In this podcast, you will learn more about the work of the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) and how you can utilize business, employment, property, and tax law to grow local, sustainable economies.

Janelle Orsi, J.D. Boalt Hall, from the Sustainable Economies Law Center addresses the unique legal questions that arise in efforts to build more sustainable economies, including those relating to entity formation and structure, securities laws, employment laws, tax laws, real estate law, zoning laws, risk management, and regulation of commercial activity.

SELC facilitates the growth of sustainable, localized, and just economies, through legal research, professional training, resource development, and education about practices such as: Cooperatives, Community-supported enterprises, Barter, Sharing, Local currencies, Intentional communities, ecovillages, cohousing, Affordable housing and limited equity housing, Urban agriculture, Community-based renewable energy, Community land trusts, Social enterprise, Microlending, Local investing, and Co-op banks/credit unions.

This event was sponsored by Sustainable Agriculture and Pesticide Policy group (affiliated with the Northwest Environmental Defense Center) and Student Advocates for Business & Environmental Responsibility (SABER)

The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on October 8, 2012. The Mediasite video requires Silverlight.