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Pookipoiga
Pookipoiga is an ethical, sustainable, and quirky gift shop with gifts and hamper delivery service.

About
Pookipoiga is a gift-delivery service based in Melbourne, that supports social and local artists and brands. People can get their products handpicked and get them delivered as quickly as possible-even 4 hours in advance! offering same-day local delivery for locations 60km from Melbourne CBD. The items and brands here focus on reducing, reusing, and recycling such as skateboards made into sunglasses, single-use plastics crafted into earrings, cotton buds replaced by silicon buds, aeroplane tires made into coasters, and much more. In other words, from zero-waste bathroom products, plastic-free/reusable kitchenware, and artisanal homeware to vegan chocolates, natural beauty products, eco-friendly accessories, and ethnic jewellery, you will find a selection of novelty gifts and hampers ideal for various occasions. Along with such sustainable gifting ideas, they have donated over 45000 meals(and continuing)to Australians in need through local charities(Secondbite and Oz Harvest), rescue things from landfill, and support people who need them. Pookipoiga is all about creating high impacts through a low-impact approach. You can shop online from pookipoiga or directly at the store at 64 BRIDGE ROAD, RICHMOND, VIC 3121.Australia.

History
Pookipoiga derives from the Finnish word "pyykkipoika," which means a little washer boy (the term used for clothes pegs). Sree and Megan initiated it in 2015. Megan was a social worker and a public health specialist. She worked in a Nepali community for three years to open a health center using her public health skills. She is now an emergency nurse in one of the prominent Melbourne hospitals. Sree was a manufacturing engineer who used to make press tools, injection molding, etc. In 2009 he met Megan and was inspired by her story and started helping her fundraise for the health center she founded. In 2012 he founded a cashmere brand Nine Yaks, to help fundraise for the Health Centre. Having considered deeply how much unnecessary harm we have done to the world through our consumption pattern, he wanted to make a change. He wanted to do more with less. A solution to the problem was to find a way to incorporate the adage of 'reduce, reuse, recycle and upcycle. So these two people created Pookipoiga. Here they focus on products that people love and make sure it's ethical, sustainable, and quirky.