[TheGreenBough] Transforming Communities, Building Self-Reliance, Aligning Commerce with Common Good

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NOURISHING THE BODY, MIND AND SOUL OF BUSINESS, TOO!
Think LOCAL, Be LOCAL, Buy LOCAL, LOCAL First
Think GREEN, Be GREEN, Buy GREEN, GREEN First!
Seeking local farm & food advocates, business entrepreneurs and policy
makers!

Dear friends, 

Last summer, we were approached with an opportunity to help raise
consciousness in the region about the global trend towards GREEN LOCAL
LIVING ECONOMIES. The Local Economy movement is one that we had been
following with interest for several years and we are seeing it grow very
fast in the U.S. and globally. It is a movement that is helping revitalize
communities with a renewed grassroots sense of progress, prosperity,
generosity, and alignment with the planet.

We gladly agreed to sponsor and help organize a 4-lecture series, hosted at
CMU.  The primary focus of the series has been on describing the factors
that make healthy local economies thrive, and the connection with local
food, local farming, and green local entrepreneurship. 

The fourth and final lecture and workshop are coming at the end of this
month, and we are asking for your help to get the word out within your local
community.  We need your help to connect with local independent business
owners, community organizers, farmers, distributors and grocers, restaurant
owners, friends and family members, and anyone who might have interest in
being part of this local movement, and be part of the discussions that are
now taking place.

This great country was founded and blossomed inspired, in part, by
revolutionary social, political and economic equity principles and ideals.
Help us apply the vision of Local Living Economies to ensure that the
upcoming green socio-economic revolution (what Charles Reich described as
the "Greening of America", and Paul Hawken called "Natural Capitalism")
becomes the next reality for the way we do business, and enables a solid
basis for a lasting and enlightened creation of common-wealth for our
communities for generations to come.

In Gratitude,

Fernando & Susan Cardoza 

  <http://www.thegreenbough.com/images/CMU-LE-Series-Logo.gif> Join us for
the 
FINAL LECTURE & 
PUBLIC WORKSHOP
April 29 & 30, 2008	

Please join us for the much anticipated final lecture program and public
workshop!  

Principal Sponsors
Carnegie Mellon Office of the Vice Provost for
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Claude Worthington Benedum
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m.org%2F&id=preview> Foundation

East End Food
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dfoodcoop.com%2F&id=preview> Cooperative

Fay-Penn Economic Development
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Paragon
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s.com%2F&id=preview> Monteverde

The Green Bough
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enbough.com%2F&id=preview> 

Associate Sponsors
Carnegie Mellon Heinz School of Public Policy
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Green Block Farm

Grow Pittsburgh
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ttsburgh.org&id=preview> 

Penn State Cooperative
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ion.psu.edu%2F&id=preview> Extension

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable
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Urban Ecology Collaborative
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Urban Farming Initiative

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Do you want to learn more 
about Local Living Economies? 

Visit...

 <http://www.livingeconomies.org/> 
Help us build a Local Economy in Pittsburgh!
Plan to be at the 6th
<http://www.livingeconomies.org/aboutus/conference-pages/leading-the-evoluti
on-of-local-living-economies> Annual BALLE Conference JUNE 5-7, 2008 
in
<http://www.livingeconomies.org/aboutus/conference-pages/leading-the-evoluti
on-of-local-living-economies> Boston, MA.

Come straight into the heart of the dialogue as we move forward decisively
to simultaneously build the Local Living Economies movement and the Local
Living Economies field.  Several major developments will be unveiled at the
BALLE Conference. 

BALLE CONFERENCE SPEAKERS INCLUDE 

Bill McKibben
founder, Step It Up, and author, Deep Economy 

Congressman Ed Markey 
chairman, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming 
(invited)

Majora Carter
founder, Sustainable South Bronx 

Judy Wicks
White Dog Cafe, and co-founder, BALLE 

David Korten
Yes! Magazine, and author, The Great Turning 

Michael Shuman
author, The Small-Mart Revolution 

Michelle Long
board chair, BALLE, and founder, Sustainable Connections 

Laury Hammel
Longfellow Clubs, and co-founder, BALLE 

Don Shaffer
Comet Skateboards, and president, RSF Social Finance 

Manuel Hidalgo
executive director, Latino Economic Development Corporation 

Valerie Ervin
councilwoman, Montgomery County Council (MD) 

Mark Sardella
founder, Local Energy

Click here
<http://www.livingeconomies.org/aboutus/conference-pages/leading-the-evoluti
on-of-local-living-economies>  to register today. 

The Local Economy and Urban Farming series is a four-part lecture program
exploring the connections between the food we grow and eat, local markets,
the potential for thriving green local economies and global social equity.  

Lecture: "Local Living Economies: Green, Fair and Fun"
Speaker: Judy Wicks, White Dog Cafe

Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM
Location: Connan Room-University Center, Carnegie
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Admission: Free 

Speaker Profile: 
Judy Wicks is probably best known for establishing The White Dog Cafe on the
first floor of her Philadelphia home in 1983. As the restaurant grew, so did
her notion that the strength of business relied upon the quality and
sustainability of its local grown ingredients. Envisioning how strengthening
relationships among independent community-rooted enterprises could inspire
broad and profound culture chance, Wicks joined the Social Venture Network
and co-founded the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=sokvslcab.0.0.emy4qlcab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.living
economies.org&id=preview> ) in 2001. She is currently writing a book about
The White Dog Cafe and local living economies called "Good Morning,
Beautiful Business."

Workshop: Food and Farming-Based Economies: The Next Generation of Business
in Pittsburgh

Keynote Speakers: 
Ben Gisin, Publisher of Touch the Soil Magazine 
Judy Wicks, White Dog Cafe

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Time: 1:00-5:30 PM
Location: Singleton Room-Roberts Hall, Carnegie
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mu.edu%2Fresources%2FTo_Singleton_Room.pdf&id=preview> Mellon
Admission: Businesses-$50, Non-Profits/Non-Carnegie Mellon members-$30,
Carnegie Mellon members-Free

Register by phone at (412) 268-1125 or online
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This workshop will convene the Pittsburgh region's academic, business and
non-profit community in a discussion on locally-based food systems and their
potential to catalyze neighborhood revitalization in Southwestern
Pennsylvania. 

Topics of discussion include a review of national sustainable business
models addressing food, environment and social equity and evaluation of
current efforts to support local agriculture and the larger policy issues as
they relate to land use, environmental sustainability, public health,
lifestyles and local entrepreneurship opportunities. 

Michael Krajovic, President and CEO of Fay-Penn Economic Development
Council, will be Master of Ceremonies. Invited guest panelists will include:

*	Robert Davidson, Special Assistant to the Secretary Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture 

*	Court Gould, Executive Director, Sustainable Pittsburgh 

*	Mary Hunt-Lieving, Senior Program Officer, Claude Worthington
Benedum Foundation 

*	Kim Miller, Former Board Chair, Pennsylvania Association for
Sustainable Agriculture 

*	Brenda Peyser, Associate Dean, Heinz School of Public Policy and
Management, Carnegie Mellon 

*	Denny Puko, Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Director,
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development 

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Event Organizers

Larry Patrick, Adjunct Faculty, Carnegie Mellon
Renee Roy, Adjunct Faculty, Carnegie Mellon
Fernando Cardoza, The Green Bough
Michael Krajovic, Fay-Penn Economic Development Council
Mary Beth Steisslinger, Urban Ecology Collaborative

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