Earth Day
eARTH DAY - Every Day Matters.
How you shop has always mattered, but this time in quarantine has made it undeniable. The world is watching nature comeback while we are kept in - a natural que to do more (or less) to maintain our symbiotic relationship with nature. We have complied a short list of local businesses that compliment a more environmentally friendly lifestyle.
Compost collective kc
DID YOU KNOW NEARLY HALF OF YOUR GARBAGE IS FOOD?
DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT FOOD WASTE COULD BE SEPARATED OUT FROM YOUR TRASH, PICKED UP AT YOUR CURB, AND THEN TURNED INTO NUTRIENT RICH COMPOST?
The answer is the foundation that Compost Collective KC has built itself on a response to better support the lack of attention the environment was receiving. The collective concept was brought to Kansas City by Meredith McCallister after moving from Boston and missing her previous collection she had grown used to. So McCallister and her husband brought the concept to KC - making composting easy for the subscriber. When you support this local business, you are supporting the larger initiative to support our planet by helping keep food waste out of landfills and sending it back into the earth where it came from! Compost Collective is always a no contact process, you put your full buckets curbside on collection day and the collective pick up, leaving you with a clean bag and clean bucket.
Contact info:
@compostcollectivekc
Call: 8165509350
Email: compostcollectivekc@gmail.com
hand and land
Founded by female cousins Jess & Nicole, Hand and Land is a sustainable lifestyle shop and spa that curates handcrafted, eco-friendly products for the home and for holistic health. Their offerings include environmentally conscious refillable options for both household cleaning items and personal care products.
During the Covid-19 quarantine, they are bringing their refill station to you. Leave your empty, sanitized bottles on your porch for refill. Deliveries are on Monday and Thursday afternoons from 12-3pm.
Contact info:
@handandland
Call: 8167868400
Email: contact@handandland.com
glass bandit kc
Glass Bandit KC, a curbside glass recycling service for residents and businesses - their mission: make glass recycling convenient and affordable. Support their mission this Earth Day, by visiting their website. Provided with your subscription, you’ll receive an 18-gallon bin at no cost and bi-weekly pickup! Support their mission this Earth Day, by visiting their website — glassbandit.com
Contact info:
@glassbanditkc
Call: 9137216970
Email: info@glassbandit.com
welwythn
Founded by local holistic beauty buyer Gina Holmberg & her husband Jared, Welwythn Beauty and wellness offers an array of all-natural non- toxic products from adaptogens to ‘Saffron Lattes.’ Their product lines include Kjear Weis, Moon Juice, Goop, Stamba, and more. Stocking pantry items, from Brightland’s coveted olive oils to Dani Kenney’s ‘Clearing Space’ multisurface cleaning spray. A shop designed and built by the couple and close friends, the shelves are carefully curated with items meant to make you feel like your best self from within.
Welwythn is currently offering drop of delivery services Mondays and Fridays.
Contact info:
@welwythn
Call: 9137666982
Email: Gina@welwythn.com
native atlas
Modern Holistic Beauty and Wellness products founder-made here in Westport. Founded by holistic skin care practitioner Alexia Wambua, Native Atlas' desire is to help others live a healthier life by crafting sustainable, high-preformance products, using only the purest ingredients. By using only oils that are wildcrafted or certified organic and then cold-pressed, the plants the company uses in their luscious products are able to continue the pure and sustainable growth cycle year after year. Plants are grown in the wild and not commercially farmed and cold-pressed is a low-heat technique. Native Atlas stands behind the simple belief that by using organic plants that have been grown without pesticides or additives that this lack of barriers is your natural way of letting nothing get in the way of your skins best.
This Earth Day we are putting extra shine on their bath soak - because it's wrapped in fully compostable packaging. And in pandemic response, Native Atlas has rolled out it's Supreme Clean Waterless Hand Wash that is being included with every order while supplies last...
They're accepting online orders for delivery at — nativeatlas.com
Contact info:
@native_atlas
Email: alexia@nativeatlas.com
virgil’s plant shop
Just like outdoor plants, indoor plants in your home convert carbon dioxide into new oxygen and help purify the air, they're also known to absorb toxins in the air around you and studies show they also reduce anxiety, fatigue, sore throats and even colds! Also having house plants just feels nice. Assuming that Lawrence's popular Jungle House owner Rachel Guffey knew all of this when she decided to open Virgil’s Plant Shop, a true houseplant oasis. Virgil’s is offering updated inventory through their instagram for your viewing and purchase along with curbside pickup, and free delivery within 15 miles of downtown Kansas City.
