Hello all, thank you for joining us at the Skills Market at Camden Green Fair, London's most central green festival. We taught mending and repairing using both donated goods from TRAID, and damaged garments that you brought with you.

Have a look at more of the photos here: http://www.meetup.com/weallreuse/photos/962705/

Once we were a nation of shopkeepers; now we appear to have become a nation of hoarders.

A report today says that we fill our homes with so much clutter that the space occupied by our possessions has doubled in the past 30 years.

From home computers to toys, the growth in consumerism has meant that our belongings now take up nearly half of our homes.

Read the full story here

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7027045.ece

eBay UK has just announced that all auction format listings under 99p will be free.

Effectively this means you can list things, and only pay if and when they sell.

Will this make eBay perfect for reuse and recycling low value items? Will it make it even harder to find what you need amongst badly described goods?

Time will tell. please send us your views and reviews!

As part of the House of Fairytales event at Shunt on March 21 st we have joined together with Mermaid Nation and Revamp designers to host :

Mermaid Nation Listening to the deep

The ocean is a powerful place, and though it can be very destructive, it also carries the currents and nutrients around the oceans which in turn warm and feed us. Ocean evaporation feeds the clouds that provide our rain and rivers. We contain 80% water, and are born out of salt water – so let’s rethink how and where water fits into our personal stories and the stuff around us.

We are very pleased to announce that We All Reuse has a new project partner. Over the next few months we'll be working with the Eco Design Network to find ways to expand and extent the support and services we offer designers who reuse.

The Eco Design Network is free to join and offers useful events, services and one to one sessions for London based green designers..

Lucy Wills has been invited to be a fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce) - "In recognition of your work to raise awareness of sustainability issues in the fashion industry and build a community of environmentally aware designers"

The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce) works to remove the barriers to social progress, seeking to make the UK a better, more prosperous society. They drive ideas, innovation and social change through an ambitious programme of projects, events and lectures.

A great reaction piece from the Catwalk Queen blog to the House of Lord's condemnation of fast fashion...

seems like swapping's the way to go for the die hard fashionista...

http://www.catwalkqueen.tv/2008/08/a_slap_on_the_w.html#more

Call for entries for the first dedicated ethical fashion awards

The RE:Fashion Awards will take place on the 13th November 2008, celebrating people and organisations who have taken great strides in tackling poverty, healing the environment and changing consumer attitudes towards ethical fashion.
AWARDS: open to designers, manufacturers, retailers, students ...
There are 11 RE:Fashion Awards in three categories:

DESIGNERS AWARDS
Awards include: RE:Fashion Designer of the Year, New RE:Designer of the Year

MAKING A DIFFERENCE AWARDS

According to Recycle London, over 7.5 BILLION articles of clothing end up in our dustbins every year meaning 75% of recyclable clothes are wasted, which could be recycled. Wonder how much we could reuse?