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April 25, 2008
Grow a greener business at Green Business Conference™ in Chicago!
There is still time to reserve your seat at the Green Business Conference, May 14-15, and if you register now you’ll receive a 30% discount! In just 2 weeks we will gather to share our business experiences and get the answers we need to grow our green businesses! Dozens of speakers join us to explore the enterprising side of green with workshops and keynotes on green marketing, sourcing, scaling up, financing and reducing your carbon footprint!
Speakers include Sara Snow from Discovery Channel, Erin Ford from Organic Valley, Jeffery Harvey from Burgerville, Bryan Welch of Ogden Publishing, Sadhu Johnston Chicago’s Chief Environmental Officer, Sharon Rowe of EcoBags, Raphael Bemporad from BBMG Marketing, Bianca Alexander of Conscious Living TV, Craig Sieben on Obama’s energy/environmental policies, Xavier Hegelsen cofounder of BetterWorld Books, Ella Silverman on World of Good/ebay project, David Kirkpatrick from SJF Ventures, Phil Baugh on the Green Exchange and many local Chicago green business heroes!
Visit www.coopamerica.biz to view the program and register»
All attendees receive Free passes to the Chicago Green Festival.
Seattle Green Festival™ Tops 30,000
Our first-ever Seattle Green Festival was a huge success, attracting 30,082 attendees. The weekend was profiled on 106 TV and radio spots along with feature articles in the local newspapers and USA Today. We recovered 97% of the waste that was created at the festival through recycling, composting and gray water recovery.
The 350 exhibitors reported healthy sales and enthusiastic crowds. Eileen Thournir, president of Enlightened Play, sent us this email: “The Seattle Green Festival has been a tremendous experience, it was a great venue for selling our game….it was one big huge hug…I am very optimistic about all the Green Kids at the festival…I was even lectured to about Monsanto by a 7 yr old… now I know the world is going to be in safe hands…congrats to all the parents who are raising such enlightened kids.”
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and Green America's Green Business Network™ Director Denise Hamler at Seattle Green Festival®
For those who were unable to attend – visit our web site in mid May – to see and hear Green Fest TV and Radio »
Read the Seattle Green Festival wrap-up press release »
Green Festival® – Chicago – May 17-18
Join us to celebrate all things GREEN in Chicago. Mayor Daley will kick off the weekend Saturday morning. Other speakers include: Majora Carter, Amy Goodman, Winona LaDuke, Daniel Pinchbeck, Sharif Abdullah, Paul Stamets, John Perkins, Greg Palast, Sara Snow and David Bach.
Learn more»The Green Festivals are a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America.
Renew your Green Business Membership
Your renewal is due! Help us celebrate 25 years together and find new ways to grow your business in the coming year. Only members can use the Seal of Approval, and with the changing marketplace this a way to stand out in the crowded ‘field of green.’
Join us on the Green Business Network™ Lounge
Social networking comes to our green business community. Join us on the NEW Green Business Network Lounge where our members are actively conversing and creating discussion groups on marketing, sourcing and financing. You can also upload pictures and videos, access a calendar of events, and much more
Green America Guide highlights Sweatshops
Find solutions to your sourcing issues and get help tracking your supply chain in the new online version of our Guide to Ending Sweatshops. In a globalized economy it’s harder than ever to do business in responsible ways. This guide shows consumers and businesses how to track the supply chain of products and how to support the best companies and avoid the worst. The Web site answers most frequently asked questions about sweatshops and also features fair-trade members of our Green Business Network™. It also includes anti-sweatshops legislative campaigns and suggested purchasing policies for schools and universities.
Green Business Profile – Cottonfield – Made in USA
Read our April Green Business interview with Yeumei Shon of Cottonfield. She tells her story of 30 years in the conventional garment industry and shares what led her to start her organic clothing company in US at a time when others are sending garment work overseas.
Bank of America wins Fossil Fool of the Year
Ken Lewis, Bank of America’s chairman, president, and CEO was awarded the Fossil Fool of the Year a recognition given to the world’s biggest contributor to our global addiction to fossil fuels. The award created by Green America, Rainforest Action Network, and Energy Action Coalition spotlighted Bank of American’s financing of coal mining practices. They are the leading financial backers of mountaintop removal coal mining and a top-funder of new coal-fired power plants in the U.S.
Learn more and voice your concern »
Take Action on Mutual Funds
Ten of the largest mutual fund families are acting as if climate change won’t affect our planet, the economy, and their investors. Green America is calling on American Century, American Funds, Ameriprise, Dreyfus, Fidelity, ING, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Pioneer and Vanguard to change their climate resolutions. They have a history of investing in some of the worst climate-change-causing companies and as shareholders, mutual funds have a right and responsibility to compel these companies to improve! These resolutions call for companies to: disclose their climate emissions, explain the effects these emissions will have on their business, and develop a plan for reducing those emissions. We ask all our business members to tell these funds to get in step with their more responsible peers.
Table of Contents
Grow a Greener Business—Green Business Conference™
Seattle Green Festival® Tops 30,000
Chicago Green Festival Almost Here
Renew your Green Business Network™ Membership
Join us on the Green Business Network™ Lounge
Green America Guide highlights Sweatshops
Green Business Profile – Cottonfield – Made in USA