Our Environmental Impact
Your purchase supports environmental and community impact.
With each order place, we plant 2 mangrove trees in Kenya and removing 10 plastic bottles of ocean-bound plastic. These efforts restore natural habitats, improve coral reef health, fight climate change by capturing CO2, and reduce plastic pollution—while supporting local livelihoods and alleviating poverty. Powered by a partnership with The GoodAPI who has partnerships with EarthLungs Reforestation Foundation, Veritree, and Plastic Bank. Read more below.
The GoodAPI has partnered with Veritree to plant Mangrove trees in Kenya and support local communities. Read below to see how our work support UN Sustainable Development Goals to build a better and more sustainable future for all.
Destruction of Mangrove Forests
Coastal communities in Eastern Africa are dependent on the mangrove ecosystems for employment, livelihood, and nutrition. In recent decades, these coastal areas have been urbanized at unprecedented rates. Mangrove forests were converted into other land use. Coupled with lack of effective governance, mangroves were overexploited and over-harvested. The destruction of the mangrove forests also contributed to the loss of critical habitats for many organisms. Threatening the livelihoods of these impoverished communities, pushing them further into poverty.
With your support, we are restoring the mangrove forests. The goal of this project is to empower the impoverished coastal community to break the poverty cycle. In restoring the mangrove estuary, which is rich in biodiversity, this project will provide fishing grounds for local people. This helps to create additional income streams, including sustainable harvests from the mangrove forests. The restored forests will also help to stabilize coastlines. This will act as a vital line of defense to protect the land and the communities during tropical storms.
Removing Ocean Bound Plastics
TheGoodAPI has partnered with Plastic Bank to remove ocean bound plastics and support local communities. Read below to see how our work support UN Sustainable Development Goals to build a better and more sustainable future for all
Stopping plastic from within 50km of an ocean-bound waterway or coastline reduces its likelihood from flowing into the ocean. This in turn helps to protect marine life, microorganisms, and endangered species from plastic pollution.
Each step in the plastics life cycle — extraction, transport, manufacture and disposal — emits massive amounts of greenhouse gases, mostly CO2.. Ocean Bound plastic is turned into plastic feedstock which enables a circular economy and reduces need for virgin plastic material.
Join us in an effort to have a positive environmental impact while enjoying your favorite cup of coffee or tea!
EcoVibe Roast contributes 2 trees per order and the removal of 10 plastic bottles per order at no additional cost to you. However, you will have the opportunity to provide an additional contribution at checkout, if you wish, but definitely NO OBLIGATION! We do this because we care about the environment 🤎🌳🌎