[getsmart-l] Sept 11 Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

[Janet May]

GET Smart Tuesday, Sept. 11, 7 pm with Chris Lowry

The GET Network Director presents the fascinating story of the Business
Alliance for Local Living Economies and Green Enterprise Toronto.

Learn more about the movement that we are part of, enjoy a short BALLE video
and refreshments, and meet other local green entrepreneurs.
Tuesday September 11th, 7 pm
Green Enterprise Toronto-GET
At the Centre for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Avenue, suite 120, Toronto Get together to find out about new
ways to benefit your business and our local economy.

In the fall of 2005 Chris began working with the Centre for Social
Innovation and a group of local leaders in the social economy such as Margie
Zeidler (CEO UrbanSpace Property Group), Alice Klein (CEO NOW Toronto),
Tonya Surman (Centre for Social Innovation), Wayne Roberts (Toronto Food
Policy Council), Rose Kudlac (PostCarbon Toronto), Brian Milani (York
University Business and Environment Program) and Rob Grand (Grassroots
Environmental Products, Coalition for a Green Economy). GET is based on the
model of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). Since the
end of June last year when we began to accept members, GET has rapidly
emerged as an effective network to help local independent businesses,
customers and communities to think local and green.

Find out more about what makes GET tick and hear about the fascinating
stories and people behind the BALLE movement. To show some examples of
future possibilites, we'll see a short video from Sustainable Connection in
Bellingham, Washington, one of the leaders of BALLE. Chris will also
introduce some of the great new GET projects and events that we are
planning.

The day before this event, Chris will just be returning from Canada's great
gathering of values-driven entrepreneurs, the Social Venture Institute on
Cortez Island, B.C. Chris will bring inspiration and resources from SVI to
you.

The cost for this event is $10 for GET members & $15 for non-members. There
will be a prize draw at the end of the event for something useful and
beautiful from MEC. The program will include plenty of time for networking
and discussion.

Space is limited! Please RVSP by email to camila at socialinnovation.ca

This month's event is sponsored by The Centre for Social Innovation.

GET Smart! outreach partners include Coalition for a Green Economy, Eneract,
Enterprise Toronto, Smart Growth Network, Grassroots Environmental Products,
Foodshare, Local Flavour Plus, NOW Magazine, Phoenix Community Works
Foundation, Transformative Learning Centre, Universarium, ZeroFootprint, and
TorontotheBetter.com

GET Smart! starts again in September on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from
7 pm to 9 pm at Green Enterprise Toronto at 215 Spadina Avenue. See
www.socialinnovation.ca for a map.

 

 

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