The Essentia Blog

Ok, so you want the skinny on soy memory foam mattresses?
The Soy memory foam available is a maximum of 15% soy…the rest is the same old petroleum based foam. When i say 15, it’s generous. It’s usually only 2-10% soy.
- Is it healthier to sleep on? No
- Does it prevent the strong [...]

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Information Technology is sinking a huge environmental footprint.
Here’s what you can do:
1) Check the manufacturer’s website before you buy; see if they take responsibility for their out-dated desk tops.
2) Look to local recycling centers.
- Type in “Computer Recycling YOUR CITY” in Google and there’s a great chance you’ll find one. They’ll dispose of it safely [...]

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Did you know all Essentia mattresses sold within Canada don’t contain fire retardants.
Fire retardants are in practically every mattress on the market. Some companies even use PDDE and boric acid in their FR’s which is kinda frightening. Leaching into your body like hand cream many chemicals used accumulate in your body.
Luckly Canada has not passed [...]

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Packaging, state officials say, accounts for about 1/3 of the 18 million tons of garbage generated in New York alone each year. The garbage generated by the fast food industry is both dangerous peoples health and the environment.
Nutrition labels tell us that a Big Mac is 52% fat and 45% sodium, so we switch [...]

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People in Toronto are loving our natural memory foam mattresses.
Website traffic is increasing weekly and we’re finally getting almost as many Canadians as Americans buying our memory foam mattresses. They love the fact we’re Canadian and make everything in Canada.
It’s clear Torontonians are telling their friends about our green mattresses by the calls [...]

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Genetic modified foods are the most frightening environmental catastrophes I’ve come to know. Most pollution is reversible but genetic pollution is truly dangerous because it is not. Monsanto, worlds largest manufacture of GMO seeds and the pesticides that follow, have a history of manufacturing products with devastating health consequences. Remember PCB’s, DDT, Agent Orange [...]

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Here’s your opportunity to buy 1 acre of rainforest for just $15.
The rainforest is being burned for soy and palm plantations as well as to raise cattle.
The rush for Biofuels is also fueling this destruction and according to Greenpeace “a handful of international corporations are ultimately responsible for the slashing and burning of Indonesia’s peatland [...]

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We are now official 1% For The Planet members.
Members donate 1% of their sales to pre-approved environmental causes. Not sure who we’ll be donating too this year but i’ll certainly mention it in a future post. Many non-profits to choose from.
Many company who donate millions per year never even come close to their 1% so [...]

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Have you ever wondered if the company you’re buying a product from gives a hoot about the Earth?
Well ClimateCounts.org has a scorecard which measures companies on their commitment to tackling global warming. Using this scorecard while shopping is an easy way make your purchase count in all the right ways.
Climate Counts use a 0-to-100 point [...]

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Joe Alexander, the sales & marketing director over at San Francisco based Keetsa mattress store called me today.
He wanted some spec sheets on our products and we had a little chat. I guess he was fishing for some info on the competition. (no clue who he was until after the call when i Googled him)
He [...]

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