The UK’s sustainable directory for inspirational, creative businesses

Blue Patch provides creative and sustainably-minded businesses with training, access to knowledge and opportunities, helping to build a thriving sustainable economy.

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Blue Patch’s Let’s Do Net Zero programme and monthly drop-in workshops support the UK’s brilliant creative businesses with their sustainability. Featured member Denby.

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Creative designers and makers

Discover textile designer Vanessa Arbuthnott’s beautiful collections of British-made fabrics influenced by her rural way of life. Exquisite 100% linens along with unique eco-friendly linen unions using certified organic cotton.

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  Caroline Brogden Jewellery

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  Noble

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  Madder Cutch & Co.

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  Angus Ross

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  Liz Emtage

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  Slow Sofa

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  Helena Lee Studios

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  Flooring By Nature

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  Home sanitiser: eco alternatives to Zoflora & Lysol

  Published 12 June 2025

  Many of us are trying to eliminate chemicals from our home cleaning regime. We have been using bleach and chemical santisers for a century. Up until now the only concern was whether they were effective. Most of us never gave a thought to how the chemicals might affect our families or the environment. But now […]

  by Annette Clubley

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  Extractivism: a quiet environmental activism

  Published 6 June 2025

  Eco-warriors have long been lobbying against extraction of natural resources in the UK. Think back to Swampy, the tree-hugger in the 1990s who spent a week in tunnels attempting to stop the extension of the A30 before he was arrested. In 2019 he took part in an Extinction Rebellion protest at a fuel refinery in […]

  by Annette Clubley

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  Transforming waste plastic into beautiful jewellery

  Published 30 May 2025

  Bronwen Gwillim makes jewellery from repurposed plastic waste that she cleans from beaches on the Pembrokeshire coast near her home. A trained artist, she aims to create bold, contemporary and sustainable jewellery.  Waste plastic on our beaches Despite the media attention to plastic waste on our beaches, it is increasing. The Marine Conservation Society’s 15,000 […]

  by Annette Clubley

Launching as a charity in 2025

Blue Patch is applying for charitable status. The charity’s mission is to provide sustainability education for the creative micro-enterprise sector and to celebrate their achievements. Patrons of Blue Patch, launching mid 2025, enables larger companies and individuals to support the charity’s education programmes, advocacy and public information initiatives.

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Free training for net zero

We provide free training through our LET’S DO NET ZERO programme, helping our business members to understand their carbon footprint, reduce carbon emissions and waste. We also host friendly, monthly drop-ins on sustainability-related issues, led by Chartered Environmentalist Alice Doyle.

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