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 Weaving A Home: This Woman’s Invention Can Help Millions of People Globally 

By wogwpa1358 on November 4, 2015 / Featured Post, Innovation / Leave a comment

Tags: ecological sustainability, green design, green homes, renewable energy, solar homes, women entrepreneurs, women in green, women's innovations

Prototype Solar Tent designed by Abeer Seikaly

A sustainable tent that collects rainwater, folds up for easy transport and stores solar energy? Sounds visionary, right? This is the invention of Jordanian-Canadian architect, designer and artist Abeer Seikaly. Abeer Seikaly designed these amazing multipurpose tents with refugees in mind, people who have been displaced by global and civil war, climate change and more. Inspired by elements of nature such as snake skin and traditional cultural aspects such as weaving, nomadic life and tent dwellings, this weather proof, strong but lightweight and mobile fabric tent gives refugees shelter but also a chance to “weave their lives back together”. The flexible dual layer tent structure has the ability to close out the cold of winter and wet weather. It also opens up to allow cool air in and hot air out in summer. Rainwater is collected in the top of the tent and filters down the sides so the tent does not become flooded. The tent also has the ability to become a showering facility with water being stored in pockets on the side and drawn upwards via a thermosiphoning system providing basic sanitation. Solar energy hits the tent fabric and is stored in a battery for use at night […]

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4 Ways For Millennial Women To Prepare For Leadership Roles

By wogwpa1358 on November 3, 2015 / Family, Featured Post, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: millennial women, women entrepreneurs, women in business, women's empowerment, women's leadership

Millennial Women prepare for leadership roles.

Millennial women are set to take on unprecedented leadership positions. Here’s how to prep for them. Coming of age for working women in the “lean-in” era isn’t easy. For millennial women (those born between 1980 and 1994), life and work are blended. The same technology that makes staying connected so easy makes staying “on” after working hours easy as well. Meanwhile, businesses expect more work for less pay, and parenting challenges are leading many women to take more time off work. That helps explain why 34% of millennial women say they aren’t interested in becoming a boss or top manager, according to a Pew Research Center study. Like their male counterparts, millennial women place a higher value on security and flexibility than on pay. But that doesn’t mean they’re satisfied with their working lives. In fact, 75% of millennial women say gender inequality in the workplace is an issue that needs addressing, compared with just 57% of millennial men. Here’s a look at some of those obstacles and what millennial women can do to get past them. No Shortage of Hurdles Despite the presence of several high-profile women at the national level, women hold only 4.6% (or exactly 23) of […]

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Fashion Industry Boosts Sustainability With An Innovative Match-making Tool

By wogwpa1358 on October 30, 2015 / Featured Post, Innovation / Leave a comment

Tags: ecological sustainability, green business, green business women, women entrepreneurs, women in green business, women in sustainability

The Ethical Fashion Forum wants to “do fashion better.” To achieve that, the London-based industry body is shoring up its arsenal of tools and services to help fashion professionals and businesses boost their sustainable and ethical profiles. The rebranded “Mysource”, which Ethical Fashion Forum founder Tamsin Lejeune describes as the organization’s “next phase,” will build on the current “Source” platform. One major improvement? A Match.com-style algorithm to pair users with people and resources best-suited to their needs, “so that fabric, manufacturer, market report, line sheet template, or business connection you were looking for will pop up straight away,” Lejeune explained. FASHION DONE BETTER Mysource will also rank users according to an “integrated bench-marking system” that includes social, environmental, and commercial criteria. “We’re working with partner organizations to make this as robust as it can be. The higher users are ranked, the more profile they get on the site,” said Lejeune. “So that small, Ethiopian shoe brand with a great product that is changing lives, could stand out to buyers and get extensive profile on the site.” But all these bells and whistles don’t come cheap. The Ethical Fashion Forum says it’s hoping to raise £400,000 through Crowdcube to take the […]

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 Compost For The Lazy – Throw It On The Ground 

By wogwpa1358 on October 28, 2015 / DIY, Family, Featured Post / Leave a comment

Tags: ecological sustainability, green home, Organic food, organic gardening, women and nature, women entrepreneurs, zero-waste kitchen, zero-waste lifestyle

Compost can save the world! It sucks carbon dioxide out of the air and not only that, a half-inch layer of this black gold can still increase yields years after its application. I had been composting in our community bins for nearly 10 years but decided to start a rogue pile in my yard several months ago. I can’t grow much out there in the shade but food scraps will certainly rot. In fact, I can’t possibly prevent the natural process of rot. When I composted at my house years ago, like many people, I believed I needed to buy a special bin. For my new compost pile, I wanted to create a simple, inexpensive system. I could have made a cylindrical bin out of chicken wire or built an upcycled bin from wooden pallets (both great options). But instead I bought nothing. I built nothing. I took what I had collected in the kitchen and threw it on the ground. I throw everything on my pile: Fruit peels, scraps and all pits. Even avocado pits break down quickly! Vegetable peels and scraps. I make vegetable broth out of most little bits of vegetables, after which they go on the pile. Corn cobs. I couldn’t […]

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This Bike-Powered Flower Vendor Delivers Sustainability With Her Bouquets

By wogwpa1358 on October 21, 2015 / Arts, Featured Post, Innovation / Leave a comment

Tags: ecological sustainability, green business, green business women, women entrepreneurs, women in green business

Visit San Francisco, and you might see a bicycle whizzing past with dozens of bouquets. While receiving flowers always makes people smile, Farmgirl Flowers gives people even more reasons to smile—sustainable practices and American-grown flowers. Here, Farmgirl Flower founder Christina Stemble talks with Urban Farm about how she keeps her blooming business—now nationwide—in line with her mission of sustainability. How did Farmgirl Flowers get its start? I started Farmgirl Flowers about five years ago, in Nov. 2010, with an idea of how to change the way flowers are purchased in the U.S. I’d like to say I started the business because I have a passion for flower, but in truth it wasn’t a burning desire to work with flowers: It was a dream to start a business that did something good. When working at Stanford University as the director of alumni relations and campaign outreach for the law school, I noticed that the flowers we would order for events cost more than I thought they should. That led me to start researching the flower industry, which is when I found that it was a huge industry, but with a tremendous number of problems and very little innovation. So I set […]

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Turn Your Purpose Into a 6-Figure Business

By wogwpa1358 on October 12, 2015 / Featured Post, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: social entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, women in green business, women in sustainability, women's empowerment, women's leadership

A Message from Carolyn: I know making an impact in your world is important to you. I also get how hard you work to build your business or launch an idea or project so that it can generate the income and the influence you dream of so you can give back BIG. I want to make sure you don’t miss this event for visionary entrepreneurs just like you. I’m joining 28 transformational leaders who have built 6- and 7-figure businesses on exactly how they were able to achieve massive impact with their businesses. I will be speaking on “Creating a Million Dollar Message to Maximum Impact”. My friend Lorna Li is the producer of this summit. She is on a mission to inspire 100K entrepreneurs to build businesses and create projects that make massive positive impact – it’s called 6-Figure Purpose to 7-Figure Impact on October 16 – October 31, 2015. All the speakers are going to share with you actionable, authentic, heart-based business strategies on how you can: Inspire millions of people through social media, elevate awareness and transform our global culture Adopt the success-oriented mindset that millionaires attribute to creating prosperity The keys to overcoming failures and obstacles that have […]

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The Most Amazing Fact!

By wogwpa1358 on October 2, 2015 / Featured Post, Heart, Nature / Leave a comment

Tags: women entrepreneurs, women game changers, women in green business, women of green, women's leadership

This month we had a most amazing moon didn’t we? A Super Moon combined with a Lunar Eclipse. When I actually take time out of my busy life to stop, breathe, and look up in the night sky, I am always in awe. I feel small and big at the same time. Small compared to the vast universe we live in — like a speck of consciousness in grand scheme of things. Yet, inside that speck of me, is the entire universe. Literally. It’s mind blowing when you think about it. Now if you really believed that…that you have within you the same stuff stars are made of, and if you found a way to tap into that light…that greatness, then what can you not accomplish? I mean really? This, to me, is the most amazing fact. So grab a cup of tea, and watch this three and a half minute video by Neil deGrasse Tyson. It will help you connect to the truth of you. And if you need a little help in realizing that, I invite you to check out my Women As Game Changers Coaching that is designed to call forth women in powerful ways to awaken […]

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If You Love Women Of Green, Share The Love!

By wogwpa1358 on September 9, 2015 / Featured Post, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: Carolyn Parrs, women entrepreneurs, women in green business, women of green, women's empowerment, women's leadership

Hello, oh powerful woman who wants to make a difference in the world! As you may know, our motto at Women Of Green is: Turn Up the Volume. And that’s what we’re doing! Sharing stories of amazing women who are game changers in their world — and inspiring other women to do the same. But we need your help! We are looking for 200 Women Of Green Advocates to share our inspirational stories and posts daily on their social media channels. That will help us immensely to touch so many more women and inspire them to be the change in their world. Can you help us turn up the volume by sharing Women Of Green with your friends? Will you be one of our beloved Advocates that will help us create permanent positive change on the planet through the power of the feminine? To say thank you, In exchange for your ongoing efforts, I will offer our Advocates a free Life or Business coaching session ($250 value) on any topic or situation that is arising for you now in your life. If that sounds like something you would like to explore, please contact me here: carolyn (at) mindovermarkets (dot) com […]

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