CATALOGUE February 2015 per th & SustainAbilit y S er vices ENVIRONMENT HOUSE 125 King William St (river end) Bayswater Sats 10am-4pm (for weekdays, pls phone ahead) E nvironment House/Perth EcoShop is run by p/t staff and volunteers who’ve been building our range of eco-products and free info for 14 YEARS to help you tread more lightly on the planet - as well as to raise funds for our group’s eco-educational activities. We invite you to visit us at the river end of King William St, Bayswater, next to the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary and, just along the path, our beloved Swan River. www.envirohouse.org.au [email protected] Tel: 08 9271 4488 Fax 08 9271 9005 Refuse eco-hostile products (palm oil, parabens, phosphates, etc.) harmful additives, unnecessary packaging and plastic bags whenever possible. See • additivealert.com.au, • www.ethical.org.au - now with an APP to help you shop http://www.ethical.org.au/get-involved/resources/shop-ethical-app/ Recycle your kitchen waste with one of our composting systems (page 2) then turn this fertiliser back into food with our organic seeds. (back page) Reduce Always OPEN 10am - 4pm SATURDAYS. For weekday visits please phone first. Repair (We’re here about half the week but times can vary.) your stuff yourself OR find yourself a good mender of clothes and shoes - it will save you heap$ and conserve the earth’s resources! Lammy’s Multi Services, 38 Eighth Ave, Maylands, is highly recommended by EHouse volunteers! Come for a browse in our shop and a wander through our native front garden, backyard fruit & vegie garden. See our ponds for frogs, taddies and native pygmy perch. ECOSHOP2WORK! to help you & your staff/colleagues, turn good green intentions into solid eco-habits! Free delivery for combined orders $400+, one-off, quarterly, whenever! Offer includes compost bins, worm farms etc. (For big stuff, your car meets our van in your carpark!) Smaller items will be delivered to your appointed location in tubs of labelled paper carry bags (much less packaging than for standard mail orders.) A short ‘show&tell’ by us over your staff morning tea is a great start, but not essential. Pre-CHRISTMAS STALLS @ your wkplace or club! BOOKINGS INVITED NOW! Respect your own and your family’s (inc. pets) health AND your rivers and oceans by swapping your cupboards full of toxics from Soap Alley for our green cleaning & pest products at prices respectful of your pocket. Revere what’s left of the natural world. Bibbulman maps, books of local walks, WA’s Little Bush Books, Damon Annison’s WA postcards & much more. See page 10&11. Relish gorgeous essential and massage oils, moisturisers and natural soaps by WA’s Tinderbox, Mokosh, and Maclyn Grove. Buy Fair! Credit card payments by phone, or card or cash to our deliverer armed with portable EFTPOS. 20% discount for liaison person, as a thank you for your effort. Contact EcoShop coordinator Rochelle 9am-2.30pm Wed/Thur [email protected] T 9271 4488 ENERGY, WATER & WASTE AUDITING for home and workplace A team of professional energy, water and waste auditors work through Environment House. They’ll tailor the format to your needs and provide the level of report with recommendations that you require. No sales involved. Experience in auditing thousands of homes plus offices, cafes, sporting clubs. $150 for home audits. Quotes for workplaces based on size, no. of workstations, etc. Enquiries and requests for quotes: [email protected] who will arrange a quote. Reduce heavy liquids and powders trucked across the country in your name. See soapnuts and our local EnviroClean page 7. your bills & greenhouse emissions with our eco-hardware & free (& organic) See page 5 Great range of black, green, white and herbal teas and cocoa. Every item both Fair Trade AND organic - respecting people and the land. Universal Village black tea is the best!! Oxfam shop down the road at 5 King William St carries Biobean coffee, our favourite! INSIDE... 2 Foodscraps to Fertiliser: Compost, Wormfarming & Bokashi options 3 Organic gardening supplies 4 5 Organic seeds Bags, Bottles, Fair Trade Organic tea & chocolate 6-7 Keeping clean more greenly: EnviroClean etc. 8 Personal care that really cares for you & the earth 9 Tinderbox, WA’s 30yo herbal treasure chest 10-11 Books & mags: WA’s n atural environment, eco-building & retrofitting, native & organic gardening, permaculture, GM, climate, renewable energy & nuclear issues 12 Our eco-hardware collection AMEX 1 Our ‘FOODSCRAPS to FERTILISER’ collection S till wasting your food scraps? Unless you have NO garden or balcony, there is a method of turning your foodscraps into great fertiliser! Let us help C OMPOST BINS If you have a sunny spot in a backyard, we suggest you recycle your food waste, lawn clippings, cardboard, etc. in two compost bins, buried about 20 cms into the ground. We suggest a solid compost bin with a well-fitting lid and no air holes. We stock the GEDYE bins which you choose & learn a method that suits look good and work well. your circumstances. We’ll help you find a GEDYE 220L bin $54.50 demonstration or class to suit your needs, These two corkscrew aerators speed up your composting and keep either here or elsewhere. 