Join the $290 Billion U.S. LOHAS Market. {Denver Event}
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 14, 2013
In Denver? Head to Teatulia on Thursday, February 7th at 6:30 for a reception of cocktails, networking, appetizers and conversations. For more information, check out the Eventbrite invitation. ~KB
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Expert Advice: How to get the Media to Write about You. ~ Hayley Samuelson
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 20, 2012
Waylon gives great advice on this LOHAS panel. “You need this information to be successful in business.”
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Women Make .77 Cents for Every Dollar that Men Earn. {LOHAS Forum}
by Brianna Bemel on Jun 14, 2012
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elephant does LOHAS: Spirituality in Business.
by Brianna Bemel on Jun 13, 2012
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Mindful Giveaway: Sivana OM Pendant Necklace.
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 8, 2012
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Forget Shorter Showers—why Personal Change doesn’t Equal Political Change.
by Cameron Burgess on Jul 18, 2011
I wrote this several years ago; however, at the time, elephant wasn’t really the write place to publish it. Forget Shorter Showers recently published here speaks to the same point (from a seemingly diametrically opposed perspective) and inspired me to dust it off … ** The blog title is not mine – it’s drawn from [...]
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The Sexiest, Um, Parking Lot, in the Whole Wide World.
by Lopa Brunjes on Jun 24, 2011
Canopy is Denver International Airport parking done LOHAS-awesome. It was birthed atop a landfill in answer to the noble and necessary question, “How can we address environmental issues within the parking industry?” And with a spring in their step and a sparkle in their eye, they set out to make the greenest parking lot in [...]
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LOHAS and health, sustainability
by Michael Levin on Jun 24, 2011
Green can’t be cliche or a lifestyle option to work, for lack of better words. It has to be practical, cheap and easy. That’s the key…
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Why a Green Banking Revolution is Necessary (& Who’s Leading It).
by Lopa Brunjes on Jun 24, 2011
elephant journal is proud to be the official new media partner with LOHAS Forum. Click here for our ongoing LOHAS coverage, and be sure to follow our live coverage on Twitter. [Our editor Waylon Lewis is honored to serve on two panels during this event.] An interview with Vince Siciliano, CEO of New Resource Bank, [...]
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LOHAS – Raising Capital
by Michael Levin on Jun 23, 2011
If you’re in business for yourself, or thinking of starting a business, you probably have considered borrowing money…
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The New Sheconomy: Snowboarders? ~ Heather Munro Marshall
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 23, 2011
Speaking at the LOHAS Forum 2011, she said women want products that have it all: high-quality, sustainability and good looks.
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The Antidote to Green Fatigue? ~ Heather Munro Marshall
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 23, 2011
First, you have to check the labels. Organic. Non-GMO. Free-range. Natural. Local. Gluten-free. Next, make sure your purchase sends the right message to the company. And oh yeah, save every penny you can by shopping the sales or using coupons.
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Tips for Pitching Your Green Business Idea. ~ Heather Munro Marshall
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 23, 2011
Entrepreneurs, boot-strappers by nature, have no advertising budget. Pitching a product to the press, therefore, is one attractive idea. Think: “Oprah’s Favorite Things.”
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When the Sheconomy Rises. ~ Jolee McBreen
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 23, 2011
They each had something different to say, their own flavor to add, and own personal style – especially Gretchen Bleiler decked out in her gray Tom’s wedges.
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LOHAS Goes Jerry Springer. ~ Jolee McBreen
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 23, 2011
All of this was well and good. It sounded amazing and I would most likely log onto Ecobonus to check out what people were saying about certain businesses. However, my ears didn’t perk up until a business owner in the back raised their hand…
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LOHAS: Jean Houston Tells Us How to Wake Up.
by Bud Wilson on Jun 23, 2011
Marinate in your imagination and ponder the possible – Jean Houston Speaking at the LOHAS Forum in Boulder, Colorado – Helping us all learn how to wake up.
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The Greenest Product You can Buy is the One You Don’t Buy. ~ Jolee McBreen
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 23, 2011
I walked into the main ballroom at the St. Julien and scanned the dimly lit room for a seat while Steve French, dressed in a large paper bag, and Gwynne Rogers, covered in plastic bags, began speaking on stage. I knew right then this wasn’t going to be just any presentation.
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Interview with Marc Barasch: Let’s Just Save the World, Dammit.
by Lopa Brunjes on Jun 23, 2011
An interview with Marc Barasch, author of Field Notes on the Compassionate Life, founder of Green World Campaign, & featured in the “I Am” Documentary, at LOHAS.
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Collaboration. It’s the New Competition. ~ Pippa Sorley
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 23, 2011
The “Us vs. Them” paradigm is over…
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Can Business Gurus Inspire Consumers To Live a Sustainable Lifestyle?
by Bud Wilson on Jun 22, 2011
This conference is where connecting the dots between business practices, human behavior, ecological balance and the quality of life on Earth will not be avoided. There will be lots of advocates for a transformational shift away from “business as usual…”
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Trash-Talk: ChicoBag vs. Plastic Bag Manufacturers
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 13, 2011
ChicoBag is being sued by three major plastic bag manufacturers…
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Got Radiation? Radioactive Fallout from Japan Detected in U.S.-Grown Milk, Fruit, Vegetables
by Steve Hoffman on Jun 10, 2011
As the crippled Fukushima reactors in Japan continue to emit radiation into the environment, the risk grows that it will appear in our food. Radiation has already been detected in trace amounts in milk across the U.S., and in strawberries, kale, arugula, and other vegetables in California.
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The Ancient Mariner & The Goose
by Bud Wilson on Mar 25, 2011
Avoiding taxes, Corporations are killing the Albatross and the Goose that laid the golden egg. Check out this article from the New York Times. Then go back and read the Rime of the Ancient Mariner – an 18th Century teaching story for your Sangha! Trust me, you’ll get the message.
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Fixing a child’s cleft lip? Slavoj Zizek says: “Pointless.”
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 21, 2010
Slavoj Zizek vs. LOHAS + Green + Conscious Consumerism. Zizek says: Charity? Weak. Kind slave owners? The worst. Fixing a child’s cleft lip? Pointless. If Capitalism is fundamentally flawed, why offset a bit of the harm instead of getting at the root of the problem? I love when he takes on TOMS…read my loving criticism [...]
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Ted Ning’s Top 10(ish) Mindful Conferences this Fall.
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 14, 2010
Recommended LOHAS Oriented Conferences To Consider Attending. In my time at LOHAS [Ted is the Mr. LOHAS Forum] I have been to a lot of green events. A few years ago there were only a handful of events to choose from—it was a close community, and a small one. However, now it seems that green [...]
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The Nude Debate. A response from Toesox to Judith Hanson Lasater’s letter to the editor in Yoga Journal.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 10, 2010
The Nude Debate. There’s a continuing debate regarding the use of nudity in ads, even more so after Judith Hanson Lasater’s letter that was published in the recent issue of Yoga Journal. The yoga community offers a peaceful space to share ideas and opinions, so we also wanted to weigh in with our thoughts. It’s [...]
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Three Things You and I are Doing to create the Oil Spill.
by Waylon Lewis on Jun 29, 2010
Supply? Demand. Or, rather, demand? Supply. I was just at the LOHAS conference, and a presenter (the associate producer of The Cover) pointed out that while we couldn’t boycott BP (they don’t own BP stations or the oil in them), we could never buy a plastic (petroleum) bottle again. As seen in a recent Sunday [...]
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Bill Capsalis is confused.
by Waylon Lewis on Jun 28, 2010
He seems to think “green” is a revolution, not a demographic. My kind of marketeer. This is an ode to the man known as Bill “Anti-Greenwashing” Capsalis. For those of you who already know him, you don’t need to read this. Just leave a comment below and tell your favorite Bill is Confused story. Here’s [...]
