Method Men Earn PETA’s ‘2006 Person of the Year Award’
Caught a cool post on the Ecorazzi blog yesterday. It seems the founders of Method, Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry, will be sharing the PETA’s ‘2006 Person of the Year Award’. For those unfamiliar with the PETA (yeah I admit it, I had to look it up) they are the ‘People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals’, and they are honoring the Method duo for their refusal to test any of their products on animals (they also will not do business with any supplier that does). Aside from that, remember that all method products are created using natural, biodegradeable ingredients (none of which are animal-derived). Cool!
Steve and I are both big Method fans, having tested out their products and just generally being impressed with their approach. That being said, I actually didn’t really know all that much background info about the company or its founders. Needless to say, I’m even more impressed now that I’ve read a little more!
Here is the interesting blurb from their ‘About Us’ page:
They met in high school. They were roommates in San Francisco. And one morning, in December of 1999, they had an idea. It was early, and Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry had set out on a quest for fresh snow. From San Francisco to snow is about four hours, so they had some time to talk.
Eric had experience in style and branding, and he mentioned that he was thinking about introducing design to the home care industry. And he just so happened to have met a talented local graphic artist willing to work for deferred pay. Eric also admitted that he had kind of a lot of cleaning products under his bed.
Adam was no ordinary friend. In fact, he was a chemical engineer from Stanford University with a degree in environmental science. As soon as Eric began to talk, Adam realized that he could use his expertise to create naturally-derived, biodegradable formulas for the beautiful products Eric had in mind. And method was born.
Anyway, congrats to the men of Method. Keep up the great work!
Previous Method posts @ EcoSherpa:
Method Products - Cleaning and Growing!
Earth Friendly Cleaning Products…That Work!!!
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Written by Bentley on December 19th, 2006 with
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