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Biz Offers Items That Are Safer For The Environment, Gives Back To Community
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She enjoys working with vendors who share similar values — many of which are small businesses that are female or family-owned and care about their impact on the environment.
“Living a more eco-conscious lifestyle is doable for everyone.”
I’m the type of person that likes to shop in brick-and- mortar stores when trying something I’ve never used before. I like to see and touch the product, and ask ques- tions about the product to a
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Meadows notes that Ev- eryday Better will be host- ing pop-up events later in the year, when she’ll invite fellow local artists and mak- ers to sell their items. Fol-
Becoming a store owner was a big career change for Meadows, who was previ- ously a public school teacher in Hawai‘i. When she began
“I wanted to try more eco-conscious products but
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“We sell beautiful things from Morocco, Germany, Turkey, Canada and many other countries, as well as from the United States. It’s also my privilege to carry lovely products from artists and makers from our very own Aloha State too,” says Meadows.
knowledgeable person work- ing in the store,” she says.
low the shop on Instagram (@everydaybetter_by_ greenmeadows) for details.
Another benefit for people who choose to shop at Every Day Better: the store donates a portion of the profits to a local nonprofit. Meadows has a chalkboard behind the store counter that lists the current nonprofit — a dif-
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Every Day Better by Green Meadows features a wide variety of sustainable merchandise from numerous unique vendors.
“We love being in Kaimukī — I grew up here, the people are friendly and I love being one of the many gems of the neighborhood. The building I’m in (the Okumura Build- ing) has a great creative energy because of the other local, female-owned small businesses,” she shares.
“Living a more eco-con- scious lifestyle is doable for everyone,” says Meadows. “Progress should be val- ued over perfection and my business name is inspired by this sentiment. Every day is an opportunity to get better! That’s exciting and some- thing in our control, which is comforting and empowering during this time in history when all sorts of factors can feel overwhelmingly out of our control.”
ferent one is chosen about every month.
learning about green living and sustainability, she found many products available on- line but not many were sold in stores locally.
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