VeggieCaravan

Just glad to be back on the road again. The Conscious Goods Caravan is back on the road!!! :-)  Today is our second day and its a GREAT day already. We are at the Glendale Whole Foods Parking lot and we're feeling and doing great!

Music is playing out of our brand new TX50D Limo battery powered amp both inside and outside the bus, we're parked right in front by the main entrance, we have coffee demos going on outside, hibiscus cooler (Jamaica) brewing inside, preserves, chocolates and other yummie organic treats being tasted by many and in a few hours we will have a full blown puppet show for the kids.

The marketing folks are beyond angelic as usual and shoppers, team members and people just passing by are all grooving by and on the bus and all around Whole Foods learning about food that is... you got it, good for us, the farmes and the planet we all share ;-).

Our schedule will be updated regularly on this website so alway check for updates and if you are nearby please stop by and visit with us.

We WILL be posting photos, videos, and blogs and more... stay tuned! --zak

December 27, 2005

Well I have to admit I was a bit skeptical myself. I knew that taking the veggie bus to the Whole Foods Market parking lot would create a spectacle in and of itself and offer us the platform we've hoped for to promote organic agriculture, and people and planet friendly business. But puppets? Since Jonathan Yute joined us last week, we've been gearing up to add puppets to our repetoire. 

So we tested it out yesterday at the Tempe, Arizona Whole Foods Market parking lot and were all blown away. The kids LOVED it, their parents LOVED it, and other folks passing by LOVED it too. The show was called "The Good News Report" and featured incredible breaking news like "people being kind to one another for no apparent reason!" and "shoppers looking to buy food that is not only good for them but ALSO good for the farmers who grew it AND the planet we all share!" It also featured Grease Monkey who sang about veggie oil as fuel, Johny Unite Us, a farmer who sang about "farming in the name of the earth", and a live interview with Kopali bus driver yours truly about bamboo wood, natural latex cushions, stone counters made from recycled paper, and other sustainable solutions featured on and in the eco-show-room-bus.

In addition to the puppet show, we gave dozens of inside and outside bus tours, parking lot and in-store product samples, made lots of new friends among shoppers and team members of the store, and generally had a super successful and fun 1st official Conscious Goods Caravan event! We were also graced with the presence of Conscious Goods Caravan sponsor, Eco Teas! Stephan and Alisha drove all the way from Tucson to join us in the store and on the parking lot. And I guess they in-joy-ed it because they are coming back today to meet us at the Paradise Valley Phoenix store and then caravaning with us, on their own Eco Teas van to Vegas!

think about it... unless we are all going to grow ALL of our own food, weave, cut and sew ALL of our own garments, and make ALL of the stuff that we use on a daily basis ourselves, then we are going to engage in commerce.

it often seems as if commerce (the buying and selling of 'stuff') is inevitably pitted against the planet's and all of its beings' wellbeing... and sadly, the truth is that the production and trade of much of the 'stuff' that we consume these days is indeed harmful to us, harmful to those who brough it to us, and harmful to the ecosystems that sustain all life on our planet.

but what if we can set up the commerce game differently? what if we can set it up so that commercial sucess is measured, not only by its financily profit, but by its human and planetary profit too. that is, how much each and every transaction & relationship improves our world and ALL of our lives? this is what we like to call triple-bottom-line business, defined as socially, ecologically and economically sustainable. what if we really start to learn and care about where everything we use comes from? what if we then start to make choices that are truly consistent with our highest values?

then we would choose the products we consume based on how good they are for us, for all beings & for all life.

through kopali organics, we aim to prove, together with all of you, together with all existing and future triple-bottom-line businesses, that it is possible indeed for commerce to not only become less-harming but for it to be a healing force in our world. we believe in fact that it is necessary. and our commitment is to do it in joy, in love, and in faith, living each day the reality we dream of.