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New Ooffoo Competition:
If you know how to make your home more eco friendly whilst saving cash then you could win a fantastic prize - there is £500 worth of prizes to be won!!!
You are such a creative bunch we are convinced you will blow us away with a whole range of clever ideas in this competition. Making your home eco-friendly can also be money-saving. Have you discovered an innovative water-saving idea? Got an unusual way to save energy? Know a ‘make your own’ idea to save you money? If you have an inspiring or innovative money saving eco-tip (or two) then we want to know about it on ooffoo.
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Inspiration for ooffoo
There’s a wonderful story that has been attributed to the Native American Cherokee Indians. The story is about a boy who tells his grandfather that he is feeling very angry and upset. The grandfather explains to the boy that he too sometimes feels angry but also he often feels very happy. The grandfather says it is as if there are two wolves battling inside him. One is very angry, aggressive and acts out of fear. This wolf wants to fight all the time. The other wolf is happy, playful, and only wants to make friends and live in peace. But the two wolves are constantly battling inside. The little boy asks: which wolf wins?
And the grandfather replies: ‘the one I feed’.
This great story is so appropriate to our times. The media concentrate on the stories that make us fearful, unhappy or angry. These are the stories that sell and make the most impact. Of course bad stuff happens but lots of good stuff happens too! What if we start to feed the right wolf?
Background
Since 1999, through our website and catalogue, Natural Collection, we have promoted the very best of new and innovative ecological products as well as Fairtrade, local and handmade crafts. Through NC we have always promoted positive solutions. No finger wagging, or judging, just focussing on better options wherever possible. If you are interested in the philosophy behind Natural Collection please click here.
We have now developed ooffoo so that we can bring together a united community who share a positive vision for the benefit of all.
As our societies mature there is a growing recognition that our collective actions have a massive impact on the evolution of our world.
Dr. Paul MacCready, internationally renowned innovator and entrepreneur recognised the awesome ramifications of this when he said,
“Over billions of years, on a unique sphere, chance has painted a thin covering of life -- complex, improbable, wonderful and fragile. Suddenly we humans (a recently arrived species no longer subject to the checks and balances inherent in nature), have grown in population, technology, and intelligence to a position of terrible power: We now wield the paintbrush.”
Yet we are of the view that this does not have to make us fearful. We believe that the power of the human spirit and the collective imagination is also capable of painting a masterpiece! We just need to feed the right wolf!
We believe that each and every time conscious positive choices are made, decisions that include not only ourselves but also the benefit of others, our true and best collective self emerges. The whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts and this, we believe, gives us tremendous hope.
ooffoo has been created to help like minded people participate in this philosophy; to network, communicate, help, advise and share. We very much hope that you will find ways to let ooffoo serve you too.
ooffoo is your community
'ooffoo' itself is the html code for the colour green (well, technically, the code is actually 00FF00) and we love the idea that we can create a community space on the internet where, whatever it is, without hassle and pressure or guilt, ooffoo can help us tint it green!
Whatever it is that you have to say, offer, share or explore, remember ooffoo is your community. It can only become what we all make it together. Please join us and help us to make this a thriving and positive space that encourages new and innovative ideas, sustainable thinking, a peaceful approach to living and above all a place where we can feed the right wolf!
If not now then when?
Wishing you much peace and happiness.
Julian and Joanne Spector
and all the the ooffoo team.
Funding
We hope to fund this site by low priced classified listings in the commercial section, carefully selected sponsorship of tags and the sale of our products. We don’t rely on donations. We have been supporting and promoting eco, fair trade and craft businesses for many years and this has been rewarded by our winning, by popular vote, the Observer Newspaper's Ethical award three years in a row. To date, through the promotion of fair trade and ecological goods, we have also raised over £500,000 for environmental and other organisations.
We hope that our community can benefit and find goods and services that fulfil their own ethical requirements. At the same time this enables ethical, niche, hard to find (and often very small) suppliers to market themselves and reach an audience of like minded people. All the businesses advertisng on this site have signed up to our Manifesto. They have agreed that they offer products or services that fit within the spirit of this community.
Please also see our 'Terms & Conditions', our 'Manifesto' and 'What you can do on ooffoo'
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