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We were astounded to see the news that Royal Ballet & Opera had cut their energy consumption in the auditorium from 39kW to 6.2kW by rewiring and updating over 1,000 lighting fixtures, signs and candelabras to LED.
It can be done.
#energyconsumption #ledlighting #periodbuildings
It can be done.
#energyconsumption #ledlighting #periodbuildings
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
We were astounded to see the news that Royal Ballet & Opera had cut their energy consumption in the auditorium from 39kW to 6.2kW by rewiring and updating over 1,000 lighting fixtures, signs and candelabras to LED.
It can be done.
#energyconsumption #ledlighting #periodbuildings
It can be done.
#energyconsumption #ledlighting #periodbuildings
As a sole trader or small business you don't need to hire a carbon consultant or run a full audit (yet).
There is an easier way.
At Blue Patch we've developed a carbon reduction course for businesses to measure and reduce their carbon footprint.
#carboncalculation #decarbonise #carbonauditing
There is an easier way.
At Blue Patch we've developed a carbon reduction course for businesses to measure and reduce their carbon footprint.
#carboncalculation #decarbonise #carbonauditing
January 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
As a sole trader or small business you don't need to hire a carbon consultant or run a full audit (yet).
There is an easier way.
At Blue Patch we've developed a carbon reduction course for businesses to measure and reduce their carbon footprint.
#carboncalculation #decarbonise #carbonauditing
There is an easier way.
At Blue Patch we've developed a carbon reduction course for businesses to measure and reduce their carbon footprint.
#carboncalculation #decarbonise #carbonauditing
Food is a simple way to reduce your carbon footprint and enjoy the benefits of healthy eating at the same time.
📸 Heck Food, Womersley Foods, Eat Telfit, Source Climate Change Coffee
#plantbased #grassfed #organiccoffee #vinegarsandjams
📸 Heck Food, Womersley Foods, Eat Telfit, Source Climate Change Coffee
#plantbased #grassfed #organiccoffee #vinegarsandjams
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Food is a simple way to reduce your carbon footprint and enjoy the benefits of healthy eating at the same time.
📸 Heck Food, Womersley Foods, Eat Telfit, Source Climate Change Coffee
#plantbased #grassfed #organiccoffee #vinegarsandjams
📸 Heck Food, Womersley Foods, Eat Telfit, Source Climate Change Coffee
#plantbased #grassfed #organiccoffee #vinegarsandjams
It's lovely to see the collaborations that come out of the introductions we made.
Rachel @rocworxdesigns.bsky.social made these star earrings out of ballet slippers donated by Royal Ballet & Opera after we introduced them to each other.
#reducewaste #recycle #starearrings
Rachel @rocworxdesigns.bsky.social made these star earrings out of ballet slippers donated by Royal Ballet & Opera after we introduced them to each other.
#reducewaste #recycle #starearrings
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
It's lovely to see the collaborations that come out of the introductions we made.
Rachel @rocworxdesigns.bsky.social made these star earrings out of ballet slippers donated by Royal Ballet & Opera after we introduced them to each other.
#reducewaste #recycle #starearrings
Rachel @rocworxdesigns.bsky.social made these star earrings out of ballet slippers donated by Royal Ballet & Opera after we introduced them to each other.
#reducewaste #recycle #starearrings
What's the biggest cause of carbon emissions in small business?
Energy 💡 for heating, lighting, and production. This is especially true in older buildings with less insulation and inefficient lighting and heating systems.
#renewableenergy #netzerojourney #carbonemissions
Energy 💡 for heating, lighting, and production. This is especially true in older buildings with less insulation and inefficient lighting and heating systems.
#renewableenergy #netzerojourney #carbonemissions
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
What's the biggest cause of carbon emissions in small business?
Energy 💡 for heating, lighting, and production. This is especially true in older buildings with less insulation and inefficient lighting and heating systems.
#renewableenergy #netzerojourney #carbonemissions
Energy 💡 for heating, lighting, and production. This is especially true in older buildings with less insulation and inefficient lighting and heating systems.
#renewableenergy #netzerojourney #carbonemissions
What do reindeer poo, elephant poo, meadow seed and brewery waste have in common?
They're all materials which have been fused with recycled pulp in papers from The Sustainable Print Company.
And fear not. The poo is sanitised before use.
#PlantBased #RecycledPaper #Print
They're all materials which have been fused with recycled pulp in papers from The Sustainable Print Company.
And fear not. The poo is sanitised before use.
#PlantBased #RecycledPaper #Print
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
What do reindeer poo, elephant poo, meadow seed and brewery waste have in common?
They're all materials which have been fused with recycled pulp in papers from The Sustainable Print Company.
And fear not. The poo is sanitised before use.
#PlantBased #RecycledPaper #Print
They're all materials which have been fused with recycled pulp in papers from The Sustainable Print Company.
