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Meaningful Planet’s mission

Meaningful Planet started with a simple question: what if every phone call could help restore nature?

Meaningful Planet was born out of a shared passion for protecting nature and empowering others to do the same. With backgrounds in tech and product development, and a shared passion for the natural world, eco-conscious entrepreneurs Nick Falkowski and Richard West set out to found a new kind of company – one that turns everyday telecoms services into drivers of positive change to reduce climate impact.

By empowering individuals and businesses to make a tangible, positive impact on the environment through their everyday phone use, they are passionate leaders in the battle to help repair our fragile planet.

Why choose Meaningful Planet

If you feel powerless about the environmental challenges the world is facing, you’re not alone. Meaningful Planet believes that real change is achievable; and vital. By reimagining telecoms services to have a positive impact at their core, they have provided an opportunity for people and businesses to make affordable meaningful impact.

Practical solutions to environmental challenges

Meaningful Planet partners with Wildlife Trusts across the UK to ensure every pound makes maximum impact.

From restoring seagrass meadows to reintroducing native species, it’s creating lasting positive change through your phone calls.

Superb coverage and flexible plans

Meaningful Planet delivers top-rated coverage, with transparent pricing, and intelligent SIM management — 10% of profits fund UK nature restoration.

If you care about the planet, this is the phone company for you!

Every pound spent with Meaningful Planet helps UK businesses cut telecoms waste and achieve their sustainability goals. Investing 10% of all profits to high-impact conservation projects across the UK, it is restoring habitats and supporting biodiversity.

You get a great phone service, our environment gets the benefit!

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A beautiful collection of ethical, eco-friendly and handcrafted artisan products

With a passion for the environment and fair-trade practices as well as an interest in traditional crafts and interiors, nkuku has been a favourite destination for authentic, beautifully crafted gifts and homeware for a long time.

A certified B Corp, nkuku considers its environmental impact by using natural, reclaimed and recycled materials, valuing, and sustaining traditional crafts through fair and transparent relationships with its suppliers, whilst working towards mutual success. 

Ethical values

nkuku shares my own values: that ethical business is good business, treating everyone, from makers to employees fairly and with respect.

Like many brands ion this website, nkuku is reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit.

Working with independent businesses, social projects, and co-operatives nkuku focuses on building long lasting relationships, working together towards mutual success and creating sustainable employment.

Craft

nkuku celebrates traditional crafts, to help ensure that age-old traditions are passed on to future generations.

The relationship between a maker and an individually crafted piece creates a story and a connection.

There’s beauty in the imperfections of handmade products, such as texture, natural patina and honest marks left by the tools from the maker, adding character and ensuring you are buying a piece that’s truly unique – not just something mass produced by machines.

Every piece has a story

The relationship between a maker and an individually crafted nkuku piece creates a story and a connection.

Many of its products involve traditional hand loom weaving, metal sculpting and craftmanship, jewellery making, basket weaving, traditional carpentry and traditional pottery making. Products often use natural and eco-friendly materials, promote local production and fair trade practices, reduce waste, and support artisan livelihoods and communities.

A beautiful, practical, extensive range

The nkuku range extends to pretty much everything you could need to furnish a beautiful home, with the knowledge that you’re supporting an industry of artisan producers; you’ll find furniture, lighting, kitchen and dining, soft furnishings and accessories, as well as wonderful gifts, including fabulous jewellery, and seasonal items, such as its stunning Christmas shop.

One of my absolute favourite places to browse!

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Built to last: The joy of owning a well-made product

Wherever you look, fast fashion and cheap disposable gadgets dominate store shelves and websites. But is it Fool’s Gold? There’s something deeply satisfying about owning a product that’s built to last. 

You know the kind — a cast iron skillet handed down from your grandma, or a trusty tool you’ve used for 20 years that’s still going strong. These items are more than just objects; they’re lifelong companions.

Fab featured products!

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Form and function in perfect harmony

I can’t tell you how excited I am to discover this website!

As a designer myself, I appreciate that the beauty of a well-crafted product is its form, function and reliability. You don’t have to worry about replacing it next year or repairing it every few months. It shows up, does its job flawlessly, and is a pleasure to use. 

Beyond reliability, there’s something special about great design and craftsmanship. You can feel the care poured into every stitch, weld, or finish. There’s often an interesting story behind its maker and its conception. These are items that become an indispensable part of your life — and sometimes beyond it!

Investing in longevity is also kinder to the planet. Instead of tossing out and replacing, you buy once and use forever. Less waste, fewer resources used, and more appreciation for quality.

