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Stephanie Bernstein Founder & CEO Stephanie Bernstein founded To-Go Ware and Eyes of the Forest, Inc. in 2004. Stephanie has had a long history in the LOHAS community, working in sales & education for many great groundbreaking companies in the natural products market such as Guayaki Yerba Mate, Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods & Pangea Organics Bodycare. Natural products & conscious consumerism were a natural extension of her pursuit in the healing arts-she has been a certified yoga instructor since 2001 and was a wellness chef for many years. Selling something that replenishes people and the planet seemed a great vehicle for Stephanie, and she was delighted to be the Rocky Mountain Regional Accounts Director for World of Good, a Fair Trade import company, taking artisan crafts to high-volume, mainstream channels of distribution. Stephanie actively participates in media, doing on-camera hosting of socially conscious television shows like Sourcecode on Free Speech TV and pledge drives for LinkTV. She has also written and modeled for magazines such as Alternative Medicine and Yoga Journal, and is currently featured doing yoga poses on 8 boxes of Yogi Tea. |
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Steph Alston Stephanie Alston is a long time environmental activist and "resourceress". She comes to To-Go Ware from the ecofashion industry and the Bay Area environmental movement. Stephanie has served as a fundraiser and organizer for international environmental justice issues for over 9 years and has worked with Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network, Oil Change International, the Brower Youth Awards and ForestEthics. In 2001, Stephanie co-founded the West Africa Rainforest Network to build international awareness and support for the protection of environmental and human rights of rural communities in West Africa. Originally from Texas (a sixth generation Texan!), Stephanie meandered her way to the West Coast by way of Alaska and Ann Arbor, MI where she worked for the U.S. EPA and Legal Aid Society. Stephanie now lives in San Francisco with her beloved husband, 6 month old perfect baby daughter, and Lucky Louis Lovehound, a Hurricane Katrina survivor. |
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Chris Cory Chris Cory has been part of the To-Go Ware team since July 2007 when he moved from Boulder, Colorado to San Francisco. After graduating from the University of Denver in 2002, having studied sociology, biology and neuropsychology, he made a living as a dj playing hip-hop and down-tempo along with various odd jobs in Denver and Boulder. Chris was fortunate to have many exhilarating experiences as a dj opening up for dozens of world class hip-hop acts. In 2006 Chris decided to return to work full time and became part of the crew at Pangea Organics during the week and a drag busboy at the festive Bump & Grind cafe on weekends. He found that working for a sustainable company and being treated as a valued individual within a team provided him much more gratification than the "here's a mop" attitude within the fast food industry. In June of 2007 Chris moved to San Francisco for a change of pace and to experience a more vibrant and urban cultural center. He enjoys his work with To-Go Ware because it allows him to do something positive and incorporates his individual attributes into the business rather than demolishing them with the questionable values of a large-scale money driven business plan. Chris is currently gearing up for continuing his education in philosophy and has continued to develop as a dj and music producer as well as an employee. |
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Take a journey with To-Go Ware’s founder Stephanie Bernstein as she visits WEAVE on the Thai-Burma border. Watch video!
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