The Combat Paper Project is an initiative created by veteran Drew Cameron, who explains, “Coming home from war is a difficult thing. … A new language must be developed in order to express the magnitude and variety of the [experience]. Hand papermaking is the language of Combat Paper.
In June, officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture alerted the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in Mechanicsburg that their seed library was in violation of the Pennsylvania Seed Act of 2004. According to officials, the library would have to follow the prohibitively expensive procedures of large-scale commercial seed companies or only offer commercial seed.
Stereotypes of technophobe, straw-chewing farmers abound, but the truth is our food system is highly industrialized, mechanized, and computerized—overly so if you ask me. It’s also a largely closed, proprietary system that’s designed to keep the pesky public out.
For a year now, more than 180 local businesses in what is called the "Bangladesh" slum near the coastal Kenyan city of Mombasa have used their own colorful currency alongside the Kenya shilling.
The human response to unfairness evolved in order to support long-term cooperation, according to a research team from Georgia State University and Emory University.
Part farm, part food hub, Our Harvest is the first union worker-owned food cooperative in North America — and it’s based here in Cincinnati’s College Hill neighborhood.
WHO: This event is for cooperative folk under age 35 who are interested in the cooperative model and movement.
HOW: We have a sliding scale for registration (25-200$), free lodging for the out-o-towners, and free access to rent-a-bike, too!
WHEREAS, our employers are earning record profits while the wages of working families stagnate; and
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WHEREAS, worker ownership has proven to be fruitful when ownership means much more than just the value of a share; and
Your organization can lend valuable support to the worker co-op movement and receive exposure to a rapidly growing and passionate audience by sponsoring Own the Change. This documentary will have a wide viewership, online and in person, and its audience consists of influential people: city councilors, educators, and community organizers, as well as the general public.
In parts of West Africa and the Caribbean an ancient version of cooperative economics exists, called “susu.” As one of the oldest forms of microfinance in Africa, the practice is run by one of Africa’s oldest financial groups, susu collectors. They run their businesses from kiosks in the marketplace and act as mobile bankers.
This is the text of a speech given by Frances Coppola at the UK Society of Co-Operatives Conference on September 7th 2014 at the University of Essex.
The story of the Co-Op Bank is really the story of two banks: the Co-Op Bank itself, of course, but perhaps even more importantly – the story of the Britannia.
The Britannia story
The Equal Exchange Finance Department is looking to fill two positions to round out our team. The announcements are posted on the EE website (http://equalexchange.coop/careers). All responses (cover letter, resume, and answers to the questions) are due by October 15, 2014, emailed to: eehire@equalexchang
