December 2008
18 posts
Innocent Mistake →
Here’s a little gem spotted on the innocent blog a couple of weeks ago. This is the main door of Fruit Towers. “Looks innocent enough” - you might think (sorry). But every night when Ted…
Dec 19th
Mac Design Team Aim For Amusing and Pleasurable →
“Rather than survey a bunch of users on every decision, the Mac team decided each issue among themselves, invariably going for the option that might amuse a user the most, that would give a user…
Dec 17th
Lovely Company: Pants To Poverty →
Our friends at Eco Fashion Junkies recently interviewed Ben from Pants To Poverty. Watch the pun-tastic interview below to find out more about this awesome new underwear brand:
Dec 16th
Credit Crunch? We Need Natalie Portman →
The global economy is in tatters. Companies - including those once considered ‘too big to fail’ - are going bust left, right and centre. Personal insolvencies have skyrocketed. The credit crunch is…
Dec 15th
Lovely Person: Guy Kawasaki →
The legendary Guy Kawasaki has been around in Silicon Valley for many years now. In that time he has been a marketer, an author, an entrepreneur and an investor. He keeps a brilliant and…
Dec 14th
Lovely Company: MoreEco →
Another lovely company that got in touch with us recently is MoreEco. MoreEco is an eco shopping reward site… We search the internet for the best organic, green, environmental, and natural…
Dec 13th
Everyclick Raises The ‘Charity Christmas Cards’... →
Rumour has it that sometimes when you buy charity Christmas cards, the charity can sometimes receive as little as 4% of the sale price. Earlier in the week we wrote about Touchnote who…
Dec 12th
Lovely Company: Ecotopia →
The folks at Ecotopia - an online shop offering ‘feel good shopping’ - got in touch recently to tell us about their website. “At Ecotopia we wince when we see unnecessary packaging, we worry…
Dec 11th
Advice For Lovely Car Industry CEOs →
“If they were very smart, the CEOs would drive unreleased, next-generation cars that get 100 MPG. They’d stop in a half-dozen towns along the way and invite a newspaper editorial board writer to…
Dec 10th
Touchnote.com: 100% of Sales to Charity →
Touchnote.com is a digital printing company founded to help people become better friends. They make it easy to send cards, made from FSC certified card and featuring your own photos, to…
Dec 9th
Innocent Jess, or should that be Lovely Jess? →
innocent’s sustainability manager, Jess Samson, has been chosen by Ethical Corporation as one of the “individuals who have done the most to advance the cause of responsible business over…
Dec 8th
Johnny The Bagger →
Here’s a heart-warming story about the value of great service. Great service comes from the heart… addthis_url =...
Dec 7th
Are You Doing The Green Thing? →
I first came across The Green Thing when I realised that one of the co-founders of Zopa - James Alexander - was involved. (James appeared on LovelyCompanies.com a while ago here.) Here’s a video…
Dec 6th
Lovely Company: Method →
Allow me to introduce you to Method. These fine folks make eco-friendly cleaning products, free from all the usual nasty chemicals. The quiet lifestyles of founders, Eric and Adam, led them to the…
Dec 5th
Festive Fruits and Spices →
innocent have announced their December smoothie of the month and it’s called “Festive Fruits and Spices.” Less fattening than eggnog and minus the hangover of mulled wine excess… Plus it…
Dec 4th
wishli.st on BBC Radio Newcastle! →
Yesterday wishli.st got a mention on BBC Radio Newcastle! They picked up on the story about us in the Journal and called up to find out more information. The clip is available here for the next 6…
Dec 4th
Business Experts On The Role Of Ethics In The... →
Here’s an interesting and relevant video from The Independant: addthis_url =...
Dec 3rd
Unicef Auctions Ewan McGregor’s Motorbike →
“Hello, I’m Ewan McGregor, a UNICEF Ambassador, and I’m donating my Moto Guzzi motorcycle to UNICEF for auction on eBay. It’s the first of its kind in this colour and one of my…
Dec 2nd