About Us

”Changing the world one purchase at a time.” We believe that you can change the world one purchase at a time by shopping wisely, buying fair trade, sweatshop free, locally made, organic and natural whenever possible.

We offer unique products that you will feel good about purchasing and giving as gifts. When you choose to buy from us, or other green and ethical businesses you are saying NO to sweatshop labour, cutting corners, corporate handouts and pollution. Say yes to fair wages in the local context, yes to sustainable farming, yes to sustainable business practices, yes to social enterprise, yes to organic, green, natural and good. Yes.

The decision to open the Shoppe came about as a result of our staff having difficulty finding products locally that satisfy our everyday needs and wants in terms of environmental concerns and overall sustainability. How can an organization promote sustainability when it’s not easy for us to do? A great deal of time and work went into researching each item and their individual ingredients. We want to make it easy for people to do the right thing. Our goal is to give people the tools to make good purchasing decisions wherever they are.

In everything we do, we follow the four core principles for sustainability from the Framework for Strategic Sustainability which has been developed through a consensus process developed by a group of scientists and various worldwide experts over the past thirty years. Here they are:

In the sustainable society, nature is not subject to systematically increasing...

…concentrations of substances extracted from the Earth’s crust (e.g. heavy metals, fossil-based fuels);
…concentrations of substances produced by society (e.g. DDT, PCBs, PVC, CFCs);
…degradation by physical means (e.g. deforestation);
…people are not subject to conditions that systematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs.

We will also be conducting ongoing workshops on various subjects including: Children’s Health and the Environment, Build your own Rain Barrel, Sustainable Building and much, much more. Please refer to our Upcoming Events page for more details.

We welcome you to come in, we would be happy to show you around.

Shoppe Hours:
Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm