Trying to cut out single-use plastic from your routine can feel… overwhelming. We hear it over and over from friends when they talk about their own attempts. As if feeling surrounded by the stuff is not daunting enough, when they look around they see so many other people merrily using as much plastic as they …
Here at JYBE we love trash facts. We love to read them. We love to tell you about them. We love to mention them on virtual happy hours. We are probably on the cusp of losing lots of friends because of it. Kidding. But I grew up learning with memory games. Rhyming things or coming …
It is so tempting to search for easy explanations for the onset of debilitating diseases, like Alzheimer’s, that seem to evade our medical science. But finding the culprit should be based on credible research so people aren’t accidentally dosed with a bolus of confusion alongside their existing fears. We’ve heard accusations about aluminum playing a …
Many of our daily rituals and practices are so routine we never stop to think about their origin, and the same can be said about some of the symbols we look to day-to-day for guidance. Take, for instance, the ubiquitous recycling triangle printed on millions of consumer products and packages. We see it everywhere, but …
Jybers, Thank you doesn’t fully cover it, but it’s how we truly feel. Thankful. We were crazy enough to launch a new business in the midst of 2020’s uncertainty, and you were valiant enough to double down on your sustainability efforts in a year filled with a thousand distractions. I’ve said it before and think …
Little known fact: all those presents we exchange in December create about 25 million tons of extra waste, much of it from the gift wrapping and extra packaging we use. That’s about one million tons…per day. Bite down hard, mother nature. Better known fact: most people rarely remember what the wrapping looked like even a …
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Why do I Jybe? Upon first being asked, I didn’t really know what to say, or how to say it. I don’t plan on ever having children, so the whole “making sure my child has a safe planet on which to live” argument doesn’t really work for me. Then I realized that, for me, it’s …
Everyone loves to Netflix and chill, ammmiiiright? Here are our favorite ocean-focused documentaries you should watch one after the other. My Octopus Teacher This one took our breath away. Not only is it visually stunning but the emotional (and almost 100% underwater!) journey that My Octopus Teacher takes you on is truly a thing of …
We’ve posted in the past about the dangerous PFAS (Pea’-fas) lining that coats most of the molded fiber containers used for takeout food. A few jurisdictions have outlawed them, but we’ve yet to encounter any PFAS police. New research would seem to show that the horse has already left the barn on protecting the public …
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