12 of the Best Ethical Lighting Sites

Now I promised you this after a recent post on the 10 best affordable lights which I capped at £150 but it proved surprisingly hard to find statement lights for less than that and, as was pointed out, the ethical and eco-friendly provenance wasn't perhaps all that it might be. And this is the perennial problem when it comes to shopping sustainably - it seems you can have "affordable" (whatever that means to you) or kind to the environment but it's hard to have both at the same time.

ph5 light by poul hennigsen is a design classic from heals

Of course, there is also the argument that by buying the right thing you will love it for ever and have no need to replace it so while it might be expensive it's a lifetime purchase and one that you may even pass down the family. Many years ago I interviewed the Danish designer Marianne Brandi who told me that when she first started living with her now husband, he said he had a couple of Arne Jacobsen swan chairs to bring to the new abode. Such is t…