Updated: ePantry is now Grove Collaborative Here are the reasons we love Grove Collaborative: ✦ 100% carbon neutral shipments ✦ Sustainable materials ✦ Reduce plastic waste ✦ Cruelty-free products ✦ Ingredient transparency We get our regular Grove shipments with laundry detergent, recycled toilet paper without plastic packaging, tissues and dish soap. We have switched to some of […]
Jon’s 2014 Green Gift Guide
Posted on November 21, 2014 Written by 5 Comments
My list this year is intended for me, but can apply to almost any active outdoors type man or woman. Goal Zero Switch 10 – $120 The Switch 10 is a battery pack for charging USB devices – and much more. It also has a flashlight, a fan AND it comes with a solar panel that charges […]
Amazon Packaging FAIL
Posted on July 3, 2014 Written by 3 Comments
Why does Amazon insist on using a card board box to ship everything? Today I received a Windows Update Card (i.e., something the size of a credit card that has the license key printed on it) attached to a card board insert inside a much bigger cardboard box. In all they used 260 grams of […]
Don’t Trust Marketing and Labels
Posted on May 18, 2014 Written by 8 Comments
I have to start by saying: I have friends and relatives that work in marketing. Not everyone that works in marketing is a lying scumbag, but some are. To start with, the goal of marketing is to get you to use or buy their product rather than another product or nothing at all. I’m not really […]
Jon’s 2013 Green Gift Guide for Dads and more
Posted on December 9, 2013 Written by 4 Comments
Happy Holidays! Dads can be particularly difficult to buy gifts for because they often have what they need and want really big things like a 3D Printer or a new computer. Need an idea for what to get him? Looking for something he doesn’t have yet? Here’s my list of things for the dad that has almost […]
