The Good Op Shop
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Makers market makes for success
Last year, Taradale Primary School’s year 2/3 class raised $756 to support the Charles Sturt University peregrine falcon live-camera project, in Orange, NSW. “The students had been watching the live-camera stream of the peregrine falcon’s breeding and chick hatching throughout the year,” school principal Chris Burgess said. “They wanted to hold a makers market to…
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Exciting new workshop, creative and repair space
The Good Op Shop in Castlemaine is launching an exciting new upstairs space called ‘The Re-usery’, where people can learn new skills, repair items and make things out of old stuff. On Saturday, head down to The Good Op Shop to have a look at the new space – Mend in Public Day will be…
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Entries open for Upcycling Award
Would you like to win one of three $300 prizes? There’s also one $100 prize up for grabs too! The Better Shape Up 2024 Upcycling Award is now open to all Victorians. Any individual can enter, including kids! Simply make something out of items that were heading to landfill and bring them into The Good…
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Future fashionistas fiesta!
The young people’s upcycled fashion parade is back this year! On Sunday September 15 from 11am to 1pm, head down to Mechanics Lane in Castlemaine and see the clever creations young people have made out of secondhand clothes. The Good Op Shop hosts this event in partnership with Mount Alexander Shire Council. “We’re so looking…
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Second birthday sale for Good Op Shop
The Good Op Shop at Castlemaine will celebrate its second year of being open with a mini sustainability expo and sale on Saturday. Six local groups will hold stalls in the courtyard to share information about their sustainability and conservation work. “We wanted to share the amount of amazing work that is going on in…
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Next generation recycling
Castlemaine Secondary College has teamed up with The Good Op Shop on an exciting environmental project – reusing plastic bottle lids. The Good Op Shop, a local charity that sells secondhand goods to raise money for conservation projects, is keen to fund new ways to reuse waste that was destined for landfill, especially among school…
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Upcycling award launched
The Good Op Shop’s new community award, ‘The Better Shape Up Upcycling Award’, is encouraging people to make new things out of items that were destined for landfill. A panel of three judges recently decided the winner of the inaugural award’s three different award categories, but the People’s Choice vote is still open to the…
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Trees take root at Bassett Creek
Works to restore Bassett Creek have ramped up with a further 500 trees to take root. Back in 2014, the Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group began work to restore the tributary of Muckleford Creek. The group wanted to improve the biodiversity and habitat in the area. They worked with a local farmer to plant shrubs and…
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A re-purpose focus
An op shop with a focus on funding local natural environment projects will open its doors in Castlemaine this Friday. Named The Good Op Shop, the not-for profit will be fittingly based at the Salvage Yard, with a re-use and re-purpose focus.“The Castlemaine community has been such a great supporter of both environmental action and…