Sustainable Brands '10 Announces Innovation Open Finalists and Debuts Associate Membership for Early and Pre-Startup Sustainability Companies

Innovators in Energy Creation, Business Metrics and Analysis, Urban Farming, Water Containers and More Compete for Final Prize on Opening Day at the June 7-10 Monterey, CA Conference

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May 25, 2010, 09:00 ET

BURLINGAME, Calif., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Sustainable Life Media announced the top 11 Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SB'IO) finalists who will be given a VIP pass to the full week of Sustainable Brands 2010, along with the opportunity to pitch to the Innovation Open judges and attendees on Monday June 7, 2010 from 2:00-4:30 pm in the Steinbeck Theater. Finalists are required to present a live pitch to a panel of judges and will have shared exhibit space at the Sustainable Solutions Showcase during the conference.

"The high quality entries that we received indicate a broad-based entrepreneurial spirit is erupting in the sustainability space," said KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, CEO of Sustainable Life Media (SLM). "Our esteemed panel of judges has completed the first round of voting and because there was a tie vote, we have awarded 11, rather than 10, finalists for the competition."

Sustainable Life Media encourages the investment community (VCs, Angels and private investors) to attend SB'IO to vote for the audience favorite and meet the winners and finalists. SLM also announced an event ticket at the Associate Membership level, designed to provide cost-effective access to innovators, membership in the broader SLM community and participation in online learning.

Sustainable Brands Innovation Open Finalists

BioLite is an affordable, ultra low emission, wood burning cook stove for the 3 billion people that cook on wood.

Blue Avocado™ is a mission-driven, lifestyle products company that makes it EASY to DO GOOD and GET IT DONE™.

Cityscape Farms creates urban greenhouse systems for year round productions of sustainable and local fresh food.

The Clarity Project is a fine jewelry social enterprise committed to improving the quality of life for miners and their families.

KOR is creating sustainable hydration with thoughtfully-designed and stylish hydration products.

Myoo Create is a crowdsourcing community generating innovative ideas and solutions to social and environmental problems through prize-driven challenges.

Open Data Registry's patent-pending Internet Product Code (IPC) is a specialized unique identifier (URI) embedded with environmental and product life cycle semantics.

Source4Style makes sustainable design possible by creating the world's most innovative online marketing platform for designers and suppliers.

Tremont Electric develops and commercializes renewable power generation solutions based on its patented nPower® energy conversion technology.

TrueVue Solutions is a software and information company that helps customers discover and quantify financial risk attached to current environmental and social factors.

ZippGo rents and delivers a zero waste moving box solution to residential and office clients.

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