--- title: Practical Activist™ — Bluestone Life description: Practical Activist™ — Bluestone Life --- Toggle navigation [![Bluestone Life](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/hubfs/Landing%20Pages/bluestone-logo.png)](https://www.bluestonelife.com/) - [About Us](https://www.bluestonelife.com/about) - [Products](https://www.bluestonelife.com/products) - [PRACTICAL ACTIVIST BLOG](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/) - [TALK TO A BLUESTONE ADVISOR](https://www.bluestonelife.com/talk-to-a-bluestone-advisor) # Practical Activist™ ## Practical Activist™ Interviews [View all](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - [Interviews](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - Bluestone Staff - June 3, 2024 ##### [Practical Activist Update: Andrea Longton, Author, Social Justice Investor & CDFI Champion](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/practical-activist-qa-featuring-andrea-longton-social-justice-investor-cdfi-champion-update) - [Interviews](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - Bluestone Staff - July 5, 2023 ##### [Practical Activist Q&A: Microplastics revealed With Rachael Miller at the Rozalia Project](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/practical-activist-qa-featuring-rachael-miller-rozaliaproject) Feature image of Rachael Miller on the Rozalia Project boat Rachael Zoe Miller is an expedition scientist, inventor, National Geographic Explorer and... - [Interviews](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - Bluestone Staff - May 2, 2023 ##### [Practical Activist Q&A featuring Katrina Spade, Founder & CEO, Recompose](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/practical-activist-qa-featuring-katrina-spade-founder-ceo-recompose) Feature image of Katrina Spade through threshold vessel by Austin Wilson - [Featured Partner](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/featured-partner) - [Interviews](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - Bluestone Staff - April 12, 2023 ##### [Practical Activist Growth Update: Kate Williams, 1% for the Planet](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/practical-activist-qa-kate-williams-1-for-the-planet-update) Featured photo by Duft Watterson: CEO Kate Williams shares a laugh with Co-founders, Yvon Chouinard and Craig Mathews. - [Interviews](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - Bluestone Staff - April 4, 2023 ##### [Practical Activist Q&A featuring Bea Boccalandro, VeraWorks](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/practical-activist-qa-featuring-bea-boccalandro-veraworks) Bea Boccalandro is a corporate purpose advisor and the author of Do Good at Work: How Simple Acts of Social Purpose Drive Success and Wellbeing (New... ## What's New - [Featured Partner](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/featured-partner) - Bluestone Staff - March 24, 2026 ##### [Celebrating Women Led Change in School Food](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/celebrating-women-led-change-in-school-food) Last year, the Chef Ann Foundation received national recognition for helping schools replace ultra processed foods with fresh, healthy, and delicious... - [News](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/news) - Bluestone Staff - January 5, 2026 ##### [Amplifying Farmer Led‑ Advocacy Through Giving Tuesday Support](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/amplifying-farmer-led-advocacy-through-giving-tuesday-support) Organic Farmers of America (OFA) continues to be a powerful force for farmer-driven‑ policy, organic integrity, and resilient agricultural systems.... - [News](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/news) - Bluestone Staff - September 29, 2025 ##### [Bluestone Celebrates 10 Years as a 1% for the Planet Member](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/bluestone-celebrates-10-years-as-a-1-for-the-planet-member) We were thrilled to see 1% for the Planet CEO Kate Williams in Vermont Business Magazine, in an article exploring how the organization has scaled a... - Bluestone Staff - July 30, 2025 ##### [What is an Impact Rider?          And Why It Matters for Your Life Insurance](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/what-is-an-impact-rider-and-why-it-matters-for-the-future-of-insurance) Impact Riders aren’t standard in the insurance world — but at Bluestone LifeⓇ, it’s foundational to who we are and part of how our Premiums with... - Bluestone Staff - July 18, 2025 ##### [What do Your Premiums Actually Support? More Than You Think.](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/what-do-your-premiums-actually-support-more-than-you-think) How Bluestone’s® Premiums with Purpose redefines life insurance - Bluestone Staff - June 5, 2025 ##### [Organic Farmers Are Building a More Equitable and Abundant Future](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/organic-farmers-are-building-a-more-equitable-and-abundant-future) Every growing season begins the same way: with a seed, a little faith, and the hands that tend to it. - [Interviews](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - Bluestone Staff - June 3, 2024 ##### [Practical Activist Update: Andrea Longton, Author, Social Justice Investor & CDFI Champion](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/practical-activist-qa-featuring-andrea-longton-social-justice-investor-cdfi-champion-update) Andrea Longton has been busy since we last spoke with her, culminating in the release of her book The Social Justice Investor. She is now an... - [Features](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/features) - Bluestone Staff - February 2, 2024 ##### [Bluestone Life Annual Benefit Report - 2023](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/bluestone-life-annual-benefit-report-2023) - [Interviews](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - Bluestone Staff - July 5, 2023 ##### [Practical Activist Q&A: Microplastics revealed With Rachael Miller at the Rozalia Project](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/practical-activist-qa-featuring-rachael-miller-rozaliaproject) Feature image of Rachael Miller on the Rozalia Project boat Rachael Zoe Miller is an expedition scientist, inventor, National Geographic Explorer and... - [Interviews](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - Bluestone Staff - May 2, 2023 ##### [Practical Activist Q&A featuring Katrina Spade, Founder & CEO, Recompose](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/practical-activist-qa-featuring-katrina-spade-founder-ceo-recompose) Feature image of Katrina Spade through threshold vessel by Austin Wilson - [1](https://blog.bluestonelife.com) - [2](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/page/2) - [3](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/page/3) - [4](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/page/4) - [5](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/page/5) - Content Title Description < Previous page Next page > ## Categories - [Interviews (50)](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/interviews) - [Features (27)](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/features) - [Featured Partner (22)](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/featured-partner) - [News (19)](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/news) - [Resolutions (3)](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/tag/resolutions) ## Newsletter ## Like hearing about Practical Activists? ![](https://blog.bluestonelife.com/hubfs/Blog/newsletter.png) We’ll share their stories with you monthly. 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