Thursday, March 31, 2005
Cool Projects / Financing
CEDTAP (Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program)
VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Mar. 31, 2005 (SSFPA) - These are the great people who helped Small Scale Food Processor Association get started and are still investing in our cause. Windmills on the Toronto waterfront, fish processing in Saskatchewan, immigrant women sewing conference bags in Edmonton - learn more about the innovative projects CEDTAP supports all across Canada. http://www.carleton.ca/cedtap/home/index_e.html .
CEDTAP (Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program)
VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Mar. 31, 2005 (SSFPA) - These are the great people who helped Small Scale Food Processor Association get started and are still investing in our cause. Windmills on the Toronto waterfront, fish processing in Saskatchewan, immigrant women sewing conference bags in Edmonton - learn more about the innovative projects CEDTAP supports all across Canada. http://www.carleton.ca/cedtap/home/index_e.html .
Cooperatives / Education
Economics and Management of Co-operative Enterprises: University of Bologna and Vancouver
VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Mar. 31, 2005 (SSFPA) - A study of the Emilia Romagna model, sponsored by the BC Co-operative Association. June and July, 2005. http://www.ssfpa.net/documents/pdf/bologna_program_05_outline.pdf .
Economics and Management of Co-operative Enterprises: University of Bologna and Vancouver
VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Mar. 31, 2005 (SSFPA) - A study of the Emilia Romagna model, sponsored by the BC Co-operative Association. June and July, 2005. http://www.ssfpa.net/documents/pdf/bologna_program_05_outline.pdf .
NFPs / NGOs / Training
Help for Non-Profit Groups
VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Mar. 31, 2005 (SSFPA) - Non-profit groups are assuming increasingly central roles in the delivery of important services in our society. While non-profit organizations are seeking new ways to generate income and increase their efficiency to meet these challenges and opportunities, many would like to do more with their existing resources. A series of workshops - sponsored by Coast Capital Savings and The Centre for Non Profit Management, in partnership with the University of Victoria’s Centre for Public Sector Studies - is designed to help non-profit organizations increase their resourcefulness and adapt to new demands and opportunities. The workshops are being held in two locations, one on the Lower Mainland and the other on Vancouver Island. For a fee of just $50, you can learn about the following: Strategic Planning for Non Profits; Financial Stewardship and Responsibility; Fund Development; Effective Communications; and Board Governance and Accountability.
Help for Non-Profit Groups
VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Mar. 31, 2005 (SSFPA) - Non-profit groups are assuming increasingly central roles in the delivery of important services in our society. While non-profit organizations are seeking new ways to generate income and increase their efficiency to meet these challenges and opportunities, many would like to do more with their existing resources. A series of workshops - sponsored by Coast Capital Savings and The Centre for Non Profit Management, in partnership with the University of Victoria’s Centre for Public Sector Studies - is designed to help non-profit organizations increase their resourcefulness and adapt to new demands and opportunities. The workshops are being held in two locations, one on the Lower Mainland and the other on Vancouver Island. For a fee of just $50, you can learn about the following: Strategic Planning for Non Profits; Financial Stewardship and Responsibility; Fund Development; Effective Communications; and Board Governance and Accountability.
NFPs / NGOs / Communications
READY, SET, GO!!
VANCOUVER, BC, Mar. 7, 2005 (IMPACS) - And we’re off! The first session of this great workshop series starts on Tuesday, March 8. There’s still just enough time left to sign up. Tuesday’s session is "Communications Savvy: Keys to Successful Communications," part of the Ready series. Depending on where you are in the country, the seminar starts at 10 am (Pacific), 11 am (Mountain), 12 noon (Central), 1 pm (Eastern), 2 pm (Atlantic), and 2:30 pm (Newfoundland). Presented by the talented Suzanne Hawkes, this seminar will provide you with the keys to successful, strategic communications. All not-for-profits can benefit from focusing limited resources for the most impact to cut through the clutter and to get the right messages out to the right audiences, at the right time. Communications Savvy will ensure that your messages are heard.
Through our new technology, you’ll be able to participate in each two-hour workshop via phone and the Internet from the comfort of your own office, home or even while you are traveling. This series of 12 communications workshops runs in March and April 2005. For more information, and to register, see our website: http://www.impacs.org/communications/TrainingSeminars .
READY, SET, GO!!
