“Why waste a container when you can refill it? And why buy more of something than you can use?”
- Anita Roddick, 1942-2007
If you haven’t heard of Anita Roddick, listen up. Anita founded popular green beauty store The Body Shop and campaigned for eco-friendly practices in the cosmetics industry and beyond. The Body Shop was one of the first cosmetics companies ever to prohibit the use of ingredients tested on animals and to promote fair trade with third world countries.
Anita received the... Read Full Story
Oscar winner Emma Thompson will play the role of a prostitute in a shocking viral video on sex trafficking. The actress portrays a prostitute who is trafficked into the country and forced to sleep with around 40 men per day, in a bid to underline the plight of thousands of women. The video depicts the unfortunate fate of an estimated 4,000 women and girls trafficked into the UK each year and forced into prostitution. The video is an honest endeavor to pressure the Government into approving... Read Full Story
continued from Part 1 Anita Roddick Died September 10, 2007 When the first Body Shop finally opened the only real guideline was that the business needed to take £300 ($600) a week to survive. The first day's trading on the 23rd of March, 1976 took £130 ($260). Some of the following weeks' figures fell short of the required £300 so Sunday trading was introduced. Anita Roddick also went out in the evenings to talk to institutions, schools and so on with the idea of hopefully selling a few... Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Anita Roddick". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article... Read Full Story
Dame Anita Roddick, the entrepreneur who used The Body Shop chain of cosmetics stores she founded to promote causes such as ending animal testing and supporting the environment, died at St. Richard’s Hospital in Chichester, England, on Monday evening. She was 64 years old. Ms. Roddick, who had been admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit after complaining of head pains, died of a brain hemorrhage, her family said. Read Full Story
