GBN is a non-profit providing the owners and decision-makers of socially and environmentally conscious businesses a time and place for connecting, sharing, deal-making and networking. Our mission is to connect those who understand the importance and opportunity of environmentally friendly commerce. If this is you, or you would like to learn more about what that means, we host local gatherings to promote a better tomorrow! On the second Tuesday of every month since April, 2006, GBN has hosted the …

We are residents of the central area of Pasadena who love urban living. We are home owners, condo owners, and renters; long-term, new, and just-passing-through residents; car drivers, walkers, and cyclists, that cover a wide economic spectrum. What ties all of us together is a common goal of promoting development in Pasadena that takes into account the voices of the residents in this area. We want to be heard and heeded at the Pasadena General Plan meetings happening this summer. We want …

Follow the Money! Chains vs Local merchants - What happens to the "money" that we spend in the South Bay? Where does it all go? So let's say that you live in Manhattan Beach and you decide to go to a large-chain store and you end up spending $100. Where does that $100 go? Well, according to a study done by Civic Economics, a stunningly low amount of only 13% comes back to Manhattan Beach! Wow! Now let's say you decided to shift only $100 of your monthly spending from a chain vs a local merchant. …

Would you like to know what you don't know about starting a business that can cause you to fail before you even sell your first product or offer your first service??? Would you like to know how to get your business unstuck and take it to the next level??? Do you know the difference between owning a job and owning a business??? Would you like to know how to keep your business from becoming the next business failure??? Are you confident that your business will survive the next economic downturn??? …

We are the local chapter of the Pachamama Alliance. http://pachamama.org/ Our mission is to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on the planet. We engage on a monthly basis to explore ways we can work together to support this mission in our community. Our main focus is to educate individuals and businesses in our community through the delivery of a free symposium called Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream. We are also looking for …

About TZM: Founded in 2008, The Zeitgeist Movement is a Sustainability Advocacy Organization which conducts community based activism and awareness actions through a network of Global/Regional Chapters, Project Teams, Annual Events, Media and Charity Work. The Movement's principle focus includes the recognition that the majority of the social problems which plague the human species at this time are not the sole result of some institutional corruption, scarcity, a political policy, a flaw of "huma …

The Prosperity Center is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide disadvantaged individuals with the opportunity to develop economic stability for themselves, their families, and their community. This is a group for individuals that understand the power of entrepreneurship to change not just the life of an individual but the local economy. This is the group for you if you are: thinking about starting a business, a new business owner and could use some guidance, you have business exper …