Practices
Members of local BALLE networks have a direct stake in the future of their communities and bioregions and include local business owners, non-profit leaders, government representatives, and engaged citizens. Members of Local Networks work together to:
- Support the growth and development of community-based business
- Encourage local purchasing by consumers and businesses
- Create opportunities for business leaders to network and share best practices
- Advocate public policies that strengthen independent local businesses and farms, promote economic equity, and protect the environment.
To support Local Networks, BALLE:
- Provides Local Networks with tools, business models, and other resources
- Links Local Living Economies to share best practices
- Promotes Local Living Economies through media, public forums, and partnerships
- Develops pilot initiatives to strengthen Local Living Economies
Read more about this topic: Business Alliance For Local Living Economies
Famous quotes containing the word practices:
“Money made through dishonest practices will not last long.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Of all reformers Mr. Sentiment is the most powerful. It is incredible the number of evil practices he has put down: it is to be feared he will soon lack subjects, and that when he has made the working classes comfortable, and got bitter beer into proper-sized pint bottles, there will be nothing left for him to do.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
“To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)