Thoughts from the Loom

11 March 2022

Shite Stereotypes: Sustainable living is for ALL

There should be no such thing as a sustainability stereotype, even stereotypes in general, why do we have them (another blog perhaps on this one...) So for the...

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09 March 2022

Ethical Spending in a Crisis: Taking Back Community Power

So, a prickly topic - buying something with the intention of reducing harm whilst the product itself, and the company selling it, have been negatively impacting the welfare...

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03 February 2022

Dressing the body: Replacing 'Fast' with 'Past'

Dressing the body to express ourselves is a primal human instinct that goes back thousands of years. But if our ancestors rose from the dead today, they would...

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01 February 2022

The Better Business Act: A New Contract Between Business and Society

Where the responsibility lies in overconsumption is ambiguous. We are in a dizzying back and forth between focusing on consumers, for buying and then businesses, for offering products/services....

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31 December 2021

B The Change in 2022 and Beyond!

For far too long now, business has been built off the backs of the many to benefit the few. Some may think this is how it’s always been,...

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22 December 2021

A change of mentality: The greatest Xmas gift of all this year…

For a day that is rooted in spending quality time, like so many things, capitalism has made us go bonkers to spend lots of money on a lack...

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20 December 2021

Keep the Heid! Prickly Hats: A historic Scottish story…

Woolly Hats. We all love them. Most of our body heat is lost through our heads so we all need them too! Every year they come out in...

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07 December 2021

Microplastics: Not just in the ocean…

The microplastic conversation usually revolves around the sea – the fact that when we wash synthetic fabrics (which are made from burning fossil fuels and contain plastic), tiny...

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24 November 2021

BOLLOCKS TO BLACK FRIDAY

There’s a big difference between what we want and what we need. Sadly, that’s been distorted heavily and caused us to feel like we need lots of things...

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16 November 2021

Face It – No Health on a Dead Planet

Our ‘Mask of Integrity’ is a facemask made from 100% natural wool fibers, designed to tailor the best possible fit for the wearer and a zero-waste design from...

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16 November 2021

Why Heritage Craft IS sustainability

Heritage craft is defined as “a practice which employs manual dexterity and skill, and an understanding of traditional materials, design and techniques, and which has been practised for...

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28 September 2021

Tart-A-n POLITICAL

Tartan and politics today. What’s our stance? Let’s talk about it. Politics in Scotland is nuanced and complicated, sadly it has been for centuries and still is today....

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