cooperative economy

CO-OP ASSET BUILDING, HOW A PRODUCER CO-OP HELP TO REVITALIZE A COMMUNITY

ajowa — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:34:03 -0400

Asset Building for Cooperatives
Cooperation: Unique Prescription for Health
Mondragon and Steelworkers Union Alliance
Cooperatives and Peace
Overcoming Barriers
Ohio City Bike Cooperative tour

Today was another amazing day of presentations at the ACE conference!....

Unlike other conferences that I'm used to attending, you don't have to choose from workshops at the Association of Cooperative Educators. There is only one track, and everyone is on the same one.

I actually ended up being very glad that it was arranged this way, else I might have missed out some very important information and stories.

No Wall Is Too Tall

ajowa — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:36:48 -0400

The future of humans and Planet Earth depend on replacing the "greed-driven" economic system of Wall Street with the "life-serving" system of Main Street.

That was the message that David Korten, author Agenda for a New Economy, and co-founder of Yes! magazine, brought to the 58th annual conference of the Association of Cooperative Educators in Cleveland on Wednesday.

Korten was one of the reasons that I wanted to come to this conference. The other was to tour the Evergreen Cooperative Laundry. Thanks to the Ralph Morris Foundation, I was able to attend my first ACE conference.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COOPERATIVES IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA

michaeljohnson — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:24:43 -0400

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COOPERATIVES IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA By John Curl At the time of its incorporation in 1817, Pittsburgh was already a manufacturing center, with a population of around 6,000, supplying the western region with artisanal products almost entirely made by home industry. It had become a manufacturing center during the war of 1812, when the supply of British-made goods have been cut off in the region. In 1817 most manufacturing was still done by independent self-employed artisans using hand tools. But their livelihood was already threatened by the growth of a new system that was making their economy obsolete: factories and wage labor.

An Outline History of Cooperatives in the Bay Area and California

michaeljohnson — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:04:08 -0400

John Curl's history of the Bay Area Cooperative movement is eye-opening. It leaves you amazed that this country is so rich in cooperativism yet we only learn of it through John's heroic efforts. It brings to mind the saying: You need to know where you've been to know where you're going. My hope is that this history further opens up and extends our vision and our work.

John Curl's Outline History of Cooperatives in the San Francisco Bay Area and California

ajowa — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:08:36 -0400

Download Curl's History of the Bay Area Cooperative Movement here.

GEO will also post his fabulous history of the Pittsburgh area and the Pennsylvania history written for the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy in a booklet in 2009.

Supportive wisdom from a reflective champion of worker co-ops and a cooperative economy

michaeljohnson — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:48:14 -0400

Nancy Folbre teaches economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She posts regularly on the NY Times blog, Economix. I discovered her when she posted two blogs on worker cooperatives--The Case for Worker Co-ops and Workers of the World, Incorporate.

The exciting Association of Cooperative Educators conference in Cleveland July 27-30!

ajowa — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:22:07 -0400

On the scene our "woman at conference" reporting from Cleveland, OH, home of the Evergreen Cooperatives.

Co-op Studies Go Global: The Master in Management - Cooperatives and Credit Unions

jim — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:22:49 -0400

Permanent link to this article: http://geo.coop/node/448

Education about Co-operatives in Canada

jim — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:58:53 -0400

Permanent link to this article: http://geo.coop/node/443

Jan 2010 Senate Proposal to Incentivize ESOPs

robinhooddcf — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:01:27 -0400

Legislation by Senators Sanders and others is meant to incentivize ESOPs.