Sustainable Business & Communities program Oct. 15-22

Sustainable Business & Communities residency program Oct. 15-22. Open to the Public. www.goddard.edu

Saturday, 10/16/10
3:45-5:15
Goddard College Manor Lounge

The Values Opportunity
With guest speaker (and recent SBC faculty member) Russ Gaskin, learn the secret sauce behind many of the major social innovations of the last 20 years, from green business to CSR to social entrepreneurship, clean energy, charter schools, fair trade and microfinance--and why integrating traditionally incompatible values is now the most powerful force for innovation on the planet.  Plus, learn how an ancient Chinese philosophy best explains the fundamental difference between conservative and liberal political stances--and why they need each other so badly.

Wednesday, 10/20/10
2:15-3:45
Goddard College Manor Oak Room
Building a Sustainable Grassroots Movement from the Ground-Up: the Vermont Workers' Center Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign
Over the past two years, the Vermont Workers' Center has built a statewide campaign with the grassroots power to win real healthcare reform in Vermont.  With Bekah Mandell, an organizer with the VWC, learn about how the HCHR (Health Care is a Human Right) Campaign uses a grassroots organizing strategy to change policy and build a sustainable movement for economic, social, and environmental justice in Vermont. 

Monday, 10/18/10
1:15-3:00
Goddard College Haybarn Theatre
The Economic Potential of Creative Enterprises and Companies

Stuart Rosenfeld, Founder and Principal, Regional Technology Strategies, Inc., will address arts and culture on economic terms, as they affect regional economies. This will include defining the “creative economy,” discussing the different ways arts and culture affect the region’s economy and quality of life, and explaining why so many places are now pinning their hopes and dreams on creativity, culture, and arts.  It will look particularly at the role of higher education and the support structure needed for creative people and enterprises.  It will also draw on recent experiences in developing creative economies from across the US and around the world, with special emphasis on rural areas.