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Natural, Organic and Fair Trade Consumer Products Alter Eco USA (San Francisco, CA) Alter Eco sells Fair Trade packaged food products throughout the world. Their mission statement says: We believe that Fair Trade is a viable and successful alternative to conventional commerce. This business model will gradually close the gap between rich and poor, so-called developing countries and industrialized countries.www.altereco-usa.com Amy's Kitchen (Santa Rosa, CA) is a family business named after the founders' daughter, Amy. They are totally committed to producing truly delicious, easily prepared vegetarian meals made with natural and organic ingredients. Their products include pizza, frozen entrees, pasta sauces and soups. www.amyskitchen.com Annie's Homegrown is the second-largest brand of macaroni and cheese in the U.S. with a natural and organic product line that includes 13 different varieties of totally natural macaroni and cheese, five tasty pasta meals, four canned macs, and a microwave macaroni and cheese that's simply fast and simply delicious. Annie's is now part of HomeGrown Natural Foods Company. www.annies.com Avalon Natural Products (Petaluma, CA) markets seven brands names of natural health and beauty aids. As pioneers of social responsibility, founders Mark and Stacey Egide continue to ensure that Avalon Natural Products is the benchmark for personal care standards, with proven integrity and leadership spirit for the growing majority of mindful consumers. www.avalonnaturalproducts.com Aveda is a natural cosmetics, health and beauty aid brand. Aveda believes in conducting business in a manner that protects the Earth, conserves resources and does not compromise the ability of future generations to sustain themselves. Their mission positions Aveda as a catalyst for awareness and change at individual and collective levels. Aveda is quietly owned by Estee Lauder. www.aveda.com/home.asp Balance Bars (owned by Kraft) are based on the 40-30-30 nutritional philosophy - a diet high in protein with moderate carbs. www.balance.com Barbara's Bakery (Petaluma, CA) makes all-natural cereals and snacks that not only taste good, they're made from the finest natural ingredients like organic grains and expeller-pressed high-oleic oils. Barbara's never uses artificial colors, flavors or preservatives, refined white sugar or hydrogenated oils. Barbara's is owned by an English company that makes Wheetabix cereal. Their products are yummy! www.barbarasbakery.com Celestial Seasonings is the largest manufacturer and marketer of specialty hot teas in the United States, now part of The Hain Celestial Group (and partially owned by Heinz). www.celestialseasonings.com Ecomall.com lets you shop on-line for earth-friendly products and has many useful links. ww.ecomall.com The Endangered Species Chocolate Company - "where your deepest chocolate cravings and your environmental conscience can be satisfied in a single bite". This is a truly delicious product line (now the leading natural chocolate in the US), developed by a remarkable, understated entrepreneur (founder Jon Stocking, who in 2005 sold the company to The Raintree Group LLC of Indianapolis, IN) with a simple goal: to use chocolate as a medium to spread a positive environmental message. Under Jon's guidance, 10% of their profits were donated to environmental organizations that protect endangered animals and their habitats. Try these chocolates! www.chocolatebar.com Fantastic Foods (Napa,
CA) is one of the nation’s leading natural foods companies, offering
delicious and innovative vegetarian food choices to consumers across the
country for over 25 years. Widely recognized for vegetarian, all-natural
and convenient meal solutions, Fantastic oods produces more than 90 products
and is now part of HomeGrown
Natural Foods Company. Fetzer Vineyards (Hopland, Mendocino County, CA) produces a wide range of wines produced in a sustainable manner, and is the largest grower of organic winegrapes in the United States. Their goal is to be 100% organic by 2010. www.fetzer.com Among their current organic wines is Bonterra, a brand committed to creating world-class wines that are a direct reflection of the organic vineyards in which they grow. Each varietal is a unique, individual expression of organically grown fruit and the winemaker's art. www.bonterra.com Galaxy Foods markets dairy-free products in the US and throughout the world. www.galaxyfoods.com Greenhome.com is a store that sells environmental products. They''ve got articles to help you go green, an online magazine, and a rigorous product approval policy about the environmentally friendly products they sell. www.greenhome.com Helios Nutrition (Minneapolis, MN) makes delicious, healthy food products that promote a sense of wholeness and well-being. Their organic kefir with FOS/inulin is designed to promote everyday good health: Calcium, Fiber, and Probiotic cultures.Based on the philosophy of Hippocrates who believed in the healing force of nature, their products combine the lastest findings in nutritional research with authentic traditional healing foods. Nature’s Wisdom, human discovery: Honor the Two! www.heliosnutrition.com Horizon Organic (now part of Dean Foods, the largest dairy company in the US) provides delicious, wholesome, certified organic dairy products, produced without the use of growth hormones, antibiotics, or dangerous pesticides. www.horizonorganic.com Jason Natural Cosmetics (Los Angeles, CA) is a leading brand of "pure, natural and organic" health and beauty aid products. www.jason-natural.com Maggie's Organics (Ypsilanti, MI ) Since1992, Maggie's has found a way to make a living doing what they love; providing comfy, basic, durable clothing and accessories, making them affordable, and all the while supporting our beliefs and values in integrity, social responsibility, humility, sustainability and fun. Sellers of organic clothing including shirts, socks, camisoles, bedding and fabric. www.maggiesorganics.com Organic Bouquet (Novato, CA) is the first national distributor of organic flowers. Their seasonal bouquets are available in natural and other quality food stores, such as Whole Foods, Wild Oats, and Trader Joe's...and online. organicbouquet.com Organic Valley is the brand name for leading organic dairy products and meats marketed by the largest farmer's cooperative in North America. They began in 1988 as a small, organic farming cooperative, the Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool (CROPP) and now have nationwide distribution. www.organicvalley.com Our Family Farm (Newport, KY) produces a line of natural crackers and cookies. 100% of profits are given to charities. www.ourfamilyfarm.com/fffarm.htm Rapunzel Pure Organics
produces some of the finest organic products in the world by making sure
that the production process is done with the greatest respect to the ingredients,
producers and the product itself. Rapunzel was founded in Germany in 1974
by three friends who shared the vision of promoting healthy living and
sustainable agriculture by growing, manufacturing, and distributing premium
quality, pure organic foods. www.rapunzel.com
Redwood Hill Farm (Sebastopol, CA) is committed to producing the best tasting, least processed goat milk products available anywhere. As a family farm in Sonoma County, they utilize a natural approach to animal husbandry to produce fine farmstead goat cheese and delicious goat milk yogurt.www.redwoodhill.com Republic of Tea (Novato, CA) states their "purpose is to enrich people's lives through the experience of fine tea and the Sip by Sip life - a life of health, balance and well-being. www.republicoftea.com Rhino Naturals (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) was founded as a manufacturer of liquid nutritional supplements in 1997, and has become one of the industry’s leading developers of liquid nutritional supplements. They produce a complete line under the Boosts and Shots brands, primarily for food service operators (as in Smoothie shops). www.rhinonaturals.com Seeds of Change (owned by Mars, the candy and pet food company) grows and sells seeds of all kinds, as well as various consumer packaged foods. "Goodness from the ground up". www.seedsofchange.com Small Planet Foods (General Mills) sells "food that matters", with brands including Cascadian Farm and Muir Glen. www.cfarm.com Soul Vegetarian is the premier brand of kosher, organic, vegan foods. Their absolutely delicious foods have been sold in restaurants throughout the world for 25 years (Chicago, Baltimore, Atlanta, Israel, the Bahamas, and Ghana, among others). Beginning in 2006, these foods will be appearing in retail stores and in selected food service outlets throughout the United States. www.soulvegetarian.com Spectrum Organic Products (Petaluma, CA) is the leader in organic and natural culinary and nutritional oils. They market Spectrum Naturals cooking oils, spreads, condiments and dressings, and Spectrum Essentials essential fatty acid (EFA) oils.www.spectrumnaturals.com Strauss Family Creamery (Marshall, CA) is a family-owned and operated organic creamery in Northern California dedicated to taking care of the land, their animals and reducing waste. They feature some of the highest quality dairy products on the market using the simplest and purest ingredients available. Their milk comes in traditional glass bottles and their newest product is delicious organic ice cream. www.strausmilk.com Sunridge Farms (Santa Cruz, CA) manufactures and distributes bulk organic & natural foods, featuring the largest worldwide selection of bulk trail mixes, confections and snacks. www.sunridgefarms.com Thai Kitchen (Emeryville, CA) was founded in 1989 when Seth Jacobson made his first trip to Asia. It was during this first trip to Thailand that he fell in love with the land, the people and the cuisine. Today, Thai Kitchen has over 45 products and is sold in 50 states, Canada and 9 countries in Europe. Thai Kitchen can be found on the shelves of gourmet food shops, natural food stores, green grocers, ethnic markets and grocery stores and is the