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Connections Newsletter - Newsletter of the Co-op America Business Network and the Social Investment Forum

Announcements

April 7, 2006

Green Business Conference—Reserve the Dates

San Francisco—November 7-10, 2006
Mark your calendar for the 4th annual Co-op America Green Business Conference, Nov 7-10 in San Francisco, before the Green Festival.

Featured speakers include: Sharif Abdullah, Ben Cohen, Paul Ray, Chip Conley, Jill Bamburg, Patricia Aburdene, David Korten, Gerald Prolman and Betsy Rosenburg. We sold out last year—so register early.
Online registration begins April 15; to register by phone call 202-872-5340.

Stay tuned for more information and registration for this year’s conference »

All Things Organic Conference and Trade Show—May 6-9

Hundreds of CABN members will come together at the sixth annual All Things Organic conference and tradeshow, May 6-9 in Chicago. Featuring keynote speakers Ted Koppel and Carol Moseley Braun, new features include “Organic for Kids” and “The Corner Store…Organic and more for every lifestyle.”

In other OTA news, a new executive director Caren Wilcox succeeds Katherine DiMatteo, OTA’s original executive director who has served in that role since 1990. DiMatteo was presented with an award for her leadership and pioneering efforts at the National Products Expo Organic Dinner.

Visit organicexpo.com »

LOHAS Conference—April 27-29

Co-op America's Green Business Network™ Director Denise Hamler will be among the featured speakers at the 10th annual LOHAS conference in Santa Monica. Joining Hamler in the session “How LOHAS Companies Maintain and Sustain Their Missions and Profit” will be AVEDA President Dominique Conseil and GAIAM CEO, Lynn Powers.
CABN members receive 5% discount on registration.

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BALLE Conference – June 8-10

Co-op America's Green Business Network™ Director, Denise Hamler will be among the featured speakers at the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) conference, June 8-10 in Burlington, VT.

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CABN Members IN THE NEWS

Frederick Schilling of Dagoba Chocolate received the 2005 Tastemaker Award from Food & Wine Magazine for premium, all-organic chocolate.

VIVAVI CEO Josh Dorfman takes listeners to the cutting-edge of easy, hip environmentalism with his weekly talk show,“The Lazy Environmentalist” airing on LIME Radio on SIRIUS Satellite Radio.
VIVAVI has a Brooklyn showroom and Web site featuring the latest trends in contemporary eco-furniture designs.

Find out more at vivavi.com and LazyEnvironmentalist.com

Rugmark USA received Ashoka Foundation’s Changemakers Innovation Award for its work to end child labor in the rug industry and was featured in The San Francisco Chronicle and on KTVU Fox News in March. Sambazon was also an award winner, as reported previously here.

Find out more ashoka.org and
Rugmark.org »