The Portland Bottom Line

Co-edited by Peter Korchnak and Megan Strand and organized into 12 sections along the triple bottom line of People Planet and Prosperity The Portland Bottom Line: Practices for Your Small Business from America's Hotbed of Sustainability explores how small businesses can effectively and efficiently shift toward sustainability and thrive. In their short 400-word essays 51 small-business people from the City of Roses share their experiences with sustainability in their companies. The Portland Bottom Line demonstrates how small businesses can innovate to put people before profit help restore the ecosystem and prosper. The book is also a community benefit project. Contributors collectively chose by vote the local community organization Mercy Corps Northwest which supports the launch and growth of sustainable ventures to receive 100% of profit from the book's sales.