400g for $25!! Makes 800L it sweet:: Compost Mate $18 Aerator (wider handles) $28 B OKASHI fermentation kitchen composting was developed by Japanese scientist Dr Higa in the 1980’s. It’s ideal for small households, with small gardens, meat eaters or folks who are away a lot, AND for wormfarmers or composters who’d like to do something with those meaty, cheesy, prawny, citrussy, smelly foodscraps. You’ll still need at least 5m2 of garden in which to bury the fermented foodscraps so they turn into compost. The bucket sits in your kitchen. Empty your day’s food waste into it, sprinkle the microbe liquid or granules onto it, compress a little, drain once or twice a week, and in ~3 weeks when full, bury the contents. Mixed with soil, it becomes great compost in 2-3 weeks in summer, 5-6 weeks in winter. Diluted liquid is great plant food also. Takes all food scraps - vegies, fruit (inc.citrus) meat, fish, bones, the lot! BOKASHI MIX SYMBIOT bokashi granules made in Denmark WA! 1kg $10 3kg $20 Liquid bokashi 500ml $14 1L $20 20L BUCKET $64.50 beige with green lid or recycled black ECO-SEAWEED http://www.greensmartpots.com.au W ORM FARMING is for smaller gardens, balcony gardens or for anyone who wants yummy worm juice and castings for their garden or pot plants. You start your worms off in coconut fibre bedding in the lowest of the 3 working trays. (1000 for one person’s scraps, 2000+ for 2+.) When this is full of castings, put food scraps in the next tray up, and the worms will ‘eat their way up’ into it. Liquid drains down through the working trays to the solidbased collector tray, where you tap it and use it (diluted) on everything inc. indoor pot plants. (No smell!) By the time the top working tray is full, you take the bottom tray and remove the castings, then return it to the top again in a neverending cycle. Worm ‘wee’ or ‘tea’ is great fertiliser, adding microbial life to your soil. Castings are great liquefied too! Don’t overfeed: check that they’re keeping up with your food supply, and remove foodscraps that have gone mouldy. 100% seaweed extract of Ascophyllum nodosum • no preservatives or dilutants like other brands • contains natural plant growth hormones & nutrients which: - enhance growth of roots, shoots, leaves, flowers, fruit - reduce disease & transplant shock - increase germination rate of seeds when soaked in Eco-seaweed. • Harvested sustainably • 100% soluble • Registered organic • Light weight concentrated formula; 400gm powder makes 800L!! Use ONLY 5gm per 10L water and spray or water into soil Gedye 220L compost bin www.tumbleweed.com.au Worms suit patios, balconies, laundries. DON’T feed them meat, citrus, onions or bread. • Black 100% recycled plastic • fly proof lid • 3 working trays • Unique side ventilation • Non-drip design • Ventilated collector tray, with tap & sump. • Ant proof stylish legs • Coir brick for bedding • Instructions in lid • 57 x 39 x 75cm high We stock the Worm Cafe, a perfect shape for the corner of a patio, balcony or laundry. It’s a big improvement on the fiddly old Worm Factory. They are sturdy enough to pick them up and drive them to Grandma’s for a long summer holiday! If you want the round CanOWorms or are missing bits for an older Worm Factory, we’ll order them in for you. RELN wormfarms are made from recycled plastic, so you’re completing the cycle in another way as well when you buy one. For instructions and FAQ’s. http://www.tumbleweed.com.au/ WORM CAFE $73.50 Wormfarm ‘accessories’ Worm blanket $12 or find a piece of thick cloth or some old woollen carpet Wormfarm conditioner $12 or buy yourself a bag of dolomite (garden lime) from a hardware. Have it on hand for when tiny ‘vinegar flies’ let you know that things are getting too acidic. Great ‘wicking’ (self-watering) planter pots with optional sturdy steel stands for balcony/courtyard/patio gardening 20L planter $54.95 40L planter $64.95 Stand (optional) $79.95 ECO GARDENING: soil improvers and eco-safe garden pest control CERA Mediterranean fruitfly trap with 600ml liquid bait refill $20 Cera 1L refill $23 5L refill $92.50 Eco-seaweed 400g BEST PRICE in TOWN we think! $25.00 Eco-hydrate 500ml $18.90 Eco-hydrate 2L $29.50 Eco-naturalure 150ml $21.50 Eco -naturalure 1ltr $49.50 Eco-neem 100ml $20.00 Eco-neem 250ml $39.50 Eco-oil 500ml $19.90 Eco-oil 1000ml $28.20 Eco organic 1L 360° spray bottle Eco-Rose/Eco-Fungicide 500g $28.00 600g $6 1kg $10 Sand Remedy 20kg $79.95, 5kg $30 Soil Solver WA Kaolin clay, silts & trace elements 15kg $20, 22.5kg $25 Watheroo Bentonite Clay 20g $25.00 NEW! Rock Dust Plus: Ultimate food for soil 10kg (from Marg River) NEW! Coir (coconut fibre) Block: Gardening Soil makes up to 90L $20.00 $44.50 $15.00 PLANTERS NON-TOXIC HOUSEHOLD PEST CONTROL Amdro 450g $90 or 20c a gram (bulk) for control of coastal/African ants that build nests in paving. Fly Trap (for chookyards etc) $9.80 $7.80 Fly attractant Lo-line sticky cockroach traps with attractant 10pack $18 Jumbo Fly Trap $23.75 Jumbo Fly attractant $10.20 EnviroSafe Clothes Moth Trap$10.50 EnviroSafe Pantry Moth Trap x 2 $19.20 Eco Organic Slasher/Pelargonic acid grapeseed-based weedkiller 1L Multiguard snail pellets, won’t harm any other creatures. NEW! Diatomaceous Earth: Food Grade Mineral Powder 1.9L GreenSmart Veggie Pots, green, cream, or black (galvanised steel stand optional) $8.80 GREENSMART POTS http://www.greensmartpots.com.au Great ‘wicking’ (self-watering) planter pots with optional sturdy steel stands for balcony/courtyard/patio gardening Smaller planter Larger planter Sturdy metal stands, waist height for age ~5yo $54.95 $64.95 $79.95 Gardening gloves Eco gloves Adult: lge, med, small $8.00 Ninjaflex redback gdn gloves L,M,S $8.00 Twigz Gardening gloves for kids $4.50 Bokashi microbial products $10.50 Bokashi bin 20L BEIGE or BLACK $64.50 NEW! SymbiotBokashi Liquid 500ml $20.00 KIDS’ GARDEN TOOLS NEW Symbiot Bokashi Dry Mix 1kg $10.00 Bucket $10 Wheelbarrow $44.50 Watering Can $15 Set 3 small hand tools $16.95 Long handled tools for ages ~5-8yo (end of stock) • rake $13 • hoe $13 Symbiot Bokashi is made in WA FoodWasteBags, Compost&Worms MaxAir basket for cornstarch bags Boxed roll 25 x 8L cornstarch BioBags $12.00 Gedye compost bin 220L black Tumbleweed Worm Cafe comfy-handled Compost aerator $53.50 $73.50 $28.00 “ Compost Mate aerator $18.00 Tumbleweed worm farm conditioner $8.00 $12.00 Bokashi teacher Brenda emptying fermented food scraps for quick composting. 2 3 The SEED PAGE E nvironment House is strongly committed to supporting organic, GM-free food-growing, so we source and supply only ORGANIC, non-hybrid, non-irradiated seeds. One of our WA suppliers is YILGARN SEEDS from the Dryland Permaculture Nursery in Geraldton. Dryland’s Julie Firth has sourced seeds from many drier parts of the world for the permaculture community. We stock only those of her seeds in higher demand, but her catalogue is a great resource for those seeking more unusual permaculture plants. Leesa Caldwell’s GREENHOUSE seeds, grown on her certified-organic property at Moore River just north of Perth, is now supplying some of our seeds. Queensland’s SELECT ORGANICS (part of Eden Seeds) fills the gaps we find in our WA suppliers. Just say NO to DRASTIC PLASTIC bags & bottles & do the planet and all its creatures a favour! Y ou can read about these seeds on these online catalogues: Y=YILGARN $5 www.yilgarnseeds.drylands.org.au G=GREENHOUSE $4 www.thegreenhouseorganic.com S=SELECT $4 www.selectorganic. com.au Our Spring & Summer SEED collection You will need: Laos Green Tiger Y Florence Fennel S Leek S Lettuce Buttercrunch,Cos Verdi,Dov S Goldrush, Light Green Wavy Leaf & Red Batavian Y Okra S Oregano Greek S Marigolds Y Parsley Italian S Pumpkin Jap G Radish Cherry Belle S Rockmelon Hales Best S Silverbeet Fordhook Giant, Rainbow Chard S Spinach Ceylon Running, NZ Y Sunflowers S/Y Tomatoes Budiah Y, Cherry Cocktail S, Purple Calabash S,Roma G,Sweetie Y Watermelon Warpaint S Zucchini Black Beauty S 4 20L strong synthetic ‘parachute silk’ bags can carry 12 litres milk, fits on checkout holders and look great! ALPHA BAGS $8 Taslon fabric, subtle colours, bigger than standard, carry over shoulder COLOURS For single bags, 6pack $34.50 we’ll email you Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter & MEN’s colours the colours we have in stock for you to choose from. Grow vegies from seed in your own potting mix! ONYA BAGS & BOTTLES Seedraising mix must provide designed by a Fremantle lad, now a thriving family business. 1) a good consistency for seeds to grow in 2) enough nutrient to grow into seedlings. SEED PLANTING FOR BEGINNERS Now add your high quality potting mix you are ready to seedling trays or small pots. If you’re a new seed sower, start with seeds that have a fast germination time Here are some easier to grow autum/winter seeds. • lettuce • broad beans •radish • peas •rocket • broccoli • cabbage (Be aware that in spring, you’ll need to deal with cabbage moth for broccoli & cabbage. Your vigilance and Dipel is highly recommended!) The general rule is to sow them at a depth of 1.5 times their width. For very small seeds this means just a fine sprinkling of potting mix over the top. Don’t pat down soil hard. Space the seeds to give them room to grow into seedlings. If your seed packet doesn’t tell you, see http://www.gardenate.com/?month=5. for a sowing guide for a temperate climate. (Gardenate even has phone apps!) Happy propagating! Bonnie A few tips via Google, on TRANSPLANTING YOUR SEEDLINGS www.vegetablegardener.com/item/13615/5-tips-for-transplanting-vegetable-seedlings • Prepare to transplant when you see a couple of sets of true leaves, but before they get lanky. • Drizzly or overcast weather best. Otherwise early morning. (Full sun is too harsh.) • A few days ahead, use seaweed spray to help shockproof your babies. • A few hours ahead water seedlings • Prepare your holes first, (with some compost) so seedlings can be in their new ground ASAP. • Handle gently, keeping some seed mix around the roots PS from Brenda: SEED SAVING is a great life-cycle process for kids to be involved with! For all you need to know, the Seed Savers Handbook by Michel&Jude Fanton is the go! Their book supports their seed-saving educational work in countries where this knowledge is being lost but The bags make attractive useful gift wrap! ‘Men’s colours’ Tips from our wonderful gardener Bonnie Wykman • Coir (coconut fibre) brick/s To keep your mix organic buy one with no added fertiliser read the fine print. EnviroHouse stocks CoirPower Garden Soil (100% coir) (optional) You can add kelp to the water you soak the coir in. EH sells EcoSeaweed. • Compost worm castings or compost sifted as finely as possible. EH can provide Basil Greek,Lettuce Leaf,Sweet S you with some for a small donation. Beans Blue Lake, Climbing & • Garden soil For most of us this will be sand with very little organic matter. Bush Beans S Snake Beans Y If you have no open ground, dig some from a friend’s backyard. Beetroot Bulls Blood, Chioggia, • Clay, calcium bentonite or kaolin EH stocks Watheroo Bentonite and Soil Solver Early Wonder S • Minerals EH sells No Frills Rock Dust Plus from Bunbury’s (volcanic) basalt Capsicum Marconi Red E Carrots Little Finger, Nantes S THE RATIO I USE IS: Celery S 1/3 coir 1/3 compost OR 1/4 worm castings with a little extra coir) 1/3 garden soil Chilli Inferno Y,Habanero&Jalapeno S + a handful of clay for every 30L (3 buckets) of potting mix Chives S + minerals according to the instructions for quantities according to the volume of potting Corn, Chinese Mini Y mix you are making. Cucumber Lebanese