Sustainable Business Alliance
The Sustainable Business Alliance is a membership organization for companies committed to greater environmental and socially responsible business practices. Our members are a diverse community of over 100 sustainable businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. We strengthen our businesses through networking, education, and partnership opportunities. We learn from and support each other through strong community and collaboration.
Our mission is to promote sustainable business practices, nurture the environmentally-committed business sector, advocate the environmentally progressive policies, and improve the environmental profile of economic activity in the East Bay.
If you are already implementing sustainable practices in your business, or would like to learn more about greening your business, consider membership in our growing network of eco conscious entrepreneurs.
Available by appointment only
 |
|
Reclaiming Region Through Sustainable Food Systems
An excellent article on the uniqueness of all regions, and the opportunity to achieve greater sustainability by keeping it local.
"Each region should embrace its unique food producers and cultures. In Vermont the local food system plays out something like this: There are lots of old dairy farms, and milk and cheese production is still an important part of the modern agricultural community. Recent efforts have been made to keep milk and cheese processing and consumption localized, rather than sell to larger, more removed processing companies. AT the same time, dairy farmers are looking to diversify their income. Some start vegetable farms, local meat operations, the all important grass farm, or, most innovatively "cow power," a system that converts cow waste into usable energy. Meanwhile, vegetable growers also use cow waste for fertilizer and rent pasture space with a neighbor's grazing livestock. They sell to local restaurants, schools, and markets and are aided by local mechanics that can repair tractors and local farm supply companies or equipment cooperatives. Together they create a system, supported by the local government, which has launched an initiative to strengthen the regional food system as an important and re-emerging sector in Vermont's economy."
0 Comment(s)"Fresh" Film Screening, Potluck & Discussion
FOOD, JUSTICE & RESILIENCE FOR OAKLAND AND BEYOND
“Fresh†- New Thinking about What We're Eating
Stories about real people changing how we grow and eat food, featuring Will Allen, Michael Pollan and other people working to make our food system healthier, more sustainable and more accessible.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 29th, 6pm (potluck) and 7 pm (film)
WHERE: Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland (between Telegraph and Broadway)
The only SOLAR-POWERED movie theater in the East Bay!
Wheelchair accessible around the block at 411 28th Street, Oakland
Please bring some food to share for the potluck. Please also bring your ideas on what it will take to build a powerful and inclusive green movement in Oakland and beyond for the discussion after the film. For info, contact HumanistHall@Yahoo.com or (510) 681-8699.
$5-10 donations are accepted to support Humanist Hall
Sponsored by: Bay Localize, Communitree Movement, Oakland Resilience Alliance, Transition East Bay.
