WI-ME - An Environmentally Conscious Company

When people discuss about being environmentally conscious the focus is on cars, food, and even straws  but for some reason the big elephant in the room never gets spoken of… ocean vessels. Ocean transportation accounts for nearly 90% of global trade. And yet there is not one single polluting restriction against these dirty behemoths on the ocean.

Ocean Vessels Are Worse Than Cars

So, how bad are these ships? Well, it only takes fifteen of the largest ships to emit as much air pollution as the entire world’s 760 million cars. What’s even more shocking is that there are currently 90,000 vessels in the world that burn approximately 370 million tons of fuel per year emitting 20 million tons of Sulphur Oxides (SOx). Yes, you read that right. TWENTY MILLION TONS compared to the 78,599 tons of (SOx) annually emitted by cars!

Wi-Me Is Here To Help!

What can we do to help? It’s simple talk with your wallet not with your mouth. Buy things that are sourced and manufactured locally in North America. As we talked about earlier we’ve actually moved our manufacturing state-side which means when you buy one of our snowboards you’re showing that you care about the environment too. That’s right those decks are now made state-side and on demand. As other snowboard manufacturers talk the talk we wanted to walk the walk.

Think Globally / Sourced Locally

We’ve even gone one step further by attempting our best to source as many of the materials used in the manufacturing of our snowboards such as composites, wood, and plastics are obtained locally. For example, the aspen core within our boards come from an ISC certified US Lumbermill. In addition, we build our boards using Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing (ECM). Simply put, concepts like pollution prevention, energy efficiency, material substitution and maximization of recycled content guide us on how we make these decks.

If you want to support a passionate company with a good sense of humor and focused on using their brand for bigger things like fighting cancer we’re your brand. Like our company’s motto reads “Really Good Shred” we don’t just mean it, we live it.