page_title: Tibetan Welfare Office
section_title: The Green Shop
hierarchical_section_title: Tibetan Welfare Office / The Green Shop
context_page_description: The Tibetan Settlement Office Tibetan: ང་ཚོའི་སྐོར།, Wylie: nga tsho'i skor is acting within the Tibetan Ministry of the Interior and is part of the central Tibetan administration in Dharmshala, India. The T.S.O. organizes projects in the social, cultural and economical sectors. Furthermore, they focus on issues of environment and enduring development.
context_section_description: In 1994 "The Green Shop“ was opened and is an environmentally oriented shop selling various products and acts as a collection point for hazardous materials, such as used batteries and expired medicines.
  Furthermore, the following products are sold:
  clean water
  paper products from the paper factory
  bags
  ecological shampoos and conditioners
  soaps and crèmes
  Tibetan tea
caption: Signpost of Green Shop
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