Green and Local Business Conference & Expo Links

Green and Local Business Conference & Expo Links

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SBN/BALLE affiliation participants

Sustainable Business Networks

SBN is a Kentucky based "network of networks" supporting the development of green and local living economies. SBN is preparing the KY statewide affiliate application with the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.

Sustainable Business Networks Steering Committee Members (In formation):

The SBN Steering Committee is growing towards an inclusive and diverse representation of SBN affiliate networks state wide. If you or someone you know is interested in participating in the committee in preparing statewide strategy and BALLE affiliation, please contact SBN at 502 410 2786 or communitybiz@yahoo.com.

Current Steering Committee members:

Summer Auerbach is the Vice President for Operations of Rainbow Blossom Natural Foods Store n Louisville, KY, and a Board Member of the Louisville Independent Business Alliance ("Keep Louisville Weird").

Jim Embry is a Lexington, Ky., artist, activist and business person who co-founded the Kentucky based Sustainable Communities Network and SustainLex. Jim is on the national speakers bureau of Yes! magazine, and is the past director of Sustainable Detroit.

Whit Forrester is a co-owner of Hotter Times, a native plants landscaping firm. Whit is the co-chair of the Sustainable Clifton Ecological Working Group and is active in a wide variety of community sustainability, arts and social justice organizations.

Mark Isaacs is the founder of Legacy Development Corporation, a comprehensive architecture and development firm. Mark is a Louisville based architect who has long been involved in the development of green, affordable, energy efficient solar buildings and communities. Most recently his firm designed and built the Legacy Lofts project, which promises "near carbon neutral living" in market rate green buildings.

Cheyenne Olson is a senior administrator at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, and is the co-founder of the Berea Trading Post and Sustainable Berea.

Stefan Rumancik is the President of Designer/Builder, a sustainable building firm with facilities in Lexington, Danville, and Louisville, Kentucky.

Jim Shields is the President of Commonwealth Computer Recycling and Recycle Louisville! He is active in community sustainability work, and is a Board member of the Kentucky Recycling Association.

David Silverman is the Director of the Adena Center for Sustainability and Communications at Webster University.

Sustainable Business Networks / BALLE Affiliate Network Organizing Projects - Businesses and Organizations in Kentucky and Southern Indiana which have participated in the work and contributed to the development of the SBN as members, workshop leaders, funders, and strategic partners:
(partial list):

Aberco Interiors
Acme Lupine and Co.
Adena
Alternative Green Solutions
Appalachian Science in the Public Interest
Architectural Glass Art, Inc.
Berea Trading Post
Bee Line Couriers
Bike Couriers
Blake Lowery Carpentry
Bluegrass Energy And Green Living Expo
Center for Neighborhoods
Center of Essence
Century Studio
Cheever Art Glass
Clifton Center
Clifton Community Council
Commonwealth Computer Recycling
Communicas
Community Farm Alliance
Designer/Builder
Ecoquest
Ecostewards
Energy Pros
Expressions of You Cafe
Fred DiFrenzi Studio
ESP Audio
Falls Hours Currency Project
Featherhawk
FMG/Progressive Asset Management
Frankfort Avenue Business Association
Global Mix
Good Oil Boys
Goodall Gallery
Heine Brothers Coffee
Hotter Times
In Harmony With Your Home
Jefferson County, Ky. Schools, Environmental Education
Jobs With Justice
Karma Cafe
Kaviar Forge
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
Kentucky Solar Living
Kentucky Solar Partnership
Kidwell Pedicabs
Legacy Development Corporation
Louisville Independent Business Alliance
Makers Mark Distillery
Mobile Feast Utopia
Mobile Solar Power
Moore Environmental Corporation
Muhammad Ali Institute, University of Louisville
New Life Computers
NKY River Rats
Noah Church Art
Ohio Valley Creative Energy
Pegasus Diamonds
Porter Paints
River City Dance Corps
Sun Earth Architects
Sun Wind Power
SustainLex
Sustainable Berea
Sustainable Clifton
Sustainable Communities Network
Sustainable Louisville
Sypris Solutions
Third Street Stuff
Transite
Urban Fresh
Uncle Pleasants
Viking Hillbilly Apocalypse Review
Watrous Associates Architects
Webster University
Whole Life Foods Co-op
University of Louisville
WXBH-FM
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Sustainable Business Networks



Sustainable Business and Community  Networks is an initiative to support the growth and creation of "green and local" business associations, services and strategic community  partnerships. SBN supports chapters-in -formation of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.

Links to events and background information:


BALLE materials for local distribution:

How Do Sustainable Business Networks Work?


Notes from some 2006 -2008 SBN/BALLE and related organizing meetings (not comprehehensive)

SBN 2003 Workshop: From Living Wage to Living Economy:
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SBN 2003 Workshop: From Living Wage to Living Economy:

From Living Wage to Living Economy:
Sustainable Business Networks and Sustainable Community Economic Development

Participants: Approximately 100 local leaders participated in the 2003 Bioneers Satellite Conference in Louisville, KY Local labor, business, economic development, environmental, neighborhood and academic leaders met to learn and collaborate on positive solutions for sustainability. The founding workshop for the Sustainable Business Networks initiative focussed on how to create viable partnerships for sustainable economic development.

