This site has arisen out of requests from many people outside UK and Europe (and especially in North America) to buy products from organic●ally™. (To get to our UK site, click here.)
organic●ally™ was set up by Siew Peng (or 'Siew-Peng' or 'Siewpeng' when in UK/Europe/outside cultures where the Chinese system of naming is unfamiliar), a ‘pre-tired’ change management consultant and social anthropologist from Singapore, who now lives in the UK. organic●ally™ is where her concerns for the environment and good working conditions (especially for marginalized women) meet.
All the products on the organic●ally™ UK website have been ethically-sourced and, as much as possible, fairly traded. Though we do not carry the Fair Trade logo (except for the Fair Trade Gift Wrapper Bags made by Bishopston Trading) because we (and some of our suppliers) cannot afford to pay for that privilege at the moment, we will not stock any item that we are not prepared to give to those nearest and dearest to us with a clear conscience.
Wherever you are, you are of course welcome to buy directly from our organic●ally™ UK site. Even though we have not set up shipping for every possible destination, we are happy to cost your specific shipping needs. However, in view of the miles that our products would have to fly to get to you, we would prefer to link you up instead to retailers closer to you who stock the products we feature here.
When Siew-Peng set out to make a difference to our environment, she meant it, even if it is at the expense of making a bigger profit. So we do not sell directly from this website. Apart from setting out our views and vision on what we do and why we do it, and the stories behind many of the products, we aim to point you to retailers nearer your location so that the products you wish to buy do not need to criss-cross the oceans to get to you.
We also point you to products we do not stock but are in line with the whole organic●ally™ philosophy of caring for the earth and the people who make the products that do so.
Do note that we are not, at any time, responsible for the content of these other exernal merchant sites and the transactions made between yourself and these other merchants. We do, however, try to ensure that these sites are compatible with our overall trading philosophy.
If at any time you find our association with an external site questionable, please notify us here.
If you wish to 'chat' with Siew Peng on this or any other matter, please email her here.
If you are a retailer, and especially if you are a smaller retailer, and you stock the same or even similar products to us, get in touch and we might be able to link specific products directly to you.