Dolphin Blue Launches Straight Talk on Sustainability Forum, Celebrates 15 Years of Sustainable Business Practices

Dallas (PRWEB) April 17, 2008 -- Dolphin Blue, a provider of environmentally responsible office supplies, today announces the launch of its ?Straight Talk on Sustainability? interactive forum, just one week after the company celebrated its 15th anniversary.

Dolphin Blue?s Straight Talk on Sustainability includes excerpts from Bob Willard?s ?The Sustainability Advantage,? which is a business primer on becoming a sustainable business enterprise. Users can also post comments on excerpts from articles written by other thought-provoking figures in the arena of sustainability such as Dr. Robert Jensen, Helena Norberg-Hodge and Dr. Helen Caldicott.

The forum contains articles that challenge conventional wisdom on a number of important subjects:

-    Economic benefits derived by a company from ?going green? that can far outweigh any extra costs involved

-    Governmental policies that negatively impact both suppliers to local markets and the environment

-    Making individual decisions about one?s level of consumption

-    Unchecked population growth and its environmental impact

In addition to successfully operating a business committed to creating a sustainable planet,

Kemper?s key accomplishments over the last 15 years include the following:

-    Since 1997, Kemper has worked with manufacturers and the U.S. Postal Service to develop envelopes made from post-consumer recycled content when none was available.

-    In 1999, he co-founded Sustainable Dallas, an organization whose mission is to answer key questions concerning the development of the community, businesses and the environment.

-    In October 2006, Kemper worked with a manufacturer to produce the first post-consumer recycled content CD sleeve.

-    In 2007, Kemper?s articles were published in Green@work and featured as the cover story of Office World News. D Magazine recognized Kemper on the ?Greenlist,? a special issue titled Dallas Goes Green.

-    In 2008, he spoke on a panel at the University of Texas? Sustainable Business Summit.

-    Dolphin Blue also reported record earnings for the 2007-2008 fiscal year with more than $1.7 million in sales, which represents a 20 percent increase over last year?s sales.

?We are living in times when sustainability of our planet is crucial to mankind?s quality of life, and ultimately, our survival. As the earth?s population continues to grow and resources decline, it is imperative that we either ?get it? now, or, leave very little for our progeny, placing their existence in a very real peril,? said Tom Kemper, Dolphin Blue?s founder and CEO. ?Dolphin Blue?s ?Straight Talk on Sustainability? allows the reader to understand the issues not being offered in the mainstream press, providing a way to ?get their arms around? issues that affect them and their children now and far into the future.?

About Dolphin Blue

Based in Dallas, Texas, Dolphin Blue is an online retailer of environmentally responsible office supplies. Since 1993, Dolphin Blue has promoted the responsible stewardship of Earth?s resources by encouraging the conscientious purchase of everyday business supplies. All products sold through Dolphin Blue contain, at minimum, 20 percent post-consumer recycled material with many items being made of 100 percent post consumer recycled materials. Product packages and labels are made using only post-consumer recycled materials and are printed using only soy and vegetable-based inks. To contact Dolphin Blue, visit www.dolphinblue.com or call 800.932.7715.

Media Contact

John Dalkowitz

806-797-3755

210-837-9861

johnd @ dolphinblue.com

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