And fear not. The poo is sanitised before use.
#PlantBased #RecycledPaper #Print
The National Emergency Briefing documentary isn’t about fear or spectacle. It’s about preparedness, clear communication, and public trust.
Support their independent work through their crowdfunder (if you are able).
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #ClimatePreparedness #ClimateEmergency
Support their independent work through their crowdfunder (if you are able).
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #ClimatePreparedness #ClimateEmergency
January 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The National Emergency Briefing documentary isn’t about fear or spectacle. It’s about preparedness, clear communication, and public trust.
Support their independent work through their crowdfunder (if you are able).
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #ClimatePreparedness #ClimateEmergency
Support their independent work through their crowdfunder (if you are able).
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #ClimatePreparedness #ClimateEmergency
Three reasons why buying wooden furniture will reduce your carbon footprint:
🌱 Trees absorb CO₂ which stays locked in
🌱 Wood is a renewable resource
🌱 Well made furniture lasts longer
📸 Heliconia Furniture, Beuzeval Furniture, Plyable Design, Angus Ross Furniture
#EthicalMakers #ClimateAction
🌱 Trees absorb CO₂ which stays locked in
🌱 Wood is a renewable resource
🌱 Well made furniture lasts longer
📸 Heliconia Furniture, Beuzeval Furniture, Plyable Design, Angus Ross Furniture
#EthicalMakers #ClimateAction
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Three reasons why buying wooden furniture will reduce your carbon footprint:
🌱 Trees absorb CO₂ which stays locked in
🌱 Wood is a renewable resource
🌱 Well made furniture lasts longer
📸 Heliconia Furniture, Beuzeval Furniture, Plyable Design, Angus Ross Furniture
#EthicalMakers #ClimateAction
🌱 Trees absorb CO₂ which stays locked in
🌱 Wood is a renewable resource
🌱 Well made furniture lasts longer
📸 Heliconia Furniture, Beuzeval Furniture, Plyable Design, Angus Ross Furniture
#EthicalMakers #ClimateAction
Your work stands out for all the right reasons - thoughtful, considered, iconic.
Join our community of sustainability-minded businesses as we support the UK’s transition to clean energy.
📸 @bobandalf
#iconic #creativeworks #ethicalbrand
Join our community of sustainability-minded businesses as we support the UK’s transition to clean energy.
📸 @bobandalf
#iconic #creativeworks #ethicalbrand
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Your work stands out for all the right reasons - thoughtful, considered, iconic.
Join our community of sustainability-minded businesses as we support the UK’s transition to clean energy.
📸 @bobandalf
#iconic #creativeworks #ethicalbrand
Join our community of sustainability-minded businesses as we support the UK’s transition to clean energy.
📸 @bobandalf
#iconic #creativeworks #ethicalbrand
Are you ready for January showers? ☔️
Ince Umbrellas make these high-end quality umbrellas with solid wood sticks in sustainably sourced wood that is steamed and heated to curve the wood. The new range includes chestnut and dark maple, which has a sophisticated look.
#umbrellas #january #craft
Ince Umbrellas make these high-end quality umbrellas with solid wood sticks in sustainably sourced wood that is steamed and heated to curve the wood. The new range includes chestnut and dark maple, which has a sophisticated look.
#umbrellas #january #craft
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Are you ready for January showers? ☔️
Ince Umbrellas make these high-end quality umbrellas with solid wood sticks in sustainably sourced wood that is steamed and heated to curve the wood. The new range includes chestnut and dark maple, which has a sophisticated look.
#umbrellas #january #craft
Ince Umbrellas make these high-end quality umbrellas with solid wood sticks in sustainably sourced wood that is steamed and heated to curve the wood. The new range includes chestnut and dark maple, which has a sophisticated look.
#umbrellas #january #craft
Is your new year resolution to reduce the carbon footprint of your business? We can help with this - we offer free carbon reduction training to our community. Join Blue Patch today and start 2026 with a plan.
#netzero #carbonreduction #newyear
#netzero #carbonreduction #newyear
December 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Is your new year resolution to reduce the carbon footprint of your business? We can help with this - we offer free carbon reduction training to our community. Join Blue Patch today and start 2026 with a plan.
#netzero #carbonreduction #newyear
#netzero #carbonreduction #newyear
These key fobs have a story attached.
The leather is from ballet slippers donated by RB&O to Blue Patch members. To save them going to waste, Rachel @rocworxdesigns.bsky.social reuses the leather when marbling products. She donates a portion of sales to a food bank.
#keys #balletslippers #foodbank
The leather is from ballet slippers donated by RB&O to Blue Patch members. To save them going to waste, Rachel @rocworxdesigns.bsky.social reuses the leather when marbling products. She donates a portion of sales to a food bank.
#keys #balletslippers #foodbank
December 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
These key fobs have a story attached.
The leather is from ballet slippers donated by RB&O to Blue Patch members. To save them going to waste, Rachel @rocworxdesigns.bsky.social reuses the leather when marbling products. She donates a portion of sales to a food bank.
#keys #balletslippers #foodbank
The leather is from ballet slippers donated by RB&O to Blue Patch members. To save them going to waste, Rachel @rocworxdesigns.bsky.social reuses the leather when marbling products. She donates a portion of sales to a food bank.
#keys #balletslippers #foodbank
Blue Patch has been busy this year - running our Carbon Reduction course sponsored by Naturesave, exhibiting at Decorex, publishing the Positive Shopping magazine, and attending many events.
Read the journal on our website to find out our plans for 2026.
#wearebluepatch #carbonreduction #2026
Read the journal on our website to find out our plans for 2026.
#wearebluepatch #carbonreduction #2026
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Blue Patch has been busy this year - running our Carbon Reduction course sponsored by Naturesave, exhibiting at Decorex, publishing the Positive Shopping magazine, and attending many events.
Read the journal on our website to find out our plans for 2026.
#wearebluepatch #carbonreduction #2026
Read the journal on our website to find out our plans for 2026.
#wearebluepatch #carbonreduction #2026
Introducing the first fully recyclable carpet for the home.
Traditional carpet is difficult to recycle because it is made from a mix of materials.
Echo-CoRE is made of only one material - making it simple to recycle.
Available from Alternative Flooring
#carpet #reducereuserecycle #circularliving
Traditional carpet is difficult to recycle because it is made from a mix of materials.
Echo-CoRE is made of only one material - making it simple to recycle.
Available from Alternative Flooring
#carpet #reducereuserecycle #circularliving
December 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Introducing the first fully recyclable carpet for the home.
Traditional carpet is difficult to recycle because it is made from a mix of materials.
Echo-CoRE is made of only one material - making it simple to recycle.
Available from Alternative Flooring
#carpet #reducereuserecycle #circularliving
Traditional carpet is difficult to recycle because it is made from a mix of materials.
Echo-CoRE is made of only one material - making it simple to recycle.
Available from Alternative Flooring
#carpet #reducereuserecycle #circularliving
Making plans for 2026?
Aarven Goods have a range of notebooks covered in their unique designs. Handmade using recycled paper and filled with blank pages to fill with your next adventure.
#stationery #notebooks #recycledpaper #handmade
Aarven Goods have a range of notebooks covered in their unique designs. Handmade using recycled paper and filled with blank pages to fill with your next adventure.
#stationery #notebooks #recycledpaper #handmade
December 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Making plans for 2026?
Aarven Goods have a range of notebooks covered in their unique designs. Handmade using recycled paper and filled with blank pages to fill with your next adventure.
#stationery #notebooks #recycledpaper #handmade
Aarven Goods have a range of notebooks covered in their unique designs. Handmade using recycled paper and filled with blank pages to fill with your next adventure.
#stationery #notebooks #recycledpaper #handmade
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
The team at Blue Patch.
The team at Blue Patch.
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
The team at Blue Patch.
The team at Blue Patch.
Congratulations to @thriverenewables.bsky.social on their ten year B Corp anniversary. Thrive Renewables is a patron of Blue Patch, and we are always very grateful for their support of our work to help UK businesses in the transition to clean energy.
#cleanenergy #communityenergy #carbonreduction
#cleanenergy #communityenergy #carbonreduction
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Congratulations to @thriverenewables.bsky.social on their ten year B Corp anniversary. Thrive Renewables is a patron of Blue Patch, and we are always very grateful for their support of our work to help UK businesses in the transition to clean energy.
#cleanenergy #communityenergy #carbonreduction
#cleanenergy #communityenergy #carbonreduction
Kapdaa Offcut have made a series of products for the British Red Cross out of scrap fabrics that were donated to the charity shops and didn’t sell or were going to waste. What an innovative solution for scraps!
#charityshops #wastefabric #humanitarianaid
#charityshops #wastefabric #humanitarianaid
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Kapdaa Offcut have made a series of products for the British Red Cross out of scrap fabrics that were donated to the charity shops and didn’t sell or were going to waste. What an innovative solution for scraps!
#charityshops #wastefabric #humanitarianaid
#charityshops #wastefabric #humanitarianaid
A very Christmassy batch of umbrellas in production Ince Umbrellas.
They’re being ‘tied in’ where the umbrella fabric is attached to the frame. An adapted button sewing machine adds a set of stitches on each side of the umbrella rib - as they say - very clever!
#endangeredcraft #umbrellamaking
They’re being ‘tied in’ where the umbrella fabric is attached to the frame. An adapted button sewing machine adds a set of stitches on each side of the umbrella rib - as they say - very clever!
