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"Move Your Money" Goes Nationwide As Cities Pull Their Money | Economy. Photo Credit: Sasha Kimel March 29, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. It's getting expensive these days to be a bad citizen in America, if you're a major bank. Los Angeles drafted a responsible banking ordinance in March that assesses banks that do business with the city based on foreclosure data; in February, Kansas City, Missouri, passed a resolution ordering the city manager to only do business with banks that don't engage in predatory lending; and in November, New York City introduced legislation that would force banks that want to hold city deposits to submit community reinvestment plans. Home. About Co-ops - National Cooperative Business Association.

Association Services Pat Brownell Sterner, Chief Operating Officer Click Here To Email Pat 202-638-6222 Bryan Munson, Director, Membership Click Here To Email Bryan 202.442.2318 Tom Decker, Director, Cooperative Development Click Here To Email Tom 202.442.2318 The National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA (NCBA CLUSA) represents a cross-sector co-op community of 29,000 businesses that control over $3 trillion in assets.

We unite co-ops by promoting the cooperative business model, driving cross-sector collaboration, and being the national ‘voice’ for cooperatives to raise the profile of co-ops everywhere. Move Your Money Project. Permaculture Design/Financial permaculture. Financial Permaculture is an approach to economics that emphasizes personal investment and community development. For example, a person may choose to walk away from a full-time job at a multinational corporation in order to purchase or acquire through other means land, and then grow their own food. By quitting the job the person has an abundance of time to focus on gardening or other creative pursuits.

Further, due to the change in lifestyle, organic food and lots of exercise, their health improves. Of course there will still be bills to pay, but now this individual is independent enough to take on a part-time job that is more meaningful to them. This change of behavior would promote happiness and a more stress free existence. There are as many examples of Financial Permaculture as there are people.

Another good example of Financial Permaculture would be giving up driving a car and instead riding a bike. By riding a bike instead this all changes. Financial Permaculture: 8 forms of Capital « Punk Rock Permaculture E-zine. Financial Permaculture. Financial Permaculture-The Solari Report Blog. Financial Permaculture Institute. Permaculture Credit Union.