Last summer, we were approached with an opportunity to help raise consciousness in the region about the global trend towards GREEN LOCAL LIVING ECONOMIES. The Local Economy movement is one that we had been following with interest for several years and we are seeing it grow very fast in the U.S. and globally. It is a movement that is helping revitalize communities with a renewed grassroots sense of progress, prosperity, generosity, and alignment with the planet.

We gladly agreed to sponsor and help organize a 4-lecture series, hosted at CMU.  The primary focus of the series has been on describing the factors that make healthy local economies thrive, and the connection with local food, local farming, and green local entrepreneurship.

The fourth and final lecture and workshop are coming at the end of this month, and we are asking for your help to get the word out within your local community.  We need your help to connect with local independent business owners, community organizers, farmers, distributors and grocers, restaurant owners, friends and family members, and anyone who might have interest in being part of this local movement, and be part of the discussions that are now taking place.

This great country was founded and blossomed inspired, in part, by revolutionary social, political and economic equity principles and ideals.  Help us apply the vision of Local Living Economies to ensure that the upcoming green socio-economic revolution (what Charles Reich described as the "Greening of America", and Paul Hawken called "Natural Capitalism") becomes the next reality for the way we do business, and enables a solid basis for a lasting and enlightened creation of common-wealth for our communities for generations to come.

In Gratitude,

Fernando & Susan Cardoza