Registration Deadline Extended for Synergia Institute
Transition to Co-operative Commonwealth: Pathways to a New Political Economy July 10 – 21, 2017 Monte Ginezzo, Tuscany New Registration Deadline: June 15 See the March 7 posting below for […]
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Synergia Summer Institute – Monte Ginezzo, Tuscany
Transition to Co-operative Commonwealth: Pathways to a New Political Economy July 10 – 21, 2017 Registration Deadline: April 15 For all those interested in exploring a new vision for political […]
Case Study on Vancouver Community Land Trust Foundation
Initial Research from our New Affordable Shelter Research Cluster BALTA has been researching and promoting community land trusts (CLTs) as a vehicle for affordable housing for several years. Through the […]
“The Resilience Imperative” Book Published in French and Korean Versions
The Resilience Imperative: Co-operative Transitions to a Steady-State Economy, originally published in English by New Society Publishers in 2012, has recently been published in French and Korean versions. Copies can […]
New Short Video re the Commons, Co-operative Economy and Sustainability
The Edge Funders Alliance has produced a short (5 min.) film, “Better, Not More”, made by Mark Decena. The film includes short vignettes from various participants in a 2014 meeting […]
BALTA Collaborator, Pat Conaty’s, Recent Speaking Tour in Korea
UK-based BALTA collaborator, Pat Conaty, recently completed a very successful speaking tour in Seoul, Korea, focusing particularly on co-operative place-making and the benefits of community land trusts (CLTs) for affordable […]
U.S Blog Highlights Work by BALTA-Linked Practitioners
A recent U.S. blog by Ted Wysocki of the Institute of Cultural Affairs-USA focuses on some of the work of Pat Conaty, both BALTA linked and other, and references a […]
Resource on Redesigning Ownership for a Great Transition
The Architecture of Enterprise: Redesigning Ownership for a Great Transition by Marjorie Kelly. A Great Transition Initiative (GTI) Perspectives on Critical Issues publication. Pat Conaty of BALTA Finance Research Cluster […]
Resource on Innovation and Scaling
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 […]
Mike Lewis on Energy, Resilience and the Future of Food
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 […]
