Last Updated: 12 December 2009.
Catalogue
In case you haven't heard, we MOVED in May 09 to 125 KING WILLIAM ST BAYSWATER. The rent in Eighth Ave doubled, and the City of Bayswater 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, 15 mins walk from Bayswater Train Station. Plenty of parking 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.
CONCISE CATALOGUE (detailed catalogue being revised)
Eco-hardware: Fluoro Globes (both warm & cool white) $6, a few LED pendant lamps (MORE COMING IN NEW YEAR!) individually-switched powerboards (to cut standby power), draughtstoppers, hot water pipe insulation, etc. Sanyo ENELOOP rechargeable batteries & chargers AAA-D
CLEAR COMFORT: Plastic double-glazing Mini $15 and Superkits $159.95 clearcomfort.com.au
POWERMATE: Great tool for groups to share, checking power use (W, GHG, $) of everything (10amp Heavy Duty) $345, Power-Mate Lite $120
RELN Worm Cafe $93, CanOWorms $83 + Worms $39.50/1000 2000 best for 2+ people
Bokashi microbial ferment buckets $79.50 beige or black plastic 1kg mix $7, 3 kg $17.50
BIOBAGS Compostable non-GM cornstarch multi-use bags 8L (+MaxAir basket) 10L, 20L, 30L, 40L, dogpoo & nappy bags etc.
Organic seeds: Bay (last batch from retired seed grower Penny Coulson of Busselton), Yilgarn (Geraldton) Organic Selections (Qld), Diggers (Vic)
Cleaning products for your body, home, dog, river, planet (Ultra microfibre cloths, EnviroClean, EnviroCare, EnviroPet, Organic Selections, BioLogic)
Miracle Wash laundry balls with stain remover $54.50 replaces laundry detergents - greywater safe & no SLS
Microfibre cloths general/glass $12
Fair Trade ORGANIC tea, hot & block choc
Natural body treats All palm-oil free (ie no rainforest destruction) & All West Australian!
Tinderbox essential oils, massage oils, cough remedy & MUCH more; Mokosh liquid and hard soaps (based on coconut oil, cocoa and shea butter)
The Keeper - washable rubber latex alternative to pads & tampons, now only $45!!! (down from $65)
FYI, DIY & reading pleasure
Transition Handbook ANZ edition by Rob Hokpins
Climate Code Red (Spratt & Sutton) ‘How-to’ books & ReNew mag: designing & renovating for energy-efficiency, identifying WA plants, designing native gardens, saving seeds, organic vegie gardening...
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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 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 order
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 notice from our homepage that we're going to be doing a stall at a fair or festival near you, pay by card over the phone and we'll bring it to the fair for you to collect.
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 around 7 square metres 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!
