5 Sustainability Tips for Small Business

April 30, 2021 Deanna Jensen

Five Sustainability Tips for Small Business - Dear Summit Supply Co.

If you’re a maker or artist or other product-based business, and especially if your work is inspired by nature, you can do quite a lot (more than you might think!) to make your business more eco-friendly. Your business really can make a big difference, whether you have 20 employees, or you’re rocking the solo-preneur life.

But making shifts toward sustainability doesn’t have to be a complicated or huge undertaking. These are five relatively easy things you can do to make your business more ecologically responsible, and which don’t…

The Adventurer's Gift Guide

December 5, 2017 Deanna Jensen

Conscious gifts for adventure seekers and nature lovers

It's that wonderful time of year again, when the air is crisp and everything seems just a little bit more magical. People smile a little more than usual, and you’re spending extra time with loved ones.

Though the holiday season can often feel like a frenzy of consumerism, my hope is that you seek first to support local and small businesses, finding meaningful gifts that will not only delight the recipient, but make an impact for good, too. I've put together this gift guide to suggest some beautiful and meaningful gift ideas for the adventure-loving woman on your list.

Each of these gifts are respectful to our wild places in one way or another - whether by careful choices in their processes and materials, by inspiring us to better enjoy and care for nature, or by directly supporting conservation efforts.

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I'm Deanna, designer of the sustainable gear for hikers and nature lovers here at Dear Summit. I love sharing about my creative, outdoorsy, and entrepreneurial adventures in the hopes that it might inspire you in your own adventures!

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