by Amy Seidman | Consumer Brands, Lifestyle, Supply Chain, Women
“The right of women to live free from abuse and harassment is starting to unite the world, as people rise up to say: enough is enough,” states CEO Scott Leonard of Indigenous. A passionate man with sandy blonde hair looks more like a surfer than...
by Amy Seidman | Supply Chain, Sustainability
Sebastopol, CA and Peru Scott Leonard is the co-founder and CEO of Indigenous Designs, a fashion company specializing in fair trade and organic apparel. They sell direct to consumer, but also white label their apparel to major brands such as Eileen Fisher. Their model...
by Lauren Schiller | Agriculture, Sustainability, Thought Leadership, Women
Can climate change be a good thing? Shana Rappaport and Amanda Ravenhill of Project Drawdown look at climate change not as a dreaded certainty but as an opportunity for growth and change. Amanda Ravenhill is the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, which she...
by Ray Podder | Energy, Featured, In Focus, SoCap
In 1997, while rummaging through a bin of novelty items in a tiny sidewalk shop in San Francisco’s China Town, I stumbled upon an item that sounded too good to be true. It was a shaving razor made of a self sharpening non-metallic material that was supposed to be good...
by Shana Rappaport | Agriculture, Sustainability, Verge
Sure, 2014 saw its share of forward-thinking business investments and new, collaborative models in sustainability fields ranging from advanced agriculture to renewable energy. The year ahead, too, is already shaping up to be momentous for technologies, new business...
by Shana Rappaport | Energy, Resilient Cities, Solar, Sustainability
From Google’s billion-dollar acquisition of smart energy pioneer Nest to the proliferation of sensors in “smart cities” around the world, 2014 was a big year for innovation in sustainability. All that adds up to massive opportunities at the...
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