G, Armenian S Dill S Eggplant Black Beauty S, ECOSILK BAGS $7 Onya bag standard shopper $10 Onya large shopper $13 OnyaBack $22 OnyaSide $20 OnyaWeigh Strong netting bags for weighing and washing peas, beans, strawbs, mushies, etc. • 8 pack $16 OnyaWeigh 8 pack WHY?? Just in case you’re not yet convinced that buying bottled water is an ECODISASTER, see Annie Leonard’s brilliant cartoon... www.thestoryofstuff.org/ bottledwater Also, using a typical single-use plastic bottle of water over and over - especially if it’s lying around in your car getting hot - is now thought to be toxic, as well as being bad-tasting. And if you’ve got one of those hard plastic water bottles often used as corporate giveaways, give it up unless you know for sure that it doesn’t contain BPA (Bisphenol A), recently banned from baby bottles in Europe and Canada but not in Australia (endocrinedisrupting BPA is also in linings of some canned food.) • 5 pack $12 OnyaSide OnyaBack H2ONYA BOTTLES - well-designed slim waist makes even the biggest ones easy to hold Brightly-coloured stainless steel H2Onya drink bottles for a long dry summer. Great gifts! Baby bottle comes with teat or sippy lid, all other sizes come in sports lids. We try to keep this colour range in stock. If we haven’t got the colour you want we’ll email you to with available colours. 350ml p/b/ss 500ml p/pp/b/g/ss/r 750ml pp/r/g/b/ss/o 1000ml g/ss/o 1200ml grey only $13 $16 $18 $23 $27 p=pink, pp=purple, b=blue, g=green, o=orange, r=red, ss= stainless steel EXTRA LIDS $3.50 • steel screw lid • sports lid with loop • toddler’s sippy lid • baby teat CLEANSKIN wetsuit type covers, a snug fit for these bottles, to help your bottle keep its cool! $10 FAIR TRADE/ ORGANIC TEAS & COCOA, gentler on workers & planet. Universal Village FairTrade Organic 100 teabags $10 (great gutsy black tea loved by workplaces) Clipper Organic Fair Trade Indian Chai 20 bags $5 Organic India Tulsi looseleaf tea (energising ‘Holy Basil’ ) $12 Clipper Organic teas White tea with vanilla (YUM!), Peppermint all $5 for 20 bags Planet Organic Rooibos $5 (25 bags) Organic CACAO 500g $20 (sugarfree, but you will probably want to add a sweetener) Koala Tea no worries (lemon grass, lemon balm, roasted chicory root, mint) 20 bags $6 Koala Tea dreamtime (camomile, lemon balm, passion flowers) 25 bags $6 5 KEEPING CLEAN MORE GREENLY... http://www.envirocareearth.com.au for General Household Cleaning All PurposeCleaner/Vigor Pet Coat Wash & Conditioner 375ml $10 1L $17 Safe for all four-legged pets. No salt. Contains organic henna and a herbal de-tangling ingredient for long hair. De- ionised water, coconut oil, vegetable glycerin, organic henna, chamomile, rosemary, coltswood, cinnamon, herbal fragrance (chamomile, rosemary) , vegetable colour. Pet Sensitive Skin&Allergy Wash 375 ml$10 1L $18 Repels fleas, heals irritated skin. De-ionised water, coconut oil, vegetable glycerin, tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil. NO ingredients that can harm you, your family, your dog, orang-utans, our river or oceans: NO Chlorine NO Phosphate NO Petrochemicals NO Sodium Lauryl/ Laureth Sulfates NO Palm Oil NO Caustics NO animal testing YES! Safe for skin, septics & greywater! 110ml trial $3 750ml Ready-to-use spray $9 Vigor Concentrated: 1L $9.45, 2L $17, 5L $38.95,*15L $99.50 Use on walls, bathrooms, tiles, floors, carpet spotter, laundry spotter, and windows De-ionised water, alkaline salts (potassium, sodium carbonate, sodium silicate), blend of citrus fragrance, vegetable colour. Bathroom&toilet cleaner/ Disinfectant 110ml trial $3 750ml spray pack $9 1L $10, 2L $18, 5L$39.50,*15L $98.50 For toilets, bathrooms, pet areas, etc. Very concentrated. Mix with enviroClean Vigor for all purpose cleaning & disinfecting. Alkyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (rock salts) pine fragrance & veg. colour Floor Care 1L $9 5L $34.50 *15L tub $89.50 Streak free with eucalyptus oil - great on wood for KITCHEN 110ml trial $3 ,1L $10, 2L $19 5L $44.50 *15L $134.50 Suits cold/hot/warm wash. Can be dabbed onto stains. Water,anionic and non-ionic surfactants, natura l fruit and floral fragrances, vegetable colours. FRONT load liquid 110ml trial $3,1L $11, 2L $21, 5L $47 .50, *15L $137.50 Suits cold/hot/warm wash. Can be dabbed onto stains. De-ionised water, plant based non-ionic and anionic surfactants, plant-based fragrance, thickener and stabiliser Dish Wash Liquid Fabric Conditioner Rinse Aid 500ml $9, 1L $13 Leaves dishes, cutlery etc. sparkling clean. Purified water, non-ionic surfactants, grainbased alcohol Heavy Duty (Oven & BBQ) 750ml $10 (trigger spray) 750ml (refill) $8 Ready to use, easy on hands, no gloves/mask required. Excellent grease cutter. De-ionised water, alkaline salts (potassium, sodium carbonates, sodium silicate) spearmint oil, citrus piths, citrus fragrance. http://www.saynotopalmoil.com So give Enviro a go, for ‘small footprint’ cleaning products (only lugged around metro Perth and not destroying Asian rainforest!) Laundry powder/pre-soaker To remove chemical build up (eg pesticides) and dirt from foods before consumption. Fruit and vegetables are maintained in peak condition when stored correctly after washing with Fruit & Vege Wash. De-ionised water, coconut oil, potassium salts. 500 ml $9 Vegetable glycerin protects hands. Peppermint adds to cleaning and freshness. De-ionised water, vegetable oil, peppermint oil, vegetable colour. 