Personal story (January 10, 2018 ) Contact Earth Paints LLC: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram In 2009, Leah Fanning was to participate in a large gallery and needed to paint full-time to be prepared for it. Around the same time, she…
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Personal story (December 1, 2017 ) Maggie’s Organics began in 1992, when an organic blue-corn farmer inadvertently taught us the ‘true cost’ of conventional cotton growing. Once we learned that cotton is the second most pesticide-laden crop on Earth, responsible for 10 percent of…
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Personal story (December 1, 2017 ) Bio-Beetle was the very first to rent out 100-percent biodiesel cars and offer the most eco-friendly cars into the rental world. Ethical living and sustainability is our driving force. Shaun Stenshol and Pamela Miedtke-Wolf started Bio-Beetle in…
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Personal story (November 28, 2017 ) Fed By Threads is the first American-Made "Supply Chain Aware" organic sweatshop-free boutique clothing store and custom print apparel business that only carries certified responsibly manufactured products, and provides emergency meals through the…
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Personal story (November 28, 2017 ) Founded in 2006 by a handful of “pragmatic idealists” with years of experience in the apparel industry, Fair Indigo believes when fashion is done right, everyone profits: discerning consumers, farmers, garment workers, and the earth we share…
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Personal story (March 29, 2017 ) Contact Earthshade Natural Window Fashions: Website | YouTube If you have conventional window shades, they could be making you sick. C.W. Swanson originally worked for a major window fashions dealer. While on a service call,…
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Personal story (March 29, 2017 ) Contact Calvert Foundation Many people view investing solely as the hustle and bustle of Wall Street at peak frenzy. Or, perhaps as the result of a ribbon-cutting ceremony in which someone who donated an unfathomable amount of money gleefully…
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Personal story (March 29, 2017 ) Contact Traditional Medicinals: Website | Twitter | Facebook LinkedIn | Instagram Herbalist and author Rosemary Gladstar is well-known as the “godmother of modern herbalism.” She founded the oldest herbal medicine school in the US, the California…
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Personal story (March 21, 2017 ) Contact Better World Club If you belong to AAA, the popular roadside-assistance and travel insurance program, you may inadvertently be supporting Big Oil, more roads, and fewer bikes on those roads. AAA sits at the forefront of the highway…
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Personal story (March 21, 2017 ) Helping sustainable and purpose-driven companies achieve their online business goals Contact Red Sequoia: Website | Facebook | Twitter Ben Schulkin’s commitment to an environmentally conscious lifestyle began in college with Gaia, a…
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Personal story (March 21, 2017 ) Contact Green Earth Travel: Website | Facebook | Twitter Longtime vegan turned travel agent Donna Zeigfinger understands the challenges that accompany traveling internationally with dietary restrictions. Language…
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Personal story (March 21, 2017 ) Contact LineSync Architecture: Website | Facebook | Pinterest Julie Lineberger and Joseph Cincotta have been green since “green was just a color.” The two met while in graduate school, and they eventually realized both…
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Personal story (March 21, 2017 ) Christine Hughes, co-founder of Village Bakery & Café understands the relationship between good food and people better than most. “I’ve been working in the food industry for as long as I’ve been working,” she recalls. “I had learned over the…
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Personal story (March 21, 2017 ) Contact Dhana Inc.: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube Nearly one-sixth of the working population of the planet is connected to the fashion industry, which is also one of the most polluting industries worldwide. For Shamini Dhana, the…
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Personal story (March 21, 2017 ) Contact Bella Luna Toys: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube Early childhood teacher, author, and mother Sarah Baldwin wants to change the way we think about how children play in the 21st century. Baldwin…
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Personal story (March 21, 2017 ) Contact Azida Inc: Website | Facebook One family is trying to restore the good name of one of the world’s oldest domesticated crops. Industrial hemp has gotten a bad rap because it’s related to the marijuana plant. The federal government even…
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Personal story (March 20, 2017 ) Trash from old buildings gets a second life—while creating jobs Contact Community Forklift: Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube Imagine a bulldozer shattering a house and violently shoving it into a jagged pile of crumbling refuse. The…