The eco-friendly products organization, Gaia Guy, was born from a burning need to:
- remove the environmental angst of consumption
- provide a meaningful livelihood from regenerative solutions & renewable materials
- find a tribe of like-minded people who uplift each other
What follows is an effort to detail what that means to both of us. You will be rewarded in more ways than one after you kindly allow these words to skip through your mind.
A Cure for the Environmental Angst of Consumption
This feeling of angst or eco-conscious strain comes from consuming things that don't align to your ecological principles. Many of these purchases are necessary for daily life, yet at times they don’t get nearly the equivalent careful consideration that many put into agonizing over ingredients on an organic paleo protein bar.
For example, you probably used a toothbrush at least once today, right? It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that you’ll use one again, agreed? A safe wager would be on you using one for as long as you have teeth, would you say?
Right, so shouldn’t we give that seemingly inconsequential purchase the same consideration as other products we put in our mouths?
Who likes or would recommend to someone putting plastic in their mouth at all, let alone #everydamnday? Not too many is a safe guess. And throwing “away” an Oral B toothbrush or whatever conventional plastic one every few months, should make you feel about as good as the following picture does.
The facts are that only a small fraction will get recycled into plastic lumber or some other object and that comes after some large energy inputs.
However, the vast majority (nearly 500 million, yes that’s half a billion), in the USA each year end up in landfills. A few million or more make their way to the ocean to degrade down to tiny and deadly microplastics.
So, bring on the bamboo toothbrush as a start to this ecological regenerative enterprise based on renewable materials. It’s not a new idea given the history of the toothbrush, yet it is immensely powerful given the scale of this industry.
Imagine each time you hold that light and sturdy bamboo brush, you can be reminded of an action you took to support your ecological values. You could have turned a blind eye, but you said, "Nope, not this time. There's a better way."
Pivotal Point and Persistent Passion
Of course, that is just a starting point, isn’t it? The passion for producing products made of natural materials is nearly as intense as the desire for people to support them. This is no surprise given the shocking state of the health of people and planet. The time to do better is now.
Look around and see all the plastic and other nonsensical items our species has cleverly created. It could feel overwhelming to imagine replacing all this pervading plastic overnight. And it’s OK to inhabitant that space.
However long you stay there though, be sure to move on to the juicy creative design headspace that will inevitable arouse solutions. Simple and perhaps obvious inventions like replacing all plastic drinking straws with a reusable glass straw. And to more complex ones that replace plastic, toxic chemicals and other pollutants with bio-based ingredients.
Gaia Guy is committed to contributing more natural solutions that serve the well-being of the earth and earthlings. It isn’t presumptuous to state that you also want to see more truly good goods replacing those environmental angst inducing ones, right?
An eco-friendly prepared, packaged and produced product that reflects the best of our historical harmony with the natural world and embodies our shared environmental ideals is the design brief.
This is the chance to vote for our shared ecological principles by putting our financial energy to work for good. Hey, you're going to buy a toothbrush at some point, right? Why not brush better with a bamboo toothbrush?
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