Sustainable Startups

Theresa VanderMeer is the founder of WORK+SHELTER an ethical, hybrid profit/nonprofit social enterprise located in the heart of New Delhi, India. WORK+SHELTER is a cut-and-sew factory that has [...]

Kate Jakubas is the co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Meliora Cleaning Products. Meliora, a certified B-Corp company, manufactures and sells cleaning products that minimize environmental [...]

Deane Nelson is a Sustainability and Green Design Consultant. Through a variety of life experiences, the focus of Deane’s work has shifted back to her original focus of sustainability and [...]

I was so inspired when I got a chance to interview Kabira Stokes; a social and environmental entrepreneur to be reckoned with. She has the will power and staying power to provide deep [...]

Shamini Dhana brings to the fashion world over 20 years of experience in international strategy, global operations, venture capital, business development, management, and executive leadership in [...]

Helen Cameron and her husband Michael own two restaurants in Chicago, under the brand name Uncommon Ground. They’ve been both business partners and husband and wife for over 25 years. Helen is a [...]

It has been over two years since Urban Innovation Exchange first profiled Pashon Murray of Detroit Dirt; over two years since the Ford commercial produced by Team Detroit and starring [...]

Bunny Yan is Co-Founder and CEO of the Squirrelz, a company that has evolved from upcycling design, to an upcycling retail shop, to developer of an app to save unwanted materials and turn them [...]

Maria Macnab originally grew up in the country on a wheat farm in Wasco, Oregon.  She went to undergraduate school at University of Oregon and completed a B.A. in Psychology, then moved to [...]

I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur unit I attended the Scale it Up Sustainability Training for Women Entrepreneurs Workshop. I had not considered starting my own business before. All I [...]