VANCOUVER, BC, Mar. 7, 2005 (IMPACS) - And we’re off! The first session of this great workshop series starts on Tuesday, March 8. There’s still just enough time left to sign up. Tuesday’s session is "Communications Savvy: Keys to Successful Communications," part of the Ready series. Depending on where you are in the country, the seminar starts at 10 am (Pacific), 11 am (Mountain), 12 noon (Central), 1 pm (Eastern), 2 pm (Atlantic), and 2:30 pm (Newfoundland). Presented by the talented Suzanne Hawkes, this seminar will provide you with the keys to successful, strategic communications. All not-for-profits can benefit from focusing limited resources for the most impact to cut through the clutter and to get the right messages out to the right audiences, at the right time. Communications Savvy will ensure that your messages are heard.
Through our new technology, you’ll be able to participate in each two-hour workshop via phone and the Internet from the comfort of your own office, home or even while you are traveling. This series of 12 communications workshops runs in March and April 2005. For more information, and to register, see our website: http://www.impacs.org/communications/TrainingSeminars .
Our Shifting Focus / Events / Cortes Island, BC – Sep. 7 – 11
Social Venture Institute @ Hollyhock
CORTES ISLAND, BC, March, 2005 (Hollyhock Retreat Centre) - SVI offers the mission-based entrepreneur an opportunity to share enterprise challenges with peers in an atmosphere of trust and goodwill. Each attendee brings a commitment of social change to their enterprise, whether for profit or not for profit. The focus is on storytelling and practical skill sharing and access to valuable insights and guidance are plentiful. SVI provides the opportunity to present your business challenges to expert respondents and peer reviews. Seminars include raising second stage capital, overcoming sales and marketing challenges and managing organizational change. http://www.hollyhock.ca/program_details.cfm?Group_ID=3361 .
Social Venture Institute @ Hollyhock
CORTES ISLAND, BC, March, 2005 (Hollyhock Retreat Centre) - SVI offers the mission-based entrepreneur an opportunity to share enterprise challenges with peers in an atmosphere of trust and goodwill. Each attendee brings a commitment of social change to their enterprise, whether for profit or not for profit. The focus is on storytelling and practical skill sharing and access to valuable insights and guidance are plentiful. SVI provides the opportunity to present your business challenges to expert respondents and peer reviews. Seminars include raising second stage capital, overcoming sales and marketing challenges and managing organizational change. http://www.hollyhock.ca/program_details.cfm?Group_ID=3361 .
Social Enterprise / Events / Sault Ste. Marie, ON – May 4 – 7
Register now for the 2005 National Conference on CED and the Social Economy in Sault Ste Marie!
ELIST, Mar. 1, 2005 (CCEDNet) - Building an Inclusive Movement - Best Western Great Northern Conference Centre, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, May 4-7, 2005. Registration is now underway for the 2005 National Conference on CED and the Social Economy, organized by the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) in partnership with the Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program (CEDTAP), the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC) and our host, the Community Economic and Social Development program of Algoma University College This year's conference will offer 65 sessions on a wide variety of topics and 8 pre-conference site visits to see local CED and Social Economy initiatives first hand. This conference is for CED and social economy practitioners, technical assistance providers, academics, government representatives and citizens interested in learning, sharing, and building CED and the social economy on a national level. A limited number of travel subsidies are available on a first come, first served basis for those who would otherwise not be able to attend. Consult the registration document for more information. http://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/pages/conference.asp .
Register now for the 2005 National Conference on CED and the Social Economy in Sault Ste Marie!
ELIST, Mar. 1, 2005 (CCEDNet) - Building an Inclusive Movement - Best Western Great Northern Conference Centre, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, May 4-7, 2005. Registration is now underway for the 2005 National Conference on CED and the Social Economy, organized by the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) in partnership with the Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program (CEDTAP), the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC) and our host, the Community Economic and Social Development program of Algoma University College This year's conference will offer 65 sessions on a wide variety of topics and 8 pre-conference site visits to see local CED and Social Economy initiatives first hand. This conference is for CED and social economy practitioners, technical assistance providers, academics, government representatives and citizens interested in learning, sharing, and building CED and the social economy on a national level. A limited number of travel subsidies are available on a first come, first served basis for those who would otherwise not be able to attend. Consult the registration document for more information. http://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/pages/conference.asp .
Local Economics / Empowerment
No Longer Passive Communities
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA, Mar. 10, 2005 (E. F. Schumacher Society) - Dear Friends, Imagine a world where we no longer see ourselves as passive "consumers," but instead we actively create an economy that supports the life of our community. Not all of us are destined to be entrepreneurs, but we can allparticipate in supporting the businesses that provide the products andservices needed for a sustainable economy. Read more.
No Longer Passive Communities
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA, Mar. 10, 2005 (E. F. Schumacher Society) - Dear Friends, Imagine a world where we no longer see ourselves as passive "consumers," but instead we actively create an economy that supports the life of our community. Not all of us are destined to be entrepreneurs, but we can allparticipate in supporting the businesses that provide the products andservices needed for a sustainable economy. Read more.