#endangeredcraft #umbrellamaking
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A very Christmassy batch of umbrellas in production Ince Umbrellas.
They’re being ‘tied in’ where the umbrella fabric is attached to the frame. An adapted button sewing machine adds a set of stitches on each side of the umbrella rib - as they say - very clever!
#endangeredcraft #umbrellamaking
They’re being ‘tied in’ where the umbrella fabric is attached to the frame. An adapted button sewing machine adds a set of stitches on each side of the umbrella rib - as they say - very clever!
#endangeredcraft #umbrellamaking
How wonderful to see primary school children working with their hands in a doll making session with Dalston Dolls.
They used recycled fabric scraps and wool stuffing to make 60 dolls in two hours - with lots of energy, fun and a few tears.
#dollmaking #workshops #primaryschools
They used recycled fabric scraps and wool stuffing to make 60 dolls in two hours - with lots of energy, fun and a few tears.
#dollmaking #workshops #primaryschools
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How wonderful to see primary school children working with their hands in a doll making session with Dalston Dolls.
They used recycled fabric scraps and wool stuffing to make 60 dolls in two hours - with lots of energy, fun and a few tears.
#dollmaking #workshops #primaryschools
They used recycled fabric scraps and wool stuffing to make 60 dolls in two hours - with lots of energy, fun and a few tears.
#dollmaking #workshops #primaryschools
Planning a business move in 2026? Then Crown Workspace have some tips:
✔️ Consider why you are moving
✔️ Think about how the new space be used
✔️ Work out the timeline for the move
✔️ Plan a transition for the employees
✔️ Factor in sustainability from the start
#officerelocation #businessmove
✔️ Consider why you are moving
✔️ Think about how the new space be used
✔️ Work out the timeline for the move
✔️ Plan a transition for the employees
✔️ Factor in sustainability from the start
#officerelocation #businessmove
December 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Planning a business move in 2026? Then Crown Workspace have some tips:
✔️ Consider why you are moving
✔️ Think about how the new space be used
✔️ Work out the timeline for the move
✔️ Plan a transition for the employees
✔️ Factor in sustainability from the start
#officerelocation #businessmove
✔️ Consider why you are moving
✔️ Think about how the new space be used
✔️ Work out the timeline for the move
✔️ Plan a transition for the employees
✔️ Factor in sustainability from the start
#officerelocation #businessmove
Planning a business move in 2026? Then Crown Workspace have some tips:
✔️ Consider why you are moving
✔️ Think about how the new space be used
✔️ Work out the timeline for the move
✔️ Plan a transition for the employees
✔️ Factor in sustainability from the start
#officerelocation #businessmove
✔️ Consider why you are moving
✔️ Think about how the new space be used
✔️ Work out the timeline for the move
✔️ Plan a transition for the employees
✔️ Factor in sustainability from the start
#officerelocation #businessmove
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Planning a business move in 2026? Then Crown Workspace have some tips:
✔️ Consider why you are moving
✔️ Think about how the new space be used
✔️ Work out the timeline for the move
✔️ Plan a transition for the employees
✔️ Factor in sustainability from the start
#officerelocation #businessmove
✔️ Consider why you are moving
✔️ Think about how the new space be used
✔️ Work out the timeline for the move
✔️ Plan a transition for the employees
✔️ Factor in sustainability from the start
#officerelocation #businessmove
Watch the manufacturing process for a SOCA bench from factoryfurniture.co.uk
These hard wearing concrete benches are finished with timber slats for low maintenance seating in public spaces.
#publicspaces #seating #ukmade
These hard wearing concrete benches are finished with timber slats for low maintenance seating in public spaces.
#publicspaces #seating #ukmade
December 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Watch the manufacturing process for a SOCA bench from factoryfurniture.co.uk
These hard wearing concrete benches are finished with timber slats for low maintenance seating in public spaces.
#publicspaces #seating #ukmade
These hard wearing concrete benches are finished with timber slats for low maintenance seating in public spaces.
#publicspaces #seating #ukmade
It is so good to see collaborations in our community, like this one with Madder Cutch & Co and The Stamford Notebook Company. These sketch books covered in linen fabric would make a fantastic gift for a creative person.
#creative #collaborative #community
#creative #collaborative #community
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It is so good to see collaborations in our community, like this one with Madder Cutch & Co and The Stamford Notebook Company. These sketch books covered in linen fabric would make a fantastic gift for a creative person.
#creative #collaborative #community
#creative #collaborative #community
Last minute present ideas for those who leave shopping until the last minute! Please check with the shop if you need pre-Christmas delivery for when their cut off date is.
#shopindependent #presents #shopping
#shopindependent #presents #shopping
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Last minute present ideas for those who leave shopping until the last minute! Please check with the shop if you need pre-Christmas delivery for when their cut off date is.
#shopindependent #presents #shopping
#shopindependent #presents #shopping