Green Team Talks
Thoughts on a greener marketplace, and what it means to be green.
Amy Skoczlas Cole
Director, Green TeamAmy Skoczlas Cole’s passion for the natural world started in kindergarten, when she first wrote an essay on her love for koala bears. After studying environmental policy in college, she joined the staff of Conservation International (CI), where she turned her passion into a career, much to the surprise of her parents. At eBay, she leads all the different aspects of the company’s environmental strategy. What excites her most, though, is tapping into the collective power of the 89 million people who use eBay to make a real difference in world. That’s why she loves running the eBay Green Team, building a movement to help consumer save money and the planet at the same time – by using products that already exist in the world. As the mom to a active toddler, she’s also enjoying every minute of re-discovering just how awe-inspiring this planet is by seeing it through young eyes.
What piece of advice do you have for someone who wants to "go green"?
A greener lifestyle should feel like a trade-up, not a trade off. Don’t think about it as an additional item on your overloaded to do list. Instead, consider adopting a new way of thinking… where are the things coming from that I am using, and who am I buying them from? Where is it going to go when I’m done with it? How can I use things that already exist, instead of asking the planet to make me a new one? Just think about what will happen if the 100,000 people who belong to the eBay Green Team do that!
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Have You Taken the Challenge to Reuse What Exists in the World?
- Mar 8, 2010
- Buy Green
- In Action
- Amy Skoczlas Cole
We’ve launched the eBay Green Team Challenge to celebrate our first birthday! It’s been a tremendous 12 months of demonstrating how the greenest product is often the one the that already exists – and that seemingly small choices, made across the eBay community, can add up to a big difference. So, join us and take the Challenge to use what already exists. We’ll protect an acre of forest in your name, and automatically enter you for a chance to win $10,000 as a way to say thanks. Then turn your pledge into reality through our new green shopping hub, where you can easily find great green deals on eBay.
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The State of Green Business: Greener Lifestyles Are Trade-ups, Not Trade-offs
- Feb 17, 2010
- In Action
- Green@eBay
- Amy Skoczlas Cole
Last week, several hundred business and non-profit executives gathered in Chicago to reflect on the "state of green business.” As more and more companies seek to offer environmentally friendly products, it’s also clear shoppers are getting more and more confused. Within the eBay Green Team community, we think about green shopping a bit differently. While consumers continue to care about the health of the planet, we also realize they have to balance that with other concerns, like tightening pocketbooks.
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In response to your suggestions, we've updated our on-line home for the eBay Green Team. We'll be sharing stories, tips, and ideas so that we can continue having conversations with one another about giving new lives to old products, what it means to live green, and much more.
So have a look around and explore the site. Then, chime in and tell us what you think! We can't wait to hear from you.
