July 2021 - JYBE

Plastic Production and Climate Change are Different Sides of the Same Calamity

Single-use plastic waste is its own out-of-control crisis that has fouled our oceans and natural spaces for centuries to come. Global heating has been working invisibly to fundamentally restructure our climate and change the way our weather patterns organize and impact our societies. Rarely do we talk about them in the same breath– or news …

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Progress on the Way to Perfection

Sustainability / By Alison Diamond

Taking a stance, putting your thoughts and beliefs out into the world; it’s basically an invitation for arguments and, in our case, harsh words and haters on social media. We expect it. The word Jybe is derived from the sailing term, jibe, which means to change direction with the wind behind you. We picked it …

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Amazon, You Are Primed for Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability / By Paul Kradin

In an interesting quirk of demographics and marketing, there are apparently more Amazon Prime members than American households. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are about 123 million U.S. households, but Amazon reports having 147 million Prime members. This seems to show that most U.S. households get things from Amazon through their Prime membership, …

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