6 TOP load liquid Concentrated powder / pre-soaker. Great for nappies, whites, very soiled items for front or top load, Alkaline salts, veg protein, grapefruit &lemon pith, citrus fragrance 110ml trial $3, 1kg $13, 2kg $24 5kg $52.50 *20kg $199.50 Fruit & Vege Wash 110ml $3, 500ml$6, 1L $10, 2L $15, 5L $30 FYI, a tiny selection of the millions of supermarket food, personal care and cleaning products containing palm oil derived ingredients. for LAUNDRY Kewdale (WA)-based producers of EnviroClean gave a large donation of products for clean decks, galley and crew of the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin for its Antarctic whaling campaign. They have also worked really hard to go PALM OIL FREE, having seen for themselves that the so-called RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) can be a very thin greenwash for companies still sourcing some of their oil from palms grown after illegal rainforest deforestation. Environment House knows that palm oil is not going to go away and that it is a big employer in developing countries. But we feel a boycott of this product will serve to properly regulate RSPO members’ practices so they can convince us that we can eat TimTams or buy EcoStore products again if we must! Use in final rinse. Removes static & reduces wrinkles. Disteryl dimenthyl (alcohol from sugar), rock salt, turnip proteins, veg oil, bees wax fragrance. 110ml $3, 1L $9, 5L $38.50 Delicate Wash For natural & synthetic fibres, handwash or machine. De-ionised water, plantbased non-ionic and anionic surfactants, eucalyptus oil, no colour. 110ml trial $3 1L $9 2L$16 5L $34.95 * Please order 15L or 20kg tubs a week ahead of expected pick up or drop off. for bodies & hair Sensitive Body & Hair Cleanser for bodies, hands & dry hair. 110ml trial/travel $3, 375ml $9 1L $15 2L $28 5L $59.50 NO fragrance or colour, but you can add your favourite essential oils. Body & Hair Cleanser (for bodies & normal-oily hair) 110ml trial/travel $3, 3 75 ml $10, 1L $16, 2L $29 5L $63.50 Head Lice Shampoo 375mls $10 1L $20 Use twice weekly for 2 weeks. Safe for regular preventative use. OTHER brands of CLEANING GOODs stocked at Environment House A West Australian business MIRACLE WASH (WA) Laundry Balls www.laundryball.com.au The little pellets in the balls soften the water, and wash without foam so you can even skip the rinse cycle. (Pre-treat stains). Use 2 balls for average wash (3-7kg) Most of our volunteers use the balls for most of their washes (using EnviroClean Laundry powder/presoaker for very dirty loads). Have you heard about A couple of great Victorian products to give you a choice: BioLogic Dishwash Liquid Soapnuts give a lovely soft wash, and because they don’t foam, you can skip the rinse cycle and save heaps of water (as you can with the wash balls also.) But if you can’t interrupt the cycle, it doesn’t matter. We sell ‘NUTCASES’ Fair Trade Organic soapnuts from Nepal. You use 8 shells in a little pouch in your wash (top or front load) then after about 6 washes, throw them in your garden or compost and start again. (about 4 cents per wash) Kit of 2 balls, stain remover & top-up pack $49.50 Refill kit $23 Stain remover tube $9 Organic herbal blend of Lavender, Soapwort, Horsetail herb, Witch Hazel bark, Coco-betain, coconut extracts, Guar Gum, Citrus seed extract, seaweed extracts, citrus acid & Lemon & Lime OR Sweet Orange essential oil. 500ml $7 25L with tap $249.95 HERBON Dishwash Machine Powder (Palm oil free!) Our customers reckon it’s the best! 1kg $16 5kg $62.50 SOAPNUTS? Used in Asia for thousands of years, the inner shells of the nuts of the tree Sapondus Mukorossi are lined with an amazing substance called SAPONIN which creates the perfect light wash. We recommend you also have a tub of EnviroClean’ Laundry Powder & Pre-Soaker on hand for those really dirty washes now and then. 50g trial pack $3 250g $11 500g $19 1kg $34.50 and a great NZ product ECO-STORE Pure Oxygen Whitener 1kg $13.30 Sodium percarbonate, sodium bicarb, Citrates, citrus oil. This product doesn’t contain palm oil (while most EcoStore products do.) AquaTouch Ultra Microfibre CLOTHS General purpose cloth pink or Blue $12 Fine glass-cleaning cloth green $12 7 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS that are safe for you and your family, and don’t harm our ecosystem MOKOSH Still wondering why it’s worth We’re proud to stock Fremantle’s certified organic Mokosh range, with NO PALM OIL. They use unrefined, cold-pressed, virgin oils and Fair Trade cocoa and shea butters. Essential oils are carefully chosen as much for their aromatherapy effects as for their pleasurable scent. Full size & tester/trial/travel Face cleansing pdr 125g $29/30g $12 lasts ages, just add water! Face oil for normal skin 30ml $25, 15ml $15 Face oil for dry skin 30ml $25,15ml $15 Make-up remover 100ml $25,15ml $10 macadamia, apricot & camellia 0ml $24, 30ml $14 Hand moisturiser 6 Hydrosol toner 100ml $25,15ml $10 LipBalm$10 •SheaOliveVanilla or •CoconutVanilla Shaving Soap 100g$15 Rich face cream 60ml $33,15ml $13 Light face cream 60ml $33,15ml $13 Nourishing face treatment 30g $49.50,10g $20 Balancing Hair Treatment 200ml $49.50/25ml $12 Mokosh Liquid Soaps (GORGEOUS!) • Cedarwood, Rosalina & Sweet Orange •Rosemary, Lemon & Teatree Maclyn Grove is at Kirup, down South, between Donnybrook & Balingup LUXURIOUS CAKES of SOAP Big Bloke Soap $7 (Extra Chunky) 8 We still have a few of these $5 soaps Cinnamon Spice, Energise Me, Goat Milk & Olive Oil, Great Outdoors,Lemongrass, Kiss My Face (formerly Zits Off), Lavender Fields, Lemon Splash, Oatmeal&Honey Scrub, Rejuvamint, Prairie Rose, Sandalwood Forest, Scents of the Sea, Vanilla Zing & UNSCENTED, BUBS OWN SOAP & going out of your way for these safe alternatives to most of the products on