Companies helping wildlife and animals
There are some great companies helping wildlife and selling eco-friendly products and I wanted to tell you about some of them to make it easier for you to find them. If we can all give them our support, and help nature as we shop, that will make a difference. It may also encourage other companies to follow suit.
Wellbeing for yourself
Looking for organic beauty products? Green People have everything for hair, body, face, travel care, sun care and more! And when you shop with Green People, they split 10% of our net profits* between the Marine Conservation Society (Green People have an ocean-friendly policy), the World Land Trust (supporting their Plant a Tree and Buy an Acre programme), and Ehlers-Danlos Support UK, thereby giving those with the rare Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and their families the help and support they need. Find out more about their charity work here.
Bamboo socks from Bare Kind
If you’re looking for bamboo socks, head out to Bare Kind. Their mission is to save the world’s animals, one sock at a time! Buy the Save the Puffins Bamboo Socks, and 10% of profits on these socks are donated to the Scottish Seabird Centre. Buy the Save the Hedgehogs Bamboo Socks and 10% of the profits go towards the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. Over 30 charities (some in the UK, some worldwide) are featured. Lucy is passionate about helping animals – what an inspiring way to do it! It’s a great way to give a gift and help animals at the same time! I have bought a number of them, including the puffin ones pictured right, and they are super cosy! Find out more here.
Support elephants at the Maximus Elephant Conservation Trust
Paper High have some wonderful gifts on their website, many of which are recycled, and they've also got products and gifts made from elephant dung. The Maximus Elephant Conservation Trust have a workshop in the grounds of the Millennium Elephant Foundation (MEF, a small charity that provides care for sick, old, and disabled elephants. It also works to resolve the conflict between elephants and the local farmers, because the elephants eat the farmers’ crops as their habitats are destroyed. You can find out more from Paper High and see the elephant dung product range here.
Love wine? Sea Change Wine may be just the thing!
Sea Change Wine are "lovers of wine, protector of oceans". Every bottle helps fund global ocean conservation projects. At the same time, they use minimal packaging to reduce their waste and their environmental impact. Since their launch, they have raised over 750,000 euros to support projects that help turn the tide on plastic pollution. Their partners include Ocean Generation, the Ocean Conservation Trust, Sea-Changers UK & the Olive Ridley Project and others!
Eco-friendly essentials to reduce waste and protect nature
Wild & Stone are passionate about caring for the planet, and they have products for the house such as dish clothes, hand towels, napkins, dish brushes, shopping bags (such as the blue crochet bag pictured right), nail brushes, body brushes, bamboo toothbrushes and more! For every order on their website, they donate 10p to the cause, or they match each customer donation up to £5 (that option is available in the cart). Round up your order total to the nearest pound and the rounded up amount will be donated to the charity (option available in the cart). They have raised over £15,000 for the Marine Conservation Society! Find out more here.
M&S Sparks Card
Take out a Marks & Spencer Sparks card - every time you use it, M&S will donate to your chosen charity. Amongst the animal charities to choose from, there's the RSPCA, Woodland Trust, WWF, RSPB, Cool Earth, the Marine Conservation Society & the PDSA.
Rewild Mobile
Luke and Anne wanted to build something different: a mobile network that puts a real share of its profits into nature recovery in Britain. They give a quarter of their net profits to independent rewilding partners - currently Belmont Estate, Beaver Trust and Wellstead Rewilding and they are aiming to add a region at a time across the UK. Their dream is bigger: they want enough customers around the world to start funding rewilding in their own countries.