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November 2011
In This Issue
The Dirty Dozen
Fall Mattress Special
Changes ahead!
Our charity box
10 new chai's
We are the people...
New from GLO
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maple leaf With fall weather chilling the air and the holiday season just around the corner, things are hotting up at The Good Planet Company!  

We have lots of changes in store and tons of great new green, earth-friendly products! 
Thinking about holiday shopping? We hope you'll come on in today and "wrap everything up" in advance of the season!  

 

Free guide: The Dirty Dozen

 

dirty dozen

Now available at The Good Planet Company, we have your free wallet sized guide to The Dirty Dozen chemicals to avoid when shopping for cosmetics, soaps, shampoos and other personal products.    

Chances are, if you take a look through your bathroom shelves, you'll find toxic, carcinogenic chemicals masquerading as beauty aids! Just as we check for food ingredients at the local market, it's equally important to check for toxins in body care products... whatever goes on your skin also goes in your skin! You can rely on The Good Planet Company to disclose all of our ingredients, and we avoid the dirty dozen (and more) at all costs!  

Our thanks to the David Suzuki Foundation for creating and supplying us with this very useful guide.  

 

Our Fabulous Fall mattress special ends! 

MATTRESS PROMO  

This fall we have been featuring an unprecedented promotion on all three of our natural rubber mattresses. This promotion has been extended by two weeks, but must end no later than Wednesday November 30th. 

Why natural rubber?
Easy! It's the most comfortable, most supportive, most toxin-free and surprisingly cost-effective way to sleep!  Purchase a 
Sienna, a Serenity or a Vimala mattress set and receive up to $500 towards your choice of pillows, duvets, pads, sheets and blankets! See Details    

Announcing... changes! 

what's going on at The Good Planet Company? 

If you haven't yet been to The Good Planet Company's

Facebook page, we cordially invite you "like" us today!  

We have a ton of great new initiatives, products, services and contests lined up for 2012 which we know you will love, and they are all announced first on Facebook!  

Thanks for being our customer! 

Check out our charity box! 

 

As many of our customers know, The Good Planet Company donates 1% of every dollar our customers spend to a number of local environmental charities via our membership in 1% for the Planet. 

Our first year's membership

has now concluded, and thanks to you, we donated thousands of dollars to our four favourite local environmental charities.   

As we begin our second year's membership, we are asking our customers to help us choose the organization to which your 1% is donated.  Every customer, every purchase, every transaction earns a charity chip, to be dropped in the ballot box representing the charity of your choice. The quarterly donations are divided in accordance with your wishes.  Thanks to you for making our charitable giving possible!  
You can find out more at www.onepercentfortheplanet.org

 

Delight your senses with new Chai teas! 

We're thrilled to announce the arrival of ten, yes ten great Chai blends from our friends at Zhena's Gypsy Tea! 

These wonderful rich spice brews from India are blended with healthful herbs and exotic spices, for contemplative beverage drinkers around the world. Choose from caramel, hazelnut, vanilla, coconut, chocolate and traditional chais. Available in black and herbal blends.  (They make great hostess gifts!)  

new teas 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Baskets 

basketsFresh from Bolgatanga, Ghana, we have a new shipment of beautiful straw market baskets!  Colourful and sturdy, these baskets make are great for shopping, for storage, as conversation pieces, and they make wonderful gifts. Drop in today for the best selection.   

 

 

wooliesWinter Woolies!

Just in time for winter, our fair trade woolen hats, gloves, socks and mitts are here. One thing we know for sure, these products do not last for long, so we urge you to come in and find the colours that suit you best.  

Showing off our winter woolies in this picture is Derek, who is back at The Good Planet Company this fall in the role of Development Manager.  

Drop by and say hi!

 

We are the people in your neighbourhood!

Remember that olneighbourhoodd Sesame Street song? "We're the people that you meet, while you're walking down the street, we're the people that you meet each day!"   

The small family businesses of "700 Block" of Fabulous Fort Street (there are more than 35 of us on this short block) recently unleashed a campaign to help Victorians get to know us better.  Please take a walk along this block, learn about your neighbours, and help support small, independent business.

 

Small business is a driving force of the local economy... For every $100 spent in a locally owned independent store (The Good Planet Company, for example!) $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expenditures.  If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here. Half of this country's private sector labour force works for, and is dependent upon, small business.
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Don't forget to pick up a free parking card from participating businesses, including The Good Planet Company! 

New bedding from GLO!

GLO
Over the past eight years, we've become well known for our beautiful, high quality, certified organic, fair trade bedding. This fall, we have a new addition! Come and check out our "GLO" sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers, coverlets and more. We're sure you'll be impressed!
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Sincerely,
The friendly staff at The Good Planet Company