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Commown is a cooperative from Strasbourg that rents out electronics chosen to last: Fairphone smartphones, laptops from Why! and HP, desktop PCs, Repeat headphones and refurbished devices. The…
Alternative to buying new electronics on credit and replacing them at the first breakdown
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Ostheimer makes wooden toy figures and animals by hand in Zell unter Aichelberg near Stuttgart, from wood from Central European forests, painted and dipped in oil, and is owned by a non-profit…
Alternative to plastic toys and figures made far away
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TEAM 7 is an Austrian maker of solid wood furniture, from tables and beds to wardrobes and kitchens, made to order in Upper Austria from European hardwoods glued without formaldehyde and finished…
Alternative to flat-pack chipboard furniture that rarely survives a second move
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VAUDE is a family-owned German maker of outdoor clothing, backpacks, tents and bike bags, based at Obereisenbach near Lake Constance. It is known for its environmental work: PFAS-free products…
Alternative to outdoor brands that use toxic chemicals and make gear that is hard to repair
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Camif is a French online furniture and home shop that sells only products made in Europe, 70 % of them in France according to its own figures, and shows on each product page where it was made.
Alternative to IKEA and furniture chains that sell flat-pack furniture made far away
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Grüne Erde is an Austrian maker of natural mattresses, beds and wood furniture, with home textiles and cosmetics. Its mattresses are made by hand in Upper Austria from wool, natural latex, coconut…
Alternative to foam mattresses and furniture in chipboard and synthetic glue
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Worn Wear is Patagonia’s programme for used and repaired clothing: the outdoor brand buys back its own garments, resells them second-hand and repairs them under its Ironclad Guarantee, so that a…
Alternative to buying new outdoor clothing and gear
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Vilac is a French wooden-toy maker in Moirans-en-Montagne, in the Jura, that has turned, sanded, lacquered and decorated toys in its own workshop since 1911, using beech, hornbeam, alder and box from…
Alternative to plastic toys from global toy groups
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Pickawood is a German online shop for made-to-measure furniture: tables, shelves, sideboards, wardrobes and beds configured on the website to the centimetre, in solid wood or in panels, and built by…
Alternative to standard-size flat-pack furniture that doesn’t fit the room
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Electronics and home appliances
Second-hand, swapping, lending and sharing
Children, family and toys
Celebrations, gifts and holidays
Furniture and furnishing
Leisure, sport and outdoor gear
Clothing and mending
Shopping: online, marketplaces and local shops
Repair and do it yourself
