The holiday season is officially upon us, which means it’s time for turkey and gravy, Christmas carols, Chanukah lights, and lots of family time.
For many people, the holidays also mean shopping. Lots of shopping.
This holiday season actually finds me working retail at one of my favorite stores (a national culinary specialty store that will remain [...]

Yesterday I had the amazing opportunity to attend the annual Pachamama Alliance fundraiser at Fort Mason in San Francisco (along with 1,500 of my closest friends!). If you’re not familiar with the Pachamama Alliance, you have to check them out.
The Pachamama Alliance is an incredible organization with a two-fold mission:

To empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to [...]

This past week I was fortunate to attend a West Coast Sustainability Summit hosted by the Women’s Network for a Sustainable Future.
WNSF is a national association of women professionals who are passionate about integrating sustainability principles into their organizations and businesses.
This year’s second annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Summit, hosted by IBM at the company’s [...]

Often when we talk about corporate social responsibility, we assume people are talking about “the big dogs” – companies like Proctor and Gamble, Nestle, Coca-Cola, and of course Walmart.
And certainly these powerhouses dictate a lot of what gets discussed, watched, and measured, if only because of their sheer scale and impact on the global business community.
But [...]