Eco Shopping for Guardians
As Guardian of Rewilding the Outback you can enjoy money off a range of Eco Friendly Shops.
Becoming a Guardian of Rewilding the Outback at Jordan’s Farm is only the start of the many changes we can can all make to help combat biodiversity loss and global warming.
I have invited businesses who to the best of my knowledge, really strive to deliver a quality product and be as ‘green’ as they can be to join me and give my guardians a discount off their products over the year of their Guardianship.
The list of Eco Shops below is in reverse alphabetical in order to show no favouritism and because I remember always being last at school because my surname begins with an ‘S’!
You can claim your discount off by taking your membership card into the shop or by using a online discount code added when you pay for your products at an on line shop. You will receive both of these when you become a Guardian.
The Super Survival Squad
Type: Nature themed children’s stories
Location: Online
How to obtain your 1o% discount: Via email to the author with your special quote.
They say: ““The current books in the Survival Super Squad series include ‘The Daring Droplets’ (teaching children about the water cycle), ‘The Wilful Wildflowers’ (who teach children about the importance of wildflowers), ‘The Secret Sea Creatures’, introducing Taye the turtle, who makes it his mission to help all the sea creatures facing ocean pollution, and ‘The Powerful Pollinators’ (teaching children about night-time pollinators as well as the loveable daytime ones). I hope to inspire the next generation to fall in love with nature.”.”
Website: The Super Survival Squad
Seep
Type: Plastic-Free household essentials
Location: Online
How to obtain your 15% discount: Online, sitewide, with your discount code.
They say: “Say hello to sustainable, everyday, essential products, otherwise known as Seep.
We are the little company on a big mission to eliminate 1 billion plastic cleaning items
from landfill by 2030.
Our zero plastic, high-quality, natural tools exist to make things better in every way
= a cleaner home, a healthier planet and happier humans.
So relax. We’ve got this: now we can all feel good cleaning.”
Website: The Seep Company
REco Store
Type: Refillery
Location: Tower Business Park, Crate Tiptree, Tiptree, CO5 0LX
How to obtain your 5% discount: In person with your card.
They say: “We all know that our planet is reaching a critical point, so it is up to all of us to change our buying habits and do something about it.
REco Store brings you affordable, well researched, earth friendly produce. We buy locally wherever possible and are always working with suppliers to improve their packaging or to initiate closed loop supply systems.”
Website: REco Store
Naturally Unwrapped
Type: Refillery
Location: Blake House Craft Centre, Rayne, Essex CM77 6SH
How to obtain your 5% discount: In person with your card.
Website: Naturally Unwrapped
They say: “Please visit us and join the zero-waste community in helping to reduce single use plastics and help create a more sustainable future.
Shopping this way reduces your waste at home, reduces food waste and quickly turns into a passion and a lifestyle. We are doing our best by making small changes to reduce our waste and would like to help people to do what they can. By making the smallest of changes we can all make a huge difference and you might inspire others along the way”
Ecolnes Refillery
Type: Refillery
Location: 75 High Street, Earls Colne, Essex, CO6 2QX
How to obtain your 5% discount: In person with your card.
Website: Ecolnes Refillery
They say: “Our independent, minimal waste store and community hub offers consciously created and packaged products for you and your home.
We sell a range of products for you and your home, without plastic packaging. From dried food essentials, cleaning products, toiletries, food and gifts, all of our products are consciously sourced and wherever possible created in the UK.”
Colcheco
Type: Refillery
Location: 37 Layer Road, Colchester CO2 7JW
How to obtain your 5% discount: In person with your card.
Facebook: Colcheco
They say: “We sell a variety of dried foods, olive oils & cleaning products on a pay by weight basis. Bring your own containers for us to fill for you or come and have a browse!”
Caro B
Type: Feel Good Organic Drinks & Candles
Location: Online
How to obtain your 5% discount: With your discount code on line.
Website: Made By Carob & By Caro B
They say: “We create feel-good drinks that support your physical and mental wellbeing.
We are a passionate brand that believes in discovering balance and creating consciously.
We package our products in recyclable and reusable materials.
The planet and our bodies are our homes. Treat them both kindly.”
Jordans Farm Foliage & Flowers
Type: Jordans Farm Grown Foliage & Flowers
Location: At the Farm Gate
How to obtain your 10% discount: By email when you place an order [email protected]
Website: Jordans Farm Foliage & Flowers
They say: “Buying local, in season and pesticide free flowers and foliage is another way of making a simple change that makes a difference to the environment and global warming. Giving flowers can now bring double the joy, the gift and the knowledge that ‘green’ grown blooms help improve the soil and provide a habitat for insects.’
How we choose to spend our money is vital. We, collectively, have a lot more power to make a difference than we think.
Of course it is not just about which tin of beans we buy or how far those flowers have travelled to your vase, it is insurance, website designers or services which adopt green practices or invest your money in green ventures.
We need to be aware of ‘green washing’. Using the colour green or adding the word ‘vegan’ on a product which is so far removed from a natural product are examples.
A huge THANK YOU to all of you from Rewilding the Outback.