Presenters:
Michele Craig, President, Transite; Chair, Frankfort Avenue Business Association, Co-Chair, Co-Alliance of Businesses, former Aveda National Manager
Tom Lambert, Economist, University of Louisville Center for Environmental Management and Saint Catherine College Department of Economics.
David Silverman, Adena Institute, Sustainable Business Networks project, Former Project Director, White House Inter-Agency Working Group on Sustainability Communities Projects
Chris Cogswell, Principal, FMG, Representative of Progressive Asset Management.
James Johnson, Jobs With Justice, People's Agenda, former County Councilman
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SBN Working Group on BALLE - The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

Since 2003, the Sustainable Business Networks project has been nurturing development of several initiatives, including affiliation as a Kentucky and "Kentuckiana" Chapter of BALLE - The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. www.localeconomies.org

It should be noted that the SBN activities in Kentucky and Indiana are rooted in the work of many groups and networks, stretching back at least to the 1970's "Jobs in Energy" and Citizen Energy Council initiatives, for instance. From the beginning, SBN has been developed as a means to create and support regional chapters of these organizations which effectively leverage and network the disparate strengths and resources of each. In particular, SBN was designed to provide a framework for BALLE and other national networks to partner at the local level in Kentuckiana.

BALLE is a premiere business association which is working diligently to support the growth of green and local businesses and economies. BALLE, along with the American Independent Business Alliance, Co-op America, Social Venture Network, Relocalize.net and several other "green and local" business associations, provides critical resources for successful transitions to sustainable economies.

For a summary of links on this site related to the Sustainable Business Network and BALLE Chapter development, see:

A rough (incomplete) timeline of SBN involvement includes:

2000-2002: Coordination with BALLE, AMIBA, and Co-op America in forming the SBN focus
2000-2001: People's Agenda, Adena and Jobs With Justice Sustainable Business working group begins functioning with Non-Profit Service Center sponsorship. Local SBN /BALLE pages set up through Adena and Peoples Agenda, including:

How Do Sustainable Business Networks Work?


2003: Founding events for the Sustainable Business Networks initiative, including the Louisville Green Pages and Bioneers conference workshop:

From Living Wage to Living Economy:
Sustainable Business Networks and Sustainable Community Economic Development
Participants: Local labor, business, economic development and academic participants.

Presenters:
  • Michele Craig, President, Transite; Chair, Frankfort Avenue Business Association.
  • Tom Lambert, Economist, University of Louisville Center for Environmental Management and Saint Catherine College Department of Economics.
  • David Silverman, Adena Institute, Sustainable Business Network, Former Project Director, White House Inter-Agency Working Group on Sustainability Communities Projects
  • Chris Cogswell, Principal, FMG, Representative of Progressive Asset Management.
  • James Johnson, Jobs With Justice, People's Agenda
2004 - 2006:

Foundational meetings and presentations in Louisville, Lexington, Berea, Asheville, Boone, Georgetown, Indianapolis, Murray, Bloomington and elsewhere lay the ground for regional organizing with a variety of organizations and events, such as Bluegrass Energy and Green Living Expo, Berea Trading Post, Appalachian Center, Sustainable Communities Network, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Jobs With Justice, Peoples Agenda, Sustainable Louisville, Lexington Green Town Meeting and others.

2007:

January 2007: Convening sets goals for moving towards Louisville Green Expo and related small business and community outreach related activities, including BALLE chapter affiliation, Green and Local Business Conference, Green Float in Kentucky Derby, Louisville Green Pages, Community Outreach and Education, Sustainable Community-Business Network partnering and others.

Februaty 2007: Sustainable Louisville and Sustainable Business Network set up first round outreach for Community - Business partnering.

March, 2007: Strategic plan approved for the year.
See link to meeting notice: Sustainable Louisville and Regional Networking Meetings- March, 2007

April 2007: Green and Local Business Conference. BALLE Chapter-in-formation affiliation
See: Green and Local Business Conference

May 2007: Green Magic! Float wins Pegasus Parade Grand Prize

August, 2007: Bluegrass Energy and Green Living Expo

September 2007: Louisville Living and Learning Network Sustainability Series Launched

October 2007: Gaia Education and LEEDS Neighborhoods programs launched

November 2007: Sustainable Clifton and Green Business Media initiatives launched

December 2007: Membership and Media Outreach, State Chapter Affiliation completed

2008 Regular Living and Learning Network meetings
Statewide / regional goals:
Green Expo organizing
Green Media distribution
Green and Local Business Directory Distribution

Jan - March 2008: Green Business Legislative Outreach

April 2008: Green and Local Business Conference

June 2008: National BALLE conference

August 2008: Bluegrass Expo

Fall 2008: Statewide Convening

Spring 2009: Kentucky Green Expo in Louisville
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