The garbage patch is primarily composed of plastic waste, including bottles, bags, fishing nets, and other discarded materials that have been carried by ocean currents and concentrated in this region. The high concentration of plastic particles poses a significant threat to marine life, as animals often mistake the debris for food or become entangled in it, leading to injury or death.
We are committed to reducing our impact on the planet by incorporating recycled poly into our manufacturing processes. By using recycled poly, which is derived from post-consumer plastic waste, we actively participate in the circular economy. This sustainable approach helps divert plastic waste from landfills and oceans, mitigating the environmental harm caused by plastic pollution. By transforming discarded materials into usable resources, we reduce the demand for virgin materials and conserve valuable natural resources. Moreover, our use of recycled poly significantly lowers carbon emissions and energy consumption compared to traditional production methods.
Bee Downtown installs and maintains beehives on corporate campuses across the southeast while simultaneously providing year-round employee engagement and leadership development programming to many of America’s leading corporations.
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At Proto101, we believe that people are more important than ideas because good ideas only become a reality with great people. With this in mind, finding the right people to work with is a job we take very seriously. It is the job of evaluating fit for the employee and the company, a two-way interview.
Over the course of our careers, we have interviewed over 2000 people and we've learned some things along the way:
1. Probe for experience: asking "tell me about a time when..." questions, allow you to hear rea-life examples of how candidates behaved, what they focus on, and previous results. You can get a good sense of how candidates handle stress, conflict, prioritization, and decision making.
2. Know what's hard to teach: integrity, curiosity, and a growth mindset are aspects that we think are important in our co-workers that very hard to teach, so, we probe on them deeply during the interview process.
3. Hire communicators: business is a team sport and communication is essential to coordination.
4. Check the references of their references: a candidate's references should be glowing because they have been hand-selected. To get a less-biased view, ask the initial reference for someone else they can talk to about the candidate.
5. Go beyond your network: it has been proven that the more diverse a group is, the more resilient and better performing teams are. In order to increase diversity of your teams, you need to seek out candidates outside of your personal network.
6. Matching values: we are a value-driven company and it is important to us that our team members are paddling in the same direction as us with respect to those things that we find important: putting people first; inventing and simplifying; committing to quality and sustainability; demonstrating kindness and respect for our planet, team members, and customers; having fun; and testing, learning, and growing.
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We spent years obsessing, researching, and developing our signature t-shirt fabric to get it juuust right. We engineered it from premium long-staple American-grown Supima cotton and TENCEL eucalyptus for their unique properties: unbelievable softness, durability after washing, and resistance to color fading and stretching. The material is designed with comfort technology and stretch to quickly wick away sweat (or spills) and give you the highest grade sun protection so you can wear your t-shirt from Zoom call to trail hike to dinner.
We source our Supima cotton in partnership with the Better Cotton Initiative, the world’s leading industry expert on sustainable growing practices. This means using 15% less water than regular cotton and educating local growers on these environmentally-friendly practices.
TENCEL is a biodegradable and renewable natural fiber made from Eucalyptus wood pulp. A major benefit of TENCEL is its natural strength and durability which means your t-shirt will last longer a.k.a. buy less, waste less. This makes it one of the most eco-friendly and sustainably-sourced materials from cradle to grave.
Our fabrics are certified by OEKO-TEX 100 so you can put your t-shirt on knowing there are no harmful chemicals or pesticides touching your skin.
The packaging used to ship your t-shirt is made from 100% recycled content and is fully recyclable, compostable and biodegradable. The protective plastic sleeve surrounding your t-shirt is made from recycled materials and can also be recycled.
To make your t-shirts last longer for that "as-good-as-new" look, minimize energy usage, and reduce the amount of micro-plastics that end up in our water supply, we recommend washing in cold water and laying flat to dry. Of course, we know life gets busy so our t-shirts are built to withstand the tumble dryer for when you just can't wait.
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Goals are short-term and fickle. When we don't achieve that specific goal, we're left with a feeling of failure and little progress towards what we actually wanted to achieve. Systems, on the other hand, are a way of looking at the world that help us improve our odds and increase the "surface area of luck" - even when things are failing. Systems lead to lasting change and ultimately, the most valuable lessons.
So what are our systems for 2021?
Listening to you, our community: We look for your feedback everywhere (reviews, emails, Instagram DMs, texts), because you help us figure out what we need to do better and what we should make next (we hear you ladies.) Thank you for being a part of this journey with us.
Ruthless prioritization: As a small company, every hour in the day counts. We are continuously asking ourselves what is the one thing we should be focused on right now to be the most effective (writing you this email!)
Raising the bar on the fashion industry: The fashion industry has a history of negative impact on the environment, from water and pesticide usage to disposable fashion. While we don’t expect to be able fix everything right away, we know that if we focus on continuous improvement across our supply chain, we tread lighter on the planet. This means we're doubling down on sourcing sustainable materials with Better Cotton Initiative and TENCEL, certifying our fabrics with OEKO-TEX100 to be free from harmful chemicals, partnering with One Tree Planted to support global reforestation, and more to come in 2021.
Cheers to a healthy, happy year!]]>