Whole Planet Foundation

News from the Foundation

• Whole Planet Foundation® launches “Make Change. Not Waste.” green lifestyle mobile application - May. 11, 2012
• Hillary meets Yunus today - May. 6, 2012
• Shoppers donate $5.5 million to fight poverty - Apr. 25, 2012 Liz Burkhart
• Genji Sushi Underscores Ethical Fishing & Corporate Responsibility with New “Hope Line” - Apr. 9, 2012
• "Southwest Invasion" During SXSW To Showcase At The Whole Foods Market Flagship Store Rooftop - Mar. 7, 2012
• Join our 2012 Annual Prosperity Campaign Today - Feb. 22, 2012 Joy Stoddard

Partner News

• Greyston Bakery and Whole Planet Foundation® Debut Brownie Line - May. 16, 2012 Ariel Haputman
• Artists pledge song sales to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation to help fight world poverty - May. 15, 2012 Dawn Burnett
• 2ND Street Soundcheck Music Festival to Unify Austinites and Spark Local-to-Global Change - May. 3, 2012 Julie Sutton-McGurk
• Bonnie donates unreleased live track to "Download for a Difference" Initiative! - May. 1, 2012 Bonnie Raitt

Media Coverage

• Two leaves and a bud tea co.™ will donate a portion of sales to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation to help fight world poverty - Mar. 20, 2012 Danielle Floyd Prokopchak
• Tiny Loans, Tremendous Returns: Tales from the Microlending Frontier - Mar. 7, 2012 Alyce Lomax
• L.A’s Newest Brewery Raises their Glass for a Good Cause - Feb. 29, 2012 Hilary Maler
• Whole Planet Foundation is Transforming Lives in Costa Rica - Feb. 27, 2012 Max Goldberg
• Whole Foods Market To Help Empower Low-Income Entrepreneurs - Feb. 24, 2012
• Grameen America Partners with Whole Planet Foundation® on Annual Prosperity Campaign at Whole Foods Market® Stores Nationwide - Feb. 22, 2012 Amy Fathers
• Late July Organic Snacks pledges $10,000 to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation - Jan. 25, 2012 Sarah Nelson

News from the Foundation

• Third Street pledges 5% of all Festivus Chai sales at Whole Foods Market in December to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation - Dec. 1, 2011 Karen Harbour
• BlueAvocado and Whole Planet Foundation Team Up to Fight Poverty - Aug. 15, 2011 Kristen Chin
• Sambazon and Whole Foods Market Partner for Amazon Giveaway - Jun. 20, 2011 Danielle Nuzzo
• New Gift Card Helps Shoppers Stretch Giving Dollars Across The Globe - Jun. 2, 2011 Liz Burkhart
• Bangladesh Supreme Court Dismisses Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank - Apr. 5, 2011
• Friends of Grameen Press Release - Mar. 8, 2011
• Professor Yunus Media Briefing - Mar. 8, 2011
• Statement from Grameen Bank - Mar. 8, 2011
• Letter from Professor Yunus - Mar. 8, 2011
• Whole Planet Foundation Stands Behind Professor Yunus - Mar. 3, 2011
• Statement of Support for Muhammad Yunus - Mar. 2, 2011
• A Hand Up to a Half Million People Exhibit - Mar. 1, 2011 KATU - Portland, Oregon
• Annual Prosperity Campaign Kick Off! - Feb. 23, 2011
• Spread Some Lovin' Around the World - Feb. 14, 2011
• SR Max Slip Resistant Shoes Donates $7,500 to Whole Planet Foundation - Jan. 27, 2011

Partner News

• Eco Chic: I’m Joining BlueAvocado - Dec. 1, 2011 Lauren Conrad
• The Miracle Foundation - Dec. 1, 2011
• Shoppers Find New Perks at Coffee Bar: Give Back as Part of Daily Grind - Nov. 11, 2011 Liz Burkhart
• Gabriela Salvador on Pro Mujer in Latin America - Nov. 7, 2011
• Cascal Joins Whole Planet Foundation in India - Oct. 25, 2011 Cascal
• Gabby Logan presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the MicroLoan Foundation - Sep. 29, 2011 Gabby Logan
• Seventh Generation Celebrates International Women's Day - Mar. 8, 2011 Sheila B

