Not metaphorically. Literally. We’re extracting resources faster than Earth can regenerate them, poisoning ecosystems, destabilizing climate systems. Wealth concentrates upward while billions lack water, food, shelter. These aren’t separate crises. They’re symptoms of systems built for extraction.
World Centric started as a nonprofit in 2004 to raise awareness about this. Now we’re doubling down on that original purpose.
And we don’t pretend otherwise. We can’t remove ourselves from these structures, but we can participate differently. We chose compostable materials because they’re less harmful, not because they’re a solution. We redistribute 25% of profits to grassroots organizations because it interrupts extraction, not because it fixes the system. These aren’t answers. They’re attempts.
Against the backdrop of humanity’s accelerating crisis, these numbers may seem insignificant. A drop in an ocean that’s rising, acidifying, dying. Yet it is good to acknowledge the work: $23 million to grassroots organizations fighting on the front lines. Not as salvation. As solidarity with those doing the hardest work in the most difficult places.
What began in 2004 as a nonprofit screening documentaries evolved into a mission-driven company producing compostable alternatives to single-use waste. Not because compostables solve the crisis, but because they’re less harmful than the alternative. We don’t have all the answers. We’re just trying to participate differently.
We sell compostables to fuel change, not to conform. We give 25% of profits to grassroots organizations fighting climate and social injustice. We make decisions counter to industry norms to stand up for what matters: elevating those less fortunate, addressing real crises head on. Not as marketing, as practice.
We’ve developed alternatives the industry ignored: unbleached molded fiber, FSC paper cups, bamboo products, Leaf Plus to replace PFAS. Not because innovation fixes broken systems, but because participating differently requires different materials. Imperfect materials for imperfect attempts at resistance.