number one imported brand of Thai food in the world. www.thaikitchen.com Traditional Medicinals (Sebastopol, CA) was the first marketer of medicinal herb teas in the US and has been offering consumers healthful choices for almost 30 years. www.traditionalmedicinals.com Wallaby Yogurt Company (American Canyon, Napa, CA) produces a premium organic lowfat yogurt styled after European and Australian yogurts. They start with the best natural ingredients: Fresh organic BST-free milk and loads of quality organic fruit. www.wallabyyogurt.com Wildwood Natural Foods, in Northern California, produces great-tasting, fresh organic tofu, egetarian products, and soy milk. www.wildwoodnaturalfoods.com The WholeSoy Company (San Francisco, CA) uses a proprietary process to manufacture a soy cream from whole soybeans and from this cream produces a range of soymilks, yogurts or "creamy cultured soy", and Glacé, the premium dairy-like soy cream frozen dessert. www.wholesoycom.com
Cooperative Community Energy
(CCEnergy) is a northern California
based buyer's cooperative providing quality renewable energy equipment
and service to our members at reasonable prices. They are doing this through:
Aggregating the buying power of people and communities; Mr Solar is a complete, on-line source for solar power products and advice. This map of the US shows how much solar power can be generated in each area. www.mrsolar.com/faq/insol/usa.htm The Solar Electric Power Association
(SEPA) is a collaboration of utilities, energy service providers
and the photovoltaic industry working together to create and encourage
commercial use of new solar electric power business models. SEPA helps
to establish standards for hotovoltaic systems and their interconnection
to the utility grid, hosts cross-industry workshops, and manages educational
and outreach campaigns. The Solar Living Institute is a non-profit educational organization that promotes sustainable living through inspirational environmental education www.solarliving.org ISO 14001 and the Global Reporting Initiative ISO 14001 is an international standard that specifies a process for controlling and improving a company's environmental performance. Google and other search engines provide lots of valuable links. One is BSI: www.bsiamericas.com/Environment/Overview/WhatisISO14001.xalter The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a multi-stakeholder process and independent institution whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. www.globalreporting.org The largest annual "green" materials trade show on the West Coast. A products fair for forward thinking design professionals, innovative construction firms, curious building officials, and concerned citizens of any profession. More than 70 exhibitors will showcase the latest resource-efficient materials and an array of products from non-virgin or renewable resources with high-recycled content, low embodied energy, long life-span, and no or low VOCs. Their site includes a key exihibitor and sponsor directory. www.sfgreen.org "Green" Hotels are properties whose managers are eager to institute programs that save water, save energy and reduce solid waste--while saving money--to help PROTECT OUR ONE AND ONLY EARTH! www.greenhotels.com Healthy Home Plans is dedicated to making healthy and beautiful home designs available and affordable. They believe one's home should be a safe, inviting sanctuary for you and your loved ones. Their designs are selected from the work of some of the nation’s leading architects, are of exceptional detail and quality, and considered to be world-class architecture. Healthy Home's home plans are also thoroughly reviewed for their healthy design features. Issues of indoor air quality, mold prevention, natural lighting and ventilation are our chief concerns. www.healthyhomeplans.com The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Members of the U.S. Green Building Council representing all segments of the building industry developed LEED and continue to contribute to its evolution. www.usgbc.org/leed/leed_main.asp West Coast Green Building Conference & Expo is expected to be the largest regional green building conference on the West Coast. Beginning in 2006, this full-scale conference will bring even greater opportunity for education, inspiration, and networking, laying the groundwork for new collaborations and businesses to be forged. The Green Building Conference & Expo will draw thousands of forward-thinking design professionals, construction firms, building officials, and individuals interested in the growing field of green building and sustainable design. With a targeted outreach campaign, they're projecting over 6,000 attendees including homebuilders, developers, architects, designers, facility managers and city officials. www.sfgreen.org The
U.S. Green Building Council is the nation’s foremost
coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote
buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy
places to live and work. www.usgbc.org/ Gaiam for information on health and "natural living", see www.gaiam.com Health and nutrition information links: www.radar3.com/links/nutrition.html Healthwell.com is a source of health information. They also publish Delicious Living magazine which is distributed free by many retailers like Whole Foods.. /www.healthwell.com
Parnassus Investments serves the growing community of investors who believe their assets should be chosen with a conscience as well as financial savvy. Before they invest, they diligently research all aspects of a company's operations to determine whether they meet their social investment criteria (listed on the site) and have good prospects for future earnings. This unique approach to investing coupled with the solid performance of their funds prompted the media to dub Parnassus "the mutual fund company that does well by doing good."www.parnassus.com Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous, and life sustaining. We do this by inspiring business, civil society, and government to design integrative solutions that create true wealth. www.rmi.org The Social Investment Forum site offers comprehensive information, contacts & resources on socially responsible investing. www.socialinvest.org SocialFunds.com features
over 10,000 pages of information on SRI mutual funds, community investments,
corporate research, shareowner actions, and daily social investment news. Trillium Asset Management
Corporation has been the leader in socially responsible investing
for over 20 years. They are guided by a belief that active investing can
offer good returns to the investor, while also promoting social and economic
justice. Trillium Asset Management is an independent employee-owned firm,
dedicated to professional, high quality, individualized service for their
valued clients. Delicious Living Magazine www.healthwell.com EcoNews (Arcata, CA ) Since it was founded in 1971, the Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC) has focused the combined efforts of local conservation groups and concerned people on environmental quality in northwestern California. www.necandeconews.to Greenjournal.com is a free environmental news report www.greenjournal.com Green Living Magazine (formerly Green Shopping Magazine) provides many on-line articles on topics of interest. www.ecomall.com/greenshopping Health magazine www.health.com Hightower Lowdown website has a daily outpouring of "Hightowerisms" from Jim Hightower (radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author), including his commentary of the day. Many helpful and informative links are also available. www.jimhightower.com KPFA radio, founded in 1949, was the first community supported radio station in the US. It broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, CA, reaching one third of the state. www.kpfa.org LOHAS Journal Online is a source for executive-level news and information about the rapidly growing, $230 billion Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) marketplace. You can also find information about LOHAS Journal, LOHAS Journal Weekly, the annual Market Trends Conference and market research on the LOHAS market and consumer. www.lohasjournal.com Mambo Sprouts provides co-op direct mail and in-store couponing programs (for example, at Whole Foods) for health and natural products. It is a great way to reach natural products consumers. Also see their on-line newsletter. www.mambosprouts.com Mother Jones, founded in 1976, is an independent, nonprofit magazine whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice, with a 2003 circulation of 175,000 www.motherjones.com NPR, national public radio, serves a growing audience of 21 million Americans each week via more than 730 public radio stations and the Internet and in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa via NPR Worldwide, to military installations overseas via American Forces Network, and throughout Japan via cable. In its 30 years on the air, NPR has won virtually every major journalism award for its news and cultural programming. www.npr.org New Hope, publishers of Natural Food Merchandiser and other magazines: www.newhope.com Natural Products Industry Insider is a publisher of trade magazines, a producer of trade shows, and a source of industry news and information. www.naturalproductsinsider.com Organic Style Magazine. See the organic products directory. www,organicstyle.com Real Simple Magazine helps simplify life and lives. www.realsimple.com Self Magazine www.self.com Shape Magazine www.shape.com Terrain.org is an on-line journal of the Built & Natural Environments updated twice yearly searching for that interface—the integration—among the built and natural environments, that might be called the soul of place www.terrain.org UTNE Magazine, founded in 1984 by Eric Utne, reprints the best articles from over 2,000 alternative media sources bringing you the latest ideas and trends emerging in our culture... Provocative writing from diverse perspectives... Insightful analysis of art and media... Down-to-earth news and resources you can use... In-depth coverage of compelling people and issues that affect your life... The best of the alternative media. www.utne.com Whole Foods Magazine has product information and news emphasis of particular interest to natural products retailers, with in-depth coverage each month of the products sold in this industry. www.wfcinc.com Yoga Journal Magazine www.yogajournal.com
