More than Carbon Neutral….

Carbon Negative – Another World’s First From Miessence

Miessence is committed to providing exceptional home, health and body products that support the health and vitality of our customers and the planet. Our sustainable approach for sourcing raw materials respects, supports and nurtures the ecology and energy of the planet, our customers, and the indigenous people who labor to grow our pure ingredients. That’s why we are the world’s first certified organic skin care, personal care and nutritional products company to be carbon negative!

As the debate on climate change and carbon emissions continues, Miessence believes that responsible companies shouldn’t stop at simply reducing their own carbon emissions – something Miessence has been doing for years – but take action to move towards a carbon neutral world.

Now with every purchase of Miessence products, you’ll actually be helping the environment by taking excess carbon out of the atmosphere.

To accomplish this important work, Miessence has extended our partnership with Greenfleet, a leading conservation organization in Australia that provides practical ways for people, businesses and organizations to prevent and minimize the greenhouse gases they produce. Greenfleet works to create forests in areas of environmental concern, putting back (where possible) the mix of native species that would have been present in the local area prior to land clearing, and now has in excess of 6 million trees growing to capture carbon on behalf of its supporters. That’s news worthy to be shouted from the mountain tops!

Miessence Environmental Statement

Our passion for organic products translates into a devotion to ethical and sustainable business practices that support the environment. We achieve this through an internal focus on eco-friendly business practices and by following innovative and ecological business ideas. We practice a genuine ‘cradle-to-grave’ approach to sustainable manufacturing and invite like-minded suppliers and partners to share in this work with us.

As the world’s first certified organic skin care (USDA certified 2002), personal care and nutritional products company to achieve carbon negative status, it is our established policy to be committed to and responsible for the environmental legacy of our company.

To achieve this goal we engage in the following activities:

• Consistently work to exceed regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Look for new ways to eliminate or minimize the effects of pollution on our world.
• Utilize raw materials, water and energy in the most efficient ways.
• Work with only certified organic and environmentally responsible suppliers and sub-contractors wherever practical in order to reduce our environmental impact.
• Regularly monitor and audit our environmental performance with third-party certifiers.
• Consistently work to reduce the environmental impact of our manufacturing and distribution processes where practicable.
• Have become a carbon negative company through the purchase of carbon credits exceeding our usage.
• Implemented a waste minimization program involving recycling strategies and providing segregation of wastes needing disposal.
• Continually train company personnel to implement environmental management techniques effectively.
• Take education seriously and regularly educate customers and alliance partners to promote the principles of
sustainability wherever possible so that everyone can collectively make a positive difference in their health and the future of the environment.

As an Independent Representative for Miessence products I am also purchasing my own carbon offsets through a great company called Native Energy.

Ely Organics is a carbon neutral home based business.

We purchase carbon off sets through Native Energy for transportation and home energy use.

Find out more about Renewable Energy Credits and Carbon Off-sets here

Biodegradeable Dishwashing Concentrate

The myth that’s out there is that we need toxic substances to have our quality of life. Green Chemistry is dispelling that myth everyday and the more awareness we have of the power and potential of green chemistry the greater the rate of adoption and implementation is going to be toward a sustainable civilization.”

Paul Anastas, the father of Green Chemistry

Green Chemistry sounds like a contradiction in terms. The chemicals we find in our food, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and so much else are complex synthetic compounds far removed from their sources in the natural world. And for all their effectiveness and convenience they’re also often toxic to nature and some to the human body. Not just the ones in the products we use but those that are used and discarded in the manufacturing process which often linger long afterward in the environment.

But imagine a world where our man made chemistry is benign and as elegant as nature’s own patterns because it’s modeled on natural processes.

The chemicals we manufacture for modern needs are complex synthetic compounds. Most are untested and some are toxic to nature and the human body. But the new science of green chemistry offers the possibility of products that are “benign by design,” modeled on natural processes. Join us as we explore how by following the lead of nature we may be able to transform petro-chemistry into biochemistry. To learn more, listen to the audio presentations about Green Chemistry availalbe from A World of Possibilities, links below.

Green Chemistry Better Living Through Nature

Guests:
Janine Benyus, President of the Board, Biomimicry Institute
Dr. Paul Anastas, Director for the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering; Professor in the Practice of Green Chemistry, Yale University
Beverley Thorpe, Director, Clean Production Action (International)
Dr. John Warner, President and Chief Technology Officer, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry

(Click on a guest’s name to listen to their full unedited interview.)

In 2007, I attended the annual Bioneers conference with Narelle and Colin Chenery, directors for ONEgroup. Paul Anastas was a plenary speaker at the conference that year.

While all the products that ONEgroup manufactures already fit in the category of Green Chemistry, Colin and Narelle were particularly inspired after hearing Paul’s presentation at the conference. They returned home to Australia that fall with the intention of creating a new cleaning product specifically formulated using the 12 principles of Green Chemistry.

Thus the creation of Biodegradeable Dishwashing Concentrate by ONEgroup.

Click Here to PURCHASE Biodegradeable Dishwashing Concentrate

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