Having grown up in Ft.Collins a recent article about a Food Co-op expansion in Ft. Collins, Colorado caught my eye. What I found extremely interesting is how they are looking to finance the new project with use of bonds...
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I don’t think words can describe how passionate I am about Collaborative Consumption and all the amazing things it has already accomplished, along with the potential long-term affects it could have on this planet and mankind! Like many know, the..
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Co-Op Stories is/was an on going comedic series about some of the daily activities that happen at the Co-Op in Santa Monica, Ca. I came upon this video series recently – being from Portland – it very much reminded me..
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An experiment reveals that elephants not only cooperate, but that they understand the logic behind teamwork. Jorge Ribas reports on these findings in a short video. Check it out, pretty cool. ..
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I got a chance to talk with Andrew Stachiw from The Toolbox for Education and Social Action, at the NCBA Cooperatives conference in Seattle Washington in early October. They have created a came called Co-opoly. Co-opoly is a unique game..
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I recently read an article - Noreena Hertz: A Post-luxe era needs Co-op Capitalism, “the world desperately needs a new form of Capitalism”, she writes. She says we are living in “Gucci Capitalism, because we overvalue status and undervalue equity”...
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Here at Coop.org we have started to reach out to some of these health organizations, as we would like to be a channel to grow this sector and help with outreach. From speaking to a few organizations, it is clear..
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The report's author, Gary Gardner, WorldWatch.org writes that cooperatives are low-profile but powerful economic actors, with the world's 300 largest ones generating revenues in 2008 of more than $1.6 trillion. The report also notes that the cooperative model surpasses the..
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I am passionate about plastic recycling, and looking to form a cooperative in the local Camas and Washougal area for folks who would like to team up to recycle hard and soft plastics, that are not accepted at curbed pickup...
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For people who are not familiar with the term, Collaborative consumption, according to Wikipedia is used to describe an economic model based on sharing, swapping, bartering, trading or renting access to products as opposed to ownership. Technology and peer communities..
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