Producer Cooperatives

Taking the cooperative advantage to scale: 3

michaeljohnson — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:08:53 -0400

The top/down system we seek to change is embedded in us--in our nervous systems, our beliefs, our attitudes, our habits, and our behavior. We are what we are seeking to change. It is not just out there. And not only is it in here, but it is out there to a large extent because we, the change agents, re-produce it over and over and over in every kind of relationship we have. This is by no means just a tragic irony. No way. This is a great opportunity.

Mondragon Diaries: Day Five

michaeljohnson — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12:34:35 -0400

Our first stop is another component allied with Mongragon University called SAIOLAN. It's an incubator project for helping to launch new coops and high-tech businesses as well as training new entrepreneurs.

Taking the cooperative advantage to scale: 1

michaeljohnson — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:16:09 -0400

Thank you, John McNamara for advancing the conversation about the opportunities, issues, and problems of taking the cooperative advantage to scale.

Worker Education at Equal Exchange

jim — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:44:08 -0400

Permanent link to this article: http://geo.coop/node/442

Co-ops Unite to Support Worker-Ownership in Home Care

Ethan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:17:11 -0400

by Jim Johnson, GEO Collective

Past issues of GEO have reported on the emergence of a particular type of worker cooperative, the home care cooperative. In the 1980s, the federal government followed the lead of state governments like Wisconsin and acknowledged that elderly and disabled people who need help in day-to-day living are best served by in-home assistance. Medicare and Medicaid funding that would have otherwise been used only for nursing homes would now be applicable to home care services. With "the gray tsunami" of aging baby boomers looming, demand is only going to increase for the next few decades.

Searching For the Next Cooperative Principle

Ethan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:52:31 -0500

By Len Krimerman

In 1995, the International Cooperative Alliance adopted seven cooperative principles to define and guide cooperatives throughout the world. Briefly stated, the "traditional seven" include: voluntary and open membership; democratic member control; member economic participation; autonomy and independence; education, training and information; cooperation among cooperatives; and concern for community.

Vermont: The State of Co-ops

Ethan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:11:24 -0500

The cooperative business model is very popular in Vermont. Why is that? By Stephen Morris.

Harmony Agricultural Cooperative Fights Exclusion In Brazil

Ethan — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:37:09 -0500

By Mario Osava, www.ipsnews.net