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
Well, it has to be said our latest trip to the UK was pretty nerve jangling and full-on to say the least. It all began with a simple train journey from our home town of Flix to Barcelona – about two & a half hours in total. The plan was to have a relaxing night
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
