Here at Gumboot Books, we believe that it is extremely important to be responsible and ethical in our business decisions.  A core value in all the people we work with is a respect for our environment - both social and geographical.

Our social environment is one of respect for each other's skills, priorities and goals, and a willingness to be flexible with our project scheduling so that ALL areas of our lives flow as smoothly as possible. 

To protect our geographical environment, we try to operate as GREENLY as possible, and minimize our ecological footprint as we go about our daily business.  This is an ongoing evolution as new products and options become available constantly, so please let us know if you have come across a product you think would work well for us and be an improvement on what we currently have. 

Below are a list of things we are currently doing to try to minimize our eco-impact, and each product will have details about what ways that particular product is environmentally friendly.

PAPER-FREE OFFICE (almost). We do almost everything in the "virtual" office realm. Some things like contracts still have to be printed off, but when we do we do print pages we use 100% postconsumer recycled papers and print on both sides (duplex printers are a great investment! Everything gets recycled when we're done with it!

We have a digital catalogue and only print copies on request (as they are needed) to reduce paper use and waste.

RECYCLED PAPERS - All of our promotional materials are printed on 100% post consumer recycled paper, and most are also printed with vegetable based inks. 

We do a lot of the printing ourselves so that we only need to create exactly what we need for each event.

We also use recycled paper to print our books, cards, invitations, and use recycled paper envelopes.

CAR CO-OP - we don't have a company vehicle.  We choose whichever method of transportation is most efficient for getting to and from meetings, delivering books or travelling to conferences/workshops. We belong to a car co-op so that if we do need a vehicle, we can book one.  Otherwise, we walk, take buses, carpool...whatever works best!

PACKAGING - we do everything we can to minimize our packaging.  When we can't get rid of it entirely, we try to use packaging made from recycled materials, products that are biodegradable and also we try to reuse our packing materials as much as possible.  

WE TOTALLY SUPPORT A PLASTIC BAG FREE CANADA...and so have created a line of re-usable cloth bags that are durable, unique and will help make the process of bringing your own bag a little more fun!

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