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Ethical Markets Media disseminates information on socially and environmentally responsible investing, global corporate citizenship, green business and technology, ethical news and sustainability by making available reports, articles, newsletters and video gathered from around the world.

The Conscious Business Institute is an international organization that actively supports companies and leaders in successfully embracing conscious business practices. It is an epicenter for new business practices – a place, where leaders can meet, learn and create new ways to conduct business in an open and safe environment. It is a think tank for those people who want to create companies in a more meaningful and inspiring way.

Conscious Living TV is a mainstream lifestyle show dedicated to highlighting the latest and greatest in sustainable, green living. From luxury green travel and design to eco-fashion, organic cuisine, holistic healing and socially responsible business, Conscious Living is your guide to living a happier, healthier life.

Integral Institute - What's "Integral"? It simply means more balanced, comprehensive, interconnected, and whole. By using an Integral approach—whether it's in business, personal development, art, education, or spirituality (or any of dozens of other fields)—we can include more aspects of reality, and more of our humanity, in order to become more fully awake and effective in anything we do.

Social Venture Network (SVN) transforms the way the world does business by leveraging its members' collective strengths of leadership, knowledge and enterprise for a more just and sustainable economy.

Earth Advertising promotes products that protect the planet and its people. The planet's top media buyers, creative directors, strategists, press, entertainment, and production talent unite to create advertising that matters. Our local and global campaigns are award-winning, come in all mediums, and are designed to move product while building loyalty to your brand.

World Business Academy is a non-profit business think tank and research and education institution devoted to rekindling the human spirit and helping the global business community understand and participate in the new constructive role emerging for business as the dominant institution in society.

Ode Magazine is a print and online publication about positive news, about the people and ideas that are changing our world for the better. It's a different kind of international news magazine bringing you a world of inspiration and hope.

Big Picture TV streams free video clips of leading experts, thinkers and activists in environmental and social sustainability. We offer a general audience analysis and commentary from a growing number of world leaders including scientists, journalists, economists, businessmen, designers and politicians.

CoolPeopleCare exists to show you how to change the world in whatever time you have. One minute? Five minutes? An entire day? Whatever you have, we'll help you spend it wisely.

Service Growth Project is web portal for values-driven or ethical business and has been developed to bring together a range of resources for business owners, especially the owner-operators of small service businesses, who are dedicated to making a positive difference in our world.

Conscious Business Center (CBC) believes that businesses are uniquely positioned to lead the global evolution of consciousness and provides simple, elegant and unique certification programs that awaken, guide and support businesses to become conscious.

ShoreBank is the nation’s first and leading community development and environmental banking corporation, committed to building vibrant communities and a healthy environment – our “triple bottom line.”

GreenBiz.com is the leading online news and information resource on how to align environmental responsibility with business success. It offers more than 8,000 resources, including daily news and feature stories, reports, checklists, case studies, and links to organizations, technical assistance programs, government agencies, and recognition programs. Its free e-newsletter, GreenBuzz, reaches more than 20,000 professionals every week.

Greener World Media is ground zero for the new, green economy -- a trusted, one-stop resource on business and the environment, aimed at helping companies align environmental responsibility with business success. Greener World Media is the world's first and only mainstream media company focused exclusively on sustainability and the competitive edge it brings to businesses. Our focus is on providing resources that help the rapidly growing market of green-minded professionals and institutions succeed and prosper.

CopperWiki is an open collaboration platform for people seeking sustainable living choices. It is based on the twin aspects of awareness and choice. CopperWiki gives us choices for living a healthy, responsible and sustainable life. Most of us are aware of the importance of conscious living and the urgency of making this concept a way of life. The CopperWiki world informs, encourages, and shares the best practices for living responsibly as individuals, community, society, nation and as a planet. It is a fast conductor for information—which otherwise exists piecemeal at various places.

The New Heroes tells the dramatic stories of 14 daring people from all corners of the globe who, against all odds, are successfully alleviating poverty and illness, combating unemployment and violence, and bringing education, light, opportunity and freedom to poor and marginalized people around the world. Also known as "social entrepreneurs," they develop innovations that bring life-changing tools and resources to people desperate for viable solutions. What is possible? You'd be surprised. Take a journey into a world where people take action to make a big difference.

Business Spirit Journal offers information, inspiration and resources for anyone wanting to broaden the definition of "bottom line." After all, for most people, half of our waking hours are spent at work. Our audience ranges from CEO's of multinational corporations to entrepreneurs, consultants and small business people to workers at all levels in other words, anyone who works.

Future 500 forges links between corporations and stakeholders to advance global citizenship. We operate at the intersection of corporations and stakeholders, pioneering the tools, strategies, and processes that help these disparate parties identify common ground to address society's most pressing problems.

Green Awards recognize and reward creative work that communicates the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainable development and ethical best practice in any sector and across any marketing discipline.

Reimaginemoney.org in an ever widening circle of individuals and organizations in a transformative dialogue and reflection about money and to reimagine your role as a consumer, investor or donor. In the resources section you are encouraged to discover initiatives and organizations that are collaborating to reimagine money— to bring consciousness to how people view and relate to their financial resources to help them make financial choices that promote social, environmental, and economic sustainability.

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We are inspired and grateful for the vision of the following innovative organizations supporting the emerging consciousness shaping the business community and our world. We hope that as you visit these websites you too will be filled with HOPE about what is occurring here and now to develop enlightened business models. Enjoy!

The Skoll Foundation's mission is to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurs are proven leaders whose approaches and solutions to social problems are helping to better the lives and circumstances of countless underserved or disadvantaged individuals.

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Certain things catch your eye,

But pursue only those

that capture your heart.

~ Native American Indian Saying

If we imitate natural systems in our economy, we will create more well-paying jobs for people.

~ Paul Hawken

Your vision will

become clear

only when

you look into your heart ~

Who looks outside,

dreams.

Who looks inside,

awakens.

~ Carl Jung

There would be

no accumulation of

strength inside

if the choices

that you make

did not require

discipline and intention.

~ Gary Zukav

What you do speaks so loud

that I cannot hear what you say.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every time I've done the right thing for the environment, I've made a profit.

~ Yvon Chounard

If economy is to sustain progress, it must satisfy basic principles of ecology.

~ Lester Brown