Economics / Community Ownership
Tools for Change: Building Sustainable Local Economies
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA, Mar. 21, 2005 (E. F. Schumacher Society) - Dear Friends, The E. F. Schumacher Society has a 25-year history of developing andpromoting regional economic institutions that link citizens and producers in the task of shaping their own local economies. The Schumacher seminars, Building Sustainable Local Economies, have provided an opportunity to explore these "tools for change" in depth. We are pleased to announce a series of four new seminar training programsdesigned for engaged citizens and community organizers. The first trainingsession will be held May 25th-29th in the Southern Berkshires of Massachusetts. The seminars will focus on successful citizen-drivenstrategies for reconnecting people, land, and community. Faculty (including Michael Shuman, Chuck Turner, and Susan Witt) and participants will examinehow communities can regain economic power and create vibrant local economies. More details.
Tools for Change: Building Sustainable Local Economies
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA, Mar. 21, 2005 (E. F. Schumacher Society) - Dear Friends, The E. F. Schumacher Society has a 25-year history of developing andpromoting regional economic institutions that link citizens and producers in the task of shaping their own local economies. The Schumacher seminars, Building Sustainable Local Economies, have provided an opportunity to explore these "tools for change" in depth. We are pleased to announce a series of four new seminar training programsdesigned for engaged citizens and community organizers. The first trainingsession will be held May 25th-29th in the Southern Berkshires of Massachusetts. The seminars will focus on successful citizen-drivenstrategies for reconnecting people, land, and community. Faculty (including Michael Shuman, Chuck Turner, and Susan Witt) and participants will examinehow communities can regain economic power and create vibrant local economies. More details.
Local Living Economies / Events / Vancouver, BC – June 2 – 5, 2005
The Third Annual International BALLE Conference
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada, Mar.30, 2005 (BALLE BC) Hosted at the University of British Columbia. Dear Friends of BALLE, This year's BALLE Conference will inspire your business and community to new levels of success. Learn how Local Living Economy businesses succeed! Build the marketplace for Local Living Economies! Connect with a growing network of business and community leaders who are making a difference! See you there! For details: http://www.ballebc.com/conference.htm . To register: Don't miss this opportunity to join us. There are four days left to register at the early bird rate of 235 dollars, Canadian. https://www.sporg.com/servlet/LinkToEventServlet?EventId=9309 .
The Third Annual International BALLE Conference
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada, Mar.30, 2005 (BALLE BC) Hosted at the University of British Columbia. Dear Friends of BALLE, This year's BALLE Conference will inspire your business and community to new levels of success. Learn how Local Living Economy businesses succeed! Build the marketplace for Local Living Economies! Connect with a growing network of business and community leaders who are making a difference! See you there! For details: http://www.ballebc.com/conference.htm . To register: Don't miss this opportunity to join us. There are four days left to register at the early bird rate of 235 dollars, Canadian. https://www.sporg.com/servlet/LinkToEventServlet?EventId=9309 .
Mainstream Wake-up
Alternatives to Mainstream Media: Campus & Community Radio
RADIO Reference, Mar. 29, 2005 (NCRA website) - For a voice that clears the air, tune in to any of these member stations. The National Campus and Community Radio Association is the non-profit national association of organizations and individuals committed to volunteer-based, community-oriented radio broadcasting. The NCRA is dedicated to advancing the role and increasing the effectiveness of campus and community radio in Canada. http://www.ncra.ca/business/stations.cfm.
Alternatives to Mainstream Media: Campus & Community Radio
RADIO Reference, Mar. 29, 2005 (NCRA website) - For a voice that clears the air, tune in to any of these member stations. The National Campus and Community Radio Association is the non-profit national association of organizations and individuals committed to volunteer-based, community-oriented radio broadcasting. The NCRA is dedicated to advancing the role and increasing the effectiveness of campus and community radio in Canada. http://www.ncra.ca/business/stations.cfm.
Home Energy / Solutions
Is Your Clothes Dryer Acting Like an Open Window Year Round?
MANSFIELD, MA, Nov. 5, 2004 (Battic Door) - Have you ever noticed that the room containing your clothes dryer is the coldest room in your house? Ever wonder why? Your clothes dryer is connected to an exhaust duct that is open to the outdoors. In the winter, cold air leaks in through the duct, through your dryer and into your house, while your heated air just pours right out! Dryer vents use a sheet metal flapper to try to reduce this air leakage. This is very primitive technology that does not provide a positive seal to stop the air leakage. Compounding the problem is that over time, lint clogs the flapper valve causing it to stay open. This is like leaving a window open all year round! Battic Door has developed low-cost, green solutions for this and other energy-conservation related issues. For more information please visit their website at http://www.batticdoor.com.
