Personal story (May 13, 2025 ) In the heart of Bloomington, where liberal ideals often clash with systemic realities of poverty and injustice, People’s Cooperative Market (“People’s Market”) has been cultivating more than just crops – it’s been nurturing a vision of food…
soil superhero, Climate Victory Garden

Personal story (May 13, 2025 ) In the town of Ellettsville in southern Indiana, where suburbia fades into farmland, Lauren McCalister's farm stands as a testament to resilience and community. The black-owned farm, situated at a unique crossroads of American life – nestled in a…
soil superheroes, climate victory gardens, regenerative agriculture

Personal story (May 30, 2024 ) Do you want the tea? Organic tea, that is! Then it’s time to take a trip to Arkansas and visit The Green Corner Store’s Tea Bar—or you can visit their website, of course.  Treated like a sustainable crop, organic tea is made without…
organic tea, the green corner store, small business, green business, Green Business Network

Personal story (September 20, 2023 ) There’s an app for everything these days—from calculating how high you can throw your phone to a “hand cooler” (it just emits the sound of a fan)—but what about a free and easy-to-use app that’s actually useful and calculates the carbon footprint…
decarbon, phone app, smartphones, carbon footprint, carbon emissions, carbon neutral, carbon offsets, green business, Green Business Network

Personal story (September 7, 2023 ) “Let’s reinvigorate this garden.”  Before head gardener Dave Ardnt peered between tall fencing, the Locust Point Community Garden sat in disrepair.   Started by a former-resident and Under Armour (UA) employee, UA initially…
regenerative farming, community garden

Personal story (September 5, 2023 ) Adamah Farm is a regenerative homestead located at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT. It consists of 20 acres of farm fields, orchards, and pasture. Per Adamah: "Adamah (ah-dah-mah) is the Hebrew word for earth,…

Personal story (August 21, 2023 ) He’s called the “Transformpreneur℠” and he’s here to make your business and endeavors thrive. With Going Beyond Sustainability, having a business or project be both profitable and good for the planet—in ways you’ve never considered—is the goal.…
Going Beyond Sustainability

Personal story (June 22, 2023 ) The Athens Impact Socially Responsible Investments website says it all: “After years in corporate banking, Michelle [Wilson, founder of Athens Impact and financial advisor] came to the realization that finding peace in retirement doesn't mean…
Athens Impact Socially Responsible Investments, financial advising, financial advisor, finance, Sustainable Finance, SRI, SRI investing, ESG, ESG investing, socially responsible investing

Personal story (April 5, 2023 ) Re:wild Your Campus, a program of Re:wild, believes young people have the power to make lasting change. The program’s goal is to create safer, more sustainable living and learning environments for all. It offers remote, one-year paid student…
soil superhero

Personal story (April 5, 2023 ) After the 2016 US presidential election, Christina Dedora, Eliza Sutton, and Katherine Brown—former co-workers at the Southside Community Land Trust in Providence, RI—were so deeply concerned by the anti-immigrant and refugee rhetoric surrounding…
regenerative farming

Personal story (March 28, 2023 ) Contact: Website | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn  Tuesday Winslow is a true renaissance woman—electrician, Marine Corps veteran, now a papier-mâché artist who turns “trash into treasure” with her décor company, Mirrors Decorated.…
Mirrors Decorated, home decor, Green Business Network, green business, arts and crafts

Personal story (March 22, 2023 ) Fifteen years ago, when Swati Srivastava and Mark Bartosik, two expats from India and England, looked out at their “typical American lawn” in Bayshore, New York, they felt they had two options: water, water, water to dispel those pesky yellow…
vegetable garden green gardening, organic garden, zero waste, home garden

Personal story (March 9, 2023 ) When you read the name of the organization Project Sweetie Pie (PSP), its founder, Michael Chaney, wants to evoke the feeling of an elder lovingly calling you “sweetie pie,” who wishes for and sees the best in you.   Chaney sees the…
food equity in Minnesota

Personal story (December 1, 2022 ) Food is one of the great equalizers, allowing one to not only experience, but taste, culture and flavors from around the world, as far as another continent and as close as a local farm. This passion for food—fresh and pesticide-free—laces Kit Wood’…
Green Plate Catering, catering, food, Green Business Network, green business, green business certification, event planner, farmers, buying local, eat local, local food

Personal story (May 25, 2022 ) Contact: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter  “I have always believed in the healing power of nature,” says MuLondon’s founder, Bo. It is the idea at the center of the UK-based skincare company—using what our own planet provides us to…
green business, sustainable business, sustainability, natural skincare, organic skincare, skin care, clean beauty, beauty, MuLondon, lgbtq

Personal story (March 24, 2022 ) Contact GreenMark Media: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn  To provide the seed money for starting GreenMark Media in April 2006, Sue Markgraf sold her collector car—a red Corvette.  "I like to say it ‘revved’ the…
green business, sustainable business, media, marketing, sustainability

Personal story (March 9, 2022 ) Cousins and neighbors, Tim (who has always had a green thumb, growing loofahs on his back fence as a kid) and Kory Byrne, started growing hops out of curiosity in 2017. Their neighbor was a homebrewer, so they thought, “Why not try growing a few…
Knob View Hops-Soil Superheroes, beer, food, agriculture, soil superhero, soil superheroes, soil

Personal story (February 18, 2022 ) “It's never a Me thing. It's a We thing”   Roberta Eaglehorse-Ortiz (Oglala Lakota/Yomba Shoshone) is the founding farmer and owner of Wombyn’s Wellness Garden. Although Roberta had never read a seed package when the Oregan Food Bank in…
organic, gardening, regenerative agriculture, soil superheroes, community, food sovereignty, food justice, feeding communities, birthwork, earthwork, social justice

Personal story (October 18, 2021 ) Contact Root & Leaf: Website | Facebook | LinkedIn  You’ve created something to help people, or you’ve finally started your green business. What next? How do you get the word out about your product so it can have an impact?  That’s…
digital marketing, marketing, marketing consultants, ethical consumerism, business consulting, consulting, social media, root & leaf

Personal story (September 14, 2021 ) Contact What's Good: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook  Greenwashing. You’ve heard the term. It’s when an organization spreads disinformation to appear sustainable and environmentally responsible without being so. …
green business, Green Business Network, conscious consumerism, business for good, good choices, sustainable shopping, green online shopping, online shopping, Eco Goods, what's good