Sip Coffee Inc
@sipgoodcoffee.bsky.social
Triple-certified Bird Friendly, Fairtrade & Organic coffee in US-made compostable packaging. Documenting the building of our sustainable & walkable flagship location, welcome to all.
💚 every day is bird day. + every day is an opportunity to think about threatened birds, plants & the rest of the ecosystems we hold dear
January 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
💚 every day is bird day. + every day is an opportunity to think about threatened birds, plants & the rest of the ecosystems we hold dear
"They're constantly bringing up... corporate consolidation". Like yes! Consolidation affects costs of everything; try building anything that doesn’t run up against it. A pocket of true innovation exists before being gobbled up/gate kepped. If we're going to build abundantly green competition = key
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
"They're constantly bringing up... corporate consolidation". Like yes! Consolidation affects costs of everything; try building anything that doesn’t run up against it. A pocket of true innovation exists before being gobbled up/gate kepped. If we're going to build abundantly green competition = key
As the project (briefly 🤞) goes off the rails for the 20th time, we look forward to it as well! & truly welcome every single person rooting for it's success 🙏 Replacing Portland with slag & non-clinker rocks or sand/coarse aggregate w/ foamed glass shouldn't generate so much agita
January 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
As the project (briefly 🤞) goes off the rails for the 20th time, we look forward to it as well! & truly welcome every single person rooting for it's success 🙏 Replacing Portland with slag & non-clinker rocks or sand/coarse aggregate w/ foamed glass shouldn't generate so much agita
Working really hard to be able to share something that far exceeds the literature in the next few weeks. Having read your work, it's not as natural (straw, hemp, lime) as we'd prefer, but it will still exceed what's been peer reviewed as possible and being here in the US is considered quite radical
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Working really hard to be able to share something that far exceeds the literature in the next few weeks. Having read your work, it's not as natural (straw, hemp, lime) as we'd prefer, but it will still exceed what's been peer reviewed as possible and being here in the US is considered quite radical
Antitrust & competition do not get enough attention wrt building a sustainable future. Innovation flourishes under competition. Building greener requires more firms making more options available. Abundant green housing, electrification, transit, ecosystem services is not possible w/o competition
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Antitrust & competition do not get enough attention wrt building a sustainable future. Innovation flourishes under competition. Building greener requires more firms making more options available. Abundant green housing, electrification, transit, ecosystem services is not possible w/o competition
Let's add an apiary & water collector. #2026 goals: rooftoop reclaimed water, honeybees, native flowers & solar pv w/ battery backup
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Let's add an apiary & water collector. #2026 goals: rooftoop reclaimed water, honeybees, native flowers & solar pv w/ battery backup
The use case for some items screened is less clear: antique china fragments, animal bones & shellfish shells, antique whisky & apothecary bottles, a porcine jaw & cermaic thread guides for manufacturing. If nothing else, each discovery says something about the site & the people who walked it before
December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The use case for some items screened is less clear: antique china fragments, animal bones & shellfish shells, antique whisky & apothecary bottles, a porcine jaw & cermaic thread guides for manufacturing. If nothing else, each discovery says something about the site & the people who walked it before
Urban wildlife + transit + a local independent newspaper = what's not to love
December 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Urban wildlife + transit + a local independent newspaper = what's not to love
Biochar was a delightful rabbit hole. I'm not sure it's possible for the floors (finding a plant to mix slag + 0 Portland cement + foamed glass agg was heavy lift). It would make a great addition to the non-load bearing partition walls, either rammed earth w/ crushed reclaimed brick or poured. TBD
December 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Biochar was a delightful rabbit hole. I'm not sure it's possible for the floors (finding a plant to mix slag + 0 Portland cement + foamed glass agg was heavy lift). It would make a great addition to the non-load bearing partition walls, either rammed earth w/ crushed reclaimed brick or poured. TBD
Our concrete will have the same amount of rebar at the same size (engineer risk tolerance), but being GatorBar it at least is not going to cause the spalding that steel rebar can. There's the theoretically possible & then as you know what you can get through eng &/or code
December 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Our concrete will have the same amount of rebar at the same size (engineer risk tolerance), but being GatorBar it at least is not going to cause the spalding that steel rebar can. There's the theoretically possible & then as you know what you can get through eng &/or code
Thank you, Michael! I saw an example online, having never seen them before your reply. In the food & beverage industry code often specifies materials like pvc panels on the wall or epoxy floors. Moving towards larger seamless surfaces makes hygiene easier to manage than say a subway tile.
