You can compost your food, recycle your paper and plastic, grow your own fruit and veg, eat only organic, drive a hybrid car, but it doesn’t end there. From hand-woven baskets to handcrafted soaps and classic jewellery, there’s much more to being socially conscious than you can imagine.
Fabindia
Fabindia
At Fabindia, indigenous craft techniques are blended with contemporary designs to produce beautiful and affordable pieces. Their focus is on creating handcrafted products, be it hand-woven textiles, home products, or their range of authentic personal care products. This truly is a one-stop shop for all your need; there are women’s and men’s apparel, home & living products, organic food, and gifts.
Feel the difference when you wash with one of their handcrafted soaps, look stylish in one of their silver or ceramic earrings, or brighten up your bedroom with their colourful cushion, quilt or bed covers.
Fabindia, #04-04/05 Paragon, 290 Orchard Road, Singapore 238859, p. 733 4741. Open 10am-9pm daily.
Great Ocean Road
Love being outdoors but can’t seem to find the perfect picnic basket or beach bag? What about a hold all basket bag for your kids’ toys, or a stylish and durable casual bag for the weekend? Their range of French market baskets are too cute for words.
There’s all this and more at Great Ocean Road, inspired by and named after the long and winding road in Melbourne, Australia, one of the world’s most beautiful coastal drives. These beautiful hand-woven baskets are made from Fair-Trade certified and natural materials, and not only help to change the lives of disadvantaged women, but their families and communities too.
Great Ocean Road, order online here.
Saught
Saught
Meanwhile, Saught is all about creating peace and sustainable development in post-conflict countries. They have three jewellery collections, ‘Freedom from War’, ‘Freedom from Poverty’, and ‘Freedom from Fear’. Collections consist of rings, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. Each piece is a statement for hope, freedom, and peace.
Saught uses scrap metal supplied by international and Cambodian de-mining organizations, and pairs it with simple and classic designs that convey a story, ensuring each piece is uniquely handmade.
Saught, various stockists, see here, or shop online here.
Etrican
Etrican, Singapore’s pioneer eco fashion brand established in 2009, puts to rest the myth that eco-friendly clothing is drab and ugly. Keep it simple with fun but modest prints on organic cotton, flowing shapes and classic silhouettes. Clothes are fun, stylish and comfortable. All apparel and accessories are made using eco fabrics that are Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified.
Etrican, for more information, visit website.
Solerebels
Shoes at solerebels are eco-friendly, but also comfortable, well-designed, and handmade. Call it guilt-free shopping, if you like. It takes the age-old recycling tradition, and fuses it with Ethiopian artisan crafts, modern design awareness, and produces collections of flip-flops, sandals, and shoes. Think handcrafted shoes made with recycled car tires, leather, and/or hand-spun organic fabrics that still look as cool as that pair of Nike dunks you have that was made in a factory.
Solerebels, #01-18, The Cathay, 2 Handy Road, Singapore 229233, p. 9683 3385. Open 12-10pm daily.
Now that you’ve gotten the organic, handcrafted gear for your body, check out sustainable furniture here!