Local Living Economy News
Learn More About Local Living Economies
Be sure to check out the famous “Andersonville Study” at www.andersonvillestudy.com. This Chicago-based piece demonstrates how locally owned businesses keep more money in the local economy than chain businesses.
The topic of Local Living Economies is attracting a lot of interest. Numerous books and articles have been published. A number of new books were featured at the 2006 BALLE Conference. Purchase these books at your local bookstore! To find the independent bookstores near you, go to:www.booksense.com
- The Company We Keep - Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place. By John Abrams
- The Great Turning - From Empire to Earth Community. By David Korten
- The Small-Mart Revolution - How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition. By Michael Shuman
- Going Local by Michael Shuman
- Hometown Advantage, by Staci Mitchell
Archived News
by Ann Bartz — last modified 2007-10-12 23:32
About BALLE
Making a Profit and a Difference, New York Times Business Section, October 5, 2006, by Glen Rifkin
"Small-Marts" Take on Wal-Mart, Fortune/CNNMoney.com, August 30, 2006, by Marc Gunther
Local Businesses Counter Corporate Rule,YES! Magazine, Spring 2006, by Merrian Fuller
About BALLE principles
A Table For Six Billion, Please Judy Wicks on her Plan to Change the World One Restaurant At a Time by David Kupper
In Oregon, Thinking Local, New York Times, January 4, 2006, by Marian Burros
Living Economies issue, YES! Magazine, Fall 2002
Independents' Day, Inc. Magazine, August 2002, by Kate O'Sullivan
About BALLE programs
Localize it, San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 3, 2007, by Jeff Goodman
Toward a sustainable San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial, January 3, 2007
New Retail Study on San Francisco!
Local First
San Francisco Chronicle, May 16, 2007, by Michael Shuman
Local Merchants Reinvest in City, Their Study Says
San Francisco Chronicle, May 3, 2007, by Ilana DeBare
About Local Businesses here in the Pioneer Valley
About BALLE networks
Locally Focused, Lansing State Journal, September 24, 2007
About relevant topics
Leave No Child Inside from Orion Magazine
Video Of a Speech by Van Jones
Taking Child Slavery Out of Valentine's Day
Women Build Businesses Their Way
New York Times, July 12, 2007, by Marci Alborher
Frontline Video on Fair Trade Flowers
Northampton Becomes the 6th Fair Trade Town in the USA
(see our print-friendly article, The Benefits of Doing Business Locally) gratefully borrowed from American Independent Business Alliance
