Our favorite part of running a business is the opportunity it has given us to give back. That’s why we established our 5% Forward program connecting you with domestic charities.
We donate 5% of profits from Cuppow and BNTO in colors to four specific charity partners who work hard to provide resources to those they serve. Whether it’s helping kids thrive at school, or planting dune grass - these domestic charities are highly rated for effectiveness, transparency, and accountability.
We crunched the numbers and chatted with the charities to quantify exactly what resources our donated dollars bought.
Your purchases have helped us raise some serious coin for these very worthwhile domestic charities and we appreciate every ounce of support!
Darcey from the Firefly Adventure Team (which we’re stoked to be sponsoring again in 2015) is totally a smoothie pro. Her recipes always include simple ingredients that, when combined, simply hit the spot.
This one serves her as a great post-trainer protein blast but is good for anyone trying to fuel cleanly after any workout.
If you’re looking for a sunny recipe to temporarily transport you out of winter check out the Firefly Glow recipe featuring goji berries, cherry juice, and more on the Firefly Adventure Team blog:
True to Icelandic tradition, siggi’s products do not contain any artificial preservatives, thickeners, sweeteners, flavors or colors, and are made with milk from family farms who do not use growth hormones such as rBGH. siggi’s dairy is fully committed to making rather delicious yogurt products with simple ingredients and not a lot of sugar, always.
Freaker USA is the global leader in moist handshake prevention and more recently has set their sights at shaking up the import-dominated sock industry with their Kickstarter for Freaker Feet!
For the second installment of Low Impact Life we hopped on the horn with Lauren Krakauskas, Director of Some Things at Freaker, to find out how she does more with less.
We are exploring how people think about their daily environmental footprint in a new interview series called: Low Impact Life
For our first installment, we tapped into the brain of local hero Abe of Fancy Lad Skate Co. We wanted to have a chat about how habits add up - what we got was so much more:
1. What’s something you always carry on your person?
A paper bag filled with peels and cores of fruit so i can compost it but I usually throw it in a flower arrangement of some corporate building downtown so the flowers can get the nutrition.
2. What’s something you hate throwing away?
Anything really. That’s why my room is filled with random tchotchkes. I really throw away almost nothing. The only thing I throw away is baggy socks.
3. Whats your biggest concern about our environment?
The ecological collapse where we all get burned by the sun. Ice caps melting. Running out of food. All of these things I think about everyday.
4. What’s your worst environmental bad habit, something you’d like to work harder on?
I don’t know if this counts but I’m obsessed with showering. I shower like twice a day. I think it goes back into the water cycle, I hope it does. Honestly I also feel guilty about charging so many things on a daily basis, continuing the burning of coal and all. Maybe also spray paint.
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Fancy Lad just dropped their newest masterpiece Fancy Lad 3 and it’s one for the ages. Be sure to check out their skate videos for people who don’t like skate videos and follow ‘em on Instagram: @fancyladskateco
Know someone we should interview who loves talkin’ trash and living lightly? Let us know! support@cuppow.com
Rumi Spice is a company comprised of a team of U.S. Veterans sourcing saffron, the world’s most coveted spice, from one of the most neglected farming communities in the world: Afghanistan.
Selling saffron provides an alternative to growing poppy and opium farming, which is one of the primary sources of income for the Taliban. Without investment in agriculture, Afghan farmers have few prospects making them susceptible to the Taliban.
By providing Afghan farmers with a direct market to produce and sell saffron globally - Rumi Spice enables development and investment to create a foundation for peace and prosperity.
Based out of the Harvard iLab, only a couple of miles away from our HQ at Fringe Union, we invited the Rumi Spice team to visit Fringe and loved learning more about their mission. It was inspiring to learn about their dedication to improving the environments where they served - through sustainable business practices.
Learn more about their work, and support their efforts at: http://www.rumispice.com/
These “Just-Add-Hot-Water Instant Noodles” are super simple, cheap, and delicious. It includes fresh chinese-style noodles (or dry rice noodles), kimchi, shitake mushrooms, bouillon, and beef jerky! Safely store scallions in a BNTO to be added after boiling water - and enjoy!
Check out the recipe for these Spicy Kimchi Beef Instant Noodles here:
