Comments on: Crazy About Denver: Denver Green Festival

By: Beth Partin

Beth Partin — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:30:01 +0000

Dick, thanks for stopping by. The BALLE conference is a little expensive for me, but I'm glad it's taking place in Denver. Beth Partin’s last blog post..Mourning for Lollie

By: Dick Lahn

Dick Lahn — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:05:29 +0000

The BALLE Conference will be amazing! The feeling of unity with hundreds from throughout the country and the world transcends ideological disagreements encountered daily. The focus is how to bring about the changes in creating local economies sustainable because they center on economic, environmental, and social objectives at the same time. The how to make it happen where you live promotes copying the successes elsewhere not time consuming re-inventions. The high coming out of the conference will carry you through to the conference next year!

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:19:33 +0000

Colin, if you went to the Green Festival, I hope you got a chance to check out downtown Denver. Beth’s last blog post..Downtown Denver Restaurants: Bayou Bob’s

By: Storm Cunningham

Storm Cunningham — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:17:22 +0000

Hi, Beth: Yes, I’m familiar with GRN, and have been a member of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) since about 2001. Great organization, and I gave them a big plug in The Restoration Economy.

By: Beth Partin

Beth Partin — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:24:21 +0000

Storm, thanks for the mention of your book. I'll check it out. Have you heard of the Global Restoration Network? They have a website that lists restoration projects from around the world. Bernard, the best way to restore personal responsibility is to live it. And if you seem someone shirking, a well-placed pointed remark or two doesn't hurt either. Beth Partin’s last blog post..Crazy About Denver: Denver Green Festival

By: Storm Cunningham

Storm Cunningham — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:20:10 +0000

Good luck. But if you succeed, make sure you don’t restore everything from the 50′s, such as lack of civil rights for blacks/women/gays, complete disregard for pollution and environmental health, constant overthrow of democratically-elected governments in lesser-developed countries to install US-friendly right-wing dictators, etc.

By: BernardL

BernardL — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:09:16 +0000

I wonder if I can get some kind of domain name for restoring common sense, personal responsibility, and logic. They died out in the late fifties but maybe I could somehow revive them.

By: Storm Cunningham

Storm Cunningham — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:19:53 +0000

Hello, Beth. Regarding your use of the URL restorationnation.org, can I assume you’ve already read The Restoration Economy (Berrett-Koehler, 2002)? If not, it might be a little hard to find for the next month or two, as the publisher looks like they’ll finally be putting out a paperback edition, and the existing hardcovers are running out. But it’s my new book that might be of more value to your efforts. The Restoration Economy was the first book to cover all the different types of projects, industries, and disciplines that are restoring our natural and built environments. Those projects could considered the “ingredients” of economic revitalization. reWealth (McGraw-Hill, 2008)is more about the “recipe” for those ingredients: how you design, fund, integrate, and implement such projects to bring a community of region back to life. If you have contact info for the speaker, David Wann, I’d love to contact him. Cheers! – Storm Cunningham, storm@resolutionfund.com (Washington DC)

By: Beth Partin

Beth Partin — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:22:48 +0000

Joe, thanks for the tip, and thanks for stopping by. Beth Partin’s last blog post..Crazy About Denver: Views from the Daniels and Fisher Tower

By: JoeB

JoeB — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:59:47 +0000

Re: “I’d like to create some kind of forum on building “an economy that restores.” You should talk to the founders of the Boulder Independent Business alliance.

By: Colin Waters

Colin Waters — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:13:25 +0000

I am really looking forward to this conference. I wish we had more time to visit the places but I just don’t think we will.

By: Beth Partin

Beth Partin — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:14:25 +0000

Could make many puns out of it: huntin lov, hunter of love, in the hunter...c'mon, help me out here! Beth Partin’s last blog post..The Capitol Building on Denver’s Capitol Hill, Part I

By: Denveater

Denveater — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:17:37 +0000

OK, not to sillify your post but...Hunter Lovins?! How great a porn name is that? Denveater’s last blog post..Boston Tea Party Turns Denver Thai Party: Thai Basil & the dearth of dandy Mile High Thai take-out