…sustainability to create less production waste. We also source ribbons that have been made from recycled plastic bottles. Related A Night off From Drinking: Why More People Are Embracing Booze-Free…
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Her Rideshare Company Only Uses Electric Vehicles
…instead realized her calling was sustainability and clean technology. “I experienced life-altering chronic sickness the year before entering law school,” she says. “This started my journey into holistic health —…
Kamala Harris, Laurene Powell Jobs Inspire College Grads During 2021 Commencement Speeches
…“A gang of hackers can disrupt the fuel supply of a whole seaboard,” Harris said recently. “One country’s carbon emissions can threaten the sustainability of the whole earth. This, midshipmen,…
Sabeena Ahmed: Promoting Fair Trade Products & Consumerism
…wage, self-reliance, empowerment, transparency, environmental sustainability, dignity and self-respect. Related: Read about another Fair Trade entrepreneur here. How do you define success? My definition of success is helping others in…
Colleen Coughlin: An Eco-Friendly Approach to Closet Purging
…edit closets and teach about sustainability, while capitalizing on the 79lbs of textile waste the average American discards annually. This isn’t just tree-hugger talk. There is money to be made…
Inspiring Quotes from 11 Iconic Women Who Made History
…Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. (Credit: Deb for Congress) “We must shift our thinking away from short-term gain toward long-term investment and sustainability, and always have the next generations…
18 Black Women-Run Businesses That Inspire Us
…we’ve put together a list of Black women entrepreneurs whose businesses and nonprofits are showing signs of sustainability and expansion — despite the hurdles. Many of the women featured below…
Shweta Chari: Toybank — Gives Working Children a Place to Play
…bring about long-term sustainability within Toybank. So I focus much of my energies on fund- raising. We do not have grant or consistent funders to keep us going and so…
She Built Bowls to Keep Your Ice Cream Cool – And Your Soup, Hot
…in general. We set out to create a really high-quality product with all the cool features we wanted to see, like a grippy base and fitted lid. Sustainability is important…
An Eco-Conscious Fashion Entrepreneur Works to Combat Fashion’s Waste Problem
…Sustainability Martin’s interest in fashion was sparked as a child while watching her grandmother sew. The matriarch was an expert — she made her daughter’s wedding gown and her granddaughter’s…
Shelly Egbert: Black Rock Mud Company – Loves to Get Dirty for Her Business
…Because our mud is produced by geological features that erupt sporadically, we have a limited and unknown volume of mud each year. To overcome this problem and ensure long-term sustainability,…
Graciela Tiscareño-Sato: Gracefully Global Group, LLC
…book awards in NYC this summer + a “books-into-movies” award in L.A. in spring. It’s used to teach a variety of college classes: entrepreneurship, sustainability, Honors English, communications, Latino Studies….
She Is Working To Fix Broken Philanthropic Systems
…gender and income inequality continue to hinder our progress and the sustainability of our planet—we have an urgent responsibility to rebuild these broken systems and walk the walk. There is…
Sydney Mayor Clover Moore on Heat, Trees and Women in Charge
…50 percent by 2030, compared to 2006 levels. We’re investigating other options including cooler streets and reflective roofs, and advocating for higher sustainability standards in new buildings to improve their…
5 DIY Costume Ideas for the Woman Who Wants to Make a Statement
…conversation about sustainability given that the world is in a climate crisis. For well over 60 years, Goodall has immersed herself into environmentalism and become a friend to the earth,…