Below is information about the 2009 Financial
Permaculture Summit in Hohenwald Tennessee, Sept
22-26, 2009. Additional info (registration,
housing etc) is at
http://www.financialpermaculture.com ..
Bob Waldrop, OKC
2009 FINANCIAL PERMACULTURE SUMMIT
Learn How to
*Map the financial ecosystem of a community
*Apply permaculture principles to business design
*Design, start and finance a regenerative business
*Create ecological and socially responsible
investment opportunities
Topics & Activities Include
*Permaculture Design
*Legal Structures
*Business and Financial plans
* Design Charrettes - to create green enterprises
and local, Resilient economies
*Learn effective strategies of communicate and
collaboration:
- Across Cultures
- Across Disciplines
- Across Generations
The 2009 Financial Permaculture summit will be
September 22-26, 2009, in Hohenwald, TN (which is
close to Nashville). It is hosted by the Center
for Holistic Ecology, in association with Gaia
University, Solari Inc, Ecovillage Training
Center, Living Mandala, Global Village Institute,
the Leadership School, and the Oklahoma Food
Cooperative.
Speakers/facilitators include Catherine Austin
Fitts, Andy Langford, Liora Adler, Albert Bates,
Jennifer Dauksha-English, Greg Landua, Valerie
Seitz, Ethan C. Roland, Jonathan Cloud, Carolyn A.
Betts, Robert Waldrop.
DESCRIPTION
Join community investment experts, permaculture
designers and sustainability entrepreneurs for
this dynamic gathering and integrative educational
experience of Greening an American Community.
Learn valuable tools and skills in real life
scenarios to address the economic and
environmental challenges of 21st century America.
In this real-time Green Business Development
Summit we will explore creating forward looking
sustainable businesses, money cycling, local
investments, and optimizing the local natural and
human resources to implement models of
regenerative business and local sustainability.
Get access to information about new business
models, key industries, design solutions, and
green investment opportunities that are
ecologically and socially responsible as well as
economically profitable. This workshop is a
participatory, hands-on experience and design
charrette to explore implementing regenerative
economic models and applying them to create real,
actionable business plans and investment
opportunities for a zero-waste economy in the
small town of Hohenwald, Tennessee.
Join a diverse crowd of local and national leaders
including small business owners, city council
members, financial advisors, permaculture
designers, investors, accountants, construction
workers, philanthropists, local officials,
students and more as we come together for this
real-time Green Business Development Summit to
create solid businesses solutions and tangible
investment opportunities to empower robust local
responses to the challenges faced by communities
around the country and planet.