Exploration of ValuesDa
Provide purchasing agency and value alignment in products for the home and body.
The heart of Off The Bottle beats with a deep love and respect for Mother Nature.
We opened Off the Bottle in 2021 with a simple mission: reduce dependency on single use plastic in the home and body.
Over the past four and half years in business our primary mission remains and we have added core pillars to our vision.
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Support independent makers of products rooted in reciprocity.
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David RouseProvide purchasing agency and value alignment in products for the home and body.
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Provide a job that aligns with our employee’s values.
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Create a physical space where people can connect face to face.
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Educate ourselves, and other’s about the products we procure.
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Practice a regenerative vs. extractive economic model.
Over the next few months we will be exploring each of these pillars and how Off The Bottle practices them.
Provide purchasing agency and value alignment in products for the home and body.
My son Henry once told me every toothbrush I’ve ever used is still on the planet. What about the two I threw into a campfire when I was a kid? Entranced by the fire I’d watch them coil and rile like the Deetz’s banister. They were transformed by fire, from solid to gas and ash, and still remain in Earth, just as much as the plastic corpses of discarded toothbrushes stacked up in trash dumps across the planet.
There is no throwing your trash away. There is no away.
Between the crust and the ionoshere we live in Earth, not on Earth. There is no away.
When do we stop stacking trash?
The refill life is about tiny victories. Hundreds of micro decisions were made before your jelly jar arrived behind the counter at Off The Bottle to get topped off with hand soap. Our shared values of living a gentler life align here. Refilling is a path toward this goal. Shopping locally is a path. So is supporting makers that share your commitments to a better future, So is building a community of people who give a shit about living a less extractive life.
Off The Bottle exists because we give a shit. We demand a better future.
Agency is where and how you spend your dollars. We are here. Small businesses are the rebellion.
Let’s go!