Christopher Searles

Current

• Founder, Director at Core Media
• Founder, Owner at GoodCommonSense

Past

• Board Member at Treefolks
• Drummer at Music (Self-employed)

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

Recommended

1 person has recommended Christopher

Connections

25 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• Core Media
• GoodCommonSense
• UT Sustainable Business Summit

Christopher Searles’s Experience

• Founder, Director

  Core Media

  (Media Production industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Core Media utilizes popular media and mainstream marketing techniques to facilitate rapid, cultural demand for an environmental sustainable economy.

• Founder, Owner

  GoodCommonSense

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)

  November 2004 — Present (4 years 9 months)

  GoodCommonSense is an online retail store and person to person consultancy for maximizing the benefits of eco-sustainable products and services. With a catalog containing over 1,400 smart products, the business accommodates individuals, small businesses, and large institutions alike. GoodCommonSense = environmental sustainability.

• Board Member

  Treefolks

  (Media Production industry)

  2007 — 2009 (2 years)

• Drummer

  Music (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Music industry)

  1989 — 2009 (20 years)

Christopher Searles’s Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  1989 — 1990

Additional Information

Christopher Searles’s Websites:

• Core Media
• GoodCommonSense
• UT Sustainable Business Summit

Christopher Searles’s Interests:

media. technology, entertainment, project management, business management, art, & communications

Christopher Searles’s Groups:

Owner, Founder: GoodCommonSense
GoodCommonSense - is an online retail store and person to person consultancy for people, businesses, and institutions of all sizes. We help consumers mainstream environmental sustainability.

Creator/Producer: "The Sustainable Shopper's Ball!"
The Sustainable Shopper's Ball! - is an all local green living festival in Austin, Tx. Throughout our 8 events, the Sustain-a-Ball has attracted over 30,000 people and demonstrated that environmental sustainability can be fun, exciting and family friendly.

Creator/Founder: The University of Texas Sustainable Business Summit
The UT Sustainable Business Summit - was created to explore and promote green business models. The first conference featured leaders from GE, Whole Foods, Wal-mart, Intel, Dow Chemical, and many others.

Board Member: TreeFolks
TreeFolks has planted tens of thousands of trees in the Austin and Central Texas region, since its inception in 1989.

•    GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals

Christopher Searles’s Honors:

In my previous life, I was a drummer/percussionist.

Grammy nominations:
Abra Moore - 1997, "Four Leaf Clover"
Jimmie Dale Gilmore - 2005, "Come On Back"

Bands & Artists:
Twang Twang Shockaboom - 1989
Alejandro Escovedo - 1991
Mitch Watkins - 1992
Bruce Robison - 1993
Joe Ely - 1994
James McMurtry - 1995
Shawn Colvin - 1996

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More Recently (2008):

> Sustainability Panelist: Act Local, Think Global
A leadership workshop presented by The University of Texas, bringing together hundreds of students to discuss global issues. Fellow panelists: Chelsea McCMellen (Sustainability Coordinator, UT-Austin), Anna Pierce (Co-Director, Campus Environmental Center, UT-Austin), and Katie Jensen (Program Coordinator, Austin Energy Green Building Programs).

> Instigator, TreeFolks Carbon Offsets Program
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:531761

> "Green Rock Star" feature
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:613610

Christopher Searles’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• getting back in touch