supermarket & fancy cosmetic counters???? See Annie Leonard’s cartoon: storyofstuff.org/cosmetics palm oil free DEODORANTS Corrynne’s Clay Deod $9 Tinderbox Men’s deod $6 Tinderbox Women’s deod $6 Other BATHROOM items Organic cotton balls x100 $6.50 Organic cotton buds x200 $6.50 ORGANIC SELECTIONS Great VIC palm oilfree products Shampoos & Conditioners $12 Rosemary & Kakadu Plum Lemon Myrtle & Avocado & cosmeticsdatabase.com (not so) SECRET WOMEN’s BIZ: Menstrual Cups the ultimate eco-alternative to disposable pads & tampons - The Keeper $25 made of natural gum rubber Size A: After giving birth or age 30+ Size B: Under age 30 if you haven’t given birth www.thekeeper.com.au - Lunette, made of surgical silicon $44.50 www.lunette.com.au sizing as above - green, blue, orange, translucent white Pads, Panty Liners & Tampons Organyk certified organic sanitary range Pads, panty liners, tampons from the Tinderbox website Cheekyherbs.com In 1982, there were very few natural products on the market. We opened a shop in the township of Balingup in the south-west. The business blossomed as more people came to the Tinderbox via word of mouth, to try these pure plant products that really seemed to work. The herbs we use are clean and fresh, with their colour and aroma still intact; thus their medicinal and cosmetic values are conserved. They are hand-made in small batches, so harmful preservatives aren’t needed. We use organic ingredients where possible, and package mostly in beautiful protective blue glass. No animal testing, animal-derived ingredients and NO PALM OIL! TINCTURES Day Cream Moisture Balance 120ml $12 Working Hands Barrier Cream 120ml $10 Body Wash, lavender 350ml $9.50, 1L $20 Night Dew rejuvenating cream 1 00ml $12 Shampoo Normal/Dry 375ml $9.50, 1L $20 Shampoo for Oily hair 375ml $9.50, 1L $20 Conditioner for all hair types 375 $9.50 Shaving Foam 150ml $12.50 Chest Rub 250g $9 Cold Sore Balm $5 Makeup Remover $10 First Aid Balm $6, Lip Balm $3 Magic Oil 200ml $12 Face Oil 100ml $14 Foamy Face Wash $10 For BUBS & their BOTTOMS Bubs Own Soap Maclyn Grove palm oil free $5 Gaia bamboo baby wipes 80pack $6.90 Eenee nappy liners = less poo for cloth nappy users! (wee-ed on liners compostable, pooed-on areflushable) 50 pack for $5 roll of 500 $49.50 $13.00 Juniper Body Rub 100ml $17.00 Festive Blend 15ml $13.00 Plant Power w. Arnica 100ml $16.00 Memory Blend 15ml $13.00 Precious Massage Oil 100ml $23.00 Memory Pot & Blend 15ml $16.50 $12.00 Serenity Blend 15ml $13.00 Sinus Blend 15ml $12.00 Pregnancy Belly Rub 100ml Relaxation Massage Oil 100ml Woman’s Massage Oil 100ml $17.00 Moth Repellent Blend 15ml Sinus Pot & Blend 15ml $16.00 Honey & LIcorice Elixir 200ml HOME ACCESSORIES, ROOM SPRAYS & GOURMET Herbal sprinkle shaker 65g $15.50 $7.00 Mustard 190g $9.00 Stock cube substitute 80g $7.00 Original Scent 500ml $15.20 Orig.Scent Refill Conc.50ml $12.50 Cleaner Conc. w.clove 200ml $16.50 Doggy Blend 50ml $11.50 Laundry Additive 50ml $13.00 Cold Sore Balm 15ml $8.00 Moth Repellent Pillow 50g $10.00 Sleep Tincture 30ml $11.50 Pot Pourri (dried blend) 50g $8.00 Tincture of Myrrh 30ml $8.50 Sleep Pillow $16.50 Wound Wash 50ml $9.10 Wood Polish 370g $16.50 PERFUMES PERSONAL CARE Deodorant female 50ml $6.50 Blue Fire Cologne 100ml $17.00 Deodorant male $6.50 Breath of Blossom 100ml $16.00 Lavender Balm 15g $8.00 Equanimity spray Lip Salve 15g $7.50 Hijinx Cologne 100ml $16.00 Mouth Freshener 30ml $6.00 Incandescence 10ml $29.70 Personal Insect Repellent $7.50 Jasmine Dew 15ml $29.95 LavenderSplashSpray100ml $13.60 50ml BALMS We were very sorry to learn that MACLYN GROVE have just closed their doors (due to illness). Our remaining stock (as of 8 Dec 2014): Energiser Blend 15ml Breathe Easy Chest Rub 45g $8.50 Lavender Splash 200ml $18.00 Calendula Ointment 45g $9.00 Ode to Orange 100ml $24.50 Funga Fight Ointment 45g $8.50 Rose Dew 15ml $28.50 Special Healers Ointment 45g $8.50 Sandalwood Rub On $12.50 Witchazel Ointment 45g $8.50 VisionaryCream Perfume 15g $14.50 SKIN & BODY CARE Body Lotion, Chamomile & Linden 200ml Body Lotion, Cacao & Goji 200ml Chickweed&Plantain Lotion100ml Cleanser Yarrow/Fennel 200ml SHAMPOO&Conditioner $22.00 $22. $15.50 $16.50 Day Cream 100g $22.50 Face Scrub 140g $14.50 Hand Cream 100g $20.00 Hijinx Lotion 100ml $16.00 Night Cream 55g $15.50 Orange Flower Toner 100ml $16.50 Eye Cream 25g $24.00 ESSENTIAL OIL BLENDS for Dry Hair 300ml $14.90 for Normal Hair 300ml $14.90 for Oily Hair 300ml $14.90 Honey Myrtle Cond’er 300ml $14.90 Hair Conditioning Oil 100ml $14.50 POWDERS Baby Powder 80g $10.00 Body Powder 80g $10.00 Foot Powder 89g $10.00 $14.00 $16.00 ESSENTIAL OILS Bergamot Cedarwood $8.00 Cinnamon Bark $14.00 Citronella $6.50 Clary Sage $24.00 Clove $8.80 Eucalyptus $6.00 Frankincense $17.00 Geranium $11.00 Lavender $8.50 Lavandula angustifolia $15.00 Lemon $7.00 Lemongrass $8.50 Lime $8.00 Litsea Cubeba $12.00 Mandarin $8.00 Orange $7.50 Patchouli $15.00 Pennyroyal $15.00 Peppermint $7.50 Rose geranium $12.50 Rosemary $7.50 Sandalwood $34.00 Tangerine $8.20 Tea Tree $8.50 Ylang Ylang $16.50 $14.50 NOTE: These items are the ones we try to keep in stock. For other Tinderbox products, eg herbal teas, we’ll order in if you can wait a few weeks. Otherwise MASSAGE OILS Aphrodisi Oil 100ml $16.00 Aphrodisi Oil GiftBottle 100ml $19.00 Childbirth Massage Oil 50ml $15.00 Foot Massage Oil $? Our beautiful Tinderbox cabinet made by Rob in 2001 when we inherited Tinderbox stock from a shop that closed nearby. 