March 26th, 2011 by Richard Lord
Meriel Lenfestey and Tracy Currer of Ecomodo at the UKAWARE exhibition (click image to expand – ©RLLord) When Meriel Lenfestey, co-founder of the award winning social enterprise business Ecomodo, bicycled to work from her St. Martin home on a warm sunny morning she arrived in London a couple of hours later. Her Brompton bicycle took her […]
December 4th, 2010 by Meriel
Ecomodo.com is proud to announce that they received the ‘Best Use of Online Media’ award in the 2010 Green awards on 2 December. Despite being a start-up social enterprise, they have beaten national retailers and local authorities at a fantastic ceremony held at the Natural History Museum. Ecomodo has a simple goal – to get […]
August 22nd, 2010 by Meriel
Meriel Lenfestey from borrowing site ecomodo.com explains the simple but big idea. Sitting on a train one day, watching all the gardens pass by, I was pondering a woodworking challenge for the weekend. It was one of those jobs which would take 30 minutes with the right tool and a day without. Needless to say, […]
June 16th, 2010 by Meriel
With summer well and truly on its way you’re probably making plans, and those plans are likely to involve some gear. We want you all to make good use of what’s around you before you rush out to buy new stuff. The chances are that everything you need to get those jobs done, try out […]
May 26th, 2010 by Meriel
Visit ecomodo to lend and borrow each other’s everyday objects, skills and spaces with confidence. Lend for free, for a fee or for charity. Use Ecomodo to .. • Make money by lending the assets you already have • Save money by borrowing the things you don’t need often • Fundraise for your favourite good […]
May 5th, 2010 by Meriel
Ecomodo is a new Guernsey based online service with high ambitions for enriching communities and driving responsible consumerism throughout the British Isles. Ecomodo creates visibility of seldom used items and spaces, and hidden skills; triggers lending and borrowing by making connections between people who have and people who want; hand holds through each lend to […]