Berry Scout (Mark I) – This bear was the earlier basis for the character Berry Scout, from The Ecobears children’s book. View more about the Ecobears children’s book here. Head on over to the publishers (My Little Big Town) website and buy the book, here!
A very unprofessional looking photoshoot! None of the bears wanted to behave at all, thinking it was just one big laugh – chatting away among themselves, let alone sitting wherever they wanted.
Levi – a lazy little Ecobear who’d prefer to sleep under the olive tree than to prune it.
Theo – A 10.5″ tall soft-toy Ecobear, personalised fro a young toddler of the same name. The bear is filled with 100% child-friendly recycled polyester. He has green blanket stitch edging using 45% lambswool, 45% cotton. He wears a replica Arsenal football shirt & Theo’s name is hand embroidered in white on the back of
Aubergine & Flora – These two looked so happy sitting in the sun together. Flora (who is available for adoption & can be found in the Limited Edition store) is 8.25″ & a One of a Kind bear, with hand embroidered floral waistcoat. The detailed flower embroidery drifts onto the back of her hemp/organic cotton
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
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
So – at last, at long, long last – it’s finally arrived. A moment of eternally awaited anticipation, of endless patience and belief that ‘one day’, yes ‘one day’ it will happen. It began all of twelve years ago; the idea for an ‘Ecobears’ children’s book. It was so obvious back then. It all made
Over 100 years prior to the conception of Ecobears the Teddy Bear was born as a result of political satire. In 1902 the Governor of Mississippi invited President Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip, while the President was on a trip to settle a border dispute with Louisiana. Mr. Roosevelt, an avid sportsman, accepted. While
