prince Charles! Plus we've now got a News page - take a look around and let us know what you think.
Final Call for Green Awards
We have joined Passion for the Planet, National Geographic Magazine, CSR Wire, Greener Living Magazine, Green Wise Business, Green.tv and Ethical Junction as Media Partners to the 4th annual Green Awards.
The GREEN AWARDS™ recognises excellence in 16 categories from Best Green International Campaign open to global entrants to Best Green Campaigner for individuals and small groups championing sustainability, which offers you a golden opportunity to demonstrate how you’ve used creative communications that highlights social, environmental and economic issues.
35 international sustainability and communication heavy-weights will be judging, including Satinder Bindra - United Nations Environment Programme; Someshwar Singh - Green Cross International; John Sauven - Greenpeace
Book of Green was kindly handed out by Good Energy at Hugh Fearnley–Whittingstall's River Cottage Festival this September. The same weekend it was given away by The Ecologist at the Soil Assocation's Organic Food Festival in
http://www.bookofgreen.co.uk/index.html
17th September
Rani Jones private champagne breakfast event
The models at the Rani Jones SS10 presentation will be wearing shoes from ethical shoe label Bourgeois Boheme
FASHION TAKES A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Ethical footwear and accessories from Bourgeois Boheme
Inspired by her ethical ideology, Alicia Lai’s shoes and accessories combine style and elegance with a unique compassion. Contemporary tailoring made from the finest materials, Bourgeois Boheme www.bboheme.comprides itself on ethical sourcing and harming no animals in the process of production, proving that men and women do not have to compromise their ethics for fashion.
http://ranijones.com/news
17th September
Isabel Lucas pulls out of animal rights documentary
Rising Hollywood star Isabel Lucas has pulled out of an upcoming animal rights documentary citing irreconcilable difference with co-star Elissa Sursara. Titled Rights Revoked, the film explores the links between animals and fashion, cosmetics, food and entertainment.
Back in July of last year, we were psyched to see these two collaborating on bringing such a film to the masses, but now it appears that Lucas couldn’t handle sharing the camera with her former housemate and best friend.
“The 24-year-old booming actress cites brewing on-set tensions and personal discomfort for her decision, while Sursara remains on board for the project, something fans of Lucas’ congratulate her for. Said one comment on a News.com.au subsite, ‘I commend Elissa for sticking to her passion for animals and not backing out like a baby.’”
Completely agree. For someone like Lucas — who regularly fights for the rights of whales and other animals— to pull out of an important documentary just because she’s not into her co-star sounds like a classic prima donna in training. For her part, Lucas said she was concerned about the welfare of the documentary first, saying the tension might affect their charitable work, “Particularly if we are filming things that may trigger anger and other messy emotions.”
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/09/15/isabel-lucas-pulls-out-of-animal-rights-documentary/
20th August
Intimate gastronomic experience
We are pleased to announce that Saf will be offering a special Tasting Dinner to all our VIP customers and Wine Club Members on Sunday, August 30th at 7:00pm. The Tasting Dinner is a brand new concept in which Saf Restaurant will be closed to the public for an intimate look at the artistry behind the culinary preparations at Saf.
Our Head Chef Anupam Som has created an innovative and delicious menu of botanical, vegan and raw cuisine and will present each dish personally at the table, allowing guests to ask first hand about the processes he used, ingredients and flavour combinations. Dishes will be made special for this event and offer tastes outside of our usual Saf menu. Guests will be hand-lead course by course through a series of our unique taste--and best of all courses will be brought out continuously until you are ready to move on to the next course: 3 starters, 6 starter, or 10 starters--you do not move on to your Main Course until you wish--providing a first-ever experience for us at Saf.
Chef Anupam will be joined by our Sommelier and Mixologist Joe McCanta to present Organic Cocktails and Wines from our Organic and Biodynamic Wine list which are tailored to each dish. The dinner will be 'edutainment in action' as you can ask questions about the wines, grapes, regions and processes as well as give feedback about the various tastes and how wine and food is meant to be matched.
We hope you can join for this unique gastronomic experience!
152-154 Curtain Road,
Shoreditch,
London,
EC2A 3AT
(020) 7613 0007
http://www.safrestaurant.co.uk/
18th August
PETA Asks President Obama To Join Meat-Free Mondays
Putting the whole Fly-Gate thing behind them, PETAis now asking President Obama to join the “Meat-Free” Mondays campaign and give the White House a greener vibe.
In a letter to Obama, PETA Prez Ingrid Newkirk says that this wouldn’t be the first time an American President has urged the nation to reduce its intake of meat. “As you no doubt know, on October 5, 1947, in the first televised White House address, President Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe,” she writes. “Today, the number of starving people in the world is on a par with the number of obese people in the U.S., and a restriction on meat and dairy-product intake could help tip those scales for the better.”
To read the full letter, click on the link below:
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/07/31/peta-asks-president-obama-to-join-meat-free-mondays/
18th August
Heather Mills To Launch New Recycled Clothing Line “Be@1″
Heather Millsis a very busy woman. Not only is the celebrity activist busy with a new vegan cafe and frozen foods range— but she’s also getting ready to reveal a new eco-couture enterprise.
