In order to feel successful at being sustainable it is vital to recognize it as a developmental pathway. And that the journey down the path is best supported by a network of relationships in alignment with your goals. There I just saved you two hours of sitting in a conference breakout session. Seems like good [...]

The days are long at BALLE. The morning plenary was a tasty mix of Tom from the RSF social finance fund, followed by Melissa from a biofuel collective in Berkeley that just opened their own service station, followed by Michael from Dressing Room, a restaurant that has been active in farm issues and social justice [...]

Here at the 7th Annual BALLE conference in Denver. Today’s session explored issues facing local first groups and used Open Space (a fave) to create breakout sessions. I participated in one discussing ways for the local first group to be economically sustainable and another that addressed the role of the board in a nonprofit and [...]