Sanya Arts Space

About four weeks ago we decided to to a summer eco market in Brighton, to bring together lots of like minded sellers and makers into one place for a fantastic day of eco inspired shopping, food and fun.

Caught in a sudden downpour and about to embark on a long cycle ride, I remembered I had a sample of the Spud Raincoat sitting on my desk...

Operating out of a shed in the South Downs near Chichester, Alan and his wife Jo make charcoal from locally coppiced wood. I went to see the burn...

Father's Day is 19th June this year. Last year I gave my dad a paper potter because I thought he might want to get into growing seedlings, and guess what, a year later it's still sitting on a shelf in the kitchen. I think I got him something I wanted him to have, instead of what he actually might want...

A few weeks ago I fell off my mountain bike. I was cycling to a meeting in the centre of Brighton, and whilst attempting to take a probably illegal shortcut, I didn't see a large pothole in front of a ramp, hit it, and flew over the top of my bike onto the road. Luckily there were no cars around...

Needless to say, I'm very much in favour of eco shopping! But what about shopping offline, leaving your house to buy stuff. We all need to do it, but how do we do it in the right way? Rachael from moneysupermarket.com has a few handy tips to help you be an eco shopper.

A few days ago I received a package containing one of the cleverest and most inventive examples of repurposing that I’ve seen in quite some time. A keystone to any green living initiative, repurposing allows us to give old objects a new lease on life while conserving the materials and resources that would otherwise be [...]

Peter Ingledew is the inventor of the two great energy savers, the legendary Eco Kettle which stops you from wasting energy by boiling too much water, and the Showerdrop, which stops you from spending hours in the shower and wasting lots of hot water (and cutting down queues for the bathroom). We caught up with Peter to talk about why attitudes are changing towards energy saving, and what motivates him to keep going.

Shortly before the holidays, I received a beautiful set of wine glasses from TryCycle, the Granada wine glasses. What makes these glasses unique is they (and all products from TryCycle) are eco-friendly, made entirely from 100% post-consumer recycled glass. Moreover, each one is hand blown by European artisans. Aside from their inherent eco-friendliness, we loved how [...]

I caught up with Richard Mansfield-Clark, founder of the Rustic Mushroom Company, for a chat about the grow-your-own revolution, tasty ways to cook exotic mushrooms, and he gave me some useful advice about foraging for wild mushrooms.