By Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 31 Oct, 2014 - 12:30The 100 Days of Ethical Giving Campaign helps to support Evolution - an ethical business based within the Triratna Sangha - as it faces difficult trading conditions on the High Street.
Throughout the campaign we want to share information about our ethical trading criteria and our products but, being a Buddhist business, our ethical values go deeper than our trading relationships. After all, many businesses say they are ethical and have all the accreditations to...
By Windhorse Evolution on Tue, 28 Oct, 2014 - 11:29As part of our 100 Days of Ethical giving Campaign, we are also looking at the environmental impact of what we buy.
Just looking at one of our products shows you how you can make a difference once you start considering its’ journey. A simple, £18 recycled glass vase has a whole environmental story to tell!
Just choosing recycled glass over newly made glass means that;
- You are supporting constant recycling. Glass can be recycled over...
By Windhorse Evolution on Wed, 24 Sep, 2014 - 13:46Last week we launched our 100 Days of Ethical Giving campaign and over the coming weeks we want to let you know more about Evolution – what we do and what we sell.
Here are just a few of our new Autumn lines. If recycling and reusing is your thing, you will love the recycled glass vases – we filled ours with apples and pine cones, but they’re perfect for all sorts of displays and at only £18.00 for...
By Rijupatha on Mon, 16 Jun, 2014 - 19:50In this FBA Podcast entitled “Forces That Shape the Mind,”, Manjuvajra continues with his thoughts on ‘Evolution and the meaning of life’. Individuals enter this path of a higher evolution by consciously cooperating with the evolutionary process to refine their self consciousness: to purifying the mind as a basis for the next evolutionary step. To purify the mind we must know the mind, so in this talk we explore an analysis of the mind that...
Our fantastic new website is LIVE! We are very proud that our ethically traded gifts and homewares can now be bought online.
We are also very excited to have a great platform to communicate with our customers about our ethical trade credentials, our Buddhist values and what we support with the dana we generate. We hope that you will join in the conversation and support Evolution, which is part of windhorse:evolution, Triratna’s largest Team...
By lokabandhu on Mon, 23 Sep, 2013 - 21:38Triratna’s Evolution Gift Shop in Ipswich UK has a vacancy for a full time core team member to help oversee the running of the shop. A full support package is available.
If you’re interested in working with other Buddhists to deepen your practice and help generate profits to support the Triratna Buddhist Community, are practically minded and can work in a fast-paced retail environment, then please contact Buddhasiha on 01473 280527 or e-mail IPSW...
By Windhorse Evolution on Wed, 23 Jan, 2013 - 11:59In this interview Vasubandhu talks about joining the one year retreat at Uttaraloka. Sanghapala asks him about his expectations, in this lively and entertaining exchange!
Vasubandhu has worked at windhorse:evolution for over twenty years, with most of that time spent as a sales rep driving around Ireland with a windhorse van. He talks about his experience of dealing ethically with customers, and of the transitions between life on retreat and on the road.
By Windhorse Evolution on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 12:13
Ethics was the theme of some training with the retail team and evolution shops. Several members of staff from the shops gave talks, and their transcripts are available here. There are a variety of perspectives and reflections, well worth a read.