Contact info:
@virgilsplantshop
Email: info@virgilsplantshop.com
Address: 2711 Troost Ave KCMO 64109
scout & cellar
Scout & Cellar is a female founded MLM company. After working as a commercial litigator, Scout & Cellar founder Sarah Shadonix decided to follow a passion and become a sommelier. It was during her sommelier studies that Shadonix discovered it wasn’t uncommon for wine makers to use things such as pesticides, added sugars or even “mega purple,” a color corrector. So Shadonix’s decided to start a wine company that would sell “clean-crafted wines” using grapes grown with no synthetic pesticides, vilifying with no chemical additives, not adding sugar or sweetener, and contain no more than 100ppm of sulfites. Sarah’s sommelier background allows her to special choose not just great tasting organic wines but they are lab tested to meet the S&C standard of clean.
Scout and Cellar wines sell for $18-$50 and can be purchased online or through our local constituent Margi Rusten. If any of you would like to stock up on healthy wines that would be delivered to your doorstep, enjoy free shipping on $99 or more, 10% off a case, 5% off 6-11 bottles by shopping online at — www.scoutandcellar.com/margirusten
Contact info:
@scoutandcellar
Margi Rusten, Executive Manager
Call: 6083957140
Email: Pure.win.margi@gmail.com
: .com/margirusten
plant-based eats
Kansas City may be the country's unofficial BBQ capital but it's popping up on plant-based radars everywhere with show including plant-based meals into your diet can have both environmental and health benefits whether you choose to follow a vegan, vegetarian or a flexaterian diet, plant-based options are impactful. This year try to incorporate more meatless into your diet - even if it's just on Mondays!
Our current local veggie friendly spots that are still operating during COVID are:
Happy Apple Cafe — Email: happyapplecafe@gmail.com @happyapplecafe
Vegan Vittles — @vegannotchveganvittles
Littles Bakeshop — @little_bake_shop
The Bite — Call: 8165036059. Email: info@thebitekc.com. @thebitekc
Succotash — @succotashkc
Unforked — Email: info@unforked.com. @unforked
Caffeterria Modern - Call: 9137443100. Email: info@caffetteriamoderncafe.com @caffetteriacafe
UnBakery — @unbakeryandjuicery
Corvino - Call: 8168324564. Email: info@corvino.com. @corvinokc
Enjoy Pure Foods — Call: 9135441515. Email: cross.staci@gmail.com. @enjoypurefood
Taqueria Vegana — Email: taqueriavegana@gmail.com @taqueriaveganakc
Howard's — Call: 8167217835 Email: craig@howardskc.com @howardskcmo
Ruby Jeans Juicery — Call: 8163211440. Email: info@rubyjeansjuicery.com
Zen Donkey Farms — Email: info@zendonkeyfarms.com @zendonkeyfarms
Honerable mentions that have had to close their doors during this time are:
Cafe Gratitude
Pirates Bone Burgers
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fARM TO FRIDGE
Along with conserving fossil fuels by shopping for food that has been grown close to home, family farms produce less environmental waste in the form of carbon monoxide, pesticide use and chemical fertilizers. Additionally, our local farmers markets also operate in the open air and that's do not require electricity or heating.
Located off Wornall Rd, Brookside Farmer’s Market offers our community to enjoy their open air shopping experience from 6ft away! Support Kansas City’s original farmer’s market offering organic, grower-only by visiting them at a close distance or placing an order online. Organic farming is better for the soil, the environment, and your body!
Contact info:
@brooksidefarmersmarket
Email: info@brooksidefarmersmarket.com
We also encourage you to visit Overland Park Farmer’s Market, they have recently added a drive-thru option, located in the Overland Park convention center parking lot. This option offers physically-distanced, minimal to no-contact to get your fresh produce. Keeping our markets strong and shopping local during this time is our responsibility as a community!
Contact info:
@opfarmersmarket
Call:9138956390
Email: kristina.stanley@opkansas.org
And since making viewing suggestions is of current trend we wanted to include an Earth Day recommendation that anyone reading this can enjoy from the comfort of home and that is to stream The Biggest Little Farm on Amazon a feel good film that follows a couple of former city dwellers through their successes and failures as they work to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles. You can't help but feel hopeful while watching the desolate land that they purchased as it begins to transform and thrive.