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Friday, October
7th, 2011
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LOHAS
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Purchase
the LOHAS
Journal
Today!
Get your
2011 copy
of the
LOHAS
Journal
today...More
>>
LOHAS
Business
Plan
Competition
Submissions
For
Entrepreneurs:
LOHAS is
working
with the
William
James
Foundation's
Sustainable
Business
Plan
Competition
top offer a
total of
$150,000
worth of
services
& cash
to the best
new
for-profit
plans with
social
and/or
environmental
goals.
Specific
prizes
worth more
than
$10,000 and
including
tickets to
the 2012
LOHAS forum
are
available
to
companies
that best
exemplify
Lifestyles
of Health
and
Sustainability.
Entrants
can be any
age or
anywhere in
the world,
but must be
starting or
growing
for-profit
companies
that are
either
pre-revenue,
or are
within five
years of
their first
revenues.
All
entrants
who are
accepted
into the
competition
receive an
average of
20 pages of
feedback a
round.
Deadline
for 5-8
page
summaries
is Oct. 12.
Visit
www.williamjamesfoundation.org/howtoenter
for more
information
on entering
or contact
executive
director
Ian Fisk at
ian.fisk@williamjamesfoundation.org
with any
questions.
Entrants
who use the
code
"LOHAS50"
on the
WJF's
Intent To
Compete
form
(www.williamjamesfoundation.org/intenttocompete)
will
receive a
50%
discount on
competition
application
fees.
For
individuals
who have
built or
managed
sustainable
businesses:
The William
James
Foundation
is looking
for
experienced
individuals
who have
built,
managed,
studied, or
invested in
multiple
bottom line
companies
to serve as
reading
judges for
our
competition.
Reading
judges are
given three
to five
summaries
to evaluate
over the
course of
the entire
month of
November.
This
usually
takes five
or six
hours in
total.
Visit
www.williamjamesfoundation.org/judging
for more
information
or contact
executive
director
Ian Fisk at
ian.fisk@williamjamesfoundation.org
with any
questions.
This is a
great way
to learn
about and
support the
next
generation
of
sustainable
entrepreneurs...More
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Sustainable Economy
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Local Support May
Be the Key to
Success
When looking to
gain public
support for your
renewable energy
project,
developing a
grassroots
campaign may be
your best
strategy...More
>>
Live Life Under
Poverty Line by
Playing
Spent
New web-based
game gives a
little insight
into what that
life is like to
live under the
poverty
line....More
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Occupy Wall
Street, Powered
by Big
Labor
Can
major unions help
grow the
fledgling protest
movement into a
force to be
reckoned
with?...More
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Healthy Living
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How Forests Boost
Immunity
Studies show that
positive immune
benefits can last
up to a month after
a visit to the
woods....
More
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Tips
to Green Your House
for a
Sale
Recent studies
suggest that solar
panels and other
sustainability
upgrades can help a
home sell faster
and fetch a higher
price...
More
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In
2011 the Arctic's
Ozone Layer Hole
Grew to an
Unprecedented
Size
Antarctica has
always had bigger
ozone hole problems
than the Arctic,
but this year the
ozone hole over the
North Pole grew to
the biggest size
that scientists
have ever
recorded...
More
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