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Read our interviews with the innovative green entrepreneurs behind our green business network — business leaders who put people and the planet before profits, and whose sustainable companies help you live a greener life.
"Aside from spending time with my family in our vegetable garden, Green Festivals might be the most ideal place in the world for me," says Scott James, owner of Fair Trade Sports, an eco-friendly, Fair Trade sports ball company that donates afater-tax profits to childrens's charities like Room to Read and the Boys & Girls Club. "I usually lose my voice there, which is a good sign that I've met several hundred more people from the Co-op America family that I'm proud to call friends."
We're proud to call Scott a friend too, and we're pleased to have Fair Trade Sports represented at our Green Festivals. For readers who haven't been to a Festival yet (and for those who have!), we asked Scott to tell us more about the next steps toward eco-friendlier sports balls, and what "respect" means to him.
Next month: Rose Forbes from Green Mountain Bed and Breakfast.
David Ilfrey has always had a passion about the proper use of native plants to restore nature, and while working at the Dallas Arboretum he'd share his knowledge about native plants with anyone who would listen. His views became so well-known amongst his colleagues that one of his co-workers tagged him with a nickname, "Native Dave."
When Dave and his wife Christy started their own landscape/design business in 2001, they mulled over what to call it. "We started the business as Native Texas Garden Designs," recalls Christy, but there was a problem. "Nobody – not even our parents – could remember the name of the business! Everybody, however, could remember 'Native Dave,' so when we incorporated in 2003 we opted for the more memorable NativeDave, Inc." The rest is history, and we asked Christy to fill us in on how their design business merged with Christy's passion for communications to become a premier landscape consulting firm.
Jeff Delkin and Rachel Speth, founders of bambu (the eco-friendly housewares company) reside in Shanghai, China at the doorstep of the world’s largest source of bamboo. Prior to starting their own business, Rachel was in product development for a major American corporation, and Jeff worked as an advertising executive. But, in Jeff's words, they both "wanted something more."
"We obtained great experience working for these large companies, but we wanted to apply our experience to our values and desires to create a company that benefits many and makes something we can be proud of," says Jeff. "Our company’s values are our values. We try to lead our business in a responsible manner, by putting a focus on product, people and planet." We asked Jeff to tell us more about bambu's sustainable journey and the green movement in China.
