Business Network News

February 4, 2009

Seven-Star Brings us Green Cities

Green Festival’s Seven-Star launches Green Cities, a conference series for professionals eager to learn best-practices in sustainability. At the event, attendees will network with like-minded peers, meet consultants, and attend green job seminars.

Joseph Malki, Seven-Star vice president, explains, “Green Cities™ will feature workshops and interactive policy planning sessions that will show participants how-to implement sustainability in their offices, factories or farms.”

The inaugural Green Cities event is at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando Florida, May 19-21, 2009. Alisa Gravitz, Green America’s executive director, will be a keynote speaker.

Seven Star is offering a $200 discount for the first 250 registrants— register at www.GreenCities.com

NativeEnergy Ranked #1 in Carbon Offset Study

Green America Green Business Network member NativeEnergy received the highest marks in a new report comparing 17 of the most prominent carbon offset providers in the US. The Carbon Offset Provider Evaluation Matrix was published by The Carbon Concierge, a project of Bainbridge Graduate Institute and the Social Venture Network.

NativeEnergy, which also provides carbon offsets for the Green Festivals and Green Business Conferences, uses proceeds to finance construction of new Native American-farmer, community – owned renewable projects throughout the US and abroad.

Fellow Green Business Network member TerraPass also received high marks with an overall score of 81 percent. The Carbon Concierge provides information to Green Business Conference attendees and members on how to measure and offset your carbon emissions.

Contact The Carbon Concierge »

Green Jobs Conference Feb. 4-6

The Green Jobs Conference will be held in Washington DC, February 4-6. Van Jones of Green For All will be keynoting on the 6th, and will host a reception for businesses on Thursday evening.

 

More on the conference »

World of Good featured on NBC's "Today Show"

Green America’s partnership with World of Good, a new site selling fair trade and eco products on eBay was featured on NBC’s Today Show. The segment, “Best Gifts under $50,” featuring World of Good founder Priya Haji, was viewed by millions and contributed to a significant spike in traffic in the pre-Holiday segment.

Green America Green Business Network members are eligible to participate in the site. Thanks to our members, over 20,000 products are already posted for sale.

Ann Quigly of EcoChicInc said this of the project: "I was very pleased with the business generated through my participation with World of Good / EBay this Holiday season! With an overall decline in sales due to the economy, this partnership provided a relatively simple way to boost my sales, which helped to offset the losses from other avenues."

Sweet Organics and Naturals said: “Selling on WorldofGood.com has been wonderful for us! It has enabled our business to touch more peoples’ lives with beautiful earth friendly gifts.”

To learn more about how to get involved e-mail Desiree
Visit WorldofGood » 

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Meet Erin Gorman of Divine Chocolate!

Green America’s Faces of the Green Pages features Erin Gorman of Divine Chocolate. Gorman is a long-time member and former employee of Green America, and is now CEO of Divine Chocolate USA. To learn about Divine’s ground-breaking worker ownership structure, and discover more about this incredible company, be sure to read this edition of Faces of the Green Pages.

Read the interview »

GBN member Recycle Runway at Inaugural Events

Green Business Network member Recycle Runway showcased its exciting new project, the Campaign for Change Couture Collection at several inaugural events. The collection is a new series of garments made from recycled Obama campaign materials and was dedicated to the thousands that volunteered for the Obama for President Campaign.

Find out more about the collection »

Green Business Network Lounge brought to you by Anatta Design

The new Green Business Network Lounge, our members-only B2B social networking site was produced by Anatta Design. Anatta is a web design and development firm working with value-based businesses and organizations and has worked with clients as diverse as Green America and The Craigslist Foundation. Anatta Design can help your business with:

• Effective Design—Keeping your content requirements into consideration, they design new interfaces and can redesign existing ones.
• Open Source Development—They create architecture and can help launch your site with a hosting provider. They provide custom Web applications or build upon your existing framework.
• Daily Management—Keep your web presence updated and upgraded with new features and content.

They can provide your team with resources so you can focus on what you do best and leave the Web management to Anatta. For more contact Nirav Sheth 302-565-4750

 

Table of Contents

Seven-Star Brings us Green Cities

NativeEnergy Ranked #1 in Carbon Offset Study

Green Jobs Conference
Feb. 4-6

World of Good featured on NBC's "Today Show"

Meet Erin Gorman of Divine Chocolate!

GBN member Recycle Runway at Inaugural Events

Green Business Network Lounge brought to you by Anatta Design

Green America Green Business Network Member Benefits »