The DAME Green Christmas Gift Guide 2020.
The DAME Green Christmas Gift Guide 46 of the best eco, sustainable and ethical Christmas gifts that support independent and thoughtful retailers and artisans in 2020. We have scoured our...
the pioneer.
Everything You Need To Know About Periods.
Journey to normal: The story behind that DAME tampon string advert.
The Story Behind That DAME Advert Today at DAME HQ we launched our first ever London Bus advertising campaign with a tampon string front and centre (an organic tampon, naturally)...
The best reusable period pad - Designed by you.
The best reusable pad - Designed by you. Anyone who has read or watched The Handmaid's Tale recently will know that period products were referred to as 'napkins', to be...
Mary Kenner, African-American period pioneer.
As part of Black History Month we want to celebrate the African-American self-taught inventor and period pioneer Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (1912-2006, pictured above). As you probably know by...
Plastic is back.
Plastic is back. Let’s not allow temporary plastic digressions outstay their welcome. As I tentatively re-enter normal life I feel a bit like Neo in the Matrix after he takes...
Covid wasn’t a reset, it was an interlude.
If a sourdough loaf was baked during lockdown, but no one sees it on Instagram, did it even really happen? It’s one of 2020’s less urgent philosophical questions. For those...
Intersectionality, period.
We’re a small start up with mission at our core. Equality, intersectionality and community empowerment have always been at the heart of what we stand for as individuals, and as...
DAME x City to Sea.
Every year, our tiny island throws away 1.3 billion non-recyclable plastic applicators. That’s a big splash for a piece of plastic used for a few seconds. Not to mention it...
period pain: the (not so) fun facts and natural remedies.
. Period Pain: The (not so) Fun Facts and Natural Remedies Period cramps… there’s a lot of mystery as to why we have them, and how to naturally help soften...
5 ways mainstream period products damage our planet.
100 billion period products are thrown away, each year (most of them are single-use & non-recyclable) although we have biodegradable & reusable options to try.
Let's stitch together.
When our charity partner in India closed due to Covid, a lot of good came out of it...
8 benefits of switching to organic tampons.
8 Benefits of Switching to Organic Tampons The average woman uses 12,000 tampons in her lifetime. Ideally, these would be made from pure, natural cotton, but sadly that isn’t the...
Going climate positive.
GOING CLIMATE POSITIVE. DAME BECOMES WORLD’S FIRST CLIMATE POSITIVE PERIOD BRAND. So what’s this all about? It all comes down to carbon. All of us produce carbon emissions, simply by...
Why are DAME eco tampons best for you?
Millions of us use tampons, yet most contain plastic, glues, dyes and toxins. Needless to say they have a harmful effect on our environment, and our vaginas. At DAME we...
Recycling myths.
Recycling is broken — and most of us don't know it. We debunk the biggest recycling myths, explain where your plastic waste really ends up, and make the case for...
A tampon applicator is a choice, not a cause for shame.
A Tampon Applicator is a Choice, Not a Cause for Shame @gracekingswell PERIODS ARE COMPLICATED, UNCOMFORTABLE AND INDIVIDUAL - LET'S RESPECT THAT Period shaming. Why are we still doing it?...
Do you need to wash your clothes?
Your washing machine could be polluting the ocean. We explore the environmental impact of microplastics from laundry, and share simple tips — like washing less and choosing natural fibres —...
Why B Corps are changing the world.
B Corp businesses are proving that profit and purpose can coexist. Find out what B Corp certification really means, why it's changing the business world, and how DAME's mission to...
Is plastic the real problem?
We’ve managed to demonise plastic so hard core recently that most of us are stumbling home from the supermarket arms laden with loose produce because we forgot our reusable...
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