(Mercer Island, WA – August 25, 2008)  Lisa Wellman, CEO of SustainCommWorld, producers of The Green Media Show Conference & Expo, announced today that Dr. Hazel Henderson has agreed to announce this year's winner of the EthicMark Award during the opening night reception for the event, October 1 in Boston, MA. The annual award is an emblem that recognizes outstanding marketing, advertising, and public relations campaigns and communications designed to uplift the human spirit and society.
 
Lisa Wellman Quote
"We are very pleased to host the announcement of this year's EthicMark Award winner. The award's mission aligns with the sustainability goals of SustainCommWorld and the topics that will be discussed at The Green Media Show Conference & Expo.  Having an internationally recognized group such as Ethical Markets and its leader, Dr. Hazel Henderson, associated with this event underscores the quality of this forum."
 
Dr. Hazel Henderson Quote
"The EthicMark Award's mission is to foster a transformative shift in the advertising field by demonstrating the power of media campaigns to further the public interest while furthering legitimate private interests. The media has tremendous power to shape social attitudes and values, and therefore to serve as a tool to empower individuals and society to find solutions to the pressing social, political, and environmental challenges of our times.  The EthicMark Award recognizes socially responsible media campaigns by businesses, non-profit organizations, or individuals, using either the old media-print, radio, and television-or the new media-internet, cable, and wireless communications."
 
Dr. Henderson is a world-renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, a worldwide syndicated columnist, consultant on sustainable development, and author of Beyond Globalization, and seven other books. Her editorials appear in 27 languages and more than 200 newspapers syndicated by InterPress Service. She is a Fellow of the World Business Academy and has served on many boards, including Worldwatch Institute (1975-2001), Calvert Social Investment Fund (1982-2005), Cousteau Society and The New Economics Foundation (London, UK). She is an Honorary Member of the Club of Rome and a Fellow of Britain's Royal Society for the Arts.
 
The formal presentation of the award will take place October 13 in San Francisco.