Media Coverage

• Whole Foods is sparking change around the world with Whole Planet Foundation - Dec. 25, 2011 Shelley Seale
• Gifts that Give Back - Dec. 8, 2011 Ole and Shaina Olmanson
• Café Spice Donates $31,700 to Whole Planet Foundation - Nov. 28, 2011 Stephanie Madoff
• New Calendar to Combat World Poverty - Nov. 2, 2011 Liz Burkhart
• O.N.E Coconut Water pledges $10,000 to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation to help fight world poverty through microfinance projects in developing world - Oct. 13, 2011 Lucy Redler-Kaplan
• GoodBelly Teams Up with Nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation to Help Fight World Poverty - Oct. 4, 2011 Natalie Terashima
• 34 Degrees pledges 5% of the sales for all crackers sold at Whole Foods Market in October to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation - Oct. 3, 2011 Drew Calvert
• Pirate's Booty Breaking Barriers for Hundreds with "Bootyful" Pledge - Sep. 30, 2011 Rachel Doolittle
• Steaz Pledges $15,000 to Non-Profit Whole Planet foundation to Help Fight World Poverty - Sep. 28, 2011 Danielle Lum
• SooFoo™ Pledges $10,000 to Nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation® To Help Fight World Poverty - Sep. 27, 2011 Henry Eshelman
• sweetriot pledges $15,000 to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation to help fight world poverty - Sep. 27, 2011 Clare Simone Hobbs
• Café Spice pledges 5% of all October sales to nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation to help fight world poverty - Sep. 23, 2011 Stephanie Madoff
• Justin's and Whole Planet Foundation: Empowering Entrepreneurs through Microloan A Month Program - Sep. 12, 2011 Bethany Mousseau
• Whole Foods and BlueAvocado team up to bag poverty - Sep. 7, 2011 Terry B
• Snikiddy Partners with Whole Planet Foundation to Offer Exclusive Products in select Whole Foods Market Stores this Fall - Aug. 30, 2011
• Whole Planet Foundation Is Doing Some Amazing Work Around The World - Aug. 26, 2011 Max Goldberg
• Oak Parker Headed to India - Aug. 6, 2011 Casey Cora
• Whole Foods Market Worker Ready For India - Aug. 2, 2011 Nafia Khan
• From Oak Park to India, woman travels to meet orphans' needs - Jul. 19, 2011 Megan Dooley
• Emergen-C's Dragon Fruit Drink Mix in the Media - May. 11, 2011
• Studio 12: Microfinance & Micro Loans - Feb. 11, 2011
• The HBR Interview: “What Is It That Only I Can Do?” - Jan. 14, 2011 Justin Fox

News from the Foundation

• WFM Suppliers Donate $50,000 for Poverty Is Unnecessary Fund - Oct. 6, 2010
• Whole Planet Foundation Registered as Non-Profit in the United Kindgdom - Oct. 4, 2010 Joy Stoddard
• Shoppers Find Easy Way to Combat World Poverty in Grocery Aisle - Sep. 21, 2010
• Whole Planet Foundation Tweets - Jul. 21, 2010
• Whole Foods Market - Jun. 11, 2010 Maryann Zaleski
• Customers at Whole Foods Market Donate $2.2 Million to Help Empower Poor Women in Developing World - Apr. 7, 2010
• Prosperity Campaign Reaches $2.26M Thanks to Your Overwhelming Generosity - Apr. 1, 2010
• Whole Planet Foundation® Prosperity Campaign to Empower Poor Gets Under Way at Whole Foods Market - Feb. 25, 2010
• 2010 Whole Planet Foundation Prosperity Campaign - Feb. 18, 2010
• Whole Foods Market, Team Members and Customers Contribute $2.7 Million for Haiti Relief - Feb. 2, 2010
• Whole Foods Market Customers Give $1 Million for Haiti Relief - Jan. 21, 2010
• Whole Foods Market®'s Haitian Earthquake Relief Drive - Jan. 15, 2010
• Help Haiti, Act Now - Jan. 14, 2010

