BALLE Beat

Community Wind Power for Renewable Income, Mary Rick, July/Aug 2007. Community wind in Minnesota.

Conference Outlines Vision for 21st Century Economy, Todd Mills, May/June 2007. Report on BALLE's fifth annual conference, in Berkeley, CA.

Building Value Within Your Community, Laury Hammel and Gun Denhart, Mar/Apr 2007. Excerpt from Laury and Gun's book Growing Local Value, on businesses rooted in their communities.

Birth of a Biodiesel Co-op, Ann Bartz, Jan/Feb 2007. A look at the Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance's biodiesel co-op project.

The Great Turning, David Korten, Nov/Dec 2006. Excerpt from David's book by the same name, on the need for local living economies.

The "Go-To" Bunch on Sustainability, Ann Bartz, Sept/Oct 2006

Living Economy Principles, Don Shaffer, July/Aug 2006

Where Food Dollars Do the Most Good, Ann Bartz, May/June 2006

Rethinking Economic Development, Merrian Fuller, Jan/Feb 2006

Connected by a Glass of Water, Leanne Krueger-Braneky, Nov/Dec 2005

What the World Needs Now, Judy Wicks, Sept/Oct 2005

Bringing the Lessons Home, Merrian Fuller, July/Aug 2005

Defining "Local" in Local First, Don Shaffer, Mar/Apr 2005

Our Top 5 Projects, Don Shaffer, Jan/Feb 2005

"Brand Venice," Don Shaffer, Sept/Oct 2004

Twenty Ways to Build a Local Living Economy, Andy Smith, July/Aug 2004

Moving Closer Towards Local Living Economies, Laury Hammel, May/June 2004

Local Business Networks Find New Ally - Economics, Michael Shuman and Laury Hammel, Mar/Apr 2004

Local First Campaign Launched in Northwest Washington, Stacy Mitchell, Jan/Feb 2004

Salt Lake City Business Leaders Organize "Local First" Campaign, Laury Hammel, Nov/Dec 2003

Think Local First! Michelle Long, Sept/Oct 2003

First National BALLE Conference Targets Key Issues and Projects, Laury Hammel, May/Jun 2003

Do Successful Businesses "Grow" Every Year? Michelle Long, Mar/Apr 2003

More Networks Create More Power to Revitalize Local Economies, Michelle Long, Jan/Feb 2003