Had some time to kill before dinner at Bonta for Restaurant Week (dinner was very unexciting)and did a quick walk around River Valley. Saw a colourful shopfront amidst the dodgy pubs and wandered into Simply Living. Nice little space, offering a range of "eco and ethical lifestyle choices through products that are environment-safe, encourage reusing, recycling and reducing, and/or support fair trade practices" (got that from their business card).
In other words - a range of bags and carriers made from recycled materials (think Freitag, except these used things like Cambodian fishnets, inner tyre tubes, etc), small selection of organic foods, various fair trade items, eco friendly cleaning products, etc etc. Check out http://www.simplylivinglifeshop.com/ for more info. Chris Chua who was manning the shop was very engaging and clearly passionate about what he is doing.
One thing that did catch my eye was a a range of products produced by a Singapore Management University initiative, in conjunction with a plastics company in Jakarta. Basically a range of functional items (notepad holder, coin purse, pencil case, etc) produced from discarded plastic. Very colourful, very cool.
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