The Green Alliance

Transforming Ideas into Reality

A National Demonstration Model for Community

Economic Development

Sustainable Eco Campus

WHO ARE WE?

Social EntrepreneursNon Profit – Micro Venture SupportFor Profit – The Family Fish Farms Network Inc.

Advocates – ActivistsDedicated to PositiveMeasurable Change

Economic & Social JusticeWithout economic justice there can be no justice

Operating Model – Micro UPPrinciples of Micro UP

• Link Organically• Practice Integrity• Build a Social Support Net• Perfect Until Best in Class• Start Small & Scale Up

The Green Alliance

The sustainable Eco Campus• A Food Hub• Focused Workforce Development• NEW Green Industry• New Models for Worker Participation• Expanded Home Ownership• Community Profits from success

The Green Alliance

Sustainable Socially

• Community Economic Participation

Sustainable Environment

ally

• Renewable• Technologies

Sustainable Economically

• Profitable• Enterprise

The Vision: The Green Alliance…a rising tide should life all boats

John F. Kennedy

Community Opposition to Development

The Gentrification Issue

Quality of Community Infrastructure

Low Commercial (and residential) Property Values

Lack of Decent Jobs with a Future

Urban Blight

Municipal Neglect

Environmental Degradation

The Problems We Solve

New Vision for The Green Alliance

Solutions Strategies

Existing Development

Plans

Link Commercial

Development to Jobs

Build Pro Active

Partnerships

Sustainable Eco Campus

Eat Here Food Grown, processed, and served here

Work HereNew work models of participation and ownership

Live herePartner with habitat for

liveable eco friendly

Community owned housing

Play HereInternationa

l restaurants, night clubs,

green space,

parks and recreation

Community Renewable Energy Generation

Slurry

Biogas

Production of BiogasCogen for

local energyBiomass

from food production provides

fuelOff-the-grid

energy possible for

all ofEco Campus

Biogas

Filtrate (Liquid

Separator

Bio-Fibre (Solid)

Feed stocks injected into the digester

Basic Anaerobi

c Digestion Process

Eco Campus Transforming Ideas into Reality

VegetationGrowing MediaFilter LayerDrainage LayerProtection FabricRoot BarrierInsulationWaterproof MembraneRoof Deck

Stakeholders

The CommunityResidents

ANCWardCity

Private SectorNew & Existing

EnterprisesFinancial Institutions

Civil SocietyUniversitiesNon Profits

FoundationsMunicipal Gov’t

Alliance Initiatives

Sustainable Eco Campus & Food Hub

New Green Urban Farming Industry

Community Recycled Rain Water (green roof system)

Off-the-grid Community Renewables Energy

University Research Partners

Citizen’s Land Bank Program

Expanded Innovative Works Model

The Food HubGreen Urban Farms

Clean TechExisting Base Focus

Integrated PermacultureAdd- Food Aggregating, Micro Processing, Retail,

RestaurantsLink to Farmers Markets

Destination Value

Food Hub Facilitates building the Seven Forms of Community Wealth

by: Connecting Supply/Demand

Outreach Advocacy Education/Learning

Technical Assistance

Food Cultivatio

n

Value Added Processing

Stabilization Food

Processing Prepared

Meals

Aggregated

StorageDistributio

n

Eaters End

Markets

The Food Hub

Community Water Catchment

Computer Monitored

and Controlled

Process

Processing and

Distribution of Grey Water

Linked Water

Management

Multiple Green Roofs

Support

Storm Water

Reclamation

University Partnership

Potential University Projects• Agriculture Research• Nutritional density of

aquaponically raised vegetables vs. farm raised

• B School Research• Strategy for

commercially viable aquaponics urban farms.

• Performance Based Technical Training

• Validation and efficacy of

Methodology

NationalDemonstrati

on Project

Technical Rigor

Talent Intern

s

Evidence Based Researc

h

New Green Urban Farming

Partnership with ProfishCommitted 6K sq.ft. SiteRecirculating SystemVertical GrowingClosed loop Environmental Controls$5 Million Private EquityContract for two roundsof funding with ColeyLardner LLC$15 Million IndustrialRevenue Bond Fully Automated Movable Rack

System

Citizen’s Land Collaborative

Enable Community Ownership of Fixed Assets

• Real Estate• Businesses• Land and

Buildings

Citizen Land Bank Stage 1Non-Profit Center Formed to Mobilize Community

for Citizen Land Bank

Core groupLCESJ

Foundation and Public

Sector FundingStage 1

CLB General Assembl

y

Club Organizing Committee

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Club Advisory Council

12

3 4

5

Expanded Innovative Work Models

Enables Worker Ownership• ESOP ‘s provide for tax sheltered

leveraged• Buy outs of businesses• Workers share in company profits

and ownership• Purchase financed from future

earnings and with before tax dollars

• Cost individual Employee Nothing• No contingent liability

Cooperative Ownership• Joint company ownership

Jobs for the 22nd CenturyFresh, locally grown food

65-250 Green JobsUrban Aquaponic Micro Farms

A Culture of OwnershipThe Just Management

Model

Our Policy: Veteran First Preference Hiring

Our Commitment – A New Green

Industry

National Headquarters65 Decent Paying Jobs

100% Citizen Owned

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can

change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” -

Margaret Mead