• The electricity used for our facility is provided by Portland General Electric's Green Source Program which provides 100 percent of the electricity from renewable sources and reduces reliance on fossil fuels. With this plan, approximately 50 percent of the electricity purchased comes from wind sources, 40 percent from geothermal sources and 10 percent from biomass (wood waste) power. For details, visit Green Source in PGE's Power Options section or read PGE's Frequently Asked Questions.

• Nearly 100% of Kricket's Kritters produce and basic supplies shopping is done within 2 miles of our location.  By supporting local businesses, we can walk, pull a little red wagon, or bicycle nearly everywhere we go.  When human power just isn't enough, we have a short biodiesel school bus which allows us to carry equipment and animals to shows and events, or for us to acquire over-sized items, but yet be responsible about the carbon emissions we put into the air.  To learn more about BioDiesel, please visit http://www.biodiesel.org
  

• Custom enclosures and incubators are built using recycled, reclaimed, and reused hardware, wood, paint, plexiglass, etc, to the fullest extent possible.  Some of which is donated by Kricket's Kritters customers.

• Baby food jars are donated by Portland, OR area residents for re-use by Kricket's Kritters.
  

• Organic gardening -  No herbicides, pesticides, or other toxic substances are used on any vegetables or fruits that are fed to the bearded dragons or feeder insects. Many of the vegetables are grown in our own garden.  The rest are grown by local, Certified Organic Farmers to the fullest extent possible.

• Business cards and postcards are printed on recycled card stock using soy inks by local printing company, Phoenix Media, Portland, OR.

• All invoices, quotes, care sheets, foods lists, hand-outs, etc are printed on 30% PCW (Post Consumer Waste) recycled paper.  Toner and ink cartridges are recycled or re-filled for both inkjet printer and multi-function copier.  Thanks to Cartridge World (inkjet re-fill/exchange retail store), and Muratec's toner replacement return recycling program!

• Egg crates for housing crickets are collected from local restaurants like the Cup & Saucer Cafe and The Hawthorne Cafe.

• Plastic food containers and lids (such as yogurt, cream cheese, hummus, etc) are collected from household use and customer/neighbor/friend donations and are re-used  for cricket egg laying containers, food & water dishes, etc.

  "May I live simply that others may simply live." Gandhi