This holiday shopping season, Green Tuesday connects businesses to holiday shoppers who want to save and be greener. Green America launched Green Tuesday, a new tradition to make the Tuesday after every Thanksgiving a green shopping day. Green Tuesday marks the start of a holiday season that supports local, green, and fair trade purchases for the holidays. To kick off this new annual holiday…

  The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics announced today that 321 cosmetics companies have shown leadership in avoiding toxins and fully disclosing product ingredients, including many of our members. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics announced today that 321 cosmetics companies have met the goals of the Compact for Safe Cosmetics, the Campaign’s voluntary pledge to avoid chemicals banned by health…

Move over, “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” -- make room for “Green Tuesday!” Green America is proud to begin a new tradition that makes the Tuesday after every Thanksgiving a green shopping day. Get connected to holiday shoppers who want to save and be greener. To kick off this new annual holiday shopping tradition, Green America’s GreenDeals.org website will be offering…

Get tools to determine how your want your business to grow and how to create that growth. C.J. Hayden provides tools to help determine how you want your business to grow and how to create that growth, including:   Taking a look at the mission of your business. Who you want to serve. Some of the ways you might scale up your business. Where to look for new customers, new products, and new…

  Occupy Wall Street has grown into a movement that has spread throughout the country and around the world. Ben & Jerry’s, producers of ice cream with a social mission, have announced their support. Read their statement. In the course of a month, Occupy Wall Street has evolved from a handful of protesters taking over a small piece of New York’s financial district to a movement that…

Hershey remains in the headlines. The  "Raise the Bar, Hershey!" Campaign has spread the word about Hershey’s labor issues. Last week, reports surfaced about Hershey. This time the exploitation was not occurring on cocoa farms in West Africa, but much closer to home. On August 17th hundreds of foreign student workers organized a sit-in at a Hershey packing plant in Pennsylvania to protest…

  Aubrey W. Hampton, founder and CEO of Aubrey Organics, a GBN member for many years, passed away on May 9th after a brief illness. A true pioneer in natural hair and skin care, he paved the way for the natural products industry by making plant-based, synthetic free personal care products. Today, his hair and skin care line is sold around the world. Growing up on an organic farm in…

  The Green Eco Show, an eco-fashion show in its third year, will be held in Seattle, August 27 and is seeking eco-fashion designers to enter. The show will accept six garments per designer which represent green fashion. Fair Trade garments are encouraged. All designers are screened. The fee to enter garments is $75.00 and all garments will be returned, via shipping to non-local presenters…

There's no better way to reach your target audience than to be featured in the National Green Pages™. Register now and join us on April 14 for a guided tour to learn how to apply for the Seal of Approval and get listed. Screening 101 Webinar with Green America staff Thursday, April 14th at 2EST/1CT/12MT/11PT Register Now » Want to be in the national honor roll of green businesses? Wish…

Adidas plans to reduce its environmental impact by 15% by 2015 and source all of its cotton sustainably by 2018, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. The report details the company’s plans over the next five years. With most of their production outsourced, Adidas has teamed up with other industry giants to build critical mass for the need of decreasing…