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The Keap Blog

We delve into stories that inspire us—from the details behind our candles, to the facets of scents, and the people that inspire us.

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July 2021

Sea Forest: How Rewilding Our Waters Restores the Health of the Whole Planet Read

This month we’re highlighting the power of sea-forestation in the fight against climate change.

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June 2021

Part of the Stars: How Expanding Our Horizons Connects Us to the Planet Read

This month we consider how the human urge to explore can help us discover our place in the world.

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May 2021

Give and Take: How a Regenerative Economy Could Make Consumption a Force for Environmental Good Read

This month we are exploring the burgeoning regenerative economy where everything we produce and consume leaves a positive impact on the world.

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April 2021

The Self Is Social: How Learning to Take Care of Ourselves Can Help Us Take Better Care of One Another Read

This month, in honor of Lavender + Petals’ recentering energy, we’re considering self-care approaches that encourage us to truly reconnect with ourselves and one another.

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March 2021

From Me to We: The Radically Restorative Lessons of Indigenous Wisdom Read

This month, we’re considering how Indigenous wisdom, long ignored and even endangered by Western frameworks, points the way toward a healthier future for people and the planet.

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February 2021

Ground Swell: How a Return to Regenerative Agriculture Could Reshape the Future Read

This month, we’re taking a look at the future of agriculture — today’s farming pioneers are shaping a healthy and fertile world for tomorrow.

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January 2021

Common Ground: How Community Land Trusts Build Stronger Societies Read

This month we explore community land trusts, and how this communal model of landownership can help build better neighborhoods.

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January 2021

Democratizing Capital: How Alternative Business Ownership Models Could Reshape the World Read

This month we contemplate how alternative business ownership models can help solve some of the most pressing social challenges of our time.

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November 2020

When ‘The Mind, the Body, and the World Are Aligned’: What the History of Hiking Can Teach Us Today

In this month’s Ignite story explores the invention of hiking, and what it can tell us about our need for connection to nature.

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October 2020

‘No Vestige of a Beginning, No Prospect of an End’: Learning to See the World in Deep Time

In this month’s Ignite story explores the concept of “deep time” on which the natural world operates.

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September 2020

Creative Destruction: How Volcanoes Gave Us Food, Water, and Even the Air We Breathe

In this month’s Ignite story we uncover the bright side of Earth’s volcanoes.

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August 2020

Brain Food: How Did Human Intelligence Evolve?

Inspired by Wild Figs, this month’s Ignite story explores the evolution of the human brain.

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July 2020

The World’s Largest Pharmacy: How the Rainforest Gave Rise to Modern Medicine

This August, in honor of Isle of Jasmine, we’re exploring “the world’s largest pharmacy”: the world's rainforests.

From the Archives

Studio Series

Waxing Poetic: Why We Use Coconut Wax For Our Candles

Why coconut wax makes a better candle than paraffin or soy.

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7 Simple Steps to Reuse Your Candle Glass

Our quick guide to giving your candleholder a second life.

Founder-Fridays

Why the Future of the Planet Is Brighter Than You Think

The growing movement, driven by the climate crisis, that will change business—and our world—for the better.

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From Concept to Canyons: Creating a New Scent

We take you behind the scenes of how we launched our most recent new scent.

FOUNDER FRIDAYS

Reclaiming Joyful Time: Closing Down Our Social Media

Today we are shutting down Keap’s social media pages and sharing more context on our decision.

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