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Rapanui Sponsors UK Tiddlywinks World Championship Team
31, Aug 2010 in Bembridge, Business, Island-wide, News, Overseas, Sports
USA 2010 World Championship bid made possible for England team by an Isle of Wight business.
Naked Office! Rapanui Show UK TV What They’re Made Of
22, Jun 2010 in Bembridge, Business, Green Issues, Island-wide, News, TV
Island ethical-clothing company bares all.
Southern Vectis Win Sustainable Business of the Year Award
21, May 2010 in Awards, Bus, Island-wide, News
Bus company get recognition for sustainability
Rapanui Win Sustainability Award (podcast)
21, May 2010 in Awards, Bembridge, Business, Green Issues, Island-wide, News, podcast
Well done to the boys.
Tranzwight Tram Service Proposed For Isle of Wight (podcast)
26, Apr 2010 in Island-wide, News, Travel
A new tram initiative is seeking support.
Re-Launch Of Isle of Wight Surf Club
07, Dec 2009 in Green Issues, Island-wide, News, Surfing
Next Saturday sees the re-launch of the Isle of Wight Surf Club
Don’t Forget The Brighstone Beach Clean
26, Jun 2009 in Brighstone, Conservation, Green Issues
The Brighstone Beach Clean takes place tomorrow from 10am.
Brighstone Beach Clean
23, Jun 2009 in Brighstone, Community, Conservation, Eco-Island, Events, Green Issues
The Rapanui lads are planning another beach clean this Saturday. Do try and help out if you can.
Rapanui Supports The Call For More Marine Reserves
07, Jun 2009 in Conservation, Island-wide, Overseas, Wildlife
The lads from Rapanui are urging Islanders to support the call for more Marine Reserves.
Rapanui Clothing Launches 2009 Graphic Art Competition
08, Apr 2009 in Design, Fashion, Festivals, Island-wide, Overseas, Shop Local
Rapanui have launched a design competition for all budding, gifted and talented designers.
IW Council Cuts Green Island Tourism Initiative
03, Apr 2009 in Conservation, Green Issues
Way back when the media started constantly referring to the recession, it was widely commented that one of the biggest mistakes that could be made in a recession was to turn our collective backs on sustainable issues.
We hear today that the Isle of Wight Green Island Tourism initiative has had its funding cut by the Isle of Wight Council, with only a few days notice.
The upshot is that it’s now being closed down. It’s unclear what it will be replaced by.
Read more on IW Council Cuts Green Island Tourism Initiative…
Speed Safety Equipment Set on Fire
02, Apr 2009 in Law & Order, Newport, South Wight, Travel
People going for a burn?
HantsWeb Awards: Real Island Food Company Shortlisted
18, Sep 2008 in Awards, Business, Food & Drink, Shop Local
We were very proud to announce last week that VentnorBlog has been shortlisted for the HantsWeb Awards and promised to bring you more details on the other six shortlisted from the Island.
Congratulations to the Real Island Food Company who are shortlisted in the Best Small Business Website.
If you haven’t heard of the Real Island Food Company, you must have your head in the sand. As well as the broad marketing campaign that they’ve been running, we also spot their vans driving around the Island several times a week.
Read more on HantsWeb Awards: Real Island Food Company Shortlisted…
Rapanui – The Green Clothing Company (Podcast – part two)
17, Sep 2008 in Business, Green Issues, Retail, South Wight, podcast
The Drake-Knight boys tell us about their ambitions for their clothing company Rapanui.
Rapanui – The Green Clothing Company (Podcast – part one)
29, Aug 2008 in Conservation, Green Issues, Island-wide, Shanklin, podcast
We’ve been meaning to catch up with the guys from Rapanui for ages now and managed to grab some time with them last week.
With our trusty audio recorder in hand, we popped over to Rapanui HQ in Lake to find out just what’s so special about this Isle of Wight clothing company that’s been running for the last two years.
We have to say that we were mightily impressed with Rob and Mart Drake-Knight, not only with their can do attitude, but they seem to have thoroughly researched their chosen subject.
Read more on Rapanui – The Green Clothing Company (Podcast – part one)…
Rapanui Up For Sustainable Business Award
19, Aug 2008 in Awards, Green Issues, Island-wide
It’s great to see that our good friends over at Rapanui are up for an award as part of the 2008 Sustainable Business Awards.
The Island based clothing company with great green credentials, Rapanui, are finalists in the Micro Business Award category and are up against two other Island based companies.
Green Island Silver Award winner, Bedford Lodge, is a B&B in Shanklin also making it onto the shortlist in the same category.
Brighstone Beach Clean
18, Jun 2008 in Community, Eco-Island, Environment, Events, Green Issues, South Wight
The lads from Rapanui have been back in touch to let us know about another beach clean planned for the end of the month.
It takes place on Saturday 28th June, which if you hadn’t realised is Round the Island Race day.
The clean up is happening on the beach near Brighstone and is being organised in collaboration with the Marine Conservation Society.
They organise beach cleans every quarter and the last clean up at Brihstone was particularly successful – over 100 sacks full of rubbish weighing half a ton (in total – not each) were removed from the beach! Read more on Brighstone Beach Clean…
Rapanui Beach Detox: Report
01, May 2008 in Environment, Green Issues
Many thanks to Rob Drake-Knight from Rapanui for sending through a report of the beach clean that took place last Saturday. As he mentions, these will be taking place quarterly and we’ve keep you informed of when the next is scheduled. Ed
The quarterly Rapanui beach detox took place on Saturday 26th April. We achieved our goal cleansing Grange Chine of it’s plastic burden!
Read more on Rapanui Beach Detox: Report…
Beach Clean: Come and Join In
14, Apr 2008 in Community, Conservation, Environment, Events
The lads from Rapanui got in touch today, to let us know about a beach clean planned for the end of the month.
It’s taking place on the beach near Brighstone and is being organised in collaboration with the Marine Conservation Society.
They organise beach cleans every quarter and normally work the Freshwater and Totland beaches, but this time are moving further around the coast.
Read more on Beach Clean: Come and Join In…
Rapanui: Eco Fashion We Like The Sound Of
20, Dec 2007 in Green Issues, Island-wide
Mart and Rob Drake Knight are two Island based brothers who really care about the world around them. They wanted to create a business that made a difference in environmental terms and set about trying to find environmentally sound clothing as an alternative to high street fashion.
The result is a clothing company called Rapanui.
They’ve started off with a fairly small product line, focusing on essential items such as boxers, vests and t-shirts, all made from eco-friendly, accredited fabrics. They only use 100% organic cotton, convergence cotton and sustainable coppiced bamboo (this is where you have to plant one for every one you cut down). Read more on Rapanui: Eco Fashion We Like The Sound Of…