Collaborative News
1 Billion People in 96 Countries Now Belong to a Co-operative
18 October, 2012
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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Hood River CSA Delivers Local Food Year Around
17 October, 2012
Our CSA program is cooperative. Which means that we collaborate with other local organic farmers in our food shed, pair their weekly harvest with our weekly harvests to make you a CSA box of the best local organic food in..
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Seeking Plastic Recycling Cooperative Near Camas and Washougal
17 October, 2012
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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Collaborative Consumption Part 1
16 October, 2012
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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First Zero Waste – No Packaging Grocery Store
15 October, 2012
I got a chance to talk with Brian Nunnery of In.gredients.com. They are a new type of grocery store that is going completely package free. Brian said the Lane brothers, who are the creators of in.gredients were looking to sell..
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What Do B Corps and Cooperatives Have in Common?
15 October, 2012
I came across Change.org today, and I noticed they are a B Corp. It got me thinking about the difference between B corps and a Cooperative? I was unfamilar with the details of the structure, though I am familiar with..
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