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December 8, 2022

Keeping Co-ops as a Viable Housing Option

On today's show, we learn about the potential of housing cooperatives with Anne Reynolds, former Director of UW Center for Cooperatives.

December 5, 2022

The making of La BOM: Montreuil’s new Library of Things and Sharing Hub

Inspired by Shareable’s coverage of the sharing economy, Bibliothèque D’Objets De Montreuil, also known as La BOM, opened its doors as a “Library of Things” in April 2022 in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil. 

November 17, 2022

A Conversation About FOOD COOP

A conversation about the film FOOD COOP with the filmmaker, Tom Boothe, and a panel of food co-op experts.

November 8, 2022

Join GEO and Friends to Watch and Discuss FOOD COOP

GEO is hosting a 3 day on-line screening of the documentary FOOD COOP, as well as a panel discussion of the film.

November 7, 2022

Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy: Chapter 2

Essence, economic objective, and characteristics of the cooperative enterprise.Essence, economic objective, and characteristics of the cooperative enterprise.

September 12, 2022

The Genius of Ella Jo Baker

Ella Baker is well-regarded as a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, known for her unique participatory grassroots organizing style and also for her ability to galvanize young people to bring a militancy in the struggle to end segregation. But Baker is less known for her innovative organizing prowess before the 1960s – forming a network of self-help cooperatives to bring economic relief to black people during the Depression.Ella Baker is well-regarded as a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, known for her unique participatory grassroots organizing style and also for her ability to galvanize young people to bring a militancy in the struggle to end segregation. But Baker is less known for her innovative organizing prowess before the 1960s – forming a network of self-help cooperatives to bring economic relief to black people during the Depression.

September 8, 2022

Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy: Chapter 1

The first problem that a theory of the cooperative phenomenon must address is the lack of a scientific concept of the cooperative enterprise.

August 22, 2022

How the Ghana Susu System Helps the African Diaspora

Canadian members of the African diaspora make use of traditional forms of group savings, known as susu, to overcome financial and cultural exclusion in the mainstream system. 

August 4, 2022

More Than Ownership

Much of the discussion on open source's relevance to cooperatives has focused on open, permissive licenses that represent a 'digital commons' (possibly at risk of appropriation). But debate over licensing misses an essential and unique quality of open source: its democratic toolset which is much more sophisticated than resolutions and Annual General Meetings.