Entrepreneur Practices Environmentalism
Alex Eaves’ basement is stocked with T-shirts, skateboards, shopping bags and stickers, all emblazoned with socially conscious messages and designs.
Eaves has collected the merchandise in the five years since he founded Stay Vocal, a clothing and skateboard company that encourages social and environmental responsibility.
Intent on staying true to the messages he prints on his products, Eaves is changing the way he does business. No more stickers that get thrown away, no more skateboards made from new materials and no more T-shirts that go out of style and get tossed in the trash.
Instead, he will focus on ReUse, a line of clothing and products made from entirely recycled material.
Frustrated with the wasteful practices of even the most eco-friendly retail companies, Eaves set out to “change the way people shop and businesses run.”
Last month, Eaves won $20,000 in an online contest sponsored by Ideablob.com, an online community of socially conscious entrepreneurs sponsored by Advanta. The ReUse concept was chosen as a monthly winner by thousands of other entrepreneurs.
Eaves has also begun to create his own online community at Stayvocal.com, where visitors find activism forums, ideas for reusing and music and culture links.
Photo by Greg Derr.
cassy on July 24th, 2008 3:28 am
Reusing our old stuff is a nice idea. We just have to be resourceful and creative to make it fashionable.
Goodluck to your Stayvocal.com, i hope you can help many people.
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