LOHAS Insight Tours

We offer the unique opportunity for you to experience local LOHAS businesses in action and take away valuable insights of successful business models. This allows you to experience up close business operations unique to LOHAS companies located in Boulder. A great way to gain insight into LOHAS!

Tentative Schedule:

Wed. June 17th,  9am - 4pm

Sunflower Farmers Market is a rapidly growing chain of full-service grocery stores offering consumers the highest quality natural and organic products at the lowest possible price.  Sunflower's motto is "Serious Food...Silly Prices." The company, founded in 2002, is a pioneer in developing the emerging value segment of the natural and organic foods retailing industry The company has 17 stores located in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Texas.  Ellie's Eco Home Store makes natural, sustainable and healthy products for people and their homes more accessible to every-day shoppers with their array of recycled and rapidly renewable products and those that conserve water and energy. Natural cork flooring, recycled cotton insulation, non-toxic paints and finishes, bamboo plywoods, recycled plastic furniture, recycled “pop bottle” carpeting, composite decking, recycled rubber flooring/pavers, recycled roofing, non-toxic cleaning products, compostable event supplies, natural pet supplies, non-toxic fertilizer and plant food, organic skin care products and organic linens for baby – all under one convenient roof at last. Boulder Outlook Hotel  - The Cure for the Common Hotel  -  As the first Zero Waste hotel in Boulder, they think about the planet in every aspect of their business — from using compostable packaging and eco-friendly cleaning supplies to having energy efficient light bulbs and “green-key” paperboard keycards instead of plastic keycards.  And not only are they running a green business, they are exposing visitors from all over the country and the world to an approach to living that is sustainable.

Eco-cycle is one of the largest non-profit recyclers in the USA and has an international reputation as a pioneer and innovator in resource conservation. Understand what can and cannot be recycled and how reduce your waste.

Cost - $125 (Includes transportation, lunch, and guided tours) Insight Tour is not included in LOHAS Forum registration fee Limited to 43 people Questions? Contact Ted Ning ted.ning@lohas.com 303-222-8263

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