Author Archives: Nicole Schlosser

Nicole Schlosser

Contributing Writer

Green Entrepreneur Jill Robbins Heads Sustainable Cookie and Cake Business

HomeFree founder, Jill, with her son

Jill Robbins, founder of HomeFree, a business that makes organic, vegan, gluten-free, ready-to-eat whole grain cookies and coffee cakes free of common food allergens including peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and dairy, saw first-hand the problems that can be caused by processed, unhealthy food and came up with a solution for anyone who has allergies or wants healthier dessert alternatives. A mother of a child with food allergies and clinical psychologist, Robbins started HomeFree so that everyone can be included when snacks and desserts are offered. She also initiated an environmentally-friendly business, getting HomeFree officially certified as a B-Corporation by B Lab, a nonprofit organization that uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems by creating a new class of corporations required to create benefit for society.

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Healthy Delectables’ Tamar Kagan Dishes on Sustainable Eating

Tamar Kagan, a lifelong vegetarian, proponent of natural foods, founder and owner of baked goods and healthy diet coaching business Healthy Delectables, teaches her clients to prepare quick, easy, nutritious meals and offers tips to the public with videos on her blog, Tamar’s Healthy Delectables. Kagan will appear on the Good Food stage at the Los Angeles Green Festival on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 11:00 a.m. She will demonstrate how to make nut milk, raw oatmeal, and a healthy egg dish.  We sat down with Kagan and got her thoughts on eating sustainably, inspiration to eat healthily and her budding entertainment career.

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Grow a Garden out of Thoughtful Greetings

Photo by leestababee via flickr

Containing a colorful bouquet in each card, Green Field Paper Co.’s treeless Grow-A-Note recycles automatically.

In these times, when we communicate almost everything electronically, we often forget that it can be nice to connect by giving a tangible message that doesn’t end up getting deleted.

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Green Festival Brings Message of Sustainability to San Francisco

 Photo by Nicole Schlosser

Taking San Francisco by storm on November 6 and 7 at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, the Green Festival, a project of environmental and social justice nonprofits Green America and Global Exchange, brought healthier environmental, economical and social solutions to an enthusiastic crowd of thousands who attended presentations, film screenings, food and wine tastings, exhibit booths and even a fashion show.

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Mountain Rose Herbs Adds Spice to San Francisco Green Festival

Ashlee Tomas and Erin Mcintosh of Mountain Rose Herbs. Photo via Mountain Rose Herbs.

Eugene, Ore.-based Mountain Rose Herbs showed off its wide variety of herbs, teas, essential oils, spices and salts in an eye-catching and eco-friendly booth Nov. 6 and 7 at the Green Festival, held in San Francisco.

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Want to be Greener? Go Vegetarian.

Photo by Green in all 4 Seasons via flickr

Going vegetarian, even just some of the time, can lower your environmental impact by helping to reduce pollution, and conserve land and water. You’ll also improve your health.

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Animal Rights Gaining Popularity

In the U.S. and throughout most of the world, there is increasing concern for the rights of animals. From California’s egg referendum, placed on the ballot in 2008, to Spain’s recent call for rights for non-human primates, people are voting in greater numbers to protect animals from cruel practices, particularly in farming.

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Skin Care from Nature

Cleansers, creams, lotions and deodorants are hygienic essentials, but how healthy are many of these products that we use every day? With chemical additives, preservatives and detergents such as parabens and aluminum, they can actually end up being harmful to our well-being. Not to mention, many are also tested on animals, or contain ingredients that make them far from cruelty-free.

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‘Bold Native’ Premieres in Los Angeles

Crest Theatre for the Premiere of ‘Bold Native.’ Photo by Nicole Schlosser.

Open Road Films debuted Bold Native, its labor of love, on Wednesday, June 16 at the Majestic Crest Theatre in Los Angeles. The piece bravely explores the territory of animal activism and those who “make it my fight” as our protagonist Charlie Cranehill says, as the story begins.

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“Skin” Flick Premiere Exposes Fur Trade

Attorney, Shannon Keith at the premiere of her film Skin Trade. Photo by Tuesday Phillips.

An enthusiastic crowd of animal rights activists and curious filmgoers gathered at The Majestic Crest Theatre in Los Angeles for an Animal Rescue Media and Education (ARME) benefit and to view the premiere of the movie Skin Trade,  written-directed by animal rights attorney and award-winning filmmaker Shannon Keith.

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