Creating Local Living Economies

Posted by on April 16, 2004

The next early bird deadline on April 20th!!
Register today – http://www.livingeconomies.org

——>Check out the added speakers and our sponsors below!!

Creating Local Living Economies
2nd Annual Conference of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Thursday May 20th to Sunday May 23rd in Philadelphia, PA

Bringing together the leading thinkers (and doers!) of the Local Living Economy movement

FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

* David Korten, Author of When Corporations Rule the World & Chair of Positive Futures Network
* Edgar Cahn, Founder & President, Time Dollar Institute
* Helena Norberg-Hodge, Executive Director, International Society for Ecology and Culture
* Jaimie Cloud, Executive Director, Sustainability Education Center
* Jeremy Nowak, President and CEO of The Reinvestment Fund
* Jerome Goldstein, President of JG Press and Publisher of In Business Magazine
* Jim Slama, President of Sustain & Founder, Sustainable Chicago
* Joel Hodroff, Founder and CEO of DualCurrency Systems,
* Judy Wicks, Owner, White Dog Cafe & Co-chair, BALLE
* Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange & Green Festivals
* Laurie Lane-Zucker, Executive Director, The Orion Society & Orion Magazine
* Laury Hammel, Owner, Longfellow Clubs and Co-chair, BALLE
* Marcellus Andrews, Economist at Baruch College/CUNY School of Public Affairs
* Mark Ritchie, Executive Director, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
* Michael Shuman, Executive Director, Community Ventures, Author of Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age
* Michelle Long, Executive Director, Sustainable Connections, National Coordinator, BALLE
* Miriam MacGillis, Director of Genesis Farm & Center for Earth Literacy
* Robin Rather, Liveable City
* Sandy Wiggins, Chair of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council
* Spencer Putnam, Executive Director, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
* Stacy Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance & Author of The Home Town Advantage
* Susan Witt, Executive Director of the E.F. Schumacher Society
* Tami Fratis, Fund Manager, Murex Investments
* Thomas Linzey, The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
* Tim Bowser, Executive Director, FoodRoutes Network
* Tim Schlitzer, President and CEO of GreenTreks Network Inc.
* Timothy Taylor, CEO, Environmental Home Center
* Wendy Brawer, President & Founder, Green Map System
* Will Raap, Founder & CEO, Gardeners’ Supply Company and Founder, the Intervale Foundation
* Woody Tasch, Chairman and CEO, Investors Circle
* And more!

To register, go to: http://www.livingeconomies.org

Many Thanks to Our Sponsors!

Trail Blazer:
Claneil Foundation

Sustainers:
Comet Skateboards, http://www.cometskateboards.com
Murex Investments, http://www.murexinvests.com
University of Pennsylvania’s Urban Studies Program, http://www.sas.upenn.edu/urban/
White Dog Cafe Foundation, http://www.whitedog.com
Yikes Internet Specialists, http://www.yikes.biz

Supporters:
Barred Rock Fund
In Business Magazine
Longfellow Clubs
North Creek Nurseries
Vatex

BALLE is a national organization that creates, strengthens and connects business networks dedicated to building strong local living economies. It currently serves 20 networks in the US and Canada including the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, sponsor of this conference.

Questions and comments can be sent to: merrian@sbnphiladelphia.org