Of course it’s easy to be tempted by something that seems like a bargain, only to find it wasn’t built to last. A lifetime product isn’t just a purchase — it’s a commitment to sustainability, craftsmanship, and dependability. 

The Buy Me Once difference

Buy Me Once only sell beautiful, long-lasting products that they believe in. To ensure everything is made to last, they test each product themselves, investigate its manufacturing story, and develop meaningful relationships with the manufacturers. In that way they build a bond of trust with the makers and you, the customer.

Some products carry exclusive warranties, and if products prove not to be up to scratch, Buy Me Once discontinue them. 

An ethical ethos

In a world that’s always trying to sell you more stuff, Buy Me Once is different. Their ethos is a commitment to a more sustainable way to live by offering the highest quality products that will last.

By buying once, we build deeper connections with the things we own. When it gets ‘old’ we don’t throw it away – we restore it, polish it or repair it. The things you will love the most only get better with age.

Buy Me Once… working to reduce waste

Sustainable Innovation: E-waste is the world’s fastest-growing waste stream. Buy Me Once offers sustainable technology that combats throwaway culture while delivering superior performance for years to come.

Made in the UK: Buy Me Once supports British manufacturing because UK-made products offer shorter, more traceable supply chains and significantly lower carbon footprints, as well as products designed with exceptional craftsmanship, durability and built to last.

Supporting artisans: Supporting independent makers and small artisan businesses means supporting traditional craftsmanship while bringing unique, quality pieces into your home.

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Green Tulip is an eco living and ethical gift shop brimming with brilliant finds!

I honestly don’t know where to start with Green Tulip!

There are so many amazing, ethical, sustainable, useful and fantastic products on this website. I’m going to have my work cut out singling out the best cool stuff!

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Vegan

From vegan soaps to houseware to toiletries to fashion to stationery to even gifts for pets… and more! As they say, Green Tulip‘s mission is to offer a great selection of eco friendly everyday items and beautiful sustainable gifts that don’t harm the environment, people, or animals. 

Great ethical values

With seriously ethical credentials, this is a gift shop you’ll keep wanting to go back to for all those little treats and pressies for your loved ones.

And it doesn’t matter if you’re not vegan – these products are lovely things anyway. With the added bonus of knowing they are helping to reduce our impact on our struggling environment.

Start here!

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Ocean Bottle makes award winning durable and dishwasher friendly reusable bottles, cups and flasks, recyclable and part made from recycled ocean plastic. 

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A B Corp certified reusables brand

With the sale of each Ocean Bottle, 11.4kg of plastic (the equivalent of 1,000 ocean-bound plastic bottles) is collected globally, in coastal areas where plastic pollution is worst. 

One billion bottles and counting!

Since its launch in 2019, Ocean Bottle has prevented over a billion bottles from going into the ocean.

Made from a minimum of 65% recycled materials, every Ocean Bottle is BPA Free, made with primarily Stainless Steel and comes with a 10 year guarantee.

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Leading the way on coconut compost

Coco & Coir are passionate about promoting sustainable gardening. 

They stand for a gentler and greener approach to gardening that is kinder to the environment. They discovered the usefulness of the humble coconut, one of the most versatile fruits in the world. They took the coconut’s husk to create a range of products, which makes the home and garden a more beautiful place with, importantly, a lower carbon footprint. 

Coco & Coir’s high-grade peat-free coir compost, they claim, provides a perfect, high performing alternative to leading peat-based options.

Their aim is to help horticulturists and gardeners become more sustainable and eco-friendly by providing the viable alternative to peat.

Peat-free coconut coir compost has good water retention, great aeration, and drainage that helps gardens thrive.

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The cutting and seeding compost with 20% added perlite increases the porosity of the potting mix, keeping the soil loose and airy. This promotes faster root establishment and development, making it suitable for garden and hydroponic growing environments. The nutrient and pH-balanced coir compost is perfect for seeding a variety of plants; just add fertiliser or blend it with other compost if needed.

The loose texture, enhanced by perlite, improves aeration, drainage, and insulation. Used by both beginner growers and professionals, this mix ensures efficient and even root development for strong seedlings, resulting in healthier plants. It offers balanced drainage and water retention, leading to healthier, stronger plants and greater yields.

The specialist houseplant compost is 100% natural and peat-free, formulated to support the development of all types of houseplants except ericaceous. The Coir compost retains nutrients while ensuring a full 6-month feed, released only after the compost has been expanded and wet.  

The 100% peat-free, organic, all-purpose compost with a proven track record of outstanding yield and performance for all plant types. It is enriched with NPK (nitrogen-phosphorous-potassium) fertiliser, which boosts plant growth in the indoor and outdoor environment.