Develop the passionate pitch you need to inspire potential funders. Learn the 8 Factors used by thousands of entrepreneurs to build successful businesses. Join Michael C. Bush, star speaker at our San Francisco Green Festival. WEBINAR: Raise Capital with a Passionate Pitch Tues . March 19 @ 2 pm 11 AM PST / 12 PM…
Join us for NYC Green Festival, featuring the brand new B2B Green Trade Day on Friday. Sign up to exhibit in the green marketplace and check out the event guide. Green Festival begins an exciting 2013 season returning to Javits Center North for Earth Day Weekend, April 19-21! New York Green Festival returns to celebrate…
If you’re part of a local, innovative non-profit in NYC with a powerful idea to serve your community, apply to win $5,000 for your organization at the NYC Green Festival by March 29! Get details and watch the 2012 winner’s story. Ford Motor Company has teamed up with Green Festivals to award a $5,000 Community…
How do you reach more customers in the booming market for green? Learn how the Green Business Network can help you reach hundreds of thousands of people seeking green products and services. Members of Green America’s Green Business Network are entitled to a wide range of benefits to help you connect, market, and grow. In…
Companies like Apple and General Electric are bringing American manufacturing jobs back home or creating new opportunities – but with weakened unions, that’s not necessarily a good sign for wages and the economy. The new trend in “reshoring” is primarily motivated by the same reason companies went big for outsourcing – savings to the personnel…
Gil Friend, CEO of Natural Logic, looks back at his predictions for the top sustainability stories of 2012. Read about climate change, clean energy vs. fossil fuels, the corporate shift to green, collaboration, radical transparency, and more. Gil Friend’s Review of the Top Sustainability Stories of 2012 – Excerpted from Natural Logic Last year I…
Walmart has offered to hire any military veteran who wants a job. The nation’s largest employer aims to hire 100,000 over the next five years to join their 1.4 million workers, most with low wages and minimal benefits. Beginning on Memorial Day, Walmart will offer jobs to address the high unemployment rate of military veterans.…
The inaugural Green Car Technology Awards at the Washington Auto Show honored Mazda and Ford for their advances in energy efficiency. Mazda’s SKYACTIV®1 technology won the main award, for increasing overall vehicle efficiency, performance and fuel economy, while reducing CO2 emissions responsible for climate change. The Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid was named Green Car…
Applications are open for Think Beyond Plastic, an innovation competition for entrepreneurs working on solutions to the plastic pollution crisis. Win up to $50,000 for your business. Contestants will compete for a first prize investment of $50,000 for an existing business, and a separate $10,000 investment for the most innovative business idea. A qualifying solution…
Our members shone at the first Leadership Awards for the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc.: Canaan Fair Trade’s director Dr. Nasser Abufarha and Native American Natural Foods’ CEO Karlene Hunter. Two GBN members shone at the first Leadership Awards for the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc (NASFT). Canaan Fair…