Dates at Greenwich Market - 4 July

We will be next at Greenwich Market on
Sunday 4 July 2010

Opening hours 9.30AM to 5.30pm

Map & directions (google maps)
Travelling to Greenwich (journey planner)

Baby Expo, Brighton, Sunday 27 June

Visit us at the Baby Expo Brighton on Sunday 27 June. We will be at stand 123 with Green Me range of organic baby clothes, baby carriers and fair trade toys; and we will also be representing Baby BeeHinds cloth nappies.

Baby Expo
Brighton Racecourse and Conference Centre
Freshfield Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 9XZ

Sunday  27 June 2010
10am to 4.30pm

Green Me - Stand 123 (hall 2)
Baby BeeHinds - Stand 123 (hall 2)


HOW TO GET TO BABYEXPO BRIGHTON 2010

By transport – Brighton is easy to reach in under an hour by rail from London & there are regular direct rail services East and West from a number of key regions. The Brighton Racecourse is just a 5-10 minute drive from the railway station and a 2 minute walk from major bus drop-off points. See www.nationrail.co.uk or www.traveline.info for full public transport options
By car - Brighton is about 45 minutes by road from the M25 offering easy access to Surrey and the Home Counties and is only half-an-hour from London Gatwick Airport. Plan your route using the AA route planner. The Brighton Racecourse is on Freshfield Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 9XZ. There will be AA directional signage on the day to the event and there is existing venue signage from major routes.

If you would like to pre-register, for a fast-track entry, please visit http://www.brightonbabyexpo.co.uk/visiting/pre-register , or for more info http://www.brightonbabyexpo.co.uk/visiting


See Baby Expo Promotional video:

72 hours left to Stop Whale Killing!‏

In 72 hours the International Whaling Commission will hold its final vote on a proposal to legalize commercial whale hunting for the first time in a generation.

The outcome rests on whose voices are heard most clearly in the final hours: the pro-whaling lobby -- or the world's people?

More than 900,000 of us have signed the petition to protect whales -- let's get to 1 million!! At the whale summit in Morocco, an Avaaz team is setting up billboards, front-page newspaper ads, and a giant, constantly-updating petition counter -- all to ensure that delegates, from the moment they step off the plane until they cast their votes, will see from our explosive numbers that the world will not accept legal whale slaughter. Click to sign, and forward this to everyone:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/whales_72hrs_left/?vl

Thanks to the worldwide outcry, many governments have already pledged to oppose the proposal. Each time the Avaaz whale petition added 100,000 signatures, it was sent again to the IWC and key governments -- some of them thanked us, and Australia's environment minister is set to accept the petition personally in the midst of the tense talks.

But pressure from the other side has been relentless -- a newspaper investigation has triggered revelations about Japan effectively bribing small nations with aid. Other governments, especially in Europe and Latin America, could abstain... or even support the proposal. The vote could go either way.

Citizen pressure is our best hope -- and it's working. The whaling lobby expected to win easily, but thanks to actions like ours, champions of the ban are standing strong. It was an explosive worldwide social movement in the 1980s that led to the commercial whaling ban we're now protecting. Now civil society access to the talks is being limited, so this powerful petition campaign is a vital channel of worldwide pressure in the final 72 hours of negotiations.

Let's deliver 1 million signatures inside the talks before it's too late! -- sign now and spread the word:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/whales_72hrs_left/?vl

After the global ban was first implemented on commercial whaling, the number of whales killed each year plummeted from 38,000 per year to just a couple of thousand. It's a testament to the power of humanity to move forward. As we move to confront the other crises of the modern age, let's cherish this legacy of progress -- by joining together now to protect our majestic and intelligent neighbors on this fragile planet.


P.S.: Despite the ban, Japan, Norway, and Iceland have continued whaling -- and are now pushing to make the IWC proposal as lenient as possible. Expecting permission to catch more whales than ever, Japan is reportedly planning to buy its largest whaling ship yet. Click here to sign the petition against commercial whaling!

source: email from avaaz@avaaz.org

photos: photo from: planetsave.com and ens-newswire.com

more links:
"IWC whaling proposal 'offensive'", New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10640398

"Flights, girls and cash buy Japan whaling votes" - a new exposé by the Times of London http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7149086.ece

Nappuccino, Greenwich, Wed 23 June 2010

Join us on a nappuccino where you can find out more about cloth nappies and have all your questions aswered. We will  bring a sample of each cloth nappy and talk about the differences between them. At the end of the nappuccino you will have an understanding of the different types and fabrics, and of which cloth nappy will best suit you and your baby. 

Wednesday 23 June 2010
11.00am to 12.00pm

George II Cafe
8 Greenwich Market,
London SE10 9HZ


Please note this is a demonstration session only. Sales can follow if you so wish by mail catalogue or through the website. We accept Real Nappies for London vouchers from all London Boroughs.

"a wish for my baby" book

To promote Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's Real Nappy campaign and reach new audiences, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, in partnership with Wiltshire Council, has published its first-ever baby book ‘A Wish for My Baby’, designed to be a baby’s first book about looking after the planet and each other.

The idea is that parents will share this book with their child and take in the simple message that we need to be more sustainable in our approach to parenting and take greater care of our natural environment, so that our children can grow up in a world rich in wildlife and respect for all living creatures.

The message is complemented with delightful photographs of babies wearing real nappies, taken by photographer Tobias Robins, and charming line drawings of birds, butterflies and flowers.

The book has been printed on recycled paper using vegetable-based inks, and has been produced and spiral bound – using recycled plastic – in the UK. All the pages are ‘dribble-proof’ making it an ideal gift for babies and toddlers, as well as parents-to-be.

Copies are priced at £3.99 and can be purchased via the Trust’s website http://www.wiltshirewildlife.org/

Camden Green Fair & Bikest, Sunday 6 June 2010

Green Me is joining the many organisations in promoting greener living at Camden Green Fair which will take place in Regents Park, London on Sunday 6th July. We will have our entire range of cloth nappies, organic baby clothes, fair tarde toys and baby carriers, and will be making a massive one day sale.

There will be so many other activities you can join and enjoy. The main activity this year is for everybody to make a memory quilt to commemorate Camden Green Fair's 20 years of History. All you have to do is bring your old t-shirts, photos and memorabilia and stitch them together in a square which will be added to the quilt.

Other activities will include:
- performances on a green powered main stage
- green games with a tug-o-war challenge, free-range-organic-locally-sourced-happy-egg and spoon races, competitions, beat the goalie and much more.
 - grow your own hat
- milk a cow
- tread your own grapes for wine
- the ever-popular Bikefest – where you can try out a new type of bike or get yours serviced for free;

A great day out for your entire family!

more info: Camden Green Fair & Bikefest website