Is Your Clothes Dryer Acting Like an Open Window Year Round?
MANSFIELD, MA, Nov. 5, 2004 (Battic Door) - Have you ever noticed that the room containing your clothes dryer is the coldest room in your house? Ever wonder why? Your clothes dryer is connected to an exhaust duct that is open to the outdoors. In the winter, cold air leaks in through the duct, through your dryer and into your house, while your heated air just pours right out! Dryer vents use a sheet metal flapper to try to reduce this air leakage. This is very primitive technology that does not provide a positive seal to stop the air leakage. Compounding the problem is that over time, lint clogs the flapper valve causing it to stay open. This is like leaving a window open all year round! Battic Door has developed low-cost, green solutions for this and other energy-conservation related issues. For more information please visit their website at http://www.batticdoor.com.
Local Economics
Montana Considers Tax on Big-Box Stores
ELIST, Feb. 8, 2005 (New Rules Bulletin) - "That giant sucking sound you hear coming from the edge of town is the sound of money being taken out of your community by big-box stores," said Montana Senator Ken Toole, who has introduced a bill that would levy a tax on the state's big-box stores. http://www.newrules.org/retail/news_slug.php?slugid=283 .
Montana Considers Tax on Big-Box Stores
ELIST, Feb. 8, 2005 (New Rules Bulletin) - "That giant sucking sound you hear coming from the edge of town is the sound of money being taken out of your community by big-box stores," said Montana Senator Ken Toole, who has introduced a bill that would levy a tax on the state's big-box stores. http://www.newrules.org/retail/news_slug.php?slugid=283 .
NFPs / NGOs / Funding
RBC After-School Grants Program
WEB Reference, Mar. 25, 2005 (RBC Financial Group) - Inviting charities across Canada to apply for grants of up to $40,000. RBC After-School Grant recipient programs offer a range of structured, supervised activities that encourage social skills and self-esteem. Activities such as computer instruction, sports, literacy tutoring, music and art lessons, nutrition guidance, and homework-help provide kids with opportunities to gain an area of competence outside of academics and benefit their self-esteem. http://www.rbc.com/community/donations/after-school/what-is.html
RBC After-School Grants Program
WEB Reference, Mar. 25, 2005 (RBC Financial Group) - Inviting charities across Canada to apply for grants of up to $40,000. RBC After-School Grant recipient programs offer a range of structured, supervised activities that encourage social skills and self-esteem. Activities such as computer instruction, sports, literacy tutoring, music and art lessons, nutrition guidance, and homework-help provide kids with opportunities to gain an area of competence outside of academics and benefit their self-esteem. http://www.rbc.com/community/donations/after-school/what-is.html
Our Shifting Focus
Perspectives on What’s Going On?
WEB Reference, March, 2005 (Beyond the Ordinary) - Here are some really interesting people to know about, profiled on Beyond the Ordinary Dot Net. http://www.beyondtheordinary.net/meetourguests.shtml .
Perspectives on What’s Going On?
WEB Reference, March, 2005 (Beyond the Ordinary) - Here are some really interesting people to know about, profiled on Beyond the Ordinary Dot Net. http://www.beyondtheordinary.net/meetourguests.shtml .
Events / Urban Growing / Vancouver, BC – Apr. 23 – 24
Farm the City! Workshop: Planning your Organic Garden
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 1, 2005 (Vancouver Permaculture Net) - This two day workshop will cover the basics of permaculture design at the urban household level. 9am-4pm April 23 & 24, 2005. 1937 West 2nd Ave. You will learn the techniques for determining how your lifestyle and work habits can influence how the greenspace in your backyard can become a multi-functional garden. We also cover practical gardening skills and how to choose food crops you can grow with minimal time. Instructor: Diane Falvey. Cost: $150 sliding scale. Lunches included. To register, call Grant at 604-872-4060, kgwatson@telus.net .
Farm the City! Workshop: Planning your Organic Garden
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 1, 2005 (Vancouver Permaculture Net) - This two day workshop will cover the basics of permaculture design at the urban household level. 9am-4pm April 23 & 24, 2005. 1937 West 2nd Ave. You will learn the techniques for determining how your lifestyle and work habits can influence how the greenspace in your backyard can become a multi-functional garden. We also cover practical gardening skills and how to choose food crops you can grow with minimal time. Instructor: Diane Falvey. Cost: $150 sliding scale. Lunches included. To register, call Grant at 604-872-4060, kgwatson@telus.net .
