Planet Ark's

National Recycling Week

Next week is the 25th anniversary of Planet Ark's National Recycling Week. This year the theme is about bringing the key principles of recycling back into the home so that you can "Celebrate Your Way".

Their key messages are:

• Pass it on
• Check it before you chuck it
• Put it in loose
• Know what to leave out of your yellow top bins
• Check locally what can be recycled by going to one of our favourite sites: Recycling Near You
• Buy it back
  

Fix it before you toss it

Decoration Repair Stations

Bring your poorly decorations along to one of our FREE pop-up Christmas Decorations Repair Stations hosted in the Gallery space of our main warehouse. We'll be running two pop-up repair stations from 10am to 12pm:

• Saturday the 27th of November; and
• Saturday the 4th of December

If you can't make any of those times, we'll be leaving free repair supplies for you to try your hand at your own repairs from the 11th of November 11th until Christmas Eve.

It's Competition Time!

Win your kids a spot to a private reading & eco crafting circle with environmental artist & children's book illustrator Hannah Munster

Hannah is one of our contributing artists for this year's Community Art Project.

Not only is she a passionate eco-warrior and artist, she's also a strong advocate for engaging our local communities around simple and tangible messages of environmental sustainability.

Each winner will receive an RGQ stamping & collage craft pack, a private reading session with Hannah, a copy of her book, “My Earth”, a spot in Hannah's eco crafting circle, and a 10% discount voucher to spend in store on raw materials only.

This competition is for ages 7 to 11 and closes Saturday the 4th of December

To learn more about one of our special sessions with Hannah...

Introducing

Sadia Bouzegane

Sadia is the newest member to RGQ and is taking over from Jacqui as our Emporium Coordinator.

We're super excited to have her on board so we thought we'd share a little bit more about her:

Describe your typical day at RGQ

Because I am training at the moment, each day is different. I can say that I am learning to get to know my colleagues and their mission while learning the different aspects of mine

What's it like being a part of a worker-run cooperative?

It's a friendly environment, [everyone] are sharing the tasks and [are] supportive

What's the last thing you made from RGQ materials?

I made jewellery with buttons that were originally on hair clips

What’s your number 1 tip for folks looking to creatively reuse their ‘waste’?

Reuse can be phrased as, “if this item wasn’t in my kitchen or my office, what could it be used for?”. For example glass or tin containers can be used anywhere!

You can find Sadia on Instagram at @bagua_lala

$22 each

2022 Bimblebox Calendars

Bimblebox Nature Refuge 2022 Calendars are here. All proceeds go to The Bimblebox Alliance who raise funds to protect the Nature Refuge.

Bimblebox is an almost 8000 hectare, 95% uncleared sanctuary in central west Queensland, approximately 500 km west of Rockhampton and 30km north west of the town of Alpha.

You'll find the calendars in-store at our front counter. $22 each.

Thursday 9th to Tuesday 21st of December

Nailing It On The Head With Free Internet Advertising

In our 20-minute tours learn about why we do what we do, what we collect and how to turn our collectables into a mini piece of art in our interactive Gallery Space at the end of your tour.

Sign up on-line with a $10 deposit (+ a $2 donation to Yalari), which will be redeemed in-store as a $10 voucher to go towards the purchase of raw materials.

Recommended for children aged 4 to 10 years of age. Children under 6 or with special needs must be accompanied by a responsible parent/carer.