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		<title>Member Profile: NRG Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JenP</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[advocate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Certified B Corp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Rupp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRG Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sustainability is in the Company DNA NRG Insurance is a brokerage and insurance agency with a history of successfully integrating sustainable business practices. The company is the first US brokerage to go carbon neutral and has been recognized over the years for reducing its impact on the environment, as well as fostering a healthy work-life<a href="http://nbis.org/member-profile-nrg-insurance/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Marketing Philharmonic</title>
		<link>http://nbis.org/member-profile-marketing-philharmonic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhizome</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I have always been concerned with our future, my own health issues have driven me to understand what we are doing to our future generations by poisoning our world.   As an experienced marketing executive, I thought the best way to make a difference was to use my marketing expertise and my deep professional connections<a href="http://nbis.org/member-profile-marketing-philharmonic/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Elliott Bay Brewing Co.</title>
		<link>http://nbis.org/member-profile-elliott-bay-brewing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhizome</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brent Norton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brewpub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Hindman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elliott Bay Brewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd Carden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Seattle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Elliott Bay Brewing Co. takes a very progressive approach to practicing sustainability. We believe in taking charge of choices that influence quality of life…whether globally, locally or individually.  From large to small, we have made conscious commitments over the years to minimize our impact on the environment, and to support those who operate with a similar philosophy.]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Correctional Industries</title>
		<link>http://nbis.org/member-profile-correctional-industries/</link>
		<comments>http://nbis.org/member-profile-correctional-industries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhizome</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Correctional Industries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matresses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recyclying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rehabilitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sustainable business practices converge naturally with Correctional Industries’ mission to rehabilitate offenders through job training and reduce Corrections’ reliance on tax dollars. Training in sustainable technology and lean manufacturing systems prepares offenders for work in a world increasingly focused on these important issues. In the process they also learn environmental ethics and business strategies. Meanwhile, sustainable practices multiply the effectiveness of every tax dollar, helping CI generate about $32.50 in benefits for every dollar in cost and contribute millions of dollars each year to Washington’s economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Glassworks</title>
		<link>http://nbis.org/member-profile-glassworks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhizome</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glassworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEED AP certified]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shower doors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tish Oye]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Determined to make the company and their fabricating process more sustainable, Tish and Steve are deeply committed to greener building practices. The company’s beautiful new series of recycled glass countertops are made from pre-consumer recycled shower doors.]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Pangeality Productions</title>
		<link>http://nbis.org/member-profile-pangeality-productions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhizome</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filmaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-profits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pangeality Productions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Videography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A long time ago, I embraced the advice to find something that I love and then find a way to make a living doing that. This is what I have done.  I’ve taken the creativity of filmmaking and photography, my commitment to social justice and environmental issues and working toward a better world, and my<a href="http://nbis.org/member-profile-pangeality-productions/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Sustainable Industries</title>
		<link>http://nbis.org/member-profile-sustainable-industries/</link>
		<comments>http://nbis.org/member-profile-sustainable-industries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhizome</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Members]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the turn of the century, a few years before words such as &#8220;green&#8221; and &#8220;eco&#8221; became ubiquitous and embraced by mainstream opportunism, business journalist Brian Back took a keen interest in the growing community of dedicated West Coast business leaders pioneering sustainable business practices. Unable to convince his former employer, a mainstream business publication,<a href="http://nbis.org/member-profile-sustainable-industries/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Rhizome Images</title>
		<link>http://nbis.org/member-profile-rhizome-images/</link>
		<comments>http://nbis.org/member-profile-rhizome-images/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhizome</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Environment is more than something that surrounds us,” says photographer Robert J. Pennington. “It is an interactive experience and what we bring away from it very much depends on what we bring to it.” As a photo-artist who has spent years photographing the outbacks and urban encroachments of the American landscape, Pennington’s work is the<a href="http://nbis.org/member-profile-rhizome-images/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: PMI</title>
		<link>http://nbis.org/member-profile-pmi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhizome</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At PMI, we design, manufacture and market innovative food and beverage solutions designed for busy lifestyles. Our two most recognizable brands, Stanley and Aladdin, are both nearly 100 years old. By using advanced technologies, materials and research, we’ve extended these beloved brands into the future while remaining rooted in our past. We’re committed to providing<a href="http://nbis.org/member-profile-pmi/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Madres Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://nbis.org/member-profile-madres-kitchen/</link>
		<comments>http://nbis.org/member-profile-madres-kitchen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhizome</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And we’ll make sure everyone has fun along the way. With our selection of intriguing menus created with the freshest, seasonal ingredients from local farmers, you know our food is going to be amazing. But successful catering is more than that! It’s our commitment to you, our community and the environment that make us unique.<a href="http://nbis.org/member-profile-madres-kitchen/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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