9 NATIVE GARDENING Books and magazines CANEFIELDS COPY PAPER $7 ream APPRECIATING WA’S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (Most from WA’s Dept of Parks and Wildlife DPAW How to Enjoy Wildflowers (of WA) Jim Barrow Extraordinary Plants Blair, Annison, Swain Land of Flowers: An Australian environment on the brink Irene Cunningham Wetland invertebrates Davis, J & Christidis, F Kangaroo Paws and Catspaws Hopper, Stephen Managing Your Bushland Hussey & Wallace Kangaroo: Extraordinary Marsupial Jackson & Vernes Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, Crayfishes & Mussels of South-Western Australia Morgan et al SPRING WILDFLOWERS WA botanist Eddie Wajon’s attractive, user-friendly books have great photos, all colour coded for easy identification by anyone! 1 Kalbarri & Goldfields 2 Perth & SouthWest 3 Esperance & Wheatbelt 4 Exmouth & Pilbara $15 $15 $25 $32.50 $15 $18 $16 $10 $13 each Publications by WA Dept of Parks & Wildlife DPAW Bibbulmun map 1 - Darling Range Geology of WA’s National Parks Marine Life of Ningaloo Dive and snorkel 3rd edition Kangaroo Paws & Catspaws Field guide Stephen Hopper Bibbulman Guide Northern Bibbulman Guide Southern Bibbulman Track northern/southern MAP pack Bushwalks in the South-West More family walks in Perth outdoors Munda Biddi Cycling Guide Munda Biddi Off Road Cycling Guide Munda Biddi trail Map1 Mundaring-Jarrahdale Munda Biddi trail Mundaring to Collie Rediscover Perth Outdoors Samphires in WA Sidings Rail Trail Jarrahwood to Nannup Swan River Swan Estuary Marine Park Threatened Animals of Western Australia Western Australia’s Threatened Flora Walks in Perth’s Outdoors Waterous Trail map edition 1 Wild about WA CD ROM Wild Places Quiet Places Wildflowers of North Bibbulman Wonders of Western waters Field Guide to WA Frogs WA Museum Tyler/Doughty Ancient Floras of WA WA Museum McLoughlin 10 made in India from sugar cane waste. Factory powered by wind. Chlorine free, pH neutral, endorsed by WWF. Better for your machine than recycled! $13.80 18.00 8.00 15.00 15.00 21.00 21.00 39.95 10.00 10.00 $6.00 $36.95 $11.00 $27.00 $23.00 $22.00 $4.95 $5.80 $20.00 $20.00 $10.00 $5.00 $10.00 $15.00 $23.95 $15.00 $28.00 $9.45 WA’s Dept of Parks and Wildlife Bush Books (Pocket size) $6.50 each Excellent little gifts. Great colour photos on every page, with standard adult text, so good for all the family to learn from, on picnics, holidays, etc. Animals of Shark Bay Beachcombers guide to SthWest beaches Birds of Prey Birds of the SouthWest forests Book That Bird $2 Bugs in the backyard Bush Tucker Plants of the SouthWest Butterflies of the South-West Common Birds in the Backyard Common Plants of the Pilbara Common Trees of the SouthWest Forests Common Wildflowers of the MidWest Discovering caves of WA Frogs of Western Australia Fungi of the South West forests Geology & Landforms of the SouthWest Geology & Landforms of Kimberley Geology & Landforms of Pilbara Hazardous Animals of NorthWest Aust. Karri forests of WA Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park Mammals of North West WA Mammals of the South-West Marine Life of Rottnest Island Marine Plants of the Perth Region Nambung National Park Orchids of the SouthWest Shark Bay Marine Park Monkey Mia Snakes of WA Threatened and rare birds of WA Threatened Wildflowers of the MidWest Walpole Wilderness &Valley of the Giants Waterbirds of the SouthWest wetlands Whales and Dolphins of WA Wildflowers of Shark Bay Wildflowers of the South Coast of WA Wildflowers of the SouthWest forests Yanchep National Park Adams, George Birdscaping Australian Gardens Greening Australia Perth Plants for your Garden Lullfitz, George A new image for WA plants Romanowski, Nick Australian Grasses: A gardener’s guide to Grasses, Sedgles, Rushes & Grasstrees WA Museum, Building Frog Friendly Gardens $36.00 $5.00 $18.00 $26.00 $10.00 ORGANIC GARDENING/ PERMACULTURE All about apples Allen Gilbert Basics of Permaculture Design Ross Mars Berry Bounty Allen Gilbert Chicken Whisperer’s Guide Schneider & McCrea Citrus Allen Gilbert Earth Garden Home Farmer Volume 1 Earth Gardener’s Companion Jackie French Earth Users guide to Permaculture Rosemary Morrow, Easy Organic Gardening & Moon Planting Lyn Bagnall Edible Balcony Indira Naidoo Espalier Allen Gilbert Garden Guardians Jane Davenport Getting Started in Permaculture R&J Mars Mini Guide to Organic Gardening Allen Gilbert (Yates) Healthy Soil Handbook Jackie French Local Seed Network Manual Seedsavers network One Magic Square: growing food on 1 sq metre Lola Houbein Outside the Magic Square: a handbook for food security Lola Houbein Permaculture Home Garden Linda Woodrow Pest Repellent plants Penny Woodward Seed Savers Handbook Michel & Jude Fanton Seed to Seed: Food Gardens in Schools Fanton, M&J Seed Underground: a growing revolution to save food Janisse Ray Sustainable Food Michael Mobbs Tomatoes for everyone Allen Gilbert What Garden Pest or Disease is that? Judy McMaugh ECO BUILDING & RENOVATING EcoNest P Baker-Laporte& R Laport EcoHouse Book Conran, Terence Green House Plans Earth Garden Natural Home Vol 5 Earth Garden Warm House Cool House: Inspirational Designs for Low Energy Housing Hollo, Nick Making Your Home Sustainable Wrigley, Derek Slow Death by Rubber Duck: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health Smith & Lourie HEALTHY HOME/ GREEN CONSUMER Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Guide Is your home making you sick? Peter Dingle Additive Alert safer shopping guide Julie Eady Flint, India Eco Colour: botanical dyes for beautiful textiles The Chemical Maze $20 pocket size Bill Statham Gorgeously Green: 8 simple steps to an earthfriendly life Sophie Uliano intro by Julia Roberts ECO ISSUES beyond the