Professionals can access sustainability resources, sessions, and courses they can use.
Green Beauty Community Foundation
Make sustainable beauty the new standard.
GBCF gives beauty professionals, students, educators, and community leaders practical ways to learn, participate, and put sustainability into action.
What your support makes possible
Practical tools, local leadership, and community action.
Industry support helps turn sustainability education into practical tools, local leadership, and community action across professional beauty.
Beauty professionals, salon owners, and community leaders bring education and action into their communities.
An industry community can stay informed and connected between programs and events.
This work will continue to grow as GBCF brings sustainability education and community action to more locations.
2,115Community members
662Guidebooks downloaded
531Green Pledge participation
225In-person participation
A person may be counted more than once if they take part in more than one activity.
One connected program story
Learn, commit, act, grow.
GBCF gives people practical ways to move from knowledge to action and help sustainable beauty grow.
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Learn
Give beauty professionals practical sustainability knowledge they can use.
662Guidebooks downloaded
22Full-length education sessions
54Professional course enrollments
Explore learning programs
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Commit
Help people take a clear first step toward more sustainable practices.
531Green Pledge participation
5Practical actions in the pledge
Explore the Green Pledge
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Act
Bring sustainability education and community action into real places.
225In-person participation instancesA person may be counted more than once if they take part in more than one activity; this is not a unique-person count.
160Across four Green Salon Impact Tour stops
65Across two community micro-grant projects
Explore community action
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Grow the movement
Connect the people and organizations capable of changing an industry.
2,115Community members
5,342Average monthly emails
Explore the growing network
Partners and industry adoptionCommunications and newsletter
Membership is cumulative and separate from program participation. It reflects records available as of July 15, 2026.
Our theory of change
Practical education can lead to lasting change.
GBCF’s working theory is that practical education—reinforced by trusted partners and community support—can help beauty professionals build confidence, try more sustainable practices, and carry them into workplaces and communities.
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Learn something useful
Resources, programs, partnerships, and community make sustainability easier to understand.
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Find a way in
Beauty professionals connect with information and opportunities GBCF provides.
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Build confidence
People strengthen their knowledge, see practical options, and feel more prepared to act.
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Try it at work
A participant tries a more sustainable practice in a real setting.
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Make it part of the routine
A new practice becomes part of regular professional or community activity.
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Keep it going
A practice continues over time and can influence others.
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See measurable change
Documented evidence shows a community, workplace, or environmental result.
The numbers on this page show how people connected with GBCF and took part. We will share learning, lasting practice, and environmental results only when the evidence supports those claims.
Green Salon Impact Tour
The Green Salon Impact Tour brings local action to beauty communities.
The Green Salon Impact Tour brings practical sustainability education, industry conversation, and community connection into professional beauty settings.
160
Reported in-person participation occasions across 4 Green Salon Impact Tour stops
Reported by GBCF; this is a total of participation occasions, not unique people or verified check-ins.
Reported by GBCF · February 1–June 15, 2026
Feb 1, 2026
Anaheim, California
36Reported participation occasions; not unique people.Mar 9, 2026
Detroit, Michigan
12Reported participation occasions; not unique people.Apr 27, 2026
Phoenix / Mesa, Arizona
47Reported participation occasions; not unique people.Jun 15, 2026
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
65Reported participation occasions; not unique people.
Four-stop Green Salon Impact Tour total160Reported participation occasions
The Green Salon Impact Tour continues
Upcoming 2026 tour dates
More beauty professionals will have opportunities to connect through practical education, industry conversation, and local community action.
Denver, Colorado
New York, New York
Santa Monica, California
Beauty professionals leading locally
Beauty professionals turning sustainability into action.
GBCF works with beauty professionals, salon owners, and community leaders who bring sustainability education, professional connection, and practical action into their own communities.
Green Salon Impact Tour host
Hannah Craik
Salonvironment · Detroit, Michigan
Salon-led sustainability education paired with a supported neighborhood cleanup activity.
12 Reported participation occasions · Not unique people
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Green Salon Impact Tour host
Leslie Minich
Baddhare Salon · Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Sustainability education and a beach-cleanup activity brought the Myrtle Beach beauty community together; participants are shown with certificates from the session.
65 Reported participation occasions · Not unique people
Explore the Tour →
Green Salon Impact Tour host
Chet & Amber Pope
Salon 27 · Phoenix / Mesa, Arizona
A salon-hosted professional sustainability education session created space for beauty professionals to learn and connect.
47 Reported participation occasions · Not unique people
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Community micro-grant leader
Sophia Cochran
Sinners Sweep the Streets · Denver, Colorado
Sophia Cochran connected neighborhood action with sustainability education and the Green Pledge.
Explore the micro-grant program →
Community micro-grant leader
Mazey Heydman
TRU Salon · Colorado Springs, Colorado
A TRU Salon gathering brought beauty professionals and community members together around cleaner communities, a Green Pledge activation, and supported certificates.
Explore the micro-grant program →01
GBCF develops sustainability resources and programming.
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Beauty professionals, salon owners, and community leaders host or lead activities.
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Professionals and community members participate locally.
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The model can expand into additional cities and communities.
Every local leader creates another place where sustainable beauty can take root.
Industry investment enables community impact
Made possible by industry support
Our work has grown through the commitment of industry partners who have invested in a more sustainable future for professional beauty.
Founding supporters
Additional financial supporters
Continuing the sustainability conversation
Keep the community connected.
GBCF keeps members informed about sustainability issues, practical resources, educational programs, events, and opportunities shaping professional beauty.
Email connects the community between programs and events without being counted as program participation.
More than 5,300Average monthly emailsAverage monthly email deliveries across the 21-month reporting period. These emails are not a count of unique people or confirmed reads.
112,183Sustainability messages sentResources, educational opportunities, events, and industry information sent during the reporting period.
147Email campaigns sent87 original emails and 60 resends · average 7 per month
24.01%Email open rate26,936 emails opened out of 112,183 messages sent during the reporting period.
1.44%Email click rate1,618 recorded clicks out of 112,183 messages sent during the reporting period.
How we report impact
Clear labels keep every result honest.
We label each result by how it was measured—from platform analytics to organization and host reports—so readers can understand what each number represents.
Measured by analytics
Analytics and email systems show downloads, views, enrollments, and messages sent. These numbers do not automatically represent unique people or outcomes.
Reported by GBCF
GBCF records program activity and Tour participation using the information available for each program.
Reported by local hosts
Community leaders report local participation and completion activity. These totals remain separate from unique reach and environmental results.
Help the movement keep growing