17 St. Mary's Street,
Edinburgh EH1 1TA
t. 0131 558 8578, 0131 605 2910
e. info@wasteinnovations.com
The Portal, situated in the heart of the old town, on the trusted foundations of the Cannongate and the High Street, a gateway to possibility from the very centre of the city, step through our doorway into an early blooming of colour and life, of possibilities and potentialities amidst those grim, and still gray, first days of spring.
The first flowerings from the sleeping-soil will include our retail shop which will aim, with the best of intentions, to stock products that are eco-friendly, sustainable, recycled or organic. A further gateway, to the information and communication highways beyond, will be our Internet Café, developed entirely from refurbished technology by STIR-I.T..
The Portal aims to offer a complete lifestyle solution for eco-living. Our launch date is 12 April 2008, events will kick off with a party, Portal Style, complete with free workshop demonstrations, live music, an art exhibit opening, designer food and drink, competitions and opening day specials. It promises to be an entertaining day, so make sure you're passing through our portal at 17 St. Mary's Street, Edinburgh.
                             
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As spring moves to summer, we expect to commence a season of creative workshops offering un-prescribed possibilities for creative learning to both children and adults. The sessions so far scheduled, include:
Children's Art Workshop (utilizing waste) - Glass Painting - Poetry Writing - Children's Drama - Theatre - Screenplay Writing - Songwriting - Painting - Sculpturing - with many more yet t.b.c..
The workshops will commence in May. If you are interested in attending a workshop please contact the store manager after the official launch (29/03) to make a booking. Prices and dates will soon be advertised.
The Portal will also incorporate an online shop and catalogue which will be launched in May and June, consecutively. In the summer, there will also be a Health Tea Room, a Clothing Design House and a significant extension to the internet Café. Further down the line, we are hoping to offer Home Eco-audits (a service still currently still in development) and to establish a Product Development infrastructure, involving the identifying of talented artists and designers; researching new creative ideas for products; and ultimately, the pairing of products to producers to create innovative, useful, new products - all sourced from the ever-deepening well of recycled materials.
