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	B Corporation eConscious Market is proud to announce that it is a founding company in the B Corporation movement. What are B Corporations? Also known as "For Benefit" companies, B Corps are a new type of corporation that are purpose-driven and create benefit for all stakeholders, not just shareholders. B Corporations are unlike traditional responsible businesses because they: * Meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards. * Institutionalize stakeholder interests. * Build collective voice though the power of a unifying brand.

	elephant Journal 'elephant' Journal is devoted to what we like to call the mindful life; yoga, organics, sustainability, conscious consumerism, non new agey-spirituality, ecofashion, wellness, nature sports and the arts. One of a handful of independent, ecopaper-printed magazines in the good ol US of A: www.iamelephant.com

	Gen Green GenGreen™ Foundation is a non-profit corporation located in Ft. Collins, Colorado. GenGreen's™ mission is to help mainstream green for all by offering various communication methods to connect the environmentally conscious organizations and companies with their own communities. Localization is at the heart of GenGreen's™ mission and we believe that by supporting our neighbor we are supporting ourselves and our sustainable future. It also focuses on re-training our youth's perceptions of what it means to be environmentally conscious and hopes to create a platform for unity in our next generation for kindly considering what effect their actions will have on their own children's lives.

	Better World Books A complete online bookstore with 1.8 million used books plus 500,000 new titles. All sold to fund literacy and care for the environment. (Free shipping within the USA.) Better World Books has raised over $2.3 million for more than 80 literacy and education nonprofit organizations. They have saved over 5,250 tons of books from landfills. BWB has also donated $1.3 million for Books for Africa, $250,000 for Room to Read, $300,000 for the National Center for Family Literacy, $75,000 for the New Orleans Public Library Foundation, $1.2 million for libraries and thrift stores. They have also donated 570,500 books to Books for Africa, the National Center for Family Literacy, and Feed the Children. For a complete list of their stunning accomplishments, visit betterworld.com.

	National Geographic: The Green Guide The National Geographic’s Green Guide is the “green living source for today’s conscious consumer.” The Green Guide is a valuable resource for anyone striving for a healthier, greener lifestyle. It’s their vision that one day The Green Guide will be the go-to source for information about practical everyday, environmentally responsible and health-minded product choices and actions. We think it already is! The Green Guide is an exceptionally well researched, green information clearing house. Their information helps take much of the work out of behaving responsibly. TheGreenGuide.com also has an exceptional search feature making it easy to find up-to-date, relevant information on just about any product category.

	Playa Viva Playa Viva is a special place where you and your family will enjoy the rugged, unspoiled beauty of Mexico in the luxury of an environmentally conscious resort. Here, you will experience a diverse, wild ecosystem, while actually helping it thrive. Playa Viva will regenerate your mind and body, while also regenerating the land. Community building is critical to Playa Viva. They work with surrounding communities and local, regional and federal governments to create sustainable, environmentally-responsible programs. The Playa Viva Trust and Preserve helps surrounding communities and conservation. Playa Viva's Two Percent initiative invests in local development and wildlife.

	Global Oneness Project The Global Oneness Project, a special project of Kalliopeia Foundation, was created to discover and document the diverse ways in which the emerging consciousness of oneness is impacting people's lives. The Global Oneness Project travels worldwide with a small camera crew, asking people from a variety of disciplines whose work is grounded in a perspective of oneness for their stories and insights. The video interviews from these travels are free and available through their website. Their videos are amazing!

	Law Office of Lara Pearson, Ltd. The Law Office of Lara Pearson, Ltd. (“LOLP”) is an environmentally and socially conscious intellectual property law firm located on the Northeast shore of Lake Tahoe. LOLP focuses exclusively on intellectual property (IP) law, handling issues involving trademarks, copyrights. Specifically, we handle IP identification, registration, transfers, dispute resolution and litigation. We primarily serve three communities – the LOHAS community (those living Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability), the Tahoe regional community, and the live music community. LOLP is a B Corporation, which belongs to Co-Op America and 1% for the Planet. LOLP’s Leader, Lara, also serves as the Secretary of the Board of Directors of 1% for the Planet® and on the Advisory Board of Rock the Earth®.

	Ethical Fashion Show Now in its fourth year, Ethical Fashion Show® Paris, the seminal event in the world of ethical and eco-fashion, will take place October 11th-14th 2007. Ethical Fashion Show® Paris will showcase over seventy designers from all five continents that present fashion which is respectful of man and the environment. Among new countries featured this year: Australia, Afghanistan, Austria and Laos. This year again, the event will renew the recipe which made the previous years a resounding success : showrooms, animations, catwalk shows, as well as conferences focusing on different topics related to social and environmental responsibility for companies operating in the textile industry.

	Las Gaviotas Las Gaviotas is a stunning 30-year example of the interrelated successes of forestry and watershed management, sustainable cultural development, and the creation of a meaningful carbon offset program. The Las Gaviotas project regenerates a portion of the Columbian savannah back into the flourishing rainforest ecosystem that it once was. Thanks to the high capacity of its trees, the undergrowth and the topsoil to absorb green house gases, Las Gaviotas offers an excellent opportunity to offset carbon emissions. Participating in Las Gaviotas also helps to create new social conditions for poor Colombian communities by providing jobs and a better life.

	Wisdom University At the heart of everything Wisdom University offers is a commitment to personal and professional renewal. This is why students come, this is what our pedagogy and curriculum are designed to catalyze and nurture. The average student attending Wisdom University is a professional, with an established career, and with one or more academic degrees already in place. Our students are also individuals who have come to the conclusion that they need deeper spiritual challenges in order to maintain momentum and meaning in their lives. They are often seeking professional as well as personal transformation. Wisdom University has been designed for such a person. It has the most highly differentiated pedagogy of any institution of higher learning we know of ï¿½ an approach that often catalyzes renewal because it addresses and nurtures the whole person.

	Yoga Rocks Yoga World Reach is devoted to bringing yoga and alternative therapies to under-served populations throughout local and global communities. As a new non profit, (we are pending 501c3 status) Yoga World Reach is getting creative with fundraising – with events like Yoga Rocks - to continue to build the programs that we are currently developing and offering around the globe. Yoga World Reach projects include the Pine Ridge Native American Reservation program titled “Igliuohamti.” Another, based in Mexico , is one of our children’s programs dubbed "Yoga para Ninos." One of our most rewarding projects has been "coming hOMe," a program for women survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. “Coming hOMe” is a combination of yoga, art therapy, somatics and creative writing which provides a transformative experience for women. We had such an amazing response in Boulder , Co., that Yoga World Reach is launching this program to three other States, while testing a similar program in Haiti. In 10 months Yoga World Reach has made a positive impact in hundreds of lives around the globe. We are fully committed to keep the momentum moving as it seems to be flowing in grace and playing in tune.

	Natural Path Naturalpath is building a trusted and reliable integrative health and green living social network. Join us today to connect with experts, exchange your wellness knowledge, and explore natural remedies.

	Earth Communications EARTH COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE (ECO) ECO was founded in 1989 to harness the power of the entertainment industry to become greener, and to spread the word. Over the ensuing decade, ECO produced a series of incredibly beautiful and empowering public service announcements. Some can be seen at www.oneearth.org. All are available on one DVD for use at meetings, with groups, schools, churches, and companies to educate and motivate people about protecting and preserving our environment. Featured are voices of Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hunt, Patrick Stewart, Peter Coyote, Mimi Rogers, Hector Elizondo and others.