Texas Green Network March Meeting -- “Fair Trade and the Green Business Connection”
Texas Green Network March Meeting
“Fair Trade and the Green Business Connection”
Wednesday, March 31st 5:00-8:30pm
State Capitol Building, Conference Room E2.002
(Parking is available at the Visitor Center at 12th and San Jacinto.)
Free Admission
Please rsvp at rsvptexasgreennetwork.org (please specify event)
The State Capitol hosts our Austin networking event this month featuring our open mike for guest introductions and part 2 of our Fair Trade panel discussion featuring:
René Geneva: René is founder and design entrepreneur of René Geneva Design. The company offers eco-chic, ready-to-wear apparel. From certified organic fabrics to fair trade labor, every aspect of the business is eco (and human) friendly. It is important to René to promote sustainability at every touch point beginning with the earth, throughout production, and delivery to the consumer.
Jennifer Lucas: Jennifer is founder of fair trade organization Ethical City and represents Theo Chocolate, the only Organic, Fair Trade, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Factory in the United States.
Aswini Sivaswamy: Aswini is founder of SESA Teas, which supports a better living condition for workers on tea estates in India. Programs such as free housing and healthcare improve the livelihood and support the wellbeing of people who help produce SESA products.
If you would like to be a sponsor of this event and have a table, contact Reed Sternberg @ reedtexasgreennetwork.org.
The Texas Green Network is the first sustainable business chamber-of-commerce in Texas, a community of Texas businesses, organizations and individuals committed to accelerating the adoption of sustainable best practices in the way we do business. Seeking to influence many aspects of the environmental impact of business, TGN provides a broad forum for networking, promotion and collaboration, including our monthly meetings, website and online member directory, newsletter, forums and other developing channels.
Submitted by Reed Sternberg on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 7:59pm
