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The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston (SBN) was founded in 1988 and we’ve been changing the way greater Boston does business ever since. The business strategies, solutions, and values that SBN is promoting are even more meaningful in the context of the current economic crisis as we work together to build a new economy. We've recently revised our mission statement:

The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) engages business and community leaders in building economies that are green, local, and fair.

SBN leads several innovative programs including:
  • Local First business networks
  • Sustainable Business Leader Program (SBLP)
  • The 10% Shift
  • Local food Collaborations
  • Entrepreneur Roundtables and Programs
  • Conferences and Workshops

Please check out this website to learn about these innovative programs.

 
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The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston is a founding member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE).

We encourage you to learn more about this exciting, growing international movement, which has more than 50 Local First campaigns across the U.S. and Canada.

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At Boston College: A Public Conversation on Sustainability: Business, the Environment & Social Justice

Leadership for Change Proudly Presents:

A Public Conversation on Sustainability: Business, the Environment & Social Justice

Friday, February 5, 2010
8:30 am-5:00 pm
Boston College, Gasson 100


You are invited to participate in a public seminar and dialog on sustainability practices with business leaders, community members, and scholars. Our conversation will include representatives from Staples, Genzyme, Harvard University, US Fish and Wildlife Service, William A. Berry & Sons, Inc., and The United Illuminating Company.

This event is sponsored by Leadership for Change, a program of the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics at Boston College.

The $25 Seminar fee includes lunch.

Receive a $10 discount if you are Leadership for Change Alumni, Boston College Alumni, or SBN Member. RSVP by January 29 to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For more information please contact Rebecca Rowley at 617-552-2709.

 
Third ALLocal Dinner – Absolutely Local and Luscious!

Eat Local Food & Meet Local People: Tuesday, January 12th 6:30-9:00

This event is currently sold out! Please check back soon for information on future ALLocal Dinners.

SBN is hosting its third ALLocal Dinner in Lexington at Nourish, a new restaurant owned by former SBN board member, Karen Masterson. All ingredients in the four course meal will be sourced, processed, delivered, prepared and eaten! as close to Lexington as possible, stretching out through MA into New England. In January, an all local meal is a real challenge and Organic Renaissance of Lexington has agreed to source and provide the local ingredients as a sponsor. Between courses, guests will shift places for more meeting opportunities and Karen will speak about her commitment as a community focused restaurant to work with area farms and businesses. Attended by food growers, producers, distributors, retailers, writers, etc., these evenings sell out very quickly.

What: Four Course Meal with owner's description of the food sources. Rotating seats every course for great meeting opportunities. Prepared with 100% New England grown and processed food. Sponsored by SBN & Organic Renaissance

Where: nourish, 1727 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA In Lexington Center right by the Minuteman Bike Trail

When: Tuesday, January 12th from 6:30 - 9:00 pm

Cocktails, Networking, Seating: 6:30pm

Dinner begins: 7 pm and seating rotates every course

Menu: 4 courses with choice of a vegan or poultry entree

Price: $40 Transportation: MBTA bus routes #62 and #76, serving Alewife Station, stop nearby Parking available in the lot directly behind the restaurant

Funds Benefit: Sustainable Business Network's Local Food Committee

 
Unlocking the Secrets to Success in Your Business: How to make your business stronger through CEO discussion forums
We are planning this no obligation Q&A session with Mo Fathelbab, author of Forum: The Secret Advantage of Successful Leaders, to introduce this new SBN program on Thursday December, 3 at 7PM at SBN's office in Kendall Square next to the Genzyme Bldg. 245 First Street, Cambridge  (entrance on Atheneaum Street). The location is easily accessible by T from Kendall Square and bike with inexpensive parking available at the Galleria. If you have any questions before the Q&A please call Al Nierenberg at 978-887-1223 and if you are interested in attending, please RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
SBN's Annual Holiday Party at WBUR Features Legendary Reporter David Boeri

SBN will host our Eighth Annual SBN Holiday Party at WBUR on Monday evening November 30.  Once again we're happy to announce that WBUR's Robin Young, the host of the popular radio program that reaches over 200 NPR stations, will once again be interviewing a well-known and talented WBUR radio personality.copy of sbn 08-09128 This year David Boeri, the co-host of the WBUR program Radio Boston, will be the featured guest. While David Boeri's television work at WCVB-TV and WGBH-TV is legendary, his entire career in broadcasting is impressive.  He has won Edward R. Murrow awards, Emmy awards, Radio and Television News Directors Association awards, Society of Professional Journalists awards, and was named Boston's Best Political Reporter.

David has reported stories such as the wars in El Salvador and Kosovo, environmental issues in Belize, politics in Canada and organized crime in Boston.  After several years as a commercial fisherman in Boston, he wrote "Tell it Good-bye Kiddo: The Decline of the New England Offshore Fishery". He later lived and hunted with Eskimo whalers in Northwestern Alaska and authored "People of the Ice Whale" about an endangered culture's hunt for an endangered whale. David's breadth of experience, skilled reporting and engaging style is a hallmark of Radio Boston.

This party year we're going to include a Silent and Live Auction offering a wide range of great deals on products and services donated by SBN companies. In an effort to finance the expansion of SBN's work, the SBN Board has personally pledged $19,000 to SBN as part of a Matching Challenge.  The board is hoping that SBN members and friends will match this pledge with an additional $19,000 in donations, party attendance, and purchasing items at the SBN Silent and Live Auction.

Auction Items include:

Four Celtics Tickets

New Orleans dinner for six at Rebecca Rowley's home

One year membership at The Longfellow Clubs

Party at The Longfellow Clubs (tennis, swimming, dancing, etc)

And many more!

Don't miss this fun celebration bringing together the SBN community.

November 30, 2009

7:00-9:00 pm

WBUR Offices on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston

Featuring David Boeri interviewed by Robin Young

Silent and Live Auction of cool products and services of SBN companies

$50 per person and $75 per couple

Please click here to register

 
Shift Your Shopping for the Holidays!

shiftLocal First networks from all over New England are joining together to promote the "Shift Your Shopping" campaign.  Cambridge Local First and Somerville Local First are co-sponsoring this campaign which begins on the Friday after Thanksgiving and continues to New Year's.  This dynamic marketing campaign will include posters in the windows of participating businesses, articles in various local and alternative newspapers, radio spots, and the The `Real Proof' event at the Somerville Theatre described below.

The purpose of the Shift Your Shopping campaign is to encourage our communities to buy local for the holidays by educating residents, businesses, and government leaders to shift at least 10% of their annual budget to Local Independents.  For many retailers, the holiday season is the time when a local business does the highest volume of sales which makes it the perfect time for customers to show their support for local businesses and to make the 10% Shift.  Where you spend your money helps build strong local economies and is a vote that is just as important as the one you'll make on Election Day.

 
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Sustainable Business Leader Program


small_final_sbl_logoThe Sustainable Business Leader Program (SBLP), in partnership with SBN, offers a six-step program to meet the unique needs & challenges of local businesses in their pursuit to become more sustainable. We provide ongoing technical assistance that is affordable, actionable and practical.
 

SBN Business Sponsors & Members

(SBLP Members Listed in Green)


1369 Coffee House
Aceti Associates
Applied Ecologics
Beacon Hill Athletic Clubs
Balance & Beam
Bamboo Fencer
Bartlett Communications
Bluebirds
Boston Building Materials Co-op
Boston Duck Tours
Boston Organics
Cambridge Brewing Company
Cambridge Naturals
Capital Paper Recycling
Chapman Construction/Design
Chaps Services
Ciclismo Classico
City Feed and Supply
City Fresh Foods
Downtown Wine and Spirits
Costa Fruit & Produce
Cresa Partners
Down:2:Earth
Dancing Deer Baking Co
Didriks
The Distillery
Economy Hardware
Edible Boston
Equal Exchange
Evergreen Consulting & Training
Exemplar Companies, Inc.
First Call Trucking and Courier
The Fishmonger
Fornax Bakery
Gentle Giant Moving Co
Global InterAction
Grendel's Den Restaurant & Bar
Griffin Properties
Grassroots Giving Group
Greenward
Hamersleys Bistro
Harvard Bookstore
Harvest Co-op
Henry Bear’s Park
Howard Stein Hudson Associates, Inc.
Karma Yoga
Katsiroubas Brothers
Leadership for Change,
Boston College
LittleFoot Energy
Liz’s Hair Care
State Room
Lobster.com
The Longfellow Clubs
The MathWorks
Meridian Consulting Group
Metro Pedal Power
New Boston Fund
Newton Distributing
Nitsch Engineering
novick : creative
OMBE
The Organic Mattress
The Parthenon Group
The Pet Caberet
Rate It Green
Recycline
Red Sun Press
Roxbury Technology
Russell’s Garden Center
Save That Stuff
The Smith Print
Snap Chef
Spencer Organ Company Inc
Sophia’s Grotto
Spynergy
Stone Hearth Pizza
Sustainable Life Solutions
Sustainnovation Consulting
Tarlow Breed Hart & Rogers
Taza Chocolate
TAGS Hardware
Tech Networks of Boston
Tel-Affinity
Think Green Design
TRANS FORM
Trillium Asset Management
Ula Cafe
Vim Fitness Spa & Salon
Veggie Planet
Wainwright Bank & Trust
 
 
 
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