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In THE INDEPENDENTS ISSUE

Virginia Rowe tells PK how Style Will Save Us.

Allow Yourself to Indulge in LUNCH - the quirky, ethical lifestyle magazine that offers a fresh take on the conundrum of conscience versus lifestyle.

Linda Rows reports her 'Pick of the Bunch' from The Ethical Fashion Show in Paris.

Helen Gilchrist tells us how Stranger Magazine is a different way of doing things.

Defining New Cool with a Conscience - Sublime Magazine does it effortlessly.

What to choose for the Perfect T-Shirt, Eco vs Techno?

The EIA tells PK how they are blowing the whistle on outrageous crimes against the environment.

HOT AND NEW - La Queue du Chat, the most cute French Organic Fair Trade Babywear. Cabane brings us Savon de Marseille Soaps and Pyrenean Wool Rugs. Allow your child's creativity to run wild with Apeill Design's Fun Chair.

Win the latest issue of Lunch Magazine, just out - Autumn 2006!

News Focus, what's hitting the headlines in the International Press AND

Walk the Talk, what to see and do until the next issue of PK.

We hope you really enjoy Pecha Kucha. Have a great weekend.
Rachel, The Natural Store x _______________________________________________________________

Talisman Blue Chair as shown in Style Will Save Us

STYLE 'WILL' SAVE US

"If a little dickie bird had whispered to me last year, that by summer ‘06 I’d have launched an online magazine, I would have laughed in their face", Virginia Rowe - founder of Style Will Save Us - shares with Pecha Kucha. But, who can predict what’s ‘round the corner…..

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ALLOW YOURSELF TO INDULGE IN LUNCH!

The quirky, ethical lifestyle magazine that 'offers a fresh take on the conundrum of conscience versus lifestyle...' (Time Out Magazine).

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The cutest French Organic and Fairly Traded Baby Wear from La Queue de Chat (The Cat's Tail) from £11.95

Pyrenean Wool Rug, perfect as a throw or blanket, by Cabane £194

Savon de Marseille Liquid and Guest Soaps brought to us from France by Cabane £2.80 - £14.50

Creative Fun Chair to paint and colour by Apeill Designs from £10.00

Founders Damian and Laura Santamaria

IT'S THE RIGHT TIME...FOR SUBLIME

Sublime Magazine - described by founders Damian and Laura Santamaria as the First International Ethical Magazine - is defining the New Cool with a Conscience.

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	Colette Robin Coat

LINDA ROW'S 'PICK OF THE BUNCH' FROM THE ETHICAL FASHION SHOW IN PARIS

The Ethical Fashion Show in Paris brings together a mixed bunch of exhibitors and you can wander up to one label selling real fur and non-organic cotton, next to someone making their own jewellery from natural seeds and fruit peel from the countryside of Rio de Janeiro. Read Linda Row's (Founder of Clothworks) 'Pick of the Bunch' as she reports for PK from The Ethical Fashion Show in Paris.

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A STRANGER WAY OF DOING THINGS

Helen Gilchrist, impassioned Editor and Publisher of Stranger Magazine shares with PK how "Stranger magazine is about difference; about living, thinking and looking at the world in a different way – a way that we think should become normal for everyone, not an ‘alternative lifestyle’."

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CAMPAIGN AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE National Climate March 12pm, 4 November US Embassy, Grosvenor Square LONDON more info

FEEL GOOD FEST For the Festive Season 12 November Hove Town Hall HOVE more info

SOIL ASSOCIATION ORGANIC FOOD FESTIVAL 4 & 5 November Old Fruit Market & Metropolitan College GLASGOW more info

HOW TO MAKE BIODIESEL 17-19 November Redfield Community Winslow, Bucks more info

MAKE A REFASHION STATEMENT 6.45pm, 28 October Acacia Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio, US Cost $125 per person more info

CHANNEL 4 ARE LOOKING FOR YOU! For a new Channel 4 TV series that is going to follow a new organic and biodynamic vineyard in the South of France. more info

ECO vs TECHNO

There are so many different fibres to choose from, the Perfect T-Shirt Project find it hard to choose which one is best for their Project.

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ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY (EIA)


The EIA's motivation is simple - outraged by crimes against endangered wildlife, the world’s most precious habitats and the planet’s vital ecosystems, they are determined to stop them by blowing the whistle on environmental crime!

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NEWS FOCUS - What's being talked about in the Press around the Globe

London Plans Hybrid Bus Fleet To Cut Carbon Emissions. Dan Milmo discusses for The Guardian. Click here for article.

Should Everest Be Closed? Dan McDougall reports for The Guardian from Kathmandu.
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Tips On Alternative Toiletries for Carry-Ons Harriet Baskas from USA Today shares readers' tips with us. Click here for article.

Jewel-Like Island With Rare Species Struggles With Leisure-Class Influx from The International Herald Tribune. Click here for article.

It's Not Easy Being Green. Builders won’t commit to ecofriendly homes until people are willing to pay for them, discovers Jane Padgham for The Times. Click here for article.

Eco Companies To Quit NSW Catharine Munro reports for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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COMPETITION
Win the New Issue of LUNCH MAGAZINE!

The Latest Issue - Autumn 2006

To be in for a chance to win the New Issue of LUNCH Magazine, simply tell us - from the second article above titled Allow Yourself to Indulge in Lunch - what charity LUNCH is helping to fundraise for at their Grand Bring and Buy Sale at Borough Market on Thursday, 9th November. Then click on the 'Submit Answer' button. We will contact the winner and their name will also be listed in the next issue of Pecha Kucha.

The winner of our last competition to win a POSCH Bag was Therese Sua from the Philippines who chose the Pink Posy Bag as her prize. Well Done, Therese!

If there are any products or features you would like to see covered by Kucha, we’d love to hear from you! Click here to send us your suggestions