Hippoworks.com is a company owned by cartoonist Denis Thomopoulos
and two friends he's had since the 2nd and 4th grade. Aside from making
people laugh, It's A Jungle Out There! and its characters help educate
people about the environment and treatment of animals. We are content
providers for AOL, the educational network Lightspan.com, Care2.com, KidsRegen,
Earth Day Education, among others. The weekly cartoonlets are
a free offering, for subscribers or for your web site!
We make every effort to "walk the talk" and create products that are as
environmentally responsible as possible, -so our shirts are made with organic
cotton, books with kenaf/recycled paper, and other items, like our popular Lip
Balm, from all natural ingredients. We've also teamed up with Wildlife
Works, which owns an 80,000 acre African animal sanctuary, so when you buy
something from our webstore, proceeds go to help real animals in Africa!
For wholesale inquiries, please visit our wholesale page or if you are interested in print versions of the cartoonlets and carrying them in your newspaper, please visit the strip.
Why are we concerned?
Because the choices we have been making, as a world community, are
damaging the environment and animals at an alarming rate.
Some individuals and websites that have inspired us are janegoodall.org, nrdc.org, nwf.org, and wwf.org. We hope they inspire you too.
Why organic cotton?
Because producing a regular cotton tee shirt uses 1/3 of a pound of
chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which are toxic to humans as well as
to animals such as birds, bees, and fish.
Why Kenaf/ Recycled Paper?
Because we wanted to use the most environmentally positive paper possible.
It mixes what we have, recycled (30% post-consumer content), with a fiber
for
our future, kenaf, an African plant that is a more sustainable and
efficient crop for paper than trees. Not only does it use less energy to
be made into paper, kenaf can be harvested annually as it grows up to
fifteen feet in just five months!
We print on this kenaf/recycled paper with uncoated soy inks, keeping the
vibrant colors of hippo works characters with a completely natural product
and look.
The Hippo Works Mission is..
to serve our customers with characters and products that are
innovative,
entertaining, and educational.
to respect our customers, business partners, and planet Earth.
to succeed as a business while maintaining our pro-social and eco
friendly values.
to make the world a better place and to inspire others to do
the same.
