The judges announced William Cherwin as the winner of the 1st GreenSoul Shoes Design Contest.
About William: Born in Rochester, New York and currently living in Tennessee when not at school, William is a rising sophomore majoring in fashion design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
The GreenSoul Shoes team wants to extent a big THANK YOU all participants for a wonderful contest! Please stay tuned to our 2nd contest in the Fall!
The 1st GreenSoul Shoes Design Contest ‘Design Your Soul’ is now officially closed.
So our team has been visiting different fulfillment centers in the metro NYC area. Thus far we have looked at a number of centers (in fact, just one yesterday!) and have been rating each location on a number of metrics including:
Do they resonate with our mission?
How responsive is their customer service?
Who are some of their other clients?
How orderly are their facilities?
Collectively, these elements will help us determine if there is an opportunity to create a really special, long term partnership. Here is a picture we took of Iris yesterday at one of our site visits. =)
So our team is proud to report that we made it into the next round of the GreenSpaces Green Business Competition. We were the 10th quarter finalist to be announced so it was definitely a nail biting experience.
We are lucky to be going back to present next week! Stay tuned to learn more about our progress!
We have been really fortunate to attract a number of entrepreneurs to our company and can’t wait to meet more! Recently, we learned that our friends over at SunShine Suites (who are giving us free rent), are also helping run NYC ENT to “ strengthen and accelerate the collective entrepreneurial spirit of New York City.
So a few days ago, Iris was able to create the ability for folks to pre-order our sandals from Cambodia. She accomplished this by signing up for the paypal system and we are happy to announce that Stephen P. of Carmel, NY booked a pre-order using this system.
We’re written up in today’s blog posting on innovate 2 uplift! Sidney writes,
The Bridgespan Group conducted an extensive study of the leadership requirements of nonprofit organizations [...] to increase the flow of talent into nonprofit leadership, [...] expand the pool of potential leadership talent by considering people outside of the typical nonprofit circle.
Iris is traveling in Lima, Peru for about 10 days and we’re looking forward to hearing her reports when she gets back to the United States. Among other things, she will be visiting with a few villages while there.
Let us know if there are locations she should be visiting at iris@greensoulshoes.org.
So we’ve been counting our good fortune with friends this past week and have been busy looking at different 100% recycled packaging options. Stay tuned for details and let us know what your thoughts are!
25% of all seasonal cards are valentines, making it the 2nd largest card-sending holiday (behind Christmas)
Over 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold annually
10% of engagements happen on this day
The 1 billion cards would stretch around the world 5 times! Green Living Tips has some great ideas including making a card using recycled or natural materials. Read more on their site!
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