and roasters who have come together to make shade grown coffee shadier

Brian has lived and worked in bird conservation and coffee in Ecuador for the last 14+ years and Alan has been cupping, roasting and sourcing specialty coffees in the USA for the last 20. You can look directly into their various activities by going to www.mindocloudforest.org and www.roastery7.com. Other team members include world top-listing twitchers, conservationists and bird tour operators. www.tropicalbirding.com is the place to start to learn more about them.

It´s simple really, we bring together years of experience in birds, coffee, conservation, carbon sequestration and let you get involved. The bit about being shadier than thou is meant to be funny, but we are not merely taking the piss (as our dear English speaking cousins from overseas would say); this is meant to be a fun and active way to get closer to the birds-coffee nexus while learning more about coffee and the habitats it comes from. Legally we are the Minnesota limited liability company, Shadier Than Thou LLC, and are happy to share more information about ourselves if anyone asks... Nothing shady about that.

All this coffee fun and birding can be done and remain carbon net negative... ah that´s the best part. Not everyone can be a full-time climate change mitigation warrior, but we can all lend a hand or raise a cup! Mindo Cloudforest's new CarbonNeg- initiative is planting trees in and around Important Bird Areas in NW Ecuador and addresses relevant issues of elegibility, additionality and permanence in a straightforward, transparent and traceable way. When you can, get down here and help plant a tree or two!