• Welcome to Spaice

    planet before profit

    Our great new web-store launches in early 2013,
    bringing you 1000s of computer, stationery, and office products direct from us,
    meanwhile, have a look at what makes us so unique.

  • Human Rights

    Who really pays for that gorgeous new tablet PC?

    We show you the hidden human cost of cheap, mass, global production and consumerism so you can do something about it.

    Don't Make People Pay

    Young girl holding some bullets

    Our shopping habits fuel poverty and conflict.

  • Animal Rights

    And should he and his family really pay for your paper?

    We expose the awful things done to wildlife in your name so you can say no.

    Don't Make Animals Pay

    Pencil sketch of a baby Orang-utan

    Our choices decide their future.

  • Nature's Rights

    What about the price of that latest model?

    We reveal how your world is stripped bare and poisoned, so you can act to make sure we leave something for your children.

    Don't Make the Earth Pay

    The beautiful Athabasca Delta wetlands threatened by the massive water consumption and toxic tailings ponds of the tar sands.

    We can choose to live in harmony with the earth, or devastate it.

  • Corruption

    And who's paying government to look the other way.

    We tell you who is eroding democracy, so you can take action and claim it back.

    Don't Let Corruption Pay

    Vast networks of roads utterly devastate the Athabasca Delta and surrounding boreal forests.

    It's up to us who our governments serve.

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Honest Advice

We give honest advice that puts you back in control - using, fixing, and upgrading without the marketing nonsense tricking you into wasting your money on stuff you don't need. You buy when you need to, not because you got conned into thinking it will make you live happily ever after.

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the whole truth

Every manufacturer is rated so you instantly see all the hidden costs - not just the price tag - to humans, animals, environments, and society. The whole truth, right there, 'on the shelf next to the price' - putting you in control of whether your hard earned money is used to hurt or help your world.


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Doing Good

We are a non-profit social enterprise so, when you buy from us, at least 60% of the profits are donated to partners and community projects that make your world better; the rest is invested in the business so we can do more good - no 'fat cat' shareholders here!

Our 5 Rs

A better way to use our resources

Most people will tell you about the 3Rs but we think that their approach is wrong – they want you to think about the waste you produce but the real, and far bigger, problem happens long before you walk to your bin.

Every kilo of 'stuff' we buy uses about 8½ kilos of the Earth's resources, and most of this extra material becomes polluting waste; and, as if that's not bad enough, some precious metals we need may even run out by 2030 (Cohen, 2007)

Sustainable living starts before the purchase, before the Earth is ruined, humans exploited, animals harmed, and bribes paid – it starts with us not placing that order – using less, means less waste.

1. Reject...

Don't buy it in the first place! Find more useful things to do with your time and money.

2. Rethink...

Choose alternatives that waste fewer resources, like rechargeable batteries.

3. Reduce...

Conserve resources – water, energy, and environments that recycle them for free.

4. Reuse...

Service, repair, upgrade, or give/swap with someone who can use it.

5. Recycle...

A last resort, where materials are recovered not wasted.


We want to help you see how this adds to your life - saving your time and hard earned money so you spend less of it working and more doing the really important stuff like being with friends and family and celebrating being a part of Nature.