It's refreshing to turn your back on the bland world of high-street retailing and instead visit the wonderful Klee Paper shop hidden away in the basement of a huge Georgian House on the North Circular Road.
Here you'll enter an Aladdin's cave crammed with a cornucopia of eco-friendly goodies. Beyond the retail space is a warren of offices, a beautiful garden and a sizeable warehousing area dispatching environmentally friendly products far and wide, in a van run on veggie oil, naturally. Everyone, from the MD to the forklift driver, mans the shop and all are passionate about what they do. Since its inception in 1988 as a supplier of recycled stationery, this company has thrived, but has never lost its personal touch. So, if you're wondering where to find a personalised bio-degradable corn biro or a pen crafted from a discarded plastic cup then try this family-run supplier of excellent, ethical products at competitive prices. Klee Paper, 89 North Circular Road, Dublin 7, tel: 01-8383544, www.kleepaper.com.