Stories of the Shift
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Future 500 Forges Coalitions Between Odd Bedfellows
Future 500 was formed to forge relationships between corporations and NGOs. Their mandate is to advance the "triple bottom line” –solutions that support the economy, the society and the Earth. They have brought together NGOs like Amnesty International, Friends of the Earth, Global Exchange, Greenpeace, Live Earth, Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Interest Research Group, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, and World Wildlife Fund with corporations as well known [...]
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Building a Sustainable Food System in California
Roots of Change Network and Ag Innovations Network have convened over 360 consensus-building meetings in the state of California. They are bringing together diverse stakeholders around the common goal of a sustainable food system in California. Facilitating Truthful Conversations Consensus-building gatherings are marked by 3 elements • A shared purpose • Inclusion of people from every sector entrepreneurs, farmers and ranchers, funders, nonprofits, [...]
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The Number ONE Green Small City in America – Bellingham, WA
Live Love Local - from JoA for Possible Futures on Vimeo. A Thriving Economy Where Businesses Promote Sustainability Sustainable Connections brought together nearly 700 Bellingham businesses in every sector of the economy—farmers, manufacturers, builders, nonprofits, service providers and retailers with the common goal of creating a modeling a local living economy. A Community Learns to Think Local Sustainable Connections went to work in market development, asking [...]
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Green Cities – A Collaboration for Sustainability
Green Cities California is advancing ground-breaking environmental policies throughout California and nationally. Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, and 9 additional California cities have joined together to accelerate the adoption of sustainability policies and practices in California through collaborative action. They are doing this two ways 1 Making ground-breaking environmental policies freely available to everyone 2 Agreeing to simultaneously [...]
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