Sustainability

Even beyond our core mission and values, Owlfly LLC is committed to sustainability and community in every aspect of our day-to-day operations. A few examples are provided below, to provide transparency and to serve as a roadmap for other small businesses interested in reducing their carbon footprint.

Recycled Packaging

Owlfly purchases all of its standard commercial packaging materials from EcoEnclose, a sustainable shipping company that specializes in circular and regenerative materials.

For large and non-standard orders, we will always preferentially re-use packaging materials that were shipped to us by other vendors instead of buying more. We will never purchase plastic padding (like bubble-wrap) ourselves.

Owlfly Surplus

Because things change quickly in science and R&D, some of the materials we've purchased for experiments are no longer useful to us. We've listed them on our website in case they might be helpful for someone else.

Art Program

About 1 in 200 books we receive from the printer are damaged in some way and cannot be sold. We donate all of our damaged books to art programs in need of illustrated materials for scrapbooking and collages. Anything that cannot be repurposed is recycled. You can request damaged books here.

Investments in Infrastructure

Owlfly's funds are deposited in a business bank account through Clean Energy Credit Union, which specializes in providing affordable loans for families interested in installing solar or geothermal systems, improving home efficiency, or purchasing an electric vehicle.

This way, we can ensure every penny of our funding is going to good use - even before we spend it!

Educational Outreach

Science can only reach its full potential when it is openly shared. Owlfly LLC encourages (and compensates) our science and engineering staff to participate in approved educational outreach programs. We often collaborate with Skype a Scientist, the Frenchtown Bookshop, Honey Hollow, Great Swamp, the Plainsboro Preserve, and many other great organizations across the country.

You can book any of our most popular programs here. We offer a limited number of free science programs for public schools as our scheduling permits.