home Here on Earth Tim Flannery The Transition Handbook Rob Hopkins The Next EcoWarriors Emily Hunter Last Child in the Woods Richard Louv Merchants of Doubt: How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming Naomi Oreskes $23.00 $25.00 $27.00 $20.00 $21.00 $9.00 $19.95 $30.00 $39.50 $29.50 $26.00 $23.00 $17.00 $15.00 $17.00 $15.00 $34.50 $37.50 $34.50 $25.00 $18.00 $20.00 $16.00 $31.50 $23.00 $39.50 $29.50 $27.50 $19.95 $17.00 $34.50 $31.50 $20.00 $9.95 $13.00 $19.95 $44.50 $15.00 Made in Australia: The Future of Australian Cities Richard Weller & Julian Bolleter JUST FOR FUN! Horacek, Judy If you can’t stand the heat! $20 $25 (Judy’s cartoons for thinking grown-ups) FOR OUR ECO-KIDS! Bradshaw, F A Tale of Two Honey Possums + DVD Hamilton, A, illust. by Saul, M Oofoo learns to relax Searle, David Timmy Turtle’s Dangerous Day Ramage, Jan Tuart Dwellers hardback picturebook Kaplan, Gisela Famous Australian Birds Long, John The Picture Book of the Environment Bradshaw, Felicity A Tale of Two Honey Possums +DVD Mattingley, C Chelonia Green: Champion of Turtles Green Star cardboard eco-books (5 titles): Baby Animals, One Tree, Animals Everywhere, Five Senses, In the Garden $20 $13.50 $10 $20 $20 $10 $20 $10 $10ea & big puzzles: On the Farm, Dinosaurs, Animal ABC, Shape Parade (see innovativekids.com) $23 ARACARIA GUIDES handy laminated foldouts 8 x A4 sides $12 Sales of these handy, attractive guides support Aracaria Biodynamic Farm in NSW. Most of the the guides with gardening themes are by Stefan Mager. We’ve sold hundreds of the Vegie Growing guide - quick and easy info on when to plant for the various different climate zones of Australia and other sowing instructions. We usually have the titles below in stock, but pls order thru us any more titles you see on their website, for big savings! www.aracariaguides.com.au • Aromatherapy • Biodynamic Growing • Botanical Field Guide • Elements of Nature, Gardener’s Knowhow, Compost-making • Fruit & Berry Growing • Herb & Medicinal Plant Growing • How Plants Grow • Microgreens • Nutrition Garden You’ll always find the latest RENEW ($7.95) & SANCTUARY ($10) magazines here + still-useful & inspiring HALF PRICE past editions, from Australia’s Alternative Technology Association SANCTUARY Australian green building & renovating 2 per year, Our special price $10 $25.00 $20 $25 $25 $23 $44.50. RENEW $7.95 Both from ata.org.au Ask us to order other books and we’ll get them in for you! We’ll give you 15% off the RRP, you’ll pay no postage & you’ll be supporting our little community business... 11 Our little EcoHardware collection PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD THAT WE ARE TRYING TO TURN $40,000 worth of high quality hardware still in stock, into much-needed $$$ to meet our running costs! (We were left holding this stock when the Barnett gov’t cancelled our home visits under the Hardship Efficiency Program with only two weeks notice. Under this contract we bought truckloads of hardware upfront for our 12 auditors to install in the 4000 participating households. (just in case you haven’t heard our tale of woe before. Sorry if you have!) WE’VE NOW GONE WELL BELOW COST ON MOST ITEMS!!! SLASH THAT STANDBY POWER WASTAGE! Individually-switched powerboards: See Jackson www.ji.com.au 4way white with surge & overload protection $20 6way white with surge & overload and tel/modem socket $34.95 Remote control 3 pack $20 6 outlet master/slave powerboard $30 Footswitch single black $10, single white $10 Handswitch single black $10 white $10 LIGHT YOUR NIGHTS FOR NEXT TO NO POWER! NIGHTLIGHTS for babies, children, guests, seniors, lovers (www.ji.com.au) Blue star $5 Jewel $5 Pink heart $5 Best on market Compact Fluoros: See EcoBulb’s eco credentials (longest life, lowest mercury, 2yr warranty) www.energymad.com/nz/Ecobulbs.htm Below cost NOW $2.50 GE 2 pack mid-cool white standard bayonet or screw 14W & 20W Below cost NOW $8 EcoBulbs warm white in standard bayonet or screw 20W & 15W KEEP THE WIND OUT & WARMED or COOLED AIR IN! ALL BELOW COST! See www.raven.com.au RP1 Rolling door bottom like doorsnake but fixed to door so no-one can trip over it $18 RP4 Stormproof seal for gaps 23-25mm under hinged doors to 915mm Reduced to $15 RP17 Door bottom seal in brown or white Reduced to $4 RP48 door and window weather strip for gaps 3-5mm, brown or white Reduced to $4 RP59 door and window weather strip for gaps 2-4mm, brown or white Reduced to $4 RP60B Automatic door bottom seal bronze Reduced to $15 RP83 Brush strip for door bottom brown or white Reduced to $10 SAVE WATER! Great quality Bermuda Flexispray showerhead 9L Below cost now $15 Waterwizz automatic water flow controller 6L, 9L, or 12L Below cost now $4 Every Drop Shower Saver $69.95 See www.showersaver.com.au Hourglass shower timer $3 DRY YOUR CLOTHES ELEGANTLY! (Save HEAPS by only using the tumble dryer for real emergencies) Trident portable Clothes Airer SPECIAL PRICE, below cost $39.50 Robust design, anodised/ rust-proof, on castor wheels for moving between warm spots indoors and out. 21 metres of line space, convertible 1, 2 or 3 levels. INSULATE EXPOSED HOT WATER PIPES! Self-stick insulation hose 2metres (13mm)$6 1 metre $3 THERMOMETERS: See how well your house keeps heat and cold out: this $10 electronic thermometer (left) compares indoor and outdoor temps to show how well your home is performing, and shows humidity as well. Standard $5 thermometer with magnet and marks suggesting appropriate temps. Help settle those arguments about when the heater or airconditioner should go on. 12
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