We opened a shop 10 years ago because I was fed up and embarrassed opening the front door to customers in my pjs and scrambling around for change – people wanted to buy stuff at my home and office – so we decided to open a shop.
Archive for April, 2008
Eco tourism and where do you throw the loo roll?
I’m not a fan of camping, but hate luxury hotels. So I hoped I’d find something between the two at Basata, Egypt’s only eco-resort. This is my first week’s holiday in 4 years – so images of lying in the sun with a fruit juice at my side and dressing for dinner have never been more at the forefront of my mind…
The first organic cotton harvest in Bangladesh
Bangladesh grows 2% of its cotton needs and People Tree is working to convert this into organic, Fair Trade cotton. Working closely with its organic cotton partner Agrocel last year we trained three agriculturalists from Bangladesh at Agrocel in India. These workers then returned to their areas and started the two pilot projects, one at Waste Concern in Bogra and the second at Swallows in Thanapara.
