tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842642997957311455.post2731778175713410150..comments2023-10-30T05:47:42.560-04:00Comments on Money Changes Things: A Fantasy Social Finance PortfolioUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842642997957311455.post-67691375669173670592007-11-09T17:54:00.000-05:002007-11-09T17:54:00.000-05:00Here is the accidentally-deleted info on Brown Pap...Here is the accidentally-deleted info on <A HREF="http://www.brownpapertickets.com" REL="nofollow">Brown Paper Tickets</A>:<BR/><BR/>BPT provides a service both to people who put on live events, and people who attend them. We offer an alternative to the corporations who charge an arm and a leg in service charges, as we charge the lowest service charge in the industry - and, it is free to sell tickets through us, so anyone can sell tickets, for any size event. We like the label "fair-trade", because we do pay our employees (more than) a living wage, and we're constantly taking actions to decrease our carbon footprint. We also operate under the <A HREF="http://www.notjustforprofit.org" REL="nofollow">Not-Just-For-Profit</A> business model, and donate 5% of our profits to charity.<BR/><BR/>Tada! (:Brown Paper Ticketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16779326839179036123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842642997957311455.post-2827616354000939012007-07-10T12:55:00.000-04:002007-07-10T12:55:00.000-04:00A reader recommended Paper Bag Players, an event t...A reader recommended Paper Bag Players, an event ticketing company, but I accidentally deleted it. If anyone can add their info, that would be great.Betsy Teutschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964884829775351225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842642997957311455.post-76661073719521809182007-07-10T11:13:00.000-04:002007-07-10T11:13:00.000-04:00I'll add Guayaki, an organic, rainforest grown, fa...I'll add Guayaki, an organic, rainforest grown, fairly traded yerba mate company out of the Bay Area. The company is fueled by Solar Power and biodiesel. Their business model is market driven restoration, which allows them to reforest areas of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, and engage indigenous people in sustainable agriculture - to grow their mate - while employing a living wage.<BR/><BR/>Yerba mate is a healthy beverage. In fact, their website says, "The leaves of the rainforest mate tree naturally contain 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids, abundant antioxidants. In fact, The Pasteur Institute and the Paris Scientific society in 1964 concluded "it is difficult to find a plant in any area of the world equal to mate in nutritional value" and that yerba mate contains "practically all of the vitamins necessary to sustain life.""<BR/><BR/>www.guayaki.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02445697652273015952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842642997957311455.post-29718028921585814322007-07-07T16:55:00.000-04:002007-07-07T16:55:00.000-04:00I'm glad you like cohousing! With nearly 100 cohou...I'm glad you like <A HREF="http://www.cohousing.org/" REL="nofollow">cohousing</A>! With nearly 100 cohousing neighborhoods built nationwide and more than 100 under development, the movement is hardly a competitor for large-scale developers, but we are already seeing it change how they operate, building greener, more efficient, more human-scale, pedestrian-oriented, and more-sustainable neighborhoods.<BR/><BR/>For those interested in investing, there are some informal friends-and-family investment opportunities -- I used proceeds from selling a condo in one community to help people create another affordable one -- but all the ones so far are small-scale, non-advertised, with investor participation in oversight to keep them in a safe harbor exempt from securities regulations. I'm looking forward to scaling up to incorporate microlending into the process, as well as getting more developers educated so it can become easier to create communities and make them accessible for all.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach<BR/>Planning for Sustainable Communities<BR/>Berkeley, CARaineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276056032056918370noreply@blogger.com