Environmental justice foundation’s ethical pop-up shop hits carnaby st

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has opened a three-level pop-up shop on Carnaby St featuring a host of ethical fashion brands and organic cupcakes (of course).

Over the next six weeks, EJF hopes to raise awareness and funds for their work – supporting victims of environmental abuse (such as the 26 million displaced by climate change), as well as finding ways of preventing such abuse.

EJF campaigns to save the world’s fish stocks (including Japan’s favourite bluefin/everyone’s favourite tinned tuna), protect coastal habitats and illegal trafficking of rhinos, tigers and bears.

They also aim to prevent pirate fishermen flying ‘flags of convenience’, instead of the ol’ skulls & crossbones. These pirates avoid penalties for illegal activities and basically flout conservation laws by purchasing flags from countries which don’t meet international laws. (It’s strange as when I lived in Panama, I was rather impressed to see so many ships flying Panamanian flags as they passed through the Canal. At the time I thought it was to avoid shipping taxes…)

The Carnaby Street store (open 10–6 daily) features collections from Pants to Poverty, Hermione’s People Tree, Veja, Katharine Hamnett, Monkey Genes, goodone & more, until Monday May 3.

57 Carnaby St, London, United Kingdom

& If you can’t make it, watch chef Ken Hom’s original recipe for screwy shrimp*. 

*That’s prawns, for you folks down under.