By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Ray Anderson had an epiphany at age 60 that changed his life, the future of his billion dollar carpet company, and the environmental futures of hundreds of other companies as well. In 1994, Anderson, the founder, CEO and chairman of modular carpet tile maker...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
H. Eugene Jones, a decorated World War II fighter pilot, built his post-war career by turning failing businesses into profitable corporations. In 1999, at the age of 84, he turned his attention to the next generation. Combining his business savvy and love of music...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 1960, with two young children in tow, 22-year-old Sara J. Gonzalez fled Cuba for the freedom of the United States. She eventually settled in Atlanta, where in 1978 she opened a small diner serving Cuban food. Her cooking was good, but she knew nothing about running...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In the late 1990s, Adele Douglass was appalled and morally outraged by the rampant mistreatment of farm animals in the United States. In 2003, determined to make change, she created the nation’s first process to certify – and inform consumers – that...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Sally Bingham, a homemaker turned Episcopal priest, developed a new strategy to combat global warming: organize churches, synagogues, Buddhist temples and mosques to buy “green” electricity generated by wind and solar power, to reduce energy consumption in...
