Modern Species

Support the companies who are protecting our planet! (And get some cool stuff while you're at it)

We're partnering with The Climate Collaborative to help get more voters to show up for the planet at the polls this year. Details below!

This is going to be a fun one! Who's coming with us?

We're excited to support this impactful event – Driving Change in Food Sustainability, as part of the PNW Climate Week! Our founder, Gage Mitchell is Moderating a panel featuring the food systems change impact efforts of Atomo Coffee, Seattle Good Business Network, Food Lifeline, and Sukhada P. (as well as some of our own efforts)! We're also sponsoring the refreshments and choosing to purchase brands that are Organic Certified, Non-GMO Verified, Upcycled Certified, Plant-Based, and/or Gluten-Free, etc. – like: Solely Inc., Nixie Beverage Company, Nature's Bakery, ITO EN (North America) INC., Uglies Kettle Chips, Whole Foods Market, Annie's Inc. So if you're in the Seattle area, join us next week for a panel and facilitated discussion and we'll drive change, together!

We owe much of our success to being plugged into purpose-driven communities, like RSA US. Since our founding in 2009, we've encouraged team members to join organizations, volunteer for good causes, serve on boards, lead committees and task forces — anything that makes the community better and supports their personal and progressional growth. Beyond just being a good group of people to be connected with, RSA has great mentorship programs, grant opportunities, and more. If you're not yet familiar with the group check them out and consider joining! You can also ping Gage Mitchell and he'll tell you about his experience as a fellow! Many thanks to RSA for returning the love!

Last month we celebrated our 15th year of designing a better world!!! ?? This journey started with a simple question... "Instead of continuing to design pretty trash aimed at making rich people richer, can we use our superpowers for good?" That question sent us on a quest to find more sustainable materials, eliminate toxins, reduce waste, design more functional and lasting solutions, choose quality over quantity, consider the whole supply chain, etc. It instilled a philosophy of continuous improvement (where the name Modern Species comes from) as we seek to find better ways to run our business to ensure we're taking care of our team, our community, and the planet. It also encouraged us to define the type of companies we wanted to support through our work, and we decided to focus on growing impact-driven brands that are trying to build a more just, healthy, and regenerative world. 15 years... When we started on this path we had no idea where it would take us and it hasn't been an easy road, but we're incredibly grateful for all the opportunities we've gotten to play our small part in making this world a little better. Thanks for coming along on this journey with us! Shall we shoot for another 15 years?

When your entire business is dedicated to bringing about a more just, healthy, and regenerative world – every day is Earth Day! However, we decided to give the team the day off yesterday to honor Mother Earth anyway, because if she's taught us one thing, it's that rest is just as important as action. Happy belated Earth Day to our whole impact-driven community! Let's keep doing what we can to make our Mother happy so she continues letting us live under her roof a little while longer – because man, it's tough living out in space. I mean, where do you find fresh produce, am I right? Team Planet!

We're looking forward to connecting with our impact community! Who will we see at this event next week? (Jan 24, 12pm Pacific, Virtual)