gDiapers Blog, Stories & Podcasts
How to “Be Green” as a Busy Parent
It can be tough to “be green,” especially as a parent. Your brain isn’t always working correctly, and you have less time, shifted priorities and added expenses. In this episode of It Takes a Village to Raise a Parent, host DJ Waldow chats with Emily Silverstein, former gDiapers Community Manager and current owner/founder of Urban Oreganics, about being green while being a parent. She also shares a few tips on how to save the planet. Have a listen. Episode Highlights How and why Emily launched an organic skincare product company Growing up environmentally aware How her eco-passion grew once she had children Educating...
gCycle can change the world … and Fast Company thinks so too
Fast Company recognized gCycle, the new disposable diaper solution we are developing at g, as a finalist in their 2018 World Changing Ideas Awards. The awards honor businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that offer innovative solutions to the issues facing humanity. One messy issue facing humanity is dirty diapers. As of today, there are over 1 trillion dirty diapers sitting in American landfills, with 587 diapers being added every second. That is an additional 50 million diapers every single day in the US alone. And because diapers are made of plastic, they will be a burden to future generations for...
The next step: Diverting diapers from landfill for good
Kim and Jason Graham-Nye are the parents and entrepreneurs behind gDiapers. From the moment they learned of the devastating impact disposable diapers have on our planet, they have been re-inventing the disposable diaper market across the globe. In 2004 Kim and Jason moved their family from their home in Sydney Australia to the USA to launch gDiapers – the world’s first flushable diaper. The company offered the first new innovation in disposable diapers in over 40 years – and their two part system created an entirely new category of hybrid diapers.
Passion and Intimacy, Post-Children (Part II of II)
For many couples, passion and intimacy (and sex!) change after you have children. Time, lack of sleep, and other factors impact the sex lives of post-children couples. Is this just a fact of life or can you still have a passion-filled life with your partner after having children? Today’s episode (Part II of II) is all about sex ... well, passion and intimacy and reconnecting with your partner — after you have children. Listen in as DJ interviews licensed clinical social worker and AASECT certified sex therapist, Kristin Hodson. Missed Part I? Check it out here. Episode Highlights How your...
gCycle: The Next Generation g
Exciting news! The next generation of g is coming soon. We have been busy listening, collaborating, exploring, designing, testing and iterating to create the next generation of g’s. Introducing gCycle: the world’s first renewable diaper solution. What is gCycle? gCycle is both a diaper and a service created specifically for daycare centers. The service delivers, collects, and safely regenerates gCycle diapers into valuable resources like soil, power or fuel. Dirty diapers to clean energy. Super cool. When will gCycle be available? We are not quite ready to launch to the world yet. There is still a lot to do and we would love...
