Local Living Economies Pioneer, BALLE
Judy Wick of BALLE, is a member of SVN the Social Living Network, and she is one of the pioneers featured in 20 Ideas that Changed The World.
It all started with her bakery, The White Dog Cafe, where food is purchased from local farms, long-distance purchasing is limited, and operations are wind-powered. She wanted to build a business that coincided with her social values and she explains her philosophy on local living economies by stating, “the solution is clear — we must decentralize business ownership, food production, and energy production into self-reliant local economies.”
Wicks felt that the local economy as a whole is what will prevail against the Walmarts of this world. “Taking what she learned to a higher level, Wicks started the White Dog Foundation, which uses 20% of the Café’s profits to build a local living economy, including connecting local farmers with other restaurants”.
She aims for the concept of self-sustaining economies to go mainstream and that more cities and towns adapt this environmentally-friendly life model.
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