Eat Local Eating local is beneficial to both the environment and the local economy. This month, eat at local restaurants over big chains.
Consider purchasing a CSA share. You'll help farmers get through the winter months now and guarantee yourself fresh, local produce next season! Supporting local food systems is a great way to start off the year.
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Radically Rural Roundtable
Art of the Interview
Wednesday, January 10 | 2:00-3:00 PM ET
How can we tell rural stories in a compelling and engaging way? We all ask and answer questions everyday without feeling like we’re participating in an interview, but what if some of those skills employed by journalists could help us connect with one another? Join us to learn how we can use interview skills from body language to trust building in everyday conversations, professional situations, and rural storytelling.
The Hannah Grimes Center launched BusinessLab™ in 2004. Since then, the program has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs to launch and grow their businesses. Learn how the cohort model has been instrumental to the process and request the guide for free here.
Other Events and Resources
EcoGather Change Shaping Cohort January 16-June 15
The 2024 offering of Eco Gathering's series on Change Shaping: Connection-based Training for Good Troublemakers is open for enrollment. This loosely cohorted, fully virtual learning community facilitated by consulting scholar Michelle Auerbach will open on January 16 and unfold across the first half of the year, ending on June 15.
The arc of learning is formed of five courses: Showing up for Change, Communities of Care, Culture, Coalition and Movement Building, Empathy as a Force for Social Good, and Story Justice. Learn more and register here.
Small Steps Toward a Better Community that Don't Require Permission Building community in your small town sounds like a daunting task. It’s easy to get bogged down, thinking there’s too much to do, that you’d need too many permissions or it would take too much money. The reality of building community is it’s a change of mindset to Take Small Steps. Read about some things you can do without anyone's permission.
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