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Resource on Innovation and Scaling

January 10, 2013by swulff2012 Leave a comment

The Open Book of Social Innovation by Robin Murray, Julie Caulier-Grice and Geoff Mulgan. Mike Lewis recommends this book as a critical primer that places ‘scaling and diffusion’ into the […]

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Community Based Research Cluster, Financing Transition Research Cluster, Micro/ Mezzo/Macro Dimensions of Scaling Research Cluster, Resources, SIS Research Clusters, Uncategorized

Resource on Renewable Energy and Co-operative Ownership

January 10, 2013by swulff2012 2 Comments

RENEWABLE ENERGY CO-OP REVIEW: SCAN OF MODELS & REGULATORY ISSUES. Preliminary Research Findings, January 2012. Prepared by: Judith Lipp (TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative), Émanuèle Lapierre-Fortin (Niska Co-operative) and J.J. McMurtry […]

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Welcome from Lead Investigator – Michael Lewis

December 7, 2012by ccelewis Leave a comment

  I am very pleased that we are moving past the ‘getting our act together stage’ and into the engagement phase of  BALTA’s new project –  Scaling Innovation for Sustainability. […]

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Mike Lewis on Energy, Resilience and the Future of Food

December 3, 2012by swulff2012 Leave a comment

BALTA’s lead investigator, Mike Lewis, was a keynote speaker at Food Secure Canada’s National Assembly, held in November in Edmonton. Mike spoke about the high degree of dependence of our […]

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What would a co-operative city look like?

December 1, 2012by swulff2012 Leave a comment

What would a co-operative city look like? Attendees at the Co-operative City Conference on November 23 in Vancouver heard a variety of perspectives on that question. The successful event was […]

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Prize Winning Articles on Climate Change Study Group in UK

November 26, 2012by tomatoguy 1 Comment

Hi, I found each of these articles added to the puzzle. Mikeg “We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2012 BSA climate change study group article prize.   Articles […]

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Recent Article on Scale and Localism Movement

November 14, 2012by tomatoguy Leave a comment

Local and Not So Local By David Hess author of Localism Movements in A Global Economy. MIT Press 2010 CLIK HERE for Article

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BALTA Project Co-Leads Meet

November 11, 2012by swulff2012 Leave a comment

The co-leads of BALTA’s Scaling Innovation for Sustainability Project have been meeting frequently since August to plan the basic framework, implementation plan and communications for the development phase of the […]

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BALTA Researchers Present at Food Secure Canada Assembly

November 11, 2012by swulff2012 1 Comment

Several BALTA linked researchers presented on BALTA research at Powering Up!: Food for the Future, the 7th National Assembly of Food Secure Canada, in Edmonton (November 2-4, 2012). Mike Lewis […]

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BALTA’s 2013 Research Symposium

November 6, 2012by nellybou

BALTA will be holding its next symposium on October 4-6, 2013, Friday eve through Sunday PM. The symposium will take place in Athabasca, Alberta, and the focus of the program […]

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