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Thursday, 13 March 2008

The Greeniac Nation™ is proud to announce that we have been accepted

Co-op AmericaThe Greeniac Nation™ is proud to announce that we have been accepted as one of the newest members of Co-op America’s Green Business Network™, the oldest, largest, and most diverse network of socially and environmentally responsible businesses in America.  The Green Business Network was launched in 1992 with the mission to support the emergence and success of the green business sector. 

 

The Greeniacs™ now join over 3,500 Green Business Network members, including Clif Bar, ECOBags, Gaiam, Honest Tea, Organic Valley Family of Farms, Patagonia, Seventh Generation, Wildwood Natural Foods, among others.  Co-op America currently provides resources to its 60,000 individual members seeking to green their purchasing and investing power.  Co-op America’s consumer education publications and programs reach over 25 million green-minded consumers per year, and include the prominent Green Festivals in Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC.  Look for Greeniacs.com™ this Spring exhibiting at the Seattle Green Festival, April 12-13, and the Chicago Green Festival, May 17-18!

 

For more information on Co-op America’s Green Business Network’s™ screening process please visit http://www.coopamerica.org/cabn/about/screening.cfm.

Last Updated ( Monday, 17 March 2008 )
 

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