Woodpickers is a social enterprise that diverts wood waste from landfills by upcycling scraps like pallets and flooring into west–coast inspired souvenirs. We hope to encourage tourists to shop sustainably in Vancouver while they’re here, and also to start conversations about how tourists could help leave a positive legacy behind in a country or city they visit, even as they take a souvenir back home as a memento.
Essentially we have a mission to innovate the souvenir shop industry so that not only products are locally made, or locally-sourced, they also impart agency with tourists, to spur positive change in their own communities. As for locals – we hope to encourage residents to “upcycle”, to better conserve and improve the communities in which we live and share with the nature around us.