Compass and the CHPA are proud to have our friend, Josh Dorfman “The Lazy Environmentalist” to speak at the 2008 CHPA conference
About Josh Dorfman
Josh Dorfman is an environmental entrepreneur, author, speaker, and radio personality. He is the founder & CEO of Vivavi, a provider of contemporary, eco-friendly furniture and furnishings, working with over forty of today's leading sustainable designers. In 2006, he launched ModernGreenLiving.com, Vivavi's companion resource that helps consumers find green homes and green building experts throughout North America. Inc. Magazine has named Vivavi one of the fifty most intriguing companies helping to drive today's green revolution.
Josh's media ventures center on The Lazy Environmentalist, the
environmental talk radio show airing live daily throughout North America on Lime Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio (Channel 114) for which he is the creator, producer, and host. His book, The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide To Easy, Stylish, Green Living, was published in May 2007. Dwell Magazine called it "a guide to going green without resorting to Birkenstocks and brown rice casserole."
As a green lifestyle expert, Josh has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show as well as on NBC, MSNBC, Bravo, and the Discovery Health Channel. He is the spokesperson for the Filter For Good campaign, a partnership between Brita and Nalgene that encourages consumers to reduce their plastic water bottle waste. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council for the Arts and Environment for the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
IN THE MEDIA:
Watch Josh's interview on MSNBC's "Your Business".
Watch Josh's Earth Day 2007 appearance on the Martha Stewart television show
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Watch Josh's Book Talk as part of the Authors@Google series at Google's Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.
Contact Josh directly at thelazyenvironmentalist [at] lime.com.
Press Interviews:
New West
EcoGeek
The Huffington Post
Life Goggles
Treehugger
Green Options
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The original blog entry that started it all:
January 5, 2005
Lazy Environmentalist
I’m a passionate yet lazy environmentalist. I want to do the right thing. I want the planet to be clean. I want to breathe fresh air. I want to not have to hold my breath every time I drive on the New Jersey Turnpike.
I want it to be totally fun, cool and sexy to act in an environmentally responsible way. Otherwise, half the time I won’t do it. I won’t always place my empty water bottles in the recycling bin. Why? Because, frankly, it’s a pain and there’s nothing fun about it.
I want a shower that cleans, filters, and reuses the same five gallons of water repeatedly so I can take a low-impact 30 minute shower and know that I’m not squandering our dwindling supply of fresh water. Frankly, I take long showers. That’s where I do my best thinking. So I want someone to invent this kind of shower for me. I’ll be thrilled to buy it and I’ll tell all my friends to get one too.
Give me a hybrid Audi TT so I can put the top down and drive fast without polluting like a maniac. I’ll gladly pay for it. Make me furniture out of bamboo instead of wood so I’m not by extension cutting down trees just to have something nice to eat on. I’ll pay for that too.
Make it so totally easy, fun and attractive to do “the right thing” and I’ll do it every time. Because I care about the planet. I really do. But I’m lazy and I’m not going to change my behavior any time soon. So cater to me. Help me consume more responsibly without having to try. I’ll thank you for it and the planet will too.