Building Sustainable Small Business is an initiative of the Ethos Foundation to promote and develop sustainability and a strong local living economy for small business and enterprise.

It started in early 2008 with the launch of The Building Sustainable Small Business program, a two-year schedule of workshops, comprehensive sustainability training, mentoring and networking to support the development of small business sustainability in the Scenic Rim Regional Council area with additional workshops on the Gold Coast.

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This successful and popular program laid the foundation for the Ethos Foundation to continue to develop exciting and innovative programs for small business and enterprise.

Information on these new initiatives will be provided on the Ethos Foundation website and BSSB section as they are developed. This site also provides links and information on other initiatives and programs of interest to small business and enterprise.

Current initiatives:

• Smart Growth Business workshops, reframing the way we design and do business in the 21st Century – Scenic Rim Regional area
• Biggest CARBONLOSER Challenge organised by Scenic Rim Escapes (workshops facilitated by the Ethos Foundation)
• Sustainable Scenic Rim Community Website which includes Sustainable Business and Community Directory, Events Calendar and a range of sustainability resources, information and useful links. To be launched in late March 2010: www.sustainablescenicrim.com.au
• Local Living Economy initiatives by the Ethos Foundation – Local Living Economy (LLE) focuses on bringing economic vitality and power back home into local communities and locally owned and operated businesses. The Ethos Foundation is working with local governments and business hubs in South East Queensland to support the emergence of a flourishing LLE movement in this region: Local Living Economy Program