My introduction to Worldview and Jerome McDonnell goes back to 2009, when I one day I started getting emails from colleagues, friends and family, excited about a mention of our successful effort convincing the Museum’s Corner Bakery restaurant to switch all of its coffee sourcing to Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance Certified beans. Jerome’s interview of Nancy Jones, Director of Fair Trade Chicago, was inspiring, and we heard that our effort was helpful in Fair Trade Chicago’s successful effort (and epic accomplishment) to get the City Council to declare Chicago a Fair Trade City. I feel like the honor bestowed upon me as CFT’s original Changemaker Award recipient really belongs to all of the Museum staff who supported the effort in so many ways, but I hope the takeaway is that Jerome and Worldview make tangible improvements in Chicago that benefit all of us.
Carter O’Brien
Field Museum’s Sustainability Officer