Mutual Aid

Baltimore-Washington, DC area cooperatives past and present

ajowa — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:49:53 -0400

Baltimore's rich cooperative heritage dates back a couple hundred years to a shoemakers union that opened its own factory in 1794, according to John Curl, cooperative historian and author of For All The People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America. Curl writes in the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy booklet entitled "Worker Cooperation and Collaboration in Baltimore & DC: Yesterday and Today" distributed at the July 8-10, 2011 worker co-op conference that Baltimore was a center for worker cooperation.

David Roach's Mo' Better Food - Building Healthy Economics newsletter

ajowa — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:24:14 -0400

David Roach is doing incredibly important work in Oakland with Mo' Better Food, schools, intergenerational learning, farmer's markets, and other things. He was our incredible improvisational tour guide of Oakland.

Avian Cooperatives!

Ethan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:42:34 -0400

An article about the cooperative societies of the acorn woodpecker

Ecopalooza Green Events Network

EcoLarry — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:23:21 -0400

Ecopalooza is a web portal and event calendar for the promotion of green living expos, fairs, festivals, conferences, workshops and other sustainability events throughