Ecofabric Hi. If you want orginal designer goodies that are made without stuffing up the planet for the generations to come, you are in the right place. I'm Anthea Grob and I design fabrics, clothing and homeware. It's all 'cradle to cradle eco' so our personal legacy can be a world with the variety, beauty, and safety, we found it in. Yet still have the authenticly original, luscious goodies that reflect and celebrate our stylish vibrant selves.
Latest Focus Products are created in series—lately it's cushions. Think how they add 'zhush' to a room by their colour, texture and comfort, or imagine treating yourself to a good read snuggled up with a new one.
Ecofabric items are made carefully, more often then not slowly, with the intention to delight. As well, everything is made thinking of living within nature not apart from her, with 'cradle to cradle' thinking, So everything is either recycled, or, designed to be easy to recycle and preferably compost returning us to live within natural cycles.
New fabrics are from 'organically' grown fibres, with printing and dying using "low environmental impact' materials. Social responsability and animal welfare are integal to organic certification codes.
About Anthea
I'm a designer/maker/artist, behinf Ecofabric. I have a MFA from RMIT and I do graphic design, make and teach pottery, design and also the use of digital media.
Everything here is designed and sourced by me Anthea Grob
I've added a mixpod to this page which may take abit longer to come up.
The North Pacific gyre where plastic has been found that is over 50 years old.The United Nations Environmental Program now estimates that there are 46,000 floating pieces of plastic for every square mile of ocean. Some of that trash circulating the globe is 30 metres deep.
Why Ecofabric? Cotton accounts for only 2% of the world's crop but at least17% of pesticide use, of the worst kinds of pesticides those classed as HAZARDOUS1A meaning that 5 grams, ie a teaspooon, can kill you. Millions of kilos are applied annually, and they don't go away, they bioaccumulate, meaning that fish have more in them than the surronding water, when we eat the fish the pesticide acculumlates in fatty tissue (such as the breast.) Pesticides are linked to 95% of breast cancers. These pesticides don't stay put they move, down into the water table, through the oceans, they have been found in the remotest islands in the Arctic!
Each year, a million sea birds and 100,000 sharks, turtles, dolphins and whales die from eating plastic which resembles their food.
Our legacy the best legacy we can leave for the seven generations that come after us, is a world where the variety of life we inherited will be preserved. Recent science has proven that growing using synthetic fertilisers is losing us species. Unfortunately even when using low amounts it has been found there isn't a lower threshold, the upshot is that during our lifetime we are losing species at a rate that biologists are calling the sixth extinction.
FASHION WOMAN
FASHION CHILDREN
DRY GOODS
Sometimes you love a thing but you know your tastes are different than the person you need a gift for. To obtain a personalised gift certificate, simply email the details of your request. Provide your name, your recipient's name, your message, the amount the gift is for, or product the gift is for and whether you would like it emailed or sent by post. Payment for this is by direct credit on receipt of invoice.
Important dates for Christmas presents
Within New Zealand: Standard Post 20th December
International Economy
25th NOVEMBER: UK, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, EAST ASIA, SOUTH PACIFIC
21th NOVEMBER: REST OF WORLD
2nd DECEMBER: AUZZIE Futher info from New Zealand Post >
HABERDASHERY
FABRICS
As a designer maker, each design I make leads to a bunch more, so I try to work in runs of items. Right now I have lots of cushions available, and special one off bags and fashion items.if you are the first in, or right size you are lucky, but you can often order something similiar.
Cloth
ES Design
1 Marion Street
(Central City) Wellington
ALSO SEE UPDATE PAGE FOR WHEN ECOFABRIC OR VERDANT DESIGN IS AT THE MARKET
Bolt of Cloth
The Colombo Mall
363 Colombo St
Christchurch
open Mo-Sun
Haberdashery
Nancys Embrodiery
241 Thorndon Quay
Wellington
Organic baby
127 Jackson Street
Petone
OK, we might want to be "green" but it takes an effort and sometimes costs more, sometimes we need to be reminded about the effects of our purchases and habits—these links are definately convincing.
Start with the Green air video, it's an eye opener if you think this stuff doesn't effect you!
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK POSTER
Or we need to know where the cool alternatives are.
See also Zhush green newsletter for homestyling tips >
Ottoman created by Megan Benningtam
Homestyle Magazine no. 38
Your Home and Garden Feb 2011
Bev lee's recycled blanket coats with Ecofabric Tagua buttons
Fashion show at the Owhiro Bay learning community fair.
Ecofabric Events
Ecofabric blog is the place to share in the design process and see things in the pipeline.
See the process of designing my Godwit fabric, in this two minute video. Godwit fabric now available.
Currently my webshop is abit out of date, while I am working on new products. If uou want to know when we at the market or find out about related eco issues, sign up for the newsletters here.
Sign up for Newsletters
If you would like Ecofabric to hold a stall at any of your events, or talk about sustainable textiles, please do email a request.
Newsletters: Ecofabric news and Zhush green
ecofabric news Dec 2011.pdf
ecofabric news March 2011.pdf
ecofabric news9janfeb.pdf
ecofabric news8 Aug-Dec.pdf
June July2010.pdf
ecofabric news6 AprilMay.pdf
Quick and easy, each 'Zhush'
concentrates on a single design tip and demonstrates it using sustainable products
March10.pdf
February10.pdf
January10.pdf
december09.pdf
Ecofabric newsletter nov 09 button pollinator issue.pdf
Zhush Green newsletter 7.pdf
Zhush Green newsletter 6.pdf
zhush green no 5.pdf
zhush green no 4.pdf
zhush green no 3.pdf
zhush green no 2.pdf
Zhush green no 1.pdf
"We need to know others are dreaming with us of a better world." Ivone Gebara
Anthea Grob
6 Happy Valley road
Owhiro Bay
021 990 400
64 (4) 9726672
anthea_ecofabric.co.nz
