My guest today is a perfect example of this. Karen Ciesar is a successful business woman who owns Trillium Organics, makers of certified, organic personal care product since 1994. Her products sell in Whole Foods and in health stores around country. Deeply devoted and wildly vocal, Karen shares with us the truth about most personal care products on the market today — and the passions and pitfalls of being a working mother on a mission.
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By wogwpa1358 on March 15, 2010 / Featured Media, Women Of Green Podcasts with Carolyn
Tags: Carolyn Parrs, environmental government contracts, green women, Judy Bradt, Mind Over Markets, Obama, Paul Hawken, social entrepreneurs, stimulus money, Summit Insight, winning government contracts for women, Women Impacting Public Policy, women in business, women in green business, women of green
One of the most powerful ways to have a huge, positive impact on our planet today is through business. Paul Hawken, one of my favorite visionaries says, “Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse environmental and social degradation.” With that in mind, I invited Judy Bradt, an expert on assisting business people, especially women, effectively win environmental business contracts from the US government. Did you know that 5% of all goverment contracts are earmarked for women business owners? But, each year only 3% are ever awarded. Judy wants to change that and tells us how on Women Of Green.
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