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The Alternatives: Worker-Owned Businesses – Podcast

When John Clark decided to sell his successful sign-printing business Novograf he received interest from a large American firm. But when it emerged that such a deal would mean the factory outside Glasgow almost certainly being shut, he decided to explore other options.

Cooperatives and the Future of Work

‘A lot of resources are going to be spent in our city. Therefore the questions is: who is going to get them? Who is going to benefit?’ says Kali Akuno, of Cooperation Jackson.

The question of the future of work is above all a question of power and ownership. It is a question the cooperative movement seeks practical answers for, every day, in neighbourhoods, cities and regions.

Detroit's Backyard Beekeepers

"We're starting to see more bees in the city," said Timothy Paule, who, with his girlfriend, started a nonprofit to build beehives on vacant city plots. "Some people are planting urban farms, and they're adding bees to help with the yield. Others are doing their part and placing hives in backyards to help the declining bee population."

As the weather warms up, their bees — and millions of others — will get busy.

CoopEcon 2018 in Epes, Alabama April 20-22

Over 110 people from across the Southeast gathered at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives’ Rural Research & Training Center to develop cooperative businesses that will serve needs in their communities. Thanks to everyone who organized, sponsored and attended the event, making it our most successful program yet! We are looking forward to CoopEcon 2018 happening in Epes, Alabama April 20-22, 2018!

March 26, 2018

Manifesto for Wholesome Cooperation

No human effort, made by a lone individual, succeeds. Since the dawn of our species, we have engaged in cooperation, and we're still figuring out how to do it best. We could certainly do it better than we are now, and sociocracy sheds a light on the way forward.

 

Quilting co-op is first social enterprise project at Thunder Valley

Cooperation is at the heart of a new women-owned quilting business on the Pine Ridge Reservation through Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation. 

The Owíŋža Quilters Cooperative launched earlier this month and is the first social enterprise project of Thunder Valley CDC. Thunder Valley’s initiative aims to build community wealth through the development of new enterprises owned and run by local people.