Partner News

• Pro Mujer Celebrates Empowering Latin America Women - Oct. 13, 2010
• Partnering with Whole Foods Grand Finale - Jul. 9, 2010 Donna Khalife
• Partnering with Whole Foods – Day Two - Jul. 8, 2010 Donna Khalife
• Partnering with Whole Foods Market – Day One - Jul. 7, 2010 Donna Khalife
• Seventh Generation makes green video - Jun. 4, 2010 Poppy Harlow CNN
• To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America - Apr. 28, 2010
• Whole Foods Market, Tasting Table Launch Six-Week Prosperity Campaign for Whole Planet Foundation - Feb. 21, 2010 Progressive Grocer

Media Coverage

• Crafts for a cause - Dec. 1, 2010 Natalie Dicou
• Whole Foods Market and YMCA after school programs partner to fight poverty - Nov. 19, 2010 Elaine Brown, Salt Lake City Sugar House Development Examiner
• Bank of the poor grows in Limón - Jul. 21, 2010 Silvia Pardo
• 10 Companies With Social Responsibility at the Core - Apr. 19, 2010 Bob Liodice

News from the Foundation

• Whole Planet Foundation 2010 Calendar on sale now in Whole Foods Market U.S. stores - Oct. 30, 2009
• Cascal Joins Whole Planet Foundation Supplier Alliance for Microcredit - Oct. 21, 2009
• Professor Muhammad Yunus Named Recipient of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom - Jul. 31, 2009 Grameen America
• Whole Foods Market New York City Stores Raise $44,547 for Grameen America - Jul. 6, 2009 Whole Planet Foundation
• Whole Foods Market Shoppers Donate $1.8 Million to Empower the Poor through Microcredit - Apr. 6, 2009 Joy Peterson
• Whole Planet Foundation Board of Directors Approves New Microlending Project in Peru - Feb. 5, 2009 WPF Team
• Whole Foods Market Team Members Donating over $500,000 for Microcredit - Jan. 9, 2009 Genie Bolduc

Partner News

• A Glimmer of Hope - The Real Star at the Clinton Global Initiative - Sep. 23, 2009
• Whole Foods Market to Donate 5% of New York store sales to Grameen America - Jun. 16, 2009 Grameen America
• Supplier Alliance for Microcredit Partner Naked Juice in the News - Apr. 14, 2009 Naked Juice
• Poor people's bank thrives - Feb. 14, 2009 CNN's Susan Lisovicz Reports
• MSNBC features Pro Mujer, a Whole Planet Foundation partner - Jan. 26, 2009 MSNBC

Media Coverage

• Whole Planet Foundation 2010 Calendar spotlighted online - Nov. 18, 2009
• Whole Planet Foundation mentioned in Austin American-Statesman - Jul. 26, 2009 Brian Gaar Austin American-Statesman Staff
• Natural Products Association honors Whole Foods Market as one of 3 recipients of The Socially Responsible Retailer Award - Jul. 16, 2009 The Natural Products Association
• Third World banker gives boost to U.S. women - Apr. 23, 2009 Eric Thayer / Reuters
• Whole Foods Market® Wins 2009 Green Choice Award for Sustainable Agriculture, Alternative Energy Approach, Whole Planet Foundation and More - Apr. 17, 2009 Whole Foods Market
• Jack Welch, A Proponent of Conscious Capitalism? - Mar. 26, 2009 Lewis Perkins, Fast Company Expert Blogger
• Whole Planet Foundation - Supporting women through empowering their businesses - Mar. 21, 2009 Beth Schreibman Gehring
• Students raise money to give loans to those in need - Jan. 26, 2009 By Kathy Hodson
• Whole Foods Market® Makes Fortune’s ‘100 Best Companies To Work For’ List for 12 Consecutive Years - Jan. 26, 2009 Whole Foods Market

News from the Foundation

• Whole Planet Foundation teams up with fl@vors - Jul. 18, 2008
• Whole Foods Market Shoppers Raise $1 Million for Microcredit. Each year, Whole Foods Market shoppers have the opportunity to donate $2, $5, and $10 at registers in participating stores. This year, customers and team members donated over $1 million to dire - Jul. 4, 2008 Genie Bolduc
• Whole Planet Foundation™ (a Whole Foods Market Foundation) and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus Partner with Natural Foods Vendors, Pledging Over $1 Million to Help Combat Poverty - Mar. 6, 2008 Donnell Ocker
• The Earth Cries Out, and Asks for Peace: and an homage to Professor Yunus - Jan. 2, 2008 President Oscar Arias Sanchez

