Thanks to Craig Mackintosh from Celias for posting this inspiring interview with Ray Anderson, founder of the furniture company Interface, former "plunderer of the earth," now with zero footprint. Having climbed "Sustainability Mountain," Anderson says: "I knew it was the right thing to do ... [but] I was surprised how good it was for business."
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