The Transition Environmental Movement
Articles focusing on transitioning to a sustainable and just society and economy.
Critical Issues for Ag Co-ops
As an economic downturn affects many aspects of the economy and government operations, there is increased interest in exploring the potential of alternative economic enterprises or service delivery systems. Increased incidences of market failures are occurring as the required conditions for successful markets are being tested.
Decline of oil industry, opportunity for Philippines co-ops
Reports say close to 3 million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East, especially some 1.5 million in Saudi Arabia, are in danger of losing their jobs because of loss of oil revenues arising from glut in oil supply, among other factors, that plunged world oil prices from as high as $114 dollars per barrel in August 2014 to $38 per barrel on December 29, 2015.
Young People's Action Coaltion Protests Deportations
This is a video of the recent Anti-ICE raid high school walkout in Minneapolis!
A little co-op helped end black disenfranchisement
It was a small cooperative store on a little-known island off the coast of South Carolina. During the harshest days of the civil rights struggle, embattled black leaders came through its doors seeking inspiration.
Bowers Fund Grant Applications Due March 15th
The Bowers Fund was established in 1994 with an endowment from the Hyde Park Cooperative Society to recognize the commitment and achievements of its general manager, Howard Bowers....
The purpose of the Bowers Fund is to strengthen the food co-op community and it does this by giving grants for the training and education of food co-op staff, managers, and board members.
Grant Writer & Communications Coordinator Needed
CommonWise Grant Writer & Communications Coordinator Job Description
CommonWise Education, Inc. (CommonWise) convenes and operates the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI), whose mission is to end generational poverty in the Bronx through shared wealth and democratic ownership.
WSF 2016 invites you to participate in the Forum!
Everywhere, the experiences for an economy based on solidarity are growing: the World Social Forum that will take place in Montreal from August 9-14, 2016, will be an excellent opportunity to promote the other economies!
Unless It Changes, Capitalism Will Starve Humanity By 2050
Yale sociologist Justin Farrell studied 20 years of corporate funding and found that “corporations have used their wealth to amplify contrarian views [of climate change] and create a
El Valor de Intercambiar Trailer
This is the trailer for the upcoming documentary El Cambalache: Where we have exchange value. The documentary is provides a glimpse into the practice and experience of a small money-less economy where everything has the same value because they are things no longer need and abilities, services and knowledge we want to share.
Mayor: Worker co-ops can curb poverty
Mayor Lovely Warren wants to push forward with a plan to launch a network of businesses owned and operated by their workers — an idea meant to help build wealth and create jobs in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Warren said Tuesday that creating these for-profit, cooperatively-owned businesses will complement other anti-poverty work planned on the east side of the city this year.
