Last Updated: 2 December 2010.
Summer Catalogue 2010_11
YES THE SUMMER CATALOGUE 2010-11 blue print above is a LINK TO OUR PDF catalogue. We're not at shopping cart mail order stage yet, but at least you can see what we've got. I've (brenda) been working on it day and night for weeks - didn't realise we had so much on offer until I put it all together!
In case you haven't heard, we MOVED in May 09 to 125 KING WILLIAM ST BAYSWATER. (The rent in Eighth Ave had doubled overnight when the new owner engaged an agent (code-named Slime Features!) and the City of Bayswater came to the rescue and offered us this great little place next to the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary and river. We love it here, but we're sorry we're harder to get to. 5mins walk from Guildford Rd buses, (including the brilliant Circle Route bus stop!) 15 mins walk from Bayswater Train Station. Plenty of parking here for cars or bikes. After 5 years we also still have our regular stall at CITY FARM ORGANIC MARKETS City Farm Lane (formerly Brown St) East Perth, next to Claisebrook Station, through carpark from Royal St's TAFE and Ed and Health Depts.
Shopping Here
Consider becoming one of our 'regulars'. You'll be supporting the whole operation, keep in touch with environmental events etc. and you'll get after-sales service on items like compost systems that you have queries about. Buy your eco-cleaning products here at the best (we think) prices in town. Our volunteers enjoy the friendly contact with our 'regulars'. Come again. And again!
Mail/Courier & our new EcoShop@WORK service
If you're not a local and it's not convenient to get here by train, bus or car then we use FastWay couriers - only $7.95 fee for deliveries in metro area & Mandurah. (Very small items we can post for less cost.) We'll take your payment by credit card over the phone. We take VISA, Mastercard, Amex and Debit cards. OR If you we're going to be holding a stall at a market or fair that you're going to, let us know what you want and we'll bring it for you to collect and pay for on the day.
ECOSHOP@WORK!!EcoShop@Work involves us delivering your orders to you and a bunch of colleagues. Free delivery for orders over $500 per workplace, one-off, monthly or quarterly.
Offer includes compost bins, worm farms etc. (For big stuff, free home delivery might work for us, or your car meets our van in work carpark!) Smaller items will be delivered to your appointed location (eg the foyer or staff room) in tubs of labelled paper carry bags (much less than the packaging needed for individul mail order.) A little intro show&tell by us over morning tea is a great start but not essential if not feasible.
Credit card payments by phone, or card or cash to our delivery volunteer armed with portable EFTPOS. 20% discount for workplace liaison person, in appreciation for promotional effort.
Pssst! We’d LOVE some pre-Christmas orders! brenda@environmenthouse.org.au T 9271 4488
Our Shop
We started off small of course, back in 2001, with only about a dozen items on sale! We always had plenty of free up to date information on sustainable living - tips on using less power and water, gardening without polluting the environment, attracting birds and butterflies and frogs to your garden etc. Even though we now stock around 700 products, we're proud that we've kept space for our display racks, with hundreds of excellent free brochures, pamphlets and flyers.
Every new product or line has been the subject of some pretty 'robust' discussions at committee meetings on the pros and cons - weighing up factors like what it's made of, how much environmental damage might have been done in its production, how far it's travelled to get here, how environmentally useful it is, whether we can find out that the workers who made the product were paid properly, whether we think people will actually buy it (there's always spirited speculation about this question!) and how much money it will make us. Notice that this factor is definitely last. We've even been known to stock items on which we make zero profit, just to show folks that they exist and encourage them to use them.)
We've come to the conclusion that there's no 'perfect' product - ie five stars on every criteria, but most of ours come pretty close we think! We've had to turn away quite a few people who've wanted to sell their product through our shop on the grounds that it didn't stack up well enough on the above questions.
Many Thanks to all of our Customers!
