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About
Before Phones Movement (BPM)
Our Vision
To reconnect society and individuals with the traditional activities and values that have been taken away, or devalued, by smart phone culture and the internet.
Our Mission
To create a buzz around and promote the Before Phones Movement (BPM).
Our Core Values
Lead by example,
Don’t talk about it, do it,
Have fun and be innovative,
Rule of the Ninja
Our Strategy
Create an online ecosystem that provides an interesting and enriching environment for fostering the Before Phones Movement (BPM).
Our Goals
To tame the Boogie Phone
To give nature a seat at the table
To give the little guy a voice
To bring the Before Phones Movement (BPM) to life
Our Objectives
Improve water cycle awareness
Celebrate nature through folk songs
Hold regular campfire talks
Reconnect people with their bookshelf
Raise awareness of the pre-smartphone era
Encourage good penmanshape
Our Supporters
The Before Phones Movement (BPM) is underwritten by the following supporters
Savvy Outsider
Helping you become an insider to the wonderful world just outside your door
Bobby angel
Singer/songwriter who restores nature one campfire song at a time
Penmanshape
Time for a handwriting workout and training your way back into good penmanshape
Before Phones
Uncovering the cryptic era before smart phones ruled the earth - It was a time of great phonelessness
Complete whiff
A layman's guide to the 5 (or are there more senses) and how smell evaded the internet
Rereadable
Rediscovering (and rebuilding) your bookshelf one rereadable at a time
Centennial Trilogy
At the end of (very) long day in the visitor center, a park ranger embarks to give a half-hour campfire talk
Campfire Park
Where campfires are always cracklin' and visitors are always welcome
Become a supporter
Interested in becoming a supporter of the movement or supporting our team?
Our Adversaries
The Before Phones Movement (BPM) isn't universally loved. Here's a short list of the antagonists.
Boogie Phone
Main villain and always in your hand, Boogie is not only your best friend, his goal is to be your only friend
Top Floor
Big Development, Government, and Corporations want to call the shots without the little guy getting heard
Spam Providers
Jamming your inbox with an unsolicited stream of pitches and promises that never stop add (unless you hang up)
Buck Buckner
AM Radio Host Buck Buckner makes his mark by fueling the fringe and fearing the middle
Burt Silver
With Candidate Burt Silver, it's a "new dawn because he stayed up all night to see it"
Uncle & Uncle
Have your or a close friend been psychologically harmed? If so, call your Uncle
Social Influenzer
Where going viral is always a post away
Usual Suspects
Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth will trip us up every time
Join our team
Interested in becoming an adversary of the Before Phones Movement (BPM)?