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Part II In our last blog post, we asked ‘What Is Plastic?’ and then learned about what it actually is. Now, we take a terrifying look into how it is made-  and we will focus quite a bit on petroleum based plastic. The reason for that is twofold:  Despite being very deliberate in choosing to use compostable, plant cellulose plastic for our end product, we still need to use petroleum based products in our manufacturing process- to set the stage for part III of this series, actually. We want to show you how destructive petroleum based plastics can be in many ways- and these...

Hi There- Are you ready to nerd out?  Fantastic- you’ve come to the right place.  Because this is a little something called chemistry and it is absolutely fascinating- even if you don’t enjoy nerding out, please allow yourself to embrace this post- it is important for every single one of us to learn about, as we all share a planet. And, are all made of chemistry. The post is about you, in a way. Alright. We are surrounded by plastic- it is even in us. But many of us don’t realize the severity of its existence- we think it’s ‘bad’...

Hi Everybody-   Really hitting the tail end of International Women's Month- perhaps in a silent protest to keep it going? What if we got... a year?  But also- what does it even mean? Recognition, maybe- for the struggles and triumphs. Kind of an odd concept considering we're just humans... and I am still unclear as to why the disparity between rights. I understand the mentality exists but I don't think it's justified.   Anyway. Instead of me going into some deep dive into second wave feminism which I know absolutely nothing about, I decided to highlight a few of my...

Hi There-     Being vegan may be a slightly newer concept for many folks- maybe someone saw a documentary about the environmental impacts of animal agriculture, or their favourite celebrity went on a vegan kick themselves. It isn't a new concept for me, as my first official intentional participation was in the year of our lord, 2006.  This was before most documentaries or celebrities dawned the vegan word.  But, I think what sparked my officially swearing off contributing to animal suffering as much as possible started long before then. I think it started at around age 5 or 6....