Green & Sustainable Business Ventures: For Entrepreneurs & Investors
Jamie Oliver has a big ambition: to begin a revolution that will change the way America thinks about food. Obesity is a serious health concern, sadly among all age-groups across the country. Jamie wants to change that, from the ground up. Jamie is a celebrated chef and TV personality, from the England who has brought [...]
We love eco-friendly fashion around here, so when the awesome folks at Five Bamboo reached out to us about doing a giveaway, I knew you guys would be interested. Bamboo fabric isn’t necessarily eco-friendly. The process can be chemically intensive and has a huge potential to pollute. What makes Five Bamboo‘s fabric special is that it’s lyocell, [...]
Over the past few years, awareness has grown about FSC-certified papers and printing. FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council, a group that works to ensure that the materials used are sourced responsibly. Each step in the chain (i.e. from forest to printer) must be traceable. The intent of the FSC system is to eliminate habitat destruction, [...]
Courtesy of the Global Cocoa Project and Hub SoMa, I sampled about 20 different “eco chocolates” right before the Valentine’s Day weekend. Another key supporter of the event, Sweet Earth Chocolates, brought its cherry chipotle-truffle red foil-wrapped dark chocolate hearts to sample, as part of its ongoing Project Hope and Fairness (read more here) Tom Neuhaus is an [...]
Watching for the first time this short movie of Yacouba Sawadogo, I couldn’t stop myself from sharing it with every one whom I can reach to. It’s a story of hope… Yacouba Sawadogo is the man of passion, a man who transformed lives of thousands in the Western Africa. The man who stopped the desert… [...]
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