Dropping hints for us to follow and piece together, Mills will launch Be@1 this coming August 27th at the Highlands Hollywood in association with the charity event Celebrity catwalk. The collection will restyle and recycle charity shop clothing — with one benefit, as Mills tweeted, being less waste thrown into the landfill.
At the end of July, the UK Evening Standard published a photo of Mills posing in one of the collection's new outfits; sans price (but available upon request). We’ve no doubt that these will probably be expensive — especially since charity clothing tends to be a one-of-a-kind affair; unless they’re going with surplus swag. We also expect the entire line to be vegan-friendly — which will probably stir up the UK media to insinuate that Mills is somehow looking to steal Stella McCartney's thunder.
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/08/10/heather-mills-to-launch-new-recycled-clothing-line-be1/"STOP KILLING DOGS" PETITION
Support and sign the online petition to stop dog torture and dog meat consumption in South Korea.
Over 2,000,000 dogs in South Korea get strangled, electrocuted, beaten or burned to death. By the time you read through this
e-mail, 5 dogs have been brutally murdered for their meat.
South Korea has Animal Protection Laws but they are not enforced in the country. We need to get at least 1,000,000 signatures to stop dog torture and ban the dog meat industry in South Korea. The signatures will be presented to the local government by Korea Animal Rights Advocates.
, watch the eye-opening video and sign the petition.14 July
HOT NEW VEGAN SHOW
News from out west just blew in about an awesome new series celebrating one of our very favorite things: charities and the celebrities who are obsessed with them!
The show is called Breaking Bread and is a 12-episode series of privately hosted dinner parties where celebrities get a chance to talk about their favorite cause. The latest one touched on an issue that just so happens to be pretty near and dear to my heart: veganism!
The dinner was hosted by GirlieGirlArmy general Chloé Jo Berman and featured Meredith Salenger, Corey and Susie Feldman, Persia White, John Joseph, Mickey Madden, Emily Deschanel, Marilu Henner, Mariel Hemingway, Gene Baur, Victoria Moran, Rory Freedman and Laban Pheidias.
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/06/04/exclusive-sneak-peak-stars-break-bread-on-hot-new-vegan-show/14 July
HELP BAN BULLFIGHTING
Sponsored by:Care2.com
Every year 250,000 bulls die slow and torturous deaths as a result of the bullfighting industry. While many of us imagine the matador piercing the heart of the bull with one quick movement, in reality the bull is repeatedly stabbed, skewered and slowly weakened as it bleeds to death.
The gruesome killing of hundreds of thousands of bulls is done in the name of entertainment and has no place in our modern society. It is time to update this outmoded tradition and start treating animals more humanely.
Spain's annual bullfighting season got underway just this week. Sign the petition and show your support in abolishing the cruel and barbaric sport of bullfighting.
14 July
THE WEEKEND GUIDE
CYCLE
Go Pedal
What: Rent a bike and have it delivered and collected from anywhere in
Why: It’s the wheel deal.
When: You want an easy rider.
Where: To arrange delivery, call 07850 796320.
15 May
Pick up an ethical Bargain at Bochica's Pop-Up Shop
Bochica are teaming up with the wonderful eco designer Emmeline4Re in her Soho Boutique to bring you a week long ethical fashion extravaganza in the Pop Up Shop. There will be bargains galore, ethical stylists offering tips and advice and with ethical fashion items starting as low as £5 you can be sure to pick up steal or two! Hope to see you there!
Emmeline4re Boutique
9 Princes Street, London, W1B 2LQ (above the Salvation Army Shop)
May 18, 2009 to May 22, 2009
10 May
Cutting Edge Green Tour - London
The private tours are developed and led by coolhunters who know London inside out and on offer is a Green Tour and the Green Retail Tour offered by Insider Trends.
If you want to keep up with the latest and greatest green developments in town, there's a new place to go. Cate, Insider London's founder and Head of Trends, has started a new blog on Changents.com
27 April
Discovery Channel - Whale Wars
Discovery Channel's Whale Wars follows the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as they seek to end whale hunting once and for all. Monday 27thApril - 9pm.
They look at the boat itself: Captain Paul Watsonshared his views and opinions on the whaling controversy, as well as the motives of the entire Sea Shepherd crew. To get your own opinions across or to have your say on the whale debate visit the forum - or for something more lighthearted, give their audio match game and jigsaw puzzlea try.
24 April
Humourous Views - Animals Save the Planet
Great little videos to highlight how we can take care of Motherearth.
24 March
New White House Vegetable Garden
Michelle Obama will today be breaking ground on a new White House vegetable garden! The plot, which will be located on the South Lawn, will supply the White House kitchen. The First Lady will work with students from Bancroft Elementary School in the District of Columbia — who will help plant the fruits, vegetables and herbs in the coming weeks and harvest the crops later in the year.
Fab news and click here for more information.
11 March
Help End Commerical Seal Hunt in Canada
Senator Harb is requesting support for an immediate end to Canada's commerical seal hunt.
Please assist this compassionate cause by sending an email to the Canadian Senate.
Thank you in advance for your support.
