Michael Franti is the thunderous voice and poetic brain behind Spearhead, a band that melts hip hop, R&B, reggae, and funk with a message of love and rebellion. Franti has long been outspoken on issues of political reform, peace, and ecological sanity. His documentary film, “I Know I’m Not Alone,” follows his barefoot journey across the Middle East, guitar in hand.
Thousands of home-owners and business-owners swarmed the convention center floor at West Coast Green this past weekend, fawning over the energy-efficient windows, lighting, textiles, and home performance specialists that would help them save money through energy efficiency in their homes, offices, and warehouses. The vendors there knew that they were not just delivering a trendy product or service. They were positioning themselves at the forefront of a fundamental market shift that is being created by a wave of green building policies soon to be sweeping the nation.
If you are reader of this website, then you are probably committed to living a greener life in a greener world. Perhaps you have made strides in recycling your cans, eating more organic food, or driving less and walking more. But, do you know that the shampoo you are using may contain formaldehyde or that the lipstick you buy contains lead? Do you know that your lotion may contain cancer-causing agents? Yes, the lotion you put on every single day to nourish your skin may, in actuality, be causing your body harm.
Today I interviewed, via the telephone, co-founder of BBMG Mitch Baranowski. He began by telling me that BBMG is “a hub for socially conscious companies that practice the triple bottom line.” The rest of the interview focused on BBMG’s Conscious Consumer Report.
Q. In the introduction of the report it mentions “the rise of the conscious consumer.” What caused that to occur?
I was interviewed for The Bergen Record last week and the article went live today. Check it out, email it to your friends and if you have today’s Bergen Record, it’s in the Better Living section. Page 1 and 3.
People have this remarkable quality of equating the properties of wildly disparate objects. These are often captured in the aphorism; no man is an island, food is love, green is the new black. Even more remarkable is that a wealth of meaning flows between us when these phrases pop out of our mouths.
Treehugger is thrilled to once again be participating in the Interior Design Show in Toronto; On Sunday, January 24, our own Jenna Watson is moderating a discussion about "Living with a commitment to green"- designing your home to the next level of environmental responsibility" with Mark Salerno of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and Sue Bennett of Bennett Design Associates. We caught up with Mark (and proved once again why we should never be let out with a camera, apologies to Mark and our readers) and asked him a few questions:
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