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For more than 1,000 years, tea has been the most consumed beverage next to water. Rishi Tea has a commitment to both. As a winner of eleven First Place Awards for Best Tea at the 2009 World Tea Championship, they prove that their direct-from-the-source Fair Trade business model results in a superior product.
But their community commitment doesn't stop at the source. Since 2008, Rishi Tea has also partnered with Clean Water Fund donating more than $10,000 to their efforts of cleaning and restoring North America’s waters through the sales of their Organic Cinnamon Plum seasonal blend. We asked Rishi Tea founder Joshua Kaiser to tell us more about Fair Trade tea, clean water, and -- bonus -- a third beverage, his favorite organic soy milk, for blending the perfect chai.
Next month: Vince Cobb of Reuseit
"In 2005, the crusty old man leaning into Benjamin Braddock's ear wouldn't be whispering 'plastics'," says Chuck Lewin, using a reference to The Graduate to illustrate his epiphany, five years ago, when he decided to form New Generation Energy (NGE), a non-profit organization that finances green-energy projects through investment notes and donations.
"I happen to think that we are in the Golden Age of green energy right now," Lewin coninues. "In thirty years, I can pretty much promise you that renewable technologies will become the 'established' choice, and technologies like internal combustion engines will be headed for the museum.The green energy battles we are fighting right now are the big battles, and they are the important battles. I am looking forward to being part of it!"
July 2010 —
"It's a Buddha doodle!"
Uddhaboodle Arts; San Diego, CA
Laura Pasternack was spending an evening around the fire with a bottle of wine and some good friends around the time she was launching her line of responsible, recycled-paper greeting cards. Her first design, a brush painting of a seated Buddha inspired one friend to declare: "It's a Buddha doodle!" "No," Laura replied spontaneously, "It's an Uddhaboodle."
"We all laughed, but the name stuck," Laura tells us. "I find that when I tell people the name of my company is Uddhaboodle Arts they usually chuckle or smile a little. I like that." We like it too, so we asked Laura to tell us more about Uddhaboodle's origins, her work as an artist, and the challenges of running a green business.
