SVTAGS - Green Chamber of CommerceSilicon Valley Technology, Art, Green & Sustainability talk show with host and Executive Producer Heather Durham. Episode guests are Melinda Cheel and Alexia Marcous of the Green Chamber of Commerce. The Green Chamber of Commerce has been in the San Francisco Bay Area for less than two years. They host three events a month in Marin, San Francisco and the Oakland/Berkley areas. They are not wanting to add a 4th event to this mix a month in the “South Bay” or as most people know it Silicon Valley. This group vets its members and does not let just anyone that “says they are green” into their Chamber. You must answer questions on what you are doing to make your business green or to help others with this quest. Melinda Cheel is working part-time as the Executive Director with plans to have her move into full-time in the next year. Currently, they have over 200 members right and are sure to expand this with the plans to come to the South Bay. The Green Chamber is managed also by a volunteer board and Alexia Marcous is one of those board members. She and her father started an online payment service, Dharma Merchant Services, that gives back part of its proceeds to the non-profit of your choice. All the board members have sustainability, environment or green in their business mix or background.
