Earth Week with 

Judy Wicks 
 
Green and Local Business & Community
Mini-Conference

Topping our list of Earth Week events is the exciting news of the Green and Local Keynote and Business Breakfast presentations by Judy Wicks!  

Earth Week Keynote address:  Judy Wicks will be speaking at 7:00 p.m., Sunday April 20 for the Local Living Economies Earth Week Kickoff .  Judy will be speaking  on her experience in creating sustainable community business through the White Dog Cafe, her famous restaurant in Philadelphia and the growing success of sustainable businesses around the world.  A Reception will begin at 6 pm.

At 8 a.m. Monday, April 21 Judy Wicks will kick off the morning with a Business Breakfast for the Green and Local Business Mini-Conference.  Judy will discuss the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, the global network of local business associations she co-founded.

Schedule:

April 20th
6 p.m. - Judy Wicks: Reception
7 p.m. - Judy Wicks: Living with Local Economies
* Free and Open to the Public!

April 21st
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Business Breakfast with Judy Wicks and others. Going Green and Local: Business Success Stories
10:00 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Where Do We Go From Here? Business & Community Partnerships for a Local Living Economy
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. - Lunch and Learn: How Do We Network & Market for Sustainable Business Success?

Location for all Events
The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne Street
For more information, visit: www.centerforneighborhoods.org
Contact
George Perkins 502.425.6645
Green and Local Conference questions 502.410.2786

Green and Local Sponsors  (Sponsorships available-Click here)

Center for Neighborhoods, Sustainable Business Networks, Caudill Seed, Webster University, Tom Owen—Metro Council 8th District, Emily Bingham and Stephen Reily, Bike Couriers Bike Shop, Rainbow Blossom Natural Food Markets, Heine Brothers’ Coffee, Watrous Associates Architects, Fred A. Fischer, Keith’s Hardware & Rental, Amazing Grace Whole Foods & Nutrition Center, River Fields, Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, Legacy Development Corp., ear X-tacy, and Church of the Epiphany Environmental Committee, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. Community Farm Alliance, Frankfort Avenue Business Association, Designer/Builder, Hotter Times Native Landscaping, Commonwealth Computer Recycling, Century Studio, Moore Environmental Associates, Adena Institute, The Clifton Center, Sustainable Clifton, Brick House, and WXBH.

To learn more and register for the conference: http://greenandlocal.googlepages.com
If you, your business, or community organization would like to join or learn more about Sustainable Business Networks, please take a look at:
www.sustainablebusinessnetworks.blogspot.com

You're Invited!


And start planning now for the National Conference of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies