Old tyres can be tired but don’t have to retire July 22, 2007
Recycled Bike Tyre Belts at Zoozoo2
How cool is this! Belts made from recycled bicycle tyres. Each belt is an individual, unique and handmade. Each one comes with its own individual history. The tread bears the scars of every mile travelled, and every unauthorised skid.
These amazing belts are made from front tyres, which get less wear, so still have plenty of tread left. Each belt is unique and no two are the same. For more details click here
Al - Zoozoo2
Killer plastic June 17, 2007
Andy Warhol said “Everybody’s plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.
Except for a small amount that’s been incinerated - and it is a very small amount - every bit of plastic ever made still exists.
At the same time, all over the globe, there are signs that plastic pollution is doing more than blighting the scenery; it is also making its way into the food chain. Some of the most obvious victims are the dead seabirds that have been washing ashore in startling numbers, their bodies packed with plastic: things like bottle caps, cigarette lighters, tampon applicators, …
We are all just little people June 15, 2007
There is an old African proverb it goes…
if many little people
in many little places
do many little deeds
They can change the face of the world.
Well that’s exactly how we feel at zoozoo2. It doesn’t matter how small it is just do it.
As surfers, snowboarders, scuba d’s or runners we can play our small part in determining what happens to our planet by the consumer choices we make and the little things we do.
Al - Zoozoo2
ZooZoo2 do Womad 2007 March 27, 2007
Great news.
Zoozoo2 will be at this years UK Womad World music and Dance Festival.
The festival will be held at Charlton Park in Wiltshire from 27-29 July.
Charlton Park, with its stunning setting in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside, is the new home for the WOMAD Festival for its 25th anniversary year. Set in a picturesque rural landscape, WOMAD at Charlton Park presents an opportunity to experience the festival in a truly green, pleasant and spacious environment.
The festival will feature seven stages and workshop areas, including a children’s village, many new activities …
Getting into hot water January 17, 2007
Across our planet, scientists, businesses, academics and even some politicians and sport enthusiasts are talking about the negative implications of warming temperatures on outdoor recreation and leisure.
The subject of global warming is a hot topic and is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
Climate change
The oil industry lobby try to tell everyone that it is nothing more than either normal environmental change or the ranting of eco warriors bent on destroying their business. The green lobby on the other hand tell us global warming will heat our planet on average by 6°C in the next century. It may not sound …
You have got to see this November 1, 2006
Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world’s scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced.
If that sounds like a recipe for serious gloom and doom — think again. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is a movie you have just got to see. Check your local cinema. If it is on GO.
Al -Zoozoo2
Hope September 27, 2006
Willy Whitefeather a Cherokee indian, a storyteller, riverman and canoeist, author, healer and outdoorsman who travels the U.S. promoting peace and personal responsibility. His message is that “the power of peace is within each of us” . It’s not a difficult message to understand really. Unfortunately some choose a different message.
Willy Whitefeather currently lives in southern Arizona and seems to be always on the road (or river) conducting workshops with students and teachers about survival in the outdoors.
Here is a video he did entitled Hope. Have a look at it.
Molly - Zoozoo2
The Big Wild World August 18, 2006
We know the wild world is disappearing.
It’s a sobering thought.
It is why we decided to start ZooZoo2.
It’s why we sell organic cotton and it is why we are always bending your ear about our planet and the bad things we are doing to it.
The truth is we can all make a difference even in a small way. You don’t have to become a full time eco activist, you don’t have to join eco forums and start pounding the pavement with a placard (although I can think of worse ways to spend your free time). Think about …
Inspired words August 4, 2006
Children learn what they live
If a child lives with criticism
He learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility
He learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule
He learns to be shy.
If a child lives with jealousy
He learns to feel guilty.
But if a child lives with tolerance
He learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement
He learns self-confidence.
If a child lives with praise
He learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness
He learns justice.
If a child lives with approval
He learns to like himself.
If a child lives with security
He learns to have faith.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship
He learns to find …
Reef encounters - reefs to rubble July 25, 2006
Reef encounters
Our oceans make up the world’s single largest ecosystem and it is a system under increasing stress.
Destructive fishing practices are devastating marine habitats vital to the survival of many marine species.
One of the most destructive fishing practices is bottom trawling.
A single sweep of a bottom trawl net destroys century old corals in minutes
Botton trawling is killing vast numbers of marine species
What is it?
Bottom trawling is the practice of dragging large nets weighted with chains, roller or rock-hopper gear across the seafloor to catch groundfish species such as rockfish, cod, and sole.
Bottom trawls are used throughout the North Pacific …