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thank you, Michael! I saw an example online, having never seen them before your reply. In the food & beverage industry code often specifies materials like pvc panels on the wall or epoxy floors. Moving towards larger seamless surfaces makes hygiene easier to manage than say a subway tile.
Thanks for confirming. Definitely an area where sustainability trails behind other materials. Rolled linoleum would work in some spaces (commercial & industral), but take back programs remain very limited
December 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thanks for confirming. Definitely an area where sustainability trails behind other materials. Rolled linoleum would work in some spaces (commercial & industral), but take back programs remain very limited
Do you know what the floor material is? Sustainable but hard wearing commercial floors are another area for improvement (at least here)
December 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Do you know what the floor material is? Sustainable but hard wearing commercial floors are another area for improvement (at least here)
This isn't true of all contractors. One concrete co asked about 🧊 activity & spoke at length abt the status of his crews & working w/ lawyers for imm issues for different crew members. Even w/ crews that were entirely on the up, employer/ee may be afraid in the field. Hurts biz doing it right too
December 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This isn't true of all contractors. One concrete co asked about 🧊 activity & spoke at length abt the status of his crews & working w/ lawyers for imm issues for different crew members. Even w/ crews that were entirely on the up, employer/ee may be afraid in the field. Hurts biz doing it right too
"they can't get their work done" is bad for small biz who needs those services. A builder / trade who can't take the job means a business opening behind schedule. One co had zero crews willing to do the work due to uptick in area 🧊 & 2 others canceled last minute
December 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"they can't get their work done" is bad for small biz who needs those services. A builder / trade who can't take the job means a business opening behind schedule. One co had zero crews willing to do the work due to uptick in area 🧊 & 2 others canceled last minute
Maybe a plant isn't required. You go to source components. Who owns them? The concrete plant or a different multinational. 2 sources of a key material were just bought up. Fewer options means less green and fewer green projects b/c status quo is entrenched w/ each merger. Creative off ramps closed
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Maybe a plant isn't required. You go to source components. Who owns them? The concrete plant or a different multinational. 2 sources of a key material were just bought up. Fewer options means less green and fewer green projects b/c status quo is entrenched w/ each merger. Creative off ramps closed
This framing. Increasing interest in media consolidation, while sectors like construction are less visible despite affecting cost of the built envt. How many concrete plants exist where you are? How many are willing to try a novel mix? The smaller outfits that were consumed by multinationals would
December 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This framing. Increasing interest in media consolidation, while sectors like construction are less visible despite affecting cost of the built envt. How many concrete plants exist where you are? How many are willing to try a novel mix? The smaller outfits that were consumed by multinationals would
Murals for businesses are a natural fit. Some cities make it quite challenging (quasi-illegal). Have a huge wall for a pro-environmental, pro-labor, feminist mural. Technically the city can't say no to art (1A), but can say no to painting brick facades. Mural was thwarted by "historic preservation"
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Murals for businesses are a natural fit. Some cities make it quite challenging (quasi-illegal). Have a huge wall for a pro-environmental, pro-labor, feminist mural. Technically the city can't say no to art (1A), but can say no to painting brick facades. Mural was thwarted by "historic preservation"
Yes & finding skilled labor & risk appetite to construct in a non-diy commercial space are biggest challenges here to building greener. We've been hindered re liability using local felled wood b/c not grade stamped, no place to crush fill brick for reuse, knowledge of plant-based insulation w/ lime
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Yes & finding skilled labor & risk appetite to construct in a non-diy commercial space are biggest challenges here to building greener. We've been hindered re liability using local felled wood b/c not grade stamped, no place to crush fill brick for reuse, knowledge of plant-based insulation w/ lime
It's incredible how many seemingly innocuous products now contain #palmoil. Everything from hand soap & shampoo to vegan ice cream sandwiches & chips. Thanks to @palmoildetect.bsky.social for helping us inadvertently purchase products that degrade the environment & animal habitat
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It's incredible how many seemingly innocuous products now contain #palmoil. Everything from hand soap & shampoo to vegan ice cream sandwiches & chips. Thanks to @palmoildetect.bsky.social for helping us inadvertently purchase products that degrade the environment & animal habitat
It's also people with technical & legal understanding of all of the possible areas of law broken from fiscal to contract to record keeping. A shadow cabinet could be giving daily pressers w/ a team behind the scenes cataloging each broken law in every domain (envy, hr, pub health, foreign affairs)
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's also people with technical & legal understanding of all of the possible areas of law broken from fiscal to contract to record keeping. A shadow cabinet could be giving daily pressers w/ a team behind the scenes cataloging each broken law in every domain (envy, hr, pub health, foreign affairs)