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Announcements
August 3, 2006
Retire the socially responsible way:
Co-op America teams up with Social(k)
Social(k) is the first 401(k) provider to offer socially conscious investors the breadth and depth of investment options available in conventional retirement programs. Co-op America's Green Business Network™ (CABN) is now offering this 401(k) option to all members.
The plan offers more than 100 SRI mutual funds from 40 mutual funds companies. According to Social(k) founder and president, Rob Thomas, “A Social(k) retirement plan is the perfect fit for the 3,500 CABN members, they already embrace social and environmental responsibility in all their day-to-day business practices, this allows them to invest their retirement plans in the same fashion.”
Rob Thomas will be attending the Co-op America Green Business Conference to introduce this program, November 7-10.
Learn
more about how your business can benefit, click or call 866-929-2525
»
Green
Business Conference –
Register by August 31
The early registration expires on August 31 – so register now to attend our 4th annual Green Business Conference on San Francisco, Nov 7-10 (before the Green Festival.)
After attending the last two conferences, Dominique Conseil, President of AVEDA, shared his experience, “I was so inspired, this is where the true leadership and innovation is coming from. This is the place to learn how to outperform your competition and return superior value to your shareholders in the true spirit of ethical capitalism.”
In the same vein, Jan Bruce, publisher of Body+Soul Magazine and conference speaker, told us, “This conference is the leading forum for honing our business skills, and inspiring each other to ever-greater success.”
Speakers and workshops will include: Michael Crooke (CEO/Revolution
Living); Ben Cohen (founder/Ben and Jerry’s);
Arran Stephens (founder/Nature’s Path);
Melissa Bradley (founder/Re-Entry Strategies);
Gerald Prolman (CEO/Organic Bouquet); Chip Conley
(owner/ Joie de Vivre Hospitality); Jill Bamburg
(author/Getting to Scale); Peter Barnes (author/co-founder/Working
Assets); Heather Howitt (founder/Oregon Chai);
David Korten (author/The Great Turning);
Paul Ray (author/The Cultural Creatives);
Ryan Black (co-founder/Sambazon); Joe Sibilia
(owner/CSR Wire); and Betsy Rosenberg (jourmalist/EcoTalk).
Read more first hand experiences
and register at www.coopamerica.biz »
Become even more involved and support the conference—Conference
Sponsorships are still available. E-mail
Denise Hamler »
Green
Festivals—News and Updates
In exciting news this week, we learned that Washington DC’s #1 rated local news show will be broadcasting at Green Festival, October 14-15. News 4 anchor Wendy Rieger will be at the Green Festival starting Friday night with an up-close and personal look at what makes up the Green Festival—from the green business owners, to cutting-edge green technologies to our successful recycling/composting efforts.
Rieger also hosts "Going Green," a weekly news series, focusing on environmental consumer issues. She will be at the Green Festival to tape segments for the show—interviewing business leaders, speakers, and attendees.
If you haven’t made up your mind yet to attend or exhibit this might be an added incentive!
Speakers in Washington, DC will include: Dr. Helen Caldicott, Amy Goodman, Tom Hayden, Warren Brown, Greg Palast, Medea Benjamin, Annie Bond, Lester Brown and 100 others.
Speakers in San Francisco will include Alice Walker, Dr. David Suzuki, Jim Hightower, Ben Cohen, Paul Stamets, Thom Hartmann, Joan Blades, Cindy Sheehan, and 100 others.
Call 877-727-2179 to reserve exhibit space—sorry but San
Francisco is already sold out. The early discount for Chicago expires
on August 31.
Chicago Welcomes Green Festival—early discount till August 31
Earlier this month, the Co-op America and Global Exchange staff traveled to Chicago to launch the Green Festival Chicago Host Committee. The committee members representing a wide-range of issues and organizations in the Chicago region will provide programming resources for the Festival that will be Earth Day weekend, April 21-22, 2007.
Addressing the audience at the reception was Sadhu A. Johnston, Chicago's Commissioner for the Environment, “As each year passes, it becomes more apparent that U.S. cities must be at the forefront in addressing critical environment and social justice issues. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley continues to expand on his commitment to be the greenest city in America. The Green Festival is a key part of Mayor Daley’s ongoing efforts and will undoubtedly inspire new environmental tools and living options to help Chicago continue to be a model for other cities.”
“We are honored to be chosen a host city for the first Green Festival in the Midwest,” Johnston added, “This is a great opportunity to showcase the green products and services available to Chicagoans and others in the region, and to highlight the environmental initiatives underway and to learn from the best practitioners across the country.”
In other news, taking the lead from the City of Chicago, the Washington, D.C. Department of the Environment has signed on as a major partner to the DC Green Festival and will be profiling the cities best practices and environmental initiatives in a City of DC Energy Pavilion.
Call 877-727-2179 to reserve your exhibit space—sorry but San Francisco is already sold out. The early discount for Chicago expires on August 31.
To participate as a sponsoring partner, e-mail gregroberts@aol.com »
Get the
latest news and updates at www.greenfestivals.org »
Co-op
America’s Alisa Gravitz Receives Sustainability Award
Co-op America’s Executive Director, Alisa Gravitz, is the recipient of the Second Annual Sustainability Award, exemplifying economic, ecological and social responsibility. In granting the award, Sean Gosiewski, Alliance for Sustainability Executive Director, spoke of Alisa, “She is a tireless campaigner on climate change and solar energy, and is a nationally recognized leader in the social investment industry serving as the Vice President of Social Investment Forum.”
The award established in 1983, selects recipients in a rigorous international nomination process and past award winners have included Ray Anderson (Interface, Inc), Frances Moore Lappe, AVEDA, Seventh Generation, Winona LaDuke and The Minnesota Sustainable Community Network.