Environmental Policy

One of our main goal is to be the most environmentally friendly possible and to create a circular economy in the book industry.

• • All our products comes from Canada. We are careful to select distributor and get products based on their geographic location. We also inquire about the transportation and the environmental policy of the compagnies we work with.

• • Our shipping boxes are made in North America and are Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified by the Rainforest Alliance. We make sure that all packaging is necessary, minimal and can be reused or recycled. + We use paper tape to ship our orders.
    

• • Paper bags offered in store are also made in North America using 100% recycled paper.
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  • Our bookmark is printed in British Columbia, on 100% recycled paper.

• • We use Shopify Planet to make our shipping carbon-neutral by funding innovative companies that pull carbon dioxide (CO₂) out of the atmosphere and store it. Right now, the money we give with each shipment goes to funds a mix of nature-based carbon removal and innovative solutions, such as direct air capture and mineralization & funds compagnies (more information here).

• • Since we're located in British Columbia, we ship orders only to Canada and USA, to keep the shipping emission as low as possible & encourage buying "local".

• • We continually educate ourselves on the latest environmental news in the book industry by watching conferences, reading articles and doing training.

• • Our in-store Gift Cards are made of plantable seed paper, and can be planted after use.

• • We offer gift wrapping from kraft paper previously used as paper filings from our book deliveries.

• • We don't return any new books to the publishers (like most bookstore often do), so we only order small quantities of new books at a time. 

Please note that we are constantly working on improving our environmental ways and will keep this page updated as much as possible.

 

Last update: April 2025