Green Is My Business: On-going events

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

On-going events

3rd Fri., 7:30-9:00 AM, Sustainable Business Round Table, contact Eric Strader, Eric@EricStraderPottery.com, 574-534-0275

1st Wed., 12:00 noon, Sound of the environment at Reith Interpretive Center-Goshen, brown bag discussion, for more information contact Melissa Kinsey melissakinsey@goshencity.com, (574) 534-0501

last Wed. of the month, St Joe Sustainability Council
contact Doug Stahnke eplansets@yahoo.com or Jay Newman jnewman@civilitycenter.org

Green Drinks International- Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.
· Kalamazoo, MI, 4th Tue of every month
· Valparaiso, IN, 1st Tue of every month

2 comments:

Annuity said...: Blog is interesting and motivated me a lot!! thanks; June 16, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Nature and Issues said...: Goshen Green Drinks!!
Last Thursday of the Month
Constant Spring
Main Street Goshen
5:00-7:00
Talking about Sustainability with a Drink!; October 2, 2009 at 8:12 AM

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Books for organizations pertaining to local, sustainable economies

101 Ways to Turn Your Business Green: The Business Guide to Eco-Friendly Profits by Rich Mintzler
A Poverty of Reason: Sustainable Development and Economic Growth -- by Wilfred Beckerman
Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development --by Herman E. Daly
Capitalism: As if the World Matters -- by Jonathon Porritt
Cradle to Cradle Design: Remaking the Way We Make Things -- by Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben
Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth by Lester R. Brown
Ecological Economics: Principles And Applications by Joshua Farley and Herman E. Daly
For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future -- by Herman E. Daly with Cobb, John B., Jr.
God the Economist: The Doctrine of God and Political Economy: Searching for a New Framework -- by M. Douglas Meeks
Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities In A Global Age -- by Michael Shuman
Greed to Green: The transformation of an industry and a life -- by David Gottfried
Growing a Business and the Next Economy -- by Paul Hawken
Invested in the Common Good by Susan Meeker-Lowry; forward -- by Thomas Berry
Limits To Growth – The 30-Year Update by Dennis Meadows et al.
Making a Place for Community -- by Williamson, Alperovitz, and Imbroscio
Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model by Ray Anderson
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution coauthored -- by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins
Small Giants : Companies The Choose to Be Great Instead of Big -- by Bo Burlingham
Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered -- by E. F. Schumacher
Sustainability: Economics, Ecology & Justice -- by John B. Cobb Jr.
Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Common Sense -- by John Ikerd
Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Prospective on the Global Economy -- by John B. Cobb Jr.
Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and by Jane Jacobs
The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity by Ron Pernick and Clint WilderThe Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
The Company We Keep : Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place -- by John Abrams
The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability -- by Paul Hawken
The Economy of Cities‎ by Jane Jacobs
The Great Turning - From Empire to Earth Community by David Korten
The Hometown Advantage: How to Defend Your Main Street Against Chain Stores and Why it Matters -- by Stacy Mitchell
The Natural Step for Business: Wealth, Ecology and the Evolutionary Corporation by Brian Nattrass and Mary Altomare
The Nature of Economies‎ by Jane Jacobs
The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in (Conscientious Commerce) by Bob Willard and Hunter Lovins
The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition -- by Michale Shunann
The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy -- by William Greider
The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift by Andres R. Edwards and David W. Orr
The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift by David W. Orr and Andres R. Edwards
The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success -- and How You Can Too by Andrew W. Savitz and Karl Weber
Values Driven Business : How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun -- by Mel Warwwick and Ben Cohen
When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten