Marron Rouge

What is there in our satchel for the back to school? This is the new theme with our friends Eco informants for the month of August 2011.

At Marron Rouge instead of satchel we will say bag  .. and rightly so here is a brand new bag which will be available on our website beginning of October 2011.

DOUNIA - Chambre à air et ceinture de sécurité recyclée - Recycled Tube and Seatbelt -©Aline Périer

But this autumn we’ll tell you about love, a large and broad topic, like how beautiful the nice meetings provide good results.

We have created for our friends UNIVERSAL LOVE, co-organizers of the Ethical Fashion Show four pairs of earrings, heart-shaped recycled materials: we could not do worse than that!

The first well-named: LOVE ADDICT (ACCRO A L’AMOUR) recycled tube.

LOVE ADDICT - Chambre à air recyclée - Recycled Tube ©Aline Périer

The three following in recycled carton and newspaper :

LOVE ETC… (AMOUR ETC…)

LOVE ETC... - Papier et Carton recyclés - Recycled Newspaper and Carton ©Aline Périer

CRAZY LOVE (AMOUR FOU)

CRAZY LOVE - Papier et Carton recyclés - Recycled Newspaper and Carton ©Aline Périer

ALL ABOUT LOVE (TOUT SUR L’AMOUR)

ALL ABOUT LOVE - Papier et Carton recyclés - Recycled Newspaper and Carton ©Aline Périer

The fabrication was entrusted to the NGO in Delhi who manufacture all our accessories in tire, seatbelt and inner tube recycled. This NGO fight against poverty

Do not forget Universal LOVE  is an association that promotes Ethical Fashion and due to the profits generated by the sale of accessories, such as these earrings  they participate in various awards in fashion schools in order to promote young designers and give an ethical profile in a designs due to profits generated by UNIVERSAL LOVE.

These earrings  will be available on the Ethical Fashion Show at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris from 1 to 4 September 2011 on the stand of Universal Love and by mid-September 2011 on the sites of UNIVERSAL LOVE and MARRON ROUGE.

In addition to these earrings are simply..pretty

Love …. on ears in recycled mode or recycling fashion as you like .

Thursday of Ethical Fashion : Catwalk of thoughts - UNIVERSAL LOVE

For the Back to School the other posts of our friends of Green Team (in French) :

It’s been a while I wanted to talk about VERTISSIMMO and I use excuse because they will offer a new service which I find pretty good, especially when we know the philosophy VERTISSIMMO. (In French)

What does VERTISSIMMO ?

VERTISSIMMO is a permanent virtual exhibition deals with the healthy and sustainable habitat. It shows you the best products & industry professionals and brings you all the information you need to make informed choices. I discovered  them at birth Vertissimmo site late 2010 through my membership in the group of Eco-informants.

For those who know me a little, ecology and the environment are increasingly part of my life choices and Vertissimmo published on his blog a number of articles very interesting and educational. I was not a “hard” of ecology in the home, and due to the readings of posts made by Abi, the creator of VERTISSIMMO, which allows us to share stuff on the construction, renovation, DIY, insulation, decoration … .. and, in a simple learning fun and often without any “guilt”, today I became a fan!

After the “back to school”and from September 20 discover a whole new section entitled: Advice from Ronan, an expert in eco-materials

Ronan?

But who is this Madame Zazu* on eco-materials?

Ronan Cassin is a store manager at Matériaux Verts à Angers (France). Due to his background  and the expertise of all its employees, Ronan will enlighten you on a solution that you would not have thought of and that is not necessarily more expensive.

Ronan Cassin - au centre de la photo - in the center of the picture

It is clear that today the big names in Retail you extol the virtues of a particular product which is often nothing green by affixing a green logo (not a label!).

This topic and the help of Ronan will help you in your choices if you want to opt for solutions that respect the environment and respectful of your well-being.

Themes that could possibly be part of this section:

- I want to transform the floor of my kitchen with waxed/polished concrete, and what are the green alternatives for this transformation?

- What a boiler installed in my apartment?

- The cost of work is it necessarily more expensive …? – … ..

For more information (in French) : La rubrique de Ronan sur vertissimmo

* Madame Zazu is the name  that Tex Avery gave to Droopy  playing a role of  Fortune teller

Petit déjeuner avec Clients, Arun en turquoise et moi de dos)- Breakfast wit UK customers, Arun in turquoise and myself

As you know in order to find the social projects and/or know how for all the products from the Boutique Marron Rouge  go several times a year in India including Delhi. Now I have an address in Delhi to share with you: Colonel’s Retreat. But what is it that  Colonel’s Retreat?

This is a guest house in which I got because, or rather thanks to the indiscretion of a hotel that was overbooked and had moved to this guest house. At first surprised and a little angry because it did not correspond to remaining on the reservation made at the outset

Arun, the owner, was quick to put us at ease and make our stay as pleasant as possible and I assure you he is very successful in this role. The hotel’s location is ideal in an area south of the city accessible by subway (yes the subway in Delhi is also moving!). The Defence Colony neighbourhood is very quiet, away from noise and horns of the city. The pension is a foolproof clean and elegant but not ostentatious almost luxurious.

Breakfast (with a delicious banana cake with ) are taken with other guests and every time it is a moment of exchange with people from all backgrounds and a discreet staff  but always ready to make your stay as pleasant as possible .

Arun has been of great help on several occasions either a personal view and / or professional. You really feel at home here and nothing is left to chance, you can ask here almost everything, or almost (though my name has three initials!). I attended a lot of hotels in my life and it is in my top three because I go really happy every time.

Do not hesitate to recommend on my behalf (Jean-Marc) if you want to book a room here.

http://www.colonelsretreat.com/

Address:
D 418 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024
INDIA

Email:
info@colonelsretreat.com

Mobile: +91 9811 740 900

Rather than a long speech here are some pictures and details to go in this beautiful place where prices are soft.

Entrée Extérieure - Outside Entry

Un lobby intérieur - An inside lobby

Sale de bains - Bathroom

Lobby

Bureau, Ordinateur, Wifi - Office Computer Wifi

Bureau dans chambre - Office in a room