[Scpg] National Gathering Slow Money Alliance/Santa Barbara Chapter Attending

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Hi Everyone,
   A local Slow Money Alliance group has formed 
in Santa Barbara and several will be attending the conference below.

The main focus is strategies for returning 
investor dollars back to local economies, 
especially around sustainable agriculture. 
Contact sbpcnet at silcom.com if you'd like to hear 
about a future meeting in Santa Barbara.



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National Gathering: From the Ground Up

Santa Fe Railyard
September 9-11, 2009

Slow Money www.slowmoneyalliance .  It's a new 
economic vision.  It's an emerging network of 
investors, donors, farmers, and activists 
committed to building local food economies.  It's 
about the soil of the economy.  It's the 
beginning of the "nurture capital" industry.

Come to Sante Fe.  Meet thought leaders and 
change agents from around the country.  Let's 
build new capital markets that support 
preservation and restoration. Let's fix America's 
economy... from the ground up.


Speakers

Eric Becker, Vice President, Trillium Asset Management
William Brinton, Founder, Woods End Research
Paulo di Croce, Executive Director, Slow Food International
Penelope Douglas, President and Co-Founder, Pacific
Community Ventures
Anthony Flaccavento, Executive Director, Appalachian
Sustainable Development
Joan Gussow, Author, This Organic Life
Fred Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center
Kristen Martinez, entrepreneur in residence, New Mexico
Community Capital
Mardi Mellon, Director of Food and Environment Program,
Union of Concerned Scientists
Tom Miller, former Head of Program Related Investing,
Ford Foundation
David Orr, professor, Oberlin College
Simran Sethi, Associate Professor of Journalism,
University of Kansas
George Siemon, CEO, Organic Valley
Greg Steltenpohl, Founder, Odwalla
Woody Tasch, Chairman and President, Slow Money
Judi Wicks, Founder, White Dog Café
Ann Wright, Deputy Secretary, USDA


Chelsea Green Publishing
McCune Charitable Foundation
Organic Valley
RSF Social Finance
Solidago  Foundation
Stonyfield Farm


Partnering Organizations

1% For the Planet
BALLE
Bioneers
Blue Moon Fund
Capulin Cooperative Alliance
Crop to Cuisine
Edible Communities Publications
Edible Santa Fe
Ethical Markets Media
Grace Communications
Haberman
Haymarket Peoples Fund
Investors' Cirlce
Green Money Journal
La Montanita Coop
Santa Fe Alliance
The Organic Center

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Emacs!






Woody Tasch, author of Inquiries into the Nature 
of Slow Money, Investing as if Food, Farms & Fertility Mattered.

Woody Tasch is Chairman Emeritus of Investors' 
Circle, a nonprofit network of angel investors, 
venture capitalists, foundations, and family 
offices that, since 1992, has facilitated the 
flow of $130 million to 200 early-stage companies 
and venture funds dedicated to sustainability. He 
is president of the newly formed NGO Slow Money. 
Woody was formerly treasurer of the Jessie Smith 
Noyes Foundation. He is an experienced venture 
capital investor and entrepreneur and has served 
on numerous for-profit and nonprofit boards. He 
was founding chairman of the Community 
Development Venture Capital Alliance, which 
supports venture investing in economically disadvantaged regions.






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