Past Conferences

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Accessing Content from Past BALLE Conferences


DVDs, CDs, and MP3 downloads of all of our keynotes, plenaries and breakout sessions from our 8th annual conference, held in Charleston May 21-23, 2010, are available from Hungry Mind Recordings.
 
DVDs and CDs of keynotes, plenaries, and breakout sessions from our 6th annual conference, held in Boston June 5-7, 2008, are available from Fleetwood Multimedia.

DVDs and CDs of keynotes and plenaries from our 5th annual conference, held in Berkeley May 31 - June 2, 2007, are available from Conference Recording.
 

 

Overview of Past Conferences:

 

2009 Denver, Colorado

Rising to the Challenge: Entrepreneurs Building Living Economies

 

Featured Speakers:
Melissa Bradley-Burns, senior strategist, Green for All
Lisa Daniels, founder, Windustry
Melissa Hardy, worker-owner, BioFuel Oasis
Elliot Hoffman, cofounder and CEO, New Voice of Business
June Holley, cofounder, Network Weaving, and cofounder, ACEnet
David Korten, Yes! Magazine
Hunter Lovins, president and founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions
Susan Matteucci, founder, Southwest Creations Collaborative
Barry O'Neill, president, CUPE BC
Michael Shuman, research and policy director, BALLE
Tom Stearns, founder, High Mowing Seeds
Jerome Ringo, president, Apollo Alliance
 

 

2008 Boston, Massachusetts 

Grow Deep: Business Leaders Building Strong Communities

 
Featured Speakers:
Majora Carter, founder, Sustainable South Bronx
Rep. Ed Markey (MA), US House of Representatives
Bill McKibben, author, Deep Economy
Juliet Schor, author, Born to BuyBoston Poster
Brenda Palms Barber, executive director, North Lawndale Employment Network
Don Shaffer, president, RSF Social Finance
Jeff Mendelsohn, founder, New Leaf Paper
Hilary Brown, founder, Local Burger
Eric Henry, president, TS Designs
Michael Shuman, vice president, Training and Development Corporation
Penelope Douglas, president and cofounder, Pacific Community Ventures
Bryan Gooch Redd, cofounder, Upstream 21
Clifton Kellogg, ShoreBank
Woody Tasch, founder, Slow Money 
 
 

2007 Berkeley, California

Leading the Evolution of Local Economies

 
Featured Speakers:
Paul Hawken, author, Natural Capitalism and Blessed Unrest
Denise O'Brien, candidate, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
Simran Sethi, host, Ethical Markets
Tom Bates, Mayor of Berkeley, CA
David Korten, author, The Great Turning
Michael Shuman, vice president, Training and Development Corporation
Judy Wicks, founder, White Dog Cafe
Michelle Long, cofounder, Sustainable Connections
Paul Saginaw, cofounder, Zingerman's Community of Businesses
Bo Burlingham, Inc. Magazine
Jack Stack, SRC Holdings
 
 

2006 Burlington, Vermont

Creating Sustainable Communities


Featured Speakers:Burlington Poster
Rep. Bernie Sanders (VT), US House of Representatives
Gary Erickson, founder, Clifbar
John Abrams, cofounder, South Mountain Company, author, The Company We Keep
Hunter Lovins, co-author, Natural Capitalism, founder, Natural Capitalism, Inc
Frances Moore Lappe, founder, Food First and Small Planet Institute
Omar Freilla, founder, Green Worker Coops
Ben Cohen, cofounder, Ben and Jerry's
Greg Watson, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
 
 

2005 Vancouver, British Columbia

Third Annual International Conference of BALLE

  
Featured Speakers:Vancouver Poster
David Suzuki, host, The Nature of Things
Jim Hightower, author, Thieves in High Places
Thomas Linzey, founder, CELDF
Donna Morton, founder, Centre for Integral Economics
Joel Solomon, president, Renewal Partners
Malaika Edwards, cofounder, People's Grocery
Gregor Robertson, Happy Planet Juices
David Van Seters, Small Potatoes Urban Delivery
Judith Plant, New Society Publishers
Tim Taylor, Environmental Home Centre
Judy Wicks, founder, White Dog Cafe
Holly Harlan, founder, Entrepreneurs for Sustainability
 
 

2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Creating Local Living Economies

 
Featured Speakers:
Amy Goodman, host, Democracy Now!
Judy Wicks, founder, White Dog Cafe
Michelle Long, cofounder, Sustainable ConnectionsPhiladelphia Poster
Will Raap, CEO, Gardeners' Supply, president, Intervale Foundation
Jeremy Nowak, president, The Reinvestment Fund
Marcellus Andrews, CUNY School of Public Affairs
Woody Tasch, CEO, Investors' Circle
Wendy Brawer, Green Maps
Tim Bowser, Food Routes
Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange and Greenfestivals
Miriam MacGillis, Genesis Farm
 
 

2003 Portland, Oregon

First Annual BALLE Conference

 
Featured Speakers:
Michelle Long, cofounder, Sustainable Connections
Judy Wicks, founder, White Dog Cafe
Laury Hammel, Longfellow Clubs