01 Nov 2022
5 Small Business Owners Embracing Renewable Energy To Fight Climate Change
World leaders meet next week at COP27 to talk (again) about climate change. These business owners are done talking and are already doing.
Nae Ogawa, natuRe waikiki

Nae Ogawa, natuRe waikiki

Here's how renewable energy powers their world:

  • Nae Ogawa, Executive Chef owner at natuRe Waikiki in Honolulu, HI turns waste cooking oil into candles for her restaurant and donates the rest for biodiesel to power local school buses.
Nina Berenato, Nina Berenato

Nina Berenato, Nina Berenato

  • Nina Berenato runs her Nina Berenato Jewelry headquarters, production studio, and storefront in Austin, TX off of 100% wind-powered energy.
Ben MacKinnon, e5 Bakehouse

Ben MacKinnon, e5 Bakehouse

  • Ben MacKinnon, head baker owner at e5 Bakehouse in London, UK grows his grain, vegetables and fruit on his Fellows Farm in Suffolk which is totally off-grid and runs on renewable energy.
Amy O'Shea, Bright Books

Amy O'Shea, Bright Books

  • Amy O’Shea, founder of Bright Books in Washington D.C. donates 1 portable solar light for every journal sold, providing light to rural schools in Uganda and to Syrian refugee camps in Greece, Lebanon and Turkey.
Albert Straus, Straus Family Creamery

Albert Straus, Straus Family Creamery

  • Last but not least, poop power! Albert Straus of Straus Family Creamery in Petaluma, CA installed a methane biodigester to transform his cows’ manure into electricity, enough to operate the entire dairy farm and charge their farm vehicles.

Many other businesses are using solar and other renewable forms of energy to power their businesses. Find them and more by searching on “Clean Energy” at this link. Know of any more? Suggest them to us here.