I'm Chanell

Hey everyone! My name is Chanell Scott and I like to think of Guffly as my little contribution to this world. I began deeply caring about organics, fair trade, and the "green movement" back in college. Since then, I've always been on the lookout for products that are better for the me and for the world around me. Likewise, I've also found myself fascinated by many organizations, resources, and networks that also care about the world and make it a better place. For example, one of the first places a new Guffly visitor (I want to call them Gufflians, but Jordan isn't sold on that yet :) should begin is Co-op America's National Green Pages. This site lists over 3,000 Guffly kind of businesses and you can sort by type of business or location to make it that much easier.

To me, Guffly is more than just the name of our little blog. I think it's a way life that is better for the environment, my health, and the fantastic people all around me. And the best part of all - being Guffly can be so easy. That's exactly why we are here. We want to make it easy to live good. So, hopefully someone out there will find us useful...and drop us a line when they do. I guess you could say that we are on a journey, and will connect you with all the Guffly things we find along the way. We'll share what we know and hope you'll join us in conversation.

A little about me: I'm 24, I like the color orange, and I love riding my bike.

I'll leave you with a poem I enjoyed when I was a kid:


YOU AND I

Only one I in the whole wide world
And millions and millions of you,
But every you is an I to itself
And I am a you to you, too!
But if I am a you and you are an I
And the opposite also is true,
It makes us both the same somehow
Yet splits us each in two.
It's more and more mysterious,
The more I think it through:
Every you everywhere in the world is an I;
Every I in the world is a you!

(Mary Ann Hoberman, 1994)


peace.

I'm Jordan

My name is Jordan Contreras and I'm writing about a promise that I made to my friend Chanell Scott. I promised her that I would take initiative and become a more Eco-conscious person. I can't say that I've ever been grotesquely wasteful or hurtful to our environment; but I also can't say that I was Ricky the Recycler Extraordinaire either. Just a guy going through life with a blind eye toward a very important topic--the environment.

I hate the word "Green"! It literally sickens me to hear the Oscars referred to as the "Green" Oscars; and when I see the new "Green" marketing campaign for Walmart I have to shake my head in disgust. What posers! Does anyone really think that Walmart cares about the health of the environment or the people that inhabit it? According to the Center for Environmental Health, Walmart sold vinyl baby bibs with extremely high levels of lead as recent as May 2007. And now they decide to stick the new, money-making buzz word "Green" in front of their name with the hopes of getting in on the action too. It just doesn't seem genuine to me.

I don't want to be like that. So from this day forward I'm not using the word "Green". Instead, I'll be using a much more genuine word; I'll use "Guffly"(see post labeled "About Guffly, Intro" for in-depth description of Guffly).

This blog will be about the experiences Chanell and I encounter, on our journey to becoming Guffly. We'll talk about all of the guffleicious products that we find, and the interesting Guffly practices that we choose to instill into our lives.

So leave me comment about anything you think is worthy of being labeled Guffly.

Wanna be friends? Check out my Myspace profile.

TTYL

What is guffly?

Guffly is a term used to describe products, services, a way of life, and/or a state of mind or being that causes a less negative and a more postive impact on the environment, the local and global community, and future generations.

Guffly is about simple and creative alternatives. Something is guffly if it achieves its purpose without hurting or harming people or the environment in the process of it being made, used, or disposed of. All of our features are either organic, all-natural, recycled, or fair-trade.

Guffly is good.

This blog is about the guffly stuff out there in the world. We'll examine people, products, initiatives, and just about anything else that has a guffly purpose in the world.

Your comments and feedback are always welcome!

Thanks,

some guffly kind of folks