Astronaut

Mighty Good Planet You Got There

Oh, it's a dandy. We've got Sequoias older than Methuselah, dolphins that call each other by name, the smell of cookies baking after school, soft puppies, the Moonlight Sonata and Voodoo Doughnuts. But when it comes to the good life on Earth, that's pretty much where the agreement ends.

If there are as many opinions on our place in the environment as stars in the sky, well, here's the telescope.

Time to sort through the massive, mainstream conversation on sustainability. But we're not here just to talk technology, policy or marketing. We're here to talk about how people talk about it. And that ought to keep us busy.

If it's worth taking a moment to decode that conversation, then get in here! Of course we've got our Twitter, our YouTube and our Facebook on. Don't be shy. Throw in with us. Your POV is why we're here.

Mar 20th, 2012

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Addy Awards 2012

Astronaut recently had the pleasure of attending the 2012 Addy Awards in Sioux Falls, SD at the Historic Orpheum Theater. We were pleased to go home with a handful of awards including numerous Golds and Silvers, as well as a Best in Class award for our Dark Matter Coffee packaging. It was an impressive showing

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Mar 6th, 2012

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Dark Matter Coffee: A Mysterious Force of Nature

Astronaut recently completed work on its very own custom coffee roast for its 2011 Holiday Gift for clients and vendors. It’s name: Dark Matter. Dark Matter went through numerous rounds of taste-testing in order to find the right marriage of flavors. The results yielded a custom blend of Guatemala Antigua Sereno and India Monsooned Malabar

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Feb 14th, 2012

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Astronaut Recognized in Green Dot Awards

We were very pleased to hear that Astronaut earned 3rd Place in the International Green Dot Awards. The recognition was earned for our work on the series of posters that we have been producing for the local Sioux Falls Green Drinks gatherings. From the awards website, the competition is described as such: ” The Green

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Aug 12th, 2011

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Astronaut Work Recognized with Summit Award

The Summit Creative Awards bestowed upon Astronaut an award for our work with Alkota Cleaning Systems. The behemoth of a trophy comes in recognition of our Alkota Print Campaign and is by far the heaviest trophy in the case. We’re very proud of the work we’ve done and very excited about the work left to

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Aug 12th, 2011

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Astronaut Work Recognized with Telly Awards

The mailman was kind to Astronaut this week, delivering three Telly Awards to the shop. We earned recognition in the copywriting and brand video categories for Raven Industries’ Slingshot video, “The Field Is Always There” as well as in the copywriting category for Alkota Cleaning Systems’ brand video, “Office.” We’re very proud of the Slinghsot

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Mar 21st, 2011

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Leaf of the Day, No. 89, EcoProducts

EcoProducts is a Boulder, CO based company that is the nation’s leading supplier of single-use food service products made from recycled content and materials. EcoProducts has done some great things to soften the environmental impact of our consumption. EcoProducts recycles materials as much as possible to limit the need for virgin resources. If you had

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Mar 15th, 2011

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Astronaut Work Recognized at Addys 2011

The entire Astronaut crew assembled this weekend to celebrate another successful year of work at the South Dakota Advertising Federation’s Addy Awards 2011. We were pleased to walk away with a handful of golds and silvers for our work with Raven Industries, Alkota Cleaning Systems, X-Ray Eyes and Green Drinks. But our most precious award

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Mar 10th, 2011

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Leaf of the Day, No. 88, Green Drinks Northern Virginia

That’s right, we’re having Sioux Falls Green Drinks tonight at Wiley’s Tavern at 5pm. So, we thought we’d give some love to one of our fellow Green Drinks chapters as our Leaf of the Day. There you go Northern Virginia, that means you’re up. I have to say I’m a fan of your logo, soft,

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Mar 9th, 2011

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Leaf of the Day, No. 87, Bently Holdings

The name, Bently, finds its hands in a variety of endeavors. One of those happens to be property holdings, hence today’s leaf logo, Bently Holdings. The company has property internationally and stateside, but is based out of San Fransisco, CA. Having just been to San Fransisco, we certainly share Bently’s enthusiasm for the architecture in

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Mar 8th, 2011

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Leaf of the Day, No. 86, EcoHound

Dog and leaf combine to form a single shiny EcoHound. EcoHound is an online retail outlet looking to be a one-stop shop for eco-friendly pet products. The site has an impressive list of product categories, but so far as I can tell most of the categories are empty and dormant. The site is rather new

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