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October 24, 2005
CABN Members: Show Your Green Business Seal of Approval This Holiday Season
Now it’s easier than ever to display your commitment to people and the planet.
The Seal of Approval is for use exclusively by Co-op America's Green Business Network™ members. "The seal is the perfect way to show the world that Co-op America businesses have made a commitment to people and the planet. Working together, green businesses across the country are changing the way people shop, save, and invest," says CABN director Denise Hamler.
Please let us know how you are using the seal »
See how one business is using the seal here »
Green Business Leadership Award
The winner of the 2005 Green Business Leadership Award will be announced on Thursday, November 3 at the Green Business Conference. The 2004 winner, ts designs, will award the prize this year.
The companies on the ballot are members of Co-op America’s Green Business Network™ and were nominated by their peers and fellow business leaders attending Co-op America's Green Business Conference.
This award recognizes the extraordinary leadership efforts of one business that has used its position in the marketplace to organize consumers and businesses together to build a more socially just and ecologically sustainable economy. Past winners include Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps and T.S. Designs.
The 2005 Green Business Leadership Award nominees are:
- Choice Organic Teas
- Cottonfield
- Earth Healers
- Frontier Natural Products Co-op
- Habitat Suites
- Zhena's Gypsy Teas
New Values-Based Online
Ad Network Launched
This new service helps advertisers and publishers reach your targeted markets. Perry Goldschein, founder, has been a leader in innovative web-based advertising. To join other values-based organizations for the beta launch and receive access to publishers database and discounted ad space contact them.
Visit: www.GreenAds.com, info@greenads.com
Request for Proposals
for Internet Hosting Program
We will be premiering a new membership benefit early in 2006 – Internet hosting for your business. We are now accepting proposals from Internet Services Providers interested in working with our business members to provide a range of Internet services.
Send your letter of interest to Russ Gaskin by October 31.
Resources for Supporting
Hurricane Katrina Victims
Many of our members are lending vital resources to the relief efforts in the wake of the two hurricanes.
We have included information from organizations that we work with through our programs—from Fair Trade to Community Investing.
- Network for Good is acting as a clearinghouse for a number of philanthropic organizations raising relief funds for victims
http://www.networkforgood.org/ - Enterprise Corporation of the Delta/Hope Community Credit Union
ECD is one of the nation's leading Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). Through the ECD Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta/Hope Community Credit Union (ECD/HOPE) is participating in the immediate and the long-term storm recovery efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi.
http://www.ecd.org - Baton Rouge Area Foundation
http://www.braf.org/ - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
http://www.elca.org/disaster - Catholic Charities
http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org - Presbyterian Disaster Relief
http://www.pcusa.org - American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org - Salvation Army
http://www.salvationarmy.org - New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
http://www.habitat-nola.org - Unitarian Universalist Assocation of Congregations / Gulf Coast Relief Fund
http://www.uua.org - Oxfam America
While Oxfam normally focuses their efforts overseas, they have set up a special fund to help farmers and fishermen in the Delta region who have been badly hit by the hurricane.
https://secure.ga3.org/02/katrina_fund