Sara has been described by friends as “a force of nature.” She is a passionate advocate for great ideas and great people — and is dedicated to the hard work of building unlikely alliances to solve society’s toughest challenges. Sara’s background as a competitive ...
Steve serves as Founder and Managing Director of Compass Natural, a full-service public relations, marketing, brand communications, and strategic business development agency specializing in the $300-billion LOHAS – or Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability – market. He is Co-founder of LOHAS Journal and the ...
Robin Alfred, BA (Oxon), PGCE, M.Phil (Cantab) is an organizational consultant, facilitator, trainer and executive coach. Robin worked as a trainer, educator and social work manager for 15 years in London, before moving to Scotland in 1995 where he founded the Findhorn Consultancy Service. ...
From Cave to Corporate America, Greg Burdulis is a mindfulness teacher and certified professional coach. He specializes in guiding stressed leaders to work better (not more). They develop a style that is calm, focused and responsive. Gregs powerful methodology combines neuroscience, humor, and 7 ...
Victoria Kindred Keziah is a twenty-five year strategist with a proven history of building businesses from the bottom up. She began her career in the New York advertising world as a strategic planner and market researcher. She then co-founded and built one of the ...
Kate Dillon Levin is the VP of Marketing for North America at Ecosphere+, a venture founded by the award winning Althelia Climate Fund, whose mission is to grow markets that value carbon and incentivize sustainable business models. Kate has worked on REDD+ and sustainable ...
Jeff Herrick is a soil scientist USDA-ARS in Las Cruces, New Mexico and holds adjunct faculty appointments at NMSU and CU-Boulder. He works closely with the NRCS and BLM on the development and application rangeland assessment and monitoring protocols. He also serves on UNEP’s ...
Former (R) US House of Representative from Rhode Island, Claudine is an enlightened leader in Climate, Energy, Environment and Ecological Economic policies which drive global environmental responsibility while proactively enhancing U.S. competitiveness. A seasoned business professional, with broad experience in both consulting and executive ...
John Fullerton is the founder and president of Capital Institute, a collaborative working to illuminate how our economy and financial system can operate to promote a more just, regenerative, and thus sustainable way of living on this earth. He is the author of Regenerative ...
By Victoria Kindred Keziah (reprinted with permission from author. First published by Triple Pundit) Lately I’ve been swept up in the startup fever that has captured the imagination of my town and many like it, all hoping for a taste of what Silicon Valley ...
By Gerry Valentine (Reprinted with permission from Author; first published in Conscious Company Magazine A few weeks ago, I overheard an exchange between a mother and daughter that held an important lesson for conscious business leaders. We were standing in a supermarket in front ...
Consulting with organizations in a variety of industries across 6 continents and 35 countries, Tré has proven to be indispensable in designing, developing, and implementing an organization’s purpose for the future. His industry experience is very diverse from the development of faith-based community organizations, a ...
As President and CEO, Vince Siciliano leads New Resource Bank, a certified B Corporation, in serving values-driven companies and organizations working to achieve well-being for our community and the planet. The bank seeks to transform the banking industry into an agent of positive social, ...
Silencia Cox is the inspiration for, and now CEO of Motherlove Herbal Company, a family business that began in a Colorado Rockies meadow and has grown into an international leading manufacturer of organic herbal products for pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. Motherlove was started by ...
By John Roulac (reprinted with permission from author via EcoWatch) Many of us are now choosing to eat holistically grown foods. We want: • more nutrition from our food. • to avoid toxic pesticides and GMOs. • to create safer conditions for farmers and rural ...
By Hunter Lovins (re-published with permission from The Guardian) A shift to the sharing economy, millennials shunning private car and home ownership, a saturation of consumerism – is a new economic narrative emerging? Prosperity. Every segment of society seeks it, but ask what it ...
By Seana Steffen, Ph.D. Uncertainty is a hallmark of the 21st century. As we envision the possibility of global equilibrium and collective wellbeing, we are challenged to confront the reality of having exceeded the limits to growth. With that, sustainability has become an ethical ...
Kiran Stordalen is the Co-owner of Intelligent Nutrients, a certified organic health and wellness beauty and lifestyle company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company’s mission “Everything we put in and on our bodies must be nutritious and safe” carries through every product from outset ...
Dr. TC North is co-author of the Amazon bestseller, Fearless Leaders, a high-performance executive coach and leadership speaker. Dr. North has accelerated individuals and organizations in attaining their visions and dreams since 1988. He has coached Olympic teams and a professional sports team in ...
Stacy Malkan is co-founder and co-director of U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit food industry research groups that advocates for truth and transparency in our food system. She is author of the award-winning book, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the ...
By Steven Hoffman What is the cost of preventing global warming? Not that expensive, really, if one considers switching to widely available and inexpensive organic farming practices, says Rodale Institute in a landmark White Paper published in May 2014. In fact, says Rodale after ...
By Brook Eddy I wish I could say I learned to take risks on a summer night with mushrooms as my guide, or traveling on the night train in India with a risk guru. But, really, it was business that forced me to drop ...
Lisa Turner is a chef, nutritionist, food writer and product developer in Boulder, Colorado. She is the co-founder and recipe developer of Wholly Bites Paleo Snacks, and is also a former co-founder and recipe developer for Boulder Organic Foods, Boulder Soup Works and other ...
