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    South Side Initiative

    Posted on April 18, 2017 by pkc

    by Mary Catherine Foltz How can Universities and communities work together to promote sustainability? Lehigh University’s South Side Initiative (SSI) has developed a few different ways to answer this question in the past years. Recently, we worked with community partners … more →

    Posted in Advocacy & Activism, Building Community, Collaborative Efforts, Community Gardening, Historic Preservation, Local Businesses, Local Currencies, Quality of Life, Schools & Learning, Smart Growth, Social Justice, Urban Ecology, Voices of the Valley |

    Sustainability in the Workplace

    Posted on April 25, 2011 by pkc

    by Rachel LeWitt In an era where even Walmart has pushed attempts to “go green”, the average consumer has been faced with the sustainability movement and its efforts in many different forms by 2011. Most if not all of these initiatives by … more →

    Posted in Agriculture, Building Community, Economic Justice, Economy, Business, & Money, Fair Trade vs. Free Trade, Human Rights, Immigrants' Rights, Industrial Food Production, Local Currencies, Sustainability & Business, Sustainable Growing, Voices of the Valley, Workers' Rights |

    Community Exchange

    Posted on February 11, 2011 by pkc

    The Alliance and Community Exchange The Alliance is partnering with Community Exchange as a new way for individuals and organizations to work together to build a stronger, healthier, and more sustainable community. [More info on the Alliance’s mission] Community Exchange … more →

    Posted in Barter & Exchange, Economy, Business, & Money, Local Currencies |

    Sustainability Through Localization

    Posted on April 1, 2009 by pkc

    by Gwen Colegrove and Cathy Frankenberg Change, Change, Oh Change, She Is A-Comin’! And what is driving this change? Why, the end of cheap oil. This means that our lifestyles will change. But, oh, so many of us hate change. … more →

    Posted in Cooperatives, CSA - Community Supported Ag, Decentralization, Demand Reduction, Economy, Business, & Money, Food for Health, Going Local vs. Globalization, Local Businesses, Local Currencies, Local energy generation, Local Food, Rethinking…, Sustainable Growing | Tagged

    Local for the Future

    Posted on April 1, 2009 by pkc

    by Christina Bianco In a market economy, the main goal is to achieve efficiency. Given that this statement is true, why do businesses ship products across state and international borders when the local community is capable of supplying the same … more →

    Posted in Building Community, Economy, Business, & Money, Fossil Fuels, Going Local vs. Globalization, Local Currencies, Local Food, Smart Growth, Sustainability & Business, Sustainable Living, Unsustainable Energy, Voices of the Valley |

    Time dollars: a local currency.

    Posted on February 11, 2006 by sustain

    The Alliance is an organizational member of the Community Exchange Time Dollar Network. As Anne Rogers, contact person for Community Exchange, describes it in the Directory: Community Exchange is a “neighbor to neighbor” intergenerational model of Time Banks USA. Community … more →

    Posted in Barter & Exchange, Building Community, Economy, Business, & Money, Going Local vs. Globalization, Local Currencies |