I wanted to share a document all Greenfeet staff have at their fingertips. It’s called our Greenfeet Gospel and it’s what we live by.
Our company was founded with the intent to promote positive change leading to a healthy, responsible lifestyle.
We believe learning anything, whether it’s world history or how to pack a waste free lunch, should be fun. And, if you want to fire spit balls in the air while you’re learning, by all means go for it. We’ve got some great techniques we’d be happy to share.
Here at Greenfeet we live & breathe by our core values:
- Simplify:
- Living a responsible, sustainable life should not be complicated – or expensive. It’s about setting priorities & making smart choices with the resources available at any given time. Life is a journey. Enjoy it.
- Engage:
- Talk. To our customers, vendors, & to each other. We’re all human beings and communication is vital to any quality relationship. Be sure to ask questions, invite suggestions & ideas, and welcome constructive criticism. And for goodness sake, share what we’ve learned with others and figure out how to enjoy a few belly laughs while doing it.
- Entertain:
- Both our customers & each other. Have fun and don’t be afraid to include others. We bring fun (& bad jokes) back to business.
- Educate:
- Share, learn, & explore ways to simplify. Interact with our customers, vendors and community members. Welcome their knowledge & experience. Challenge ourselves to clearly demonstrate to our customers the joy of living responsibly. Teach by example.
- Deliver:
- Meet & exceed expectations of our customers & of each other. In the words of the great teacher Yoda – “Do, or do not. There is no try”.
- Ethics:
- Conduct business in a way that follows the Triple Bottom Line – People, Planet, Profit. They are intertwined. One is not mutually exclusive of the other. Remember that the right choice is not always the easiest. Push ourselves to do better by being better.
- Positive Attitude:
- Be positive in everything we do. Positivity breeds action and forward movement. We do not subscribe to fear, guilt, or negativity.
- Be-Yo Self:
- Need we say more?
I’m in the middle of reading Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. I’ve enjoyed many of Barbara’s books over the years and find myself engrossed in this one. If you’re a foodie, care where your food comes from and have a hankering to grow your own veggies, this is the book for you. If you don’t, well you should read it anyway. It’s really that good.