Partner News

• Helping Poor Farmers - Dec. 8, 2008 Mercy Corps
• Whole Planet Foundation™ and Unitus Join Forces to Accelerate Growth of Microfinance in Kenya - Dec. 8, 2008 Unitus/Whole Planet Foundation
• Grameen Trust features Whole Planet Foundation - Oct. 1, 2008 Steve Wanta
• On the Anniversary of its Independence - Whole Planet Foundation™ and Silverton Foundation – team up to support East Timor. - May. 23, 2008 Donnell Ocker and Andy White
• Empowering Women Entrepreneurs - Jan. 2, 2008 Patricia Ann Jorden

Media Coverage

• Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps and Fair Trade Certifier IMO Accepted into Whole Trade(TM) Program by Whole Foods Market(R) - Dec. 11, 2008 _
• More Than 1,000 Whole Trade(TM) Guarantee Products Now Offered at Whole Foods Market(R) to Help End Poverty in Developing Countries - Nov. 19, 2008
• Whole Foods Market’s® Whole Planet Foundation Raises More Than One Million Dollars with Prosperity Campaign to Empower Nearly 35,000 Individuals through Micro-entrepreneurship - Jul. 22, 2008 Donnell Ocker and Joy Peterson
• 24-hour ride to help women in developing nations - Mar. 28, 2008 By Lee Ann Holman
• 24 Hours To Empower Bike Ride to Help End Poverty Featured on Fox 7, Good Morning Austin - Mar. 20, 2008
• NPR's EARTH and SKY feature 2006 Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus discussing Whole Planet Foundation's role in expanding his organization Grameen to Latin America - Mar. 3, 2008 Radio Hosts Deborah Byrd, Joel Block, Lindsay Patterson and Jorg
• Whole Foods Market® Celebrates ‘Whole Trade Guarantee™ Month,’ Helps Shoppers Embrace Socially Responsible Valentine’s Gifts that Give Back - Feb. 4, 2008 Whole Foods Market
• Nobel Peace Prize laureate spreads message of aiding the poor to Austin - Jan. 17, 2008 Patrick George

News from the Foundation

• First Lady of Guatemala, Mrs. de Berger, visits Whole Planet Foundation projects - Apr. 27, 2007
• US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Mark Langdale, Visits Whole Planet Foundation Project. - Feb. 28, 2007

Partner News

• Micro créditos para los más Pobre, Prensa Libre - Jul. 15, 2007
• Whole Planet Foundation Board Approves New Partnerships in Nicaragua, Honduras, and India - Jan. 15, 2007

Media Coverage

• Whole Planet Foundation Partner, Grameen Trust Guatemala, Merges with Local Development Bank, Banrural - Dec. 7, 2007 Gema Palencia
• Guatemalan Women, with help from Austin, get business cash - Oct. 25, 2007 Jeremy Schwartz
• Microfinancing takes root in Guatemala thanks to Austin tie - Sep. 22, 2007 Jeremy Schwartz
• Mission to the Limon Province in Costa Rica: Microcredits Help Women in Limón - Mar. 14, 2007
• Mission to the Limon Province in Costa Rica: Embajador de EE.UU. visitó proyectos de microempresarias caribeñas - Mar. 14, 2007
• Mission to the Limon Province in Costa Rica: Embajador estadounidense ratificó apoyo a las iniciativas sociales - Mar. 14, 2007
• Mission to the Limon Province in Costa Rica: Microcréditos benefician a mujeres de zona caribeña - Mar. 14, 2007
• Embajador Langdale visita Guácimo - Feb. 14, 2007

News from the Foundation

• Whole Foods Market Sixth & Lamar and RESULTS to Host Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Viewing Party Honoring Winner Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank - Dec. 4, 2006
• Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Viewing Party Honoring Winner Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank - Dec. 4, 2006

Partner News

• Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 - Oct. 13, 2006
• Professor Muhammad Yunus Named the Winner of the Prestigious Seoul Peace Prize - Oct. 13, 2006

News from the Foundation

• Whole Foods Market Establishes Whole Planet Foundation to Fight Poverty in Developing Countries by Empowering Those in It - Nov. 11, 2005
• Whole Foods Market to Donate More Than $570,000 to Establish Whole Planet Foundation™ - Nov. 4, 2005