Faces of the Green Pages
Conversations with Today's Green Business Leaders
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.
Dean Cycon
Dean's Beans; Orange, MA
ust days before we were set to post Dean's interview, we learned that the Business for Peace Foundation, based in Oslo, Norway, had announced its 2013 Business for Peace Honorees. Among eighty nominations from fifty countriess leading to five Honorees, Dean was the only American.
The award, commonly known as the "Nobel Prize for Business," is chosen by a panel of Nobel Laureates, including Dr. Muhammed Yunus, creator of the Grameen Bank microloan system. Dean couldn't attend the ceremony in Oslo as he was at his daughter's college graduation, but his award was received by his London friend Lord James Abinger (they were salvage divers together in the 1980's!).
We asked Dean to tell us more about the work that led to this award...
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Alex Eaves
STAY VOCAL; Norwell, MA
STAY VOCAL was founded by, Alex Eaves, a Boston-area reuse pro whose reuse bona fides shape every aspect of his business -- the products themselves, how they're made, and how they get to you.
What's more, Alex shares his experience with radical reuse with others, via his blog, consulting, speaking events, and coming soon, an exciting new project that will carry his radical reuse message from coast to coast.
We asked Alex to tell us more about STAY VOCAL's innovative brand, and his upcoming projects...
David VetterApril 2013 —
When Don Vetter began questioning the science and ethics of the emerging agricultural practices of the 1950s, he began to adopt organic farming methods for his family farm near Marquette, NE. Sixty years later, that farm has grown into Grain Place Foods, a family business that employs three generations of Vetters, and helps steward other local farms in their journey toward organic production.
"Currently, we're seeing a demand for organic grains that supasses our ability to produce in this country," says Don's son, David, when asked what makes him hopeful about the future of the green economy. We asked David to tell us more about farming in Nebraska and the history of Grain Place Foods...
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