John W. Roulac is founder and Chief Hemp Officer of RE Botanicals, the Pure Organic Hemp Apothecary brand. In 1999, John founded the organic superfoods brand Nutiva. For seven consecutive years, under John’s leadership, Inc. Magazine selected Nutiva as one of American’s fastest growing ...
Nearly 15 years ago while exploring southern Brazil, Justin Bley embraced the magic of Yerba Mate. As an outdoor enthusiast, Yerba Mate quickly became his "fuel' of choice on all of his backcountry adventures. Through his experience with the Program for Ecological Agriculture and ...
Linda Appel Lipsius is a serial entrepreneur. She is Co-Founder & CEO of Teatulia Organic Teas, the mamahood and Teatulia Tea Bar all located in one building in the LoHi neighborhood of Denver. She is also Executive Producer of her husband's feature film production ...
Chris Feuille, founder and president, started WB Kitchen in 2012 with his wife Anna. Creating is what Chris enjoys best. Whether it be new recipes in the kitchen, making spreadsheets, or fumbling through the finances Chris always enjoys a new challenge to navigate. WB ...
As the founder and CPO of the award winning Pangea Organics™ brand, Joshua Onysko is a skin care authority with a high-performance, natural product line created with organic superfoods sourced from 54 countries. After founding Pangea Organics in 2000, Joshua has grown as an ...
For over 18 years, Errol Schweizer has dedicated his career to improving the natural and organic food industry. As Whole Foods Market’s Global Grocery Coordinator since 2008, Errol has helped to bring more than 6,000 culinary finds to the US marketplace. Errol and the ...
Bill Weiland is President and CEO of Presence Marketing / Dynamic Presence. After nearly a dozen years working in the natural products industry in varied roles in sales and retail, Bill launched Presence Marketing in January 1990. He is surrounded by a dedicated cast ...
Esther is the CEO of Cienega Capital, a regenerative investment firm utilizing an integrated capitalapproach to systemic change in the areas of soil health, regenerative agriculture, and local food systems.Cienega Capital is also part of the #NoRegrets Initiative, a regenerative asset strategy focused on ...
Maria Rodale is the CEO and Chairman of Rodale Inc., the global voice for health and wellness with a mission to inspire and enable people to improve their lives and the world around them. Reaching more than 100 million people worldwide, Rodale publishes some ...
Zhena Muzyka is a socially responsible business leader who founded Zhena's Gypsy Tea in 2000 and pioneered fair trade in the industry. An inspirational speaker, author, meditation teacher, and podcast host, she is celebrated for her work in sustainable business practices. Zhena's critically acclaimed ...
S. David Freeman was appointed chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority by Jimmy Carter in 1977. He was named an “eco-pioneer†for his environmentally-oriented leadership of the Sacramento Municipal Utility. He also headed  New York Power Authority and the Los Angeles Department of Water and ...
After making advertising history as a founding partner of the world’s most awarded agency, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Alex Bogusky changed course to pursue a new way of doing business. In 2010, he turned his focus from being a brand advocate to a consumer ...
Hunter Lovins is President of Natural Capitalism Solutions. NCS helps companies, communities and countries implement more sustainable business practices profitably. Hunter has worked in countries from Afghanistan to New Zealand, and was recently asked by the King of Bhutan to serve on a team ...
Before leaving the private sector to form B Lab with two long-time friends and college mates, Jay Coen Gilbert and Bart Houlahan, Andrew spent 16 years in the private equity business; as a Partner at MSD Real Estate Capital, an affiliate of MSD Capital, ...
Nick and Helen Forster, are co-producers of eTown, a nationally syndicated radio show heard on more than 300 stations across the US and around the world, with one purpose: to educate people about community and environment through entertainment. Nick, is an internationally renowned bluegrass ...
Jenn Vervier started on the bottling line at New Belgium Brewing Company 20 years ago. She became NBB's first Chief Financial Officer and later the Chief Operating Officer. As the Director of Sustainability her responsibilities include the sustainability management system, corporate responsibility reporting, greenhouse ...
Michael H. Shuman is director for research for Cutting Edge Capital, Business Development Director for Business Alliance for Local Living Economies and A Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute. He is the lead author of Community Food Enterprise: Local Success in a Global Marketplace, ...
A pioneer in plant-based personal care and aromatherapy, Horst M. Rechelbacher (1941 – 2014) was an active environmentalist who changed the world of beauty. He’s excelled in several lifetimes of pursuits and passions: innovative businessman, artist, provocateur, organic farmer, artist, author and speaker. In ...
With a penchant for entrepreneurship and a love of the outdoors, Brendan Synnott has been merging his passions; he has successfully guided natural and organic brands to their growth potential, while maintaining an active lifestyle and having fun in the process. In 2002, Brendan ...
Arran and Ratana Stephens have dedicated their lifework to sustainable agriculture and business through their family-owned company, Natures Path Foods, based in the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1985, today Nature’s Path stands as the largest independent, fair trade, certified organic, non-GMO breakfast foods company ...
Dr. John Elstrott has served as the Chairman of the Board of Whole Foods Market since 2009 and has served as a director of the Company since 1995, serving as Lead Director from 2001 to 2009. Dr. Elstrott is an Emeritus Professor of Entrepreneurship ...
Bill McKibben is a writer, activist and co-founder of 350.org. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of a dozen books, including The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change. His new book Eaarth; Making a ...