Bainbridge Graduate Institute offers an MBA that fully integrates environmental and social responsibility into all of its courses. BGI prepares leaders from diverse backgrounds to succeed in creating and managing environmentally and socially responsible (ESR) businesses and nonprofit ventures that build a better world. The BGI learning community approach features three short residential intensives in the Pacific Northwest each term, supplemented with distance learning and mentoring. www.bgiedu.org Dominican University of California in San Rafael, offers the nation’s first accredited Green MBA program for pioneering adults with strong environmental and social values who want to be effective change agents. The program integrates rigorous business skills courses with eco-literacy, ecology of business, critical thinking and leadership skills training, designed to create new leaders who will transform business to be a vehicle for social change. www.greenmba.com and www.dominican.edu Environmental MBA rankings by www.allbusinessschools.com/faqs/envirorank.php Presidio World College, an affiliate of Alliant International University, offers a distinctive, leading-edge MBA in Sustainable Management. The College's MBA program integrates environmental, ethical and social values with practical business skills. The program is designed for working adults who are committed to creating healthier relationships among society, the environment and business. It's for people who see themselves as change agents and know that "business as usual" is not a sustainable option. www.presidioworldcollege.com
This website is by, for and about the Cultural Creatives. This "group" cares deeply about: ecology and saving the planet; relationships, peace, social justice; and self actualization, spirituality and self-expression. As of the year 2000, there were 50 million adults in the United States and 80-90 million adults in the European Union who have the worldview, values and lifestyle of the Cultural Creatives. This site provides detailed demographic and psychographic information about Cultural Creatives and a link for buying Paul Ray's book. www.culturalcreatives.org 40mpg.org is working to make 40 miles per gallon the standard for all automobiles in the United States. The benefits are obvious: we reduce dependence on Middle Eastern oil, making us more secure; we lower the carbon emissions into the atmosphere that contribute to global warming; and we put America's technology community to work on these important problems, creating jobs, ensuring that the U.S. leads in the development and sale of new technologies. Their site is updated weekly and contains a fuel and hydrocarbon savings calculator you can use to estimate the savings you'd get vs. your present vehicle, if it could get 40 and 50 mpg. www.40mpg.org
Earth Future presents climate & energy personal carbon calculators. How much are your personal carbon emissions? Try these out, and use the one you like. www.earthfuture.com/climate/calculators/ Green Tags. The Bonneville Environmental Foundation, a non-profit organization, sells carbon offsets as renewable energy certificates, which it calls Green Tags, to replace traditional polluting sources of electricity with clean, secure, and sustainable renewable sources of energy that come from solar and wind power from across North America.presents climate & energy personal carbon calculators. How much are your personal carbon emissions? Try these out, and use the one! https://www.greentagsusa.org/GreenTags/
Other Green Businesses and Organizations Bioneers An educational nonprofit that strengthens and expands networks of practical visionaries working on behalf of the environment and people. They spread solutions-oriented stories — including both ecological models and social strategies — for restoring the earth. They hold an annual conference in October (2003 is in Marin County, CA) open to members and non-members. www.bioneers.org Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is a global organization that helps member companies achieve success in ways that respect ethical values, people, communities and the environment. BSR provides information, tools, training and advisory services to make corporate social responsibility an integral part of business operations and strategies. A nonprofit organization, BSR promotes cross sector collaboration and contributes to global efforts to advance the field of corporate social responsibility. www.bsr.org CERES is the leading U.S. coalition of environmental, investor, and advocacy groups working together for a sustainable future. It includes companies that have committed to continuous environmental improvement by endorsing the CERES Principles, a ten-point code of environmental conduct. It provides a common ground where groups with widely different backgrounds, assumptions, and visions find concrete solutions to today's environmental challenges. www.ceres.org Changing World Technologies
is the owner and developer of processes that convert industrial waste
and low-value streams into fuels, oils, gases and carbons, with no hazardous
emissions into the environment. Their products and services are aimed
at providing energy independence, ensuring a better future for industry,
business, engineering and science throughout the world. www.changingworldtech.com/home.html
Co-op America, a national nonprofit organization founded in 1982, provides the economic strategies, organizing power and practical tools for businesses and individuals to address today's social and environmental problems. While many environmental organizations choose to fight important political and legal battles, Co-op America is the leading force in educating and empowering our nation's people and businesses to make significant improvements through the economic system. www.coopamerica.org Also see their on-line "green pages" for better shopping choices www.greenpages.org and the green festivals they organize in several places around the country www.greenfestivals.com Digital Hive a strategic design firm, working in partnership with leaders from a variety of disciplines to advance their initiatives in the green, or eco-economy. They do this with a proven design process that begins with a refining of business objectives, strategies and tactics. The resulting facts and ideas, together with measurable outcomes, guide them in crafting copy and creating visuals that resonate emotionally with target, "LOHAS" consumers.. Consider Digital Hive for: branding, website development, collateral design/production, consumer packaging projects, and advertising campaigns. www.digitalhive.biz Earthsite.net is a design collective consisting of several design and technology professionals. They work with nonprofit organizations and sustainable businesses to make strategic use of communications and web technologies. www.earthsite.net EcoHost Marketing is an Internet Service Provider which aims to help sustainable businesses and nonprofit organizations realize their web marketing goals. EcoHost Marketing provides web marketing, search engine/usability optimization, and web hosting services to companies, organizations and individuals that are making a difference in the world. www.ecohost.org EcoISP is an Internet Service Provider which targets eco consumers and donates 50% of the profits from your subscriber fees to an environmental group of your choice. Their home page has current environmental news and helpful direct linke. www.ecoisp.com The Foundation for Global Community is a nonprofit educational organization, dedicated to reconnecting people, the planet, and prosperity. Recognizing that natural, social, and economic systems are all parts of a single interconnected whole, the Foundation has been promoting cultural change, facilitating personal development, and strengthening community connections for over 50 years.www.globalcommunity.org Green Seal is an independent, non-profit organization that strives to achieve a healthier and cleaner environment by identifying and promoting products and services that cause less toxic pollution and waste, conserve resources and habitats, and minimize global warming and ozone depletion. Green Seal has no financial interest in the products that it certifies or recommends nor in any manufacturer or company. Green Seal's evaluations are based on state-of-the-art science and information using internationally recognized methods and procedures. Thus, Green Seal provides credible, objective, and unbiased information whose only purpose is to direct the purchaser to environmentally responsible products and services. www.greenseal.org GreenerPrinter.com provides environmentally friendly printing services, featuring New Leaf Paper and Climate Cool shipping. GreenerPrinter.com printing services are provided by TulipXPress, a 15-year-old printing company based in Berkeley, California, with a strong commitment to environmental and social responsibility. Tulip's state-of-the-art digital facilities have been certified as a Green Business by the Association of Bay Area Governments. And GreenerPrinter.com customers can take comfort in knowing that the climate impact of shipping finished print jobs is offset 100% through investments in WindBuilders and Green Tags and is certified as Climate Cool™ by the Climate Neutral Network as having a net-zero impact on the earth’s climate. With every print job you can receive an Environmental Benefits Statement, detailing the environmental savings of your printing as a result of using New Leaf Paper. www.greenerprinter.com/grp/welcome.do The Graduation Pledge Alliance. "I,_____ , pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work." Contains an jobs and internship link. www.graduationpledge.org Gauger + Associates (San Francisco) is a very good advertising, promotions andbranding agency that specializes in natural products. Visit their site for an impressive list of clients and samples of their award-winning, market-proven work. www.gauger-associates.com Greenbiz.com bills inself as a resource center on business, the environment and the bottom line. Links to helpful articles, businesses, and jobs. www.greenbiz.com Leaf Cuisine Leaf Cuisine is a restaurant featuring raw, organic, vegan, Kosher foods in the Los Angeles area (two locations). www.leafcuisine.com Natural Products Industry Center is the leading natural products business-to-business center, withsupplier directories, news and lots more: www.npicenter.com National Nutritional Foods Association, founded in 1936, represents the interests of manufacturers and retailers of a wide variety of natural products including organic and health foods, natural ingredient osmetics, sports nutrition products and vitamins, herbs and other dietary supplements. www.nnfa.org Natural products industry information and supplier database: www.datanatural.com Net Impact is a network of emerging business leaders committed to using the power of business to create a better world. www.net-impact.org Oasis Sales and Marketing (Sebastapol, CA) lets smaller manufacturers outsource sales and marketing of natural and organic food products. Larger companies like Blue Diamond also turn to OS&M for assistance with sales to this channel. www.oasissalesandmarketing.com The Organic Trade Association
(OTA) is the membership-based business association for the organic
industry in North America. OTA's mission is to encourage global sustainability
through promoting and protecting the growth of diverse organic trade. The Sonoma Green Business Program began as a voluntary compliance program for the automotive industry. It now includes the Graphic Arts Industries and Wineries. Currently there are approximately 150 businesses in Sonoma County who participate in this program.www.sonoma-county.org/eservice/green.htm Straus Communications, located in northern CA, creates social change by providing public relations for organic products, sustainable agriculture, and environmentally focused organizations and companies. www.strauscom.com SustainAbility, founded in 1987, is the longest established international consultancy specializing in business strategy and sustainable development – environmental improvement, social equity and economic development. www.sustainability.com Sustainablemarketing.com provides information on how to promote your product for your green business. www.sustainablemarketing.com The Sustainable Careers Information Gateway is a wide-ranging library and collection of links on work ethics and options, education, and career counseling to create a society that is more democratic, just, humane and ecologically sustainable. www.sustainablecareers.com The Sustainable Business Institute (SBI) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to bringing about increased understanding of, and commitment to, the concept of sustainability within business and communities worldwide. SBI was founded in 1994 by business leaders who recognize sustainability as a strategic driver for enhanced competitiveness and profitability. SBI continues to serve today's most influential decision-makers, corporate executives and future leaders with conferences, seminars, media and education initiatives and user group programs.www.sustainablebusiness.org Vestergaard-Frandsen are creators of innovative, life-saving products like the amazing Lifestraw, Permanet, and Zero-fly. www.vestergaard-frandsen.com Thegreenoffice.com promotes "business as usual, naturally". Founded by a graduate of the Green MBA program, it is a company designed to promote sustainability in the workplace. Their products are labeled and ranked by greenness, taking the research out of responsible shopping. You'll find a range of tools, services, tips and information making office greening easy and cost effective. Customers enjoy great low prices, free shipping over $49, and next day delivery on orders placed before 3:00 p.m.www.thegreenoffice.com ViewCraft specializes in Information CartographySM and its applications to navigating complex systems. Simply defined, it is a method through which complex systems are visually rendered to facilitate comprehension. In this world of accelerated change, organizations and communities increasingly need ways for finding direction, creating paths towards sustainability and communicating the journey with clear understanding. www.viewcraft.com The World Business Academy is founded on the understanding that business is the dominant institution in society today and the one most capable of responding to rapid change. As such, business must adopt a new tradition of responsibility for the whole. It must do this by defining business interests within the wider perspective of society in order to create a positive and sustainable future. www.worldbusiness.org Whole
Foods Markets and Wild Oats Markets
are the two leading natural products retailers in the US.
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