For Immediate Release

Contact:

Steven Hoffman, Compass Natural Marketing, steve@compassnatural.com, tel 303.807.1042

Matthew King, Ph.D., Living GREEN Foundation, environment@me.com, tel 202.386.1414

FearLess Revolution Meets At the Epicenter:
Merger Combines Online Resources, Live Events to Help Educate
Green Business Leaders and Consumers

Alex and Ana Bogusky’s FearLess Revolution Joins Forces with Boulder-based “At the Epicenter” Speaker Series and the Living GREEN Foundation to Educate and Inspire Healthy Lifestyles Entrepreneurs, Eco-advocates and Citizen Consumers via online content, resources, videos and events. Next up: Women Leading Green, Oct. 1, at eTown Hall.

Boulder, CO (Aug. 6, 2014) –  Alex and Ana Bogusky value content. Content that inspires, educates and motivates green businesses, healthy lifestyles entrepreneurs, consumer advocacy groups, and engaged citizens. Content – including blogs, videos, interviews, books, and now live events – advancing health and sustainability, product innovation, consumer rights, and jobs in America.

As such, the Boguskys’ FearLess Revolution, a project dedicated to serving up ideas, case studies and information that help drive the new economy, and “At the Epicenter” – a popular speaker and networking series for green entrepreneurs produced by Boulder-based Best Organics and Compass Natural – have both joined forces with the Living GREEN Foundation, a Boulder-based 501c3 organization, to launch a collaborative nonprofit project under the FearLess Revolution umbrella to provide an expanded library of resources and content for change makers in health and sustainability.

“We’re seeing a dramatic shift in the way business is done toward more transparency, more collaboration, more democracy, and ultimately more value,” said Alex Bogusky, Co-founder with his wife Ana of FearLess Revolution, and award-winning Co-founder of renowned advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky. “We’re excited to work with At the Epicenter co-founders Seleyn DeYarus and Steven Hoffman in expanding our library, resource and event offerings, and in serving shared objectives of building a healthier, happier world.”

Next At the Epicenter Event: “Women Leading Green,” October 1, eTown Hall

The next At the Epicenter event, presented at eTown Hall in Boulder on October 1, 2014, will be the second annual “Women Leading Green,” a lively, informative and entertaining panel featuring renowned women entrepreneurs and pioneers, including:

  • Maria Rodale, Chair, Rodale Press (Organic Gardening, Men’s Health, Prevention)
  • Marci Zaroff, Founder of Under the Canopy and pioneer in eco-fashion, CEO of I AM Enlightened Creations, and Executive Producer of the documentary THREAD
  • Zhena Muzyka, Founder of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea, and Author, Life By the Cup

The lead interviewers for Women Leading Green will be Alex Bogusky and Seleyn DeYarus of Fearless Revolution. For more information, visit http://fearlessrevolution.org/events/.

“In partnering with the Boguskys and FearLess Revolution, At the Epicenter will broaden its reach through online streaming and in expanding our events outside of Colorado,” said Seleyn DeYarus, who will serve as the new Executive Director of FearLess Revolution.

Distinguished Alumni

Through FearLess Revolution, the Boguskys have hosted video interviews with such luminaries as former Vice President Al Gore; Casey Sheahan, former CEO of Patagonia; Justin Gold, founder of Justin’s; Robyn O’Brien, author of The Unhealthy Truth and Founder of Allergy Kids Foundation; Steve Demos, founder of WhiteWave Foods, and others, all available via FearLess Revolution’s website. Distinguished FearLess blog contributors include Chef Ann Cooper, author of Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children; Jane Miller, author of Sleep Your Way to the Top (and Other Myths About Business Success); Joshua Onysko, Founder and CEO of Pangea Organics; author and non-GMO expert Jeffrey Smith, and others. For a complete list, visit FearlessRevolution.org.

At the Epicenter brings together thought leaders, pioneers and leading entrepreneurs in the $300 billion market for natural, organic and eco-friendly products and services to interact with business leaders in the Boulder/Denver region. Since 2010, the speaker series has featured Bill McKibben, Founder of 350.org; John Elstrott, Chair of Whole Foods Market; local economies expert and author Michael Shuman; Fox Health News correspondent Chris Kilham; the late Horst Rechelbacher, Founder of Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients; Nature's Path Foods Co-founders Arran and Ratana Stephens; Andrew Kassoy, Co-founder of B Lab; Jenn Vervier, Director of Sustainability at New Belgium Brewery; Hunter Lovins, author and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions; Kim Coupounas Co-founder of GoLite; Bhakti Chai CEO Brook Eddy; Brendan Synnott, Co-founder of Bear Naked Granola and Revelry Brands; Alex and Ana Bogusky; and others.

Video recordings of At the Epicenter interviews will be hosted at FearLessRevolution.org.

Administered under the auspices of the Living GREEN Foundation, a nonprofit 501c3 organization dedicated to serving social entrepreneurs and environmental organizations in the US and abroad, FearLess Revolution’s mission will stay focused on helping to build more sustainable economies and communities, and to empower businesses and consumers by fostering transparency and awareness of how products are made and their impacts on society and the planet.

“The Living GREEN Foundation is proud to serve as FearLess Revolution’s not-for-profit fiscal sponsor as these two extraordinary initiatives merge to maximize their impact,” said Matthew W. King, President and Chairman of the Living GREEN Foundation.

Underwriters of At the Epicenter, Presented by Fearless Revolution, include:

  • Gold Level:  Nature’s Path Foods, Boulder Brands and the Sterling Rice Group
  • Silver Level:  New Hope Natural Media, KeHE Distributors, EKS&H, Boulder Weekly, Boulderganic, and Bonterra Vineyards
  • Bronze Level:  Pax World Investments, St. Claire's Organics, EnerHealth Botanicals, Runa and Care2
  • Supporting Level:  Eco-Products Inc., Shine, Boulder Valley Voices, Eldorado Springs Water and Chinook Book

About FearLess Revolution

Founded in 2010 by Alex and Ana Bogusky, FearLess Revolution explores a new, more meaningful relationship between people, brands and culture. Through informative blogs, online video interviews, and now live events via its merger with At the Epicenter, FearLess spotlights leaders in sustainability, product innovation, green business, environment and health. The mission of FearLess Revolution is to foster more transparency, collaboration, democracy, and ultimately more value in business and local economies. For more information, visit FearLessRevolution.org.

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