[SustainableTompkins] Pathways to a Sustainable Future conference in Rochester, 4/13-14

[Marian Brown]

*Free Workshop on Business Alliances for Local Living Economies*
Friday, April 13th 9:30AM-11:30AM
University of Rochester

Judy Wicks (http://www.whitedog.com/judybio.html) owner of the White Dog 
Cafe in Philadephia and co-founder of BALLE, and Michael Shuman 
(http://www.smallmart.org/), author of /The Small Mart Revolution: How 
Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition/ will give a free 
workshop on BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies). BALLE 
(www.livingeconomies.org/) is an international alliance of 49 
independently operated local business networks with more than 15,000 
members dedicated to building Local Living Economies. A article on Judy 
Wicks’ story and BALLE can be found in Orion Magazine 
(http://www.orionsociety.org/pages/om/04-1om/Harkinson.html).

The workshop is free but registration is required. It is part of the 
Pathways to a Sustainable World conference and is sponsored by the 
Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Rochester 
(http://www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/).

For more information see www.ecotransformation.org, or call (585) 330-4410.