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8 Reasons why LOHAS is the best green lifestyle business conference in the US.
by Waylon Lewis on Jun 26, 2010
LOHAS—a business conference dedicated to doing well and doing good, both—just ended yesterday. The final 15 minutes, with a few New Belgiums in me, I salsaed with Buddhist/ yoga/ social media mistress/ friend Gwen Bell, shook dozens of hands (including the organizer’s, Ted Ning) in thanks, then left the picturesque St. Julien Hotel with a [...]
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Speakeasy with elephant in Boulder: Remember Last Night?
by elephantjournal.com on Jun 25, 2010
Photos from the Bitter Bar. Thanks everyone for joining us last night at Happy Noodle’s Bitter Bar for some post-LOHAS Forum revelry at Speakeasy Night, compliments of Social(k), CSRwire and The SOAP Group. A raised glass to you all, and congratulations on another successful LOHAS. Among those in attendance: Mallika Chopra, Randy Paynter, Ellen Feeney, [...]
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elephant co-hosts: LOHAS Pre-Party, Giveaway.
by Waylon Lewis on Jun 15, 2010
LOHAS Forum, an annual forum of the best and the brightest (not to mention greenest) is upon us again. Hundreds of entrepreneurs, leaders and movers and shakers will fly in (carbon offsetting, we’re sure) for the forum next week. But first, elephant is honored and I’m psyched to team up with Ted Ning (Mr. LOHAS) [...]
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An Ecofashionista visits the Ethical Sourcing Forum. ~ Kelly Drennan
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 29, 2010
When “The Man”—big corporations—talk about going Green, is it a Black or White Situation? Or Gray? I am a small business owner, active within the social and environmental space. I am a concerned citizen, parent and consumer. And I’m proud to say that sustainability is at the core of both my personal and work life. [...]
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Saturday Eve, Post “After Party” at Natural Products Expo West, 2010…
by Claire Amber on Mar 14, 2010
Today, I decided to scope out the display cases for things of interest. I wrote down some booth numbers in my little book and headed in to the show. I had to pace myself very carefully. My energy, admittedly, was not great today. I guess that’s what I got for pushing things to the limit, timewise, last night. Guess [...]
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Adventures at Natural Products Expo West, 2010…Friday
by Claire Amber on Mar 13, 2010
For important background info, make sure to read my earlier post entitled “Expo West…Ready or Not, Here I Come!” Getting Acquainted Today, I got a sampling (actually and figuratively) at Natural Products Expo West. It was my second time attending and I was so glad to go in with experience this time around! My game plan was [...]
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Expo West…Ready or Not, Here I Come!
by Claire Amber on Mar 12, 2010
It’s Friday, March 12th and I’m setting off for Natural Products Expo West 2010 with a spirit of adventure and anticipation. This is the second time I’ll be attending for Elephant Journal, and I’m glad to have that experience behind me. It was my very first time reporting at a large event. I think I [...]
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Via Ted Ning at LOHAS: a truly Inspiring Video.
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 3, 2010
Via Ted Ning, on twitter: “For those who are having doubts about their journey or just their day…this is for you to get inspired.” Today, I needed this: having messaged my buddy Mathew Gerson just this morning “I feel so sad today. [Effing] entrepreneurship.” To which he replied: “yes, the forever broken heart its how [...]
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How to Eat an Elephant, Part 3: Getting beyond “Naked yoga.”
by Cameron Burgess on Nov 10, 2009
Cameron Burgess is a commercialization & marketing consultant for sustainable / LOHAS/green enterprises. If you’ve read either of my other two posts regarding this project regarding elephant’s future, you’ll know that months ago I offered to assist elephant turn itself around on a pro bono basis. Yet, for a whole bunch of reasons—despite confirming availability—the [...]
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Colin Beavan, Mr. No Impact Man, on the Colbert Report. Videos.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2009
Colbert has his fun with Colin Beavan, a great writer who, as a sort of “green stunt,” decided to try and live for a year in NYC while making as little impact as possible on our planet (while blogging, writing a book, and filming a movie about the experience—all in the name of spreading the [...]
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QotD: Taiwan loves LOHAS, Thanks to Obama (and Bush?), White House goes Green (LEED!).
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 16, 2009
Wish our President talked this way. “I look forward to see Taiwan become a country where every citizen exercises regularly and leads a lifestyle of health and sustainability (LOHAS),” [the Taiwanese President] added. Wait, I forgot, the Obamas put (back) in a White House Victory Garden and now a Farmers’ Market, and are working on [...]
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Boulder City Council Candidates: Kevin Hotaling.
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 16, 2009
All Boulder City Council candidates are warmly invited to contribute an article to elephantjournal.com. So far, three have submitted articles. This is the first we’ve posted. ~ed. Waylon Lewis is Not Running for City Council, Now What? ~ by City Council Candidate Kevin Hotaling. In the wake of Waylon’s announcement that he won’t be running [...]
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Why LOHAS isn’t going to save the world
by Cameron Burgess on Sep 12, 2009
Just in case you’ve been hiding in a cave with bin Laden, Elvis Presley and the tattered remnants of a global democracy, LOHAS (Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability) is… The Next Big Thing. With a global market value in excess of $300 billion, and growing at a rate of between 20 and 300% (depending on [...]
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Naturally Boulder 2009.
by Waylon Lewis on Sep 8, 2009
My report on the first night, an Awards Dinner honored Mark Retzloff, is here. Today, I missed the morning ’cause I had to fill out elephant’s weekly PR Newswire (we were picked as their official spiritual/eco blog of the year, and they pump out our content for free, god bless ‘em) and write up and [...]
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Is Swag Green?
by Waylon Lewis on Sep 4, 2009
As seen at Naturally Boulder Days conference, Millenium Hotel, 2009. I go to a lot of eco-responsibility-minded conferences and events—and at every one I leave with a “recyclable” (but god knows how) plastic tote bag full of samples wrapped in plastic-is-forever wrappers. Par example, yesterday, I was at a panel with four leading LOHAS/green/natural products [...]
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Jade Yoga Mat: This is What Effective Advertising Looks Like, #5.
by Waylon Lewis on Jul 29, 2009
It’s hard to go wrong with Cyndi Lee, Melanie Smith, Tara & Tim Dale, Duncan Wong, Elsie Escobar, Shiva Rea, Sharon Gannon & David Life, The Gubers, O2 Aspen, Andre Hartwich, Dharma Mittra, Baron Baptiste, Seane Corn, Kino MacGregor, Desiree Rumbaugh. But what makes Jade’s ads brilliant aren’t just its impeccable taste in choosing yoga teachers. [...]
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An everyday superhero for the Dark Ages: No Impact Man.
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 21, 2009
First it was a popular, charming, personal, serious blog about the challenges and defeats as one man, and his family, tried to have “zero impact” or zero carbon footprint for one year. {Here’s Mr. Colin Beaven’s top 10 recommendations for what you can do to mitigate your impact}. Then it got reported on widely, in the [...]
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In Boulder? 10 things to do.
by Waylon Lewis on Jul 3, 2009
This post was originally written for the LOHAS conference in Boulder. Our hope is that the recommended 10 Things To Do in Boulder (click here for National Geographic‘s recent list, with lead photo of Trident Cafe) apply to equally well to all visitors, whatever your reason for or length of visit. Update: all of Boulder [...]
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Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis @ LOHAS: 2009. Video.
by Walk The Talk Show on Jul 3, 2009
LOHAS—Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability—is an amazing green/yoga/health/wellness business to business conference that, each year, pumps a kazillion much-needed dollars into elephant’s hometown, Boulder, Colorado. Even more importantly from a save-the-planet and have-fun-doing-so perspective (elephant’s mission), LOHAS that attracts the best and the greenest—and the biggest, with companies like Wal Mart and Coca Cola sending [...]
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Did my Representative vote yes or no on Climate Bill?
by Waylon Lewis on Jul 3, 2009
Yesterday was a watershed day in American history. Whether you’re for the Climate Bill (the “Clean Energy and Security Act“), or against it—fearing that the bill will cost American jobs, raise gas prices, nevermind the health savings to our and future generations—yesterday marked the first time in history that America decided to reinvent ourself, to [...]
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