Ecobears – 4 Leap Years old today!

Wow, how time flies – today is Ecobears’ Birthday – 4 whole Leap Years. Or 16 in normal years. The very first Ecobear named Harvest was born 29th February, 1996 in Yorkshire, England. It only seems like yesterday! We kept the original Harvest in a suitcase for prosperity – and to see how well he

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History of Ecobears

Ecobears began life on February 29th 1996, as a combination of two passions: soft-toymaking and environmental interest. In 1993 a man named John Parkinson made fabrics that mixed hemp with mungo (wool fibres obtained from cloth), and shoddy (shredded pieces of old cloth) from a company in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England.  The hemp was grown

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