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Can Small Businesses Bring Back U.S. Manufacturing?

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Manufacturing Obama, Small Manufacturers, Buy Local, Made in the USA, Faribault Woolen Milll Company, Small Business News and Trends, Manufacturing, U.S. Manufacturing, Small Business Manufacturing, Small Business News

Faribault, Minn., is a long way from Silicon Valley, and Faribault Woolen Mill Company may be a far cry from the typical startup. But when cousins Chu...

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Should You Boycott Amazon?

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Book News, Local Bookstores, Amazon Boycott, Boycott Amazon, Amazon Price, Buy Local, Price Check Books, Price Check Bookstores, Occupy Amazon, Amazon Price Check, Books News

Should people boycott Amazon? Increasing numbers of retailers and publishers have been daring to ask the question, in the face of aggressive tactics b...

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Twitter Reacts to Small Business Saturday

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Shop Small, Local-Shops, Holidays, Small Business, #Smallbusinesssaturday, Small Business Saturday Twitter, Small Business Saturday Sales, Buy Local, Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday American Express, Small Business Saturday, American Express Small Business Saturday, Small Biz Saturday, Black-Friday, Small Business Saturday 2011, Video, Small Business News

Black Friday may be America's biggest shopping day of the year, but Small Business Saturday is also gaining momentum among the masses. In its seco...

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The Economy Is in Our Hands, We Just Don't Know It

Peter Block | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Consumer Society, Local Economy, Consumerism Economy, Edgar Cahn Economy, Local Jobs Economy, Buy Local, Economic Community Development, John McKnight Economy, Turn Off TV, Credit Card Debt, Processed Foods, Business News
Peter Block

If you believe the news, the future of the economy is in the hands of President Obama, Chairman Bernanke of the Federal Reserve, Prime Minister Cameron in Britain, Italian and Greek debt, the G5, BRIC, and everyone else but us.

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Forget Chain Hotels in Quito. Go Local with Cafe Cultura

Pam Grout | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Cafe Cultura, Ecuador, Quito, Buy Local, Travel News
Pam Grout

Working in Quito? Fine, stay at the Holiday Inn or the Marriott. But if you´re going to Ecuador as a tourist, as someone hoping to explore a differen...

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Business Unusual: Living Economies

Andrea Learned | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Local First, Social Responsibility, Sustainable Business, Buy Local, Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Business, Balle, Living Economies, Business News
Andrea Learned

"Living Economies." Though the phrase is a mouthful, a lot more businesses, and businesspeople, should be seeing themselves as part of them. Perhaps...

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In South Africa, Wal-Mart Refuses to Buy Local, Threatens WTO Action, and Wins

Stacy Mitchell | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: South Africa, World Trade Organization, Wto, Local Food, Buy Local, Massmart, Labor Unions, Wal-Mart, Mergers, Business News
Stacy Mitchell

Even in countries where the law clearly states that the public interest must be protected in large mergers, global trade agreements give corporations the upper hand, or at least give government authorities an excuse to ignore their own laws.

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Buy Local Campaigns Boost Small Business Revenues

Jeff Milchen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Independent Business Alliance, Walmart, Independent Business, Small Business, Buy Local, American Small Business League, Local Business, Business News
Jeff Milchen

Campaigns that highlight the importance of local independent business can provide a big boost for small businesses and local economies battered by the recession, suggests a new survey by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

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America's Top 10 Best Green-Built Neighborhoods

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pringle Creek, Forest Preservation, Trails, Earth Advantage, Geothermal Heating, Buy Local, Healthy Homes, Garden Atriums of Poquoson, Native Plants, Top 10 Green Cities, Mosier Creek, Organic Farms, Shop Local, Infill Sites, Green Communities, Solar Panels, Affordable Green Neighborhoods, Northwest Crossing, Top 10 Green Communities, LEED Housing, Parks, Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Community Gardening, Green Space, Efficient Homes, Best Green Housing, Natural Home, Healthy Neighborhoods, Top 10 Green Housing, Madison Street, Green Apartments, Drought-Tolerant Landscaping, Locally Owned Shops, Green Rooftops, Photovoltaic Systems, Green Shelter, Mixed-Use Communities, Top 10 Green Neighborhoods, Mueller, Rainwater Harvesting, Affordable Green Housing, Afforable Apartments, Brownfield Sites, Pine Ridge, Public Transportation, Kalahari Harlem, Communities, Community Gardens, Issaquah Highlands, Low-Income Housing, Vegetable Gardening, Wind Turbines, Net-Zero Homes, Green Roofs, Natural Home Magazine, Zipcars, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Natural Home just published its Top 10 Green-Built Neighborhoods list, applauding forward-thinking, responsible housing developments.

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Buying local while working global

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microfinance, Peace Divident Trust, Local Economies, Afghanistan, Buy Local, Haiti, Marc Kielburger, Logistics, Development, Craig Kielburger, World News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

Scott Gilmore offers a bet. With one phone call, the Ottawa native said he could get a trailer filled with bottled water shipped to the most remote co...

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Is 3/50 The New 350?

Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Green Living, Local Food, Consumer Spending, Shopping, Buy Local, Green News

About a year after the launch of McKibben's 350.org, one local retailer in Minneapolis named Cinda Baxter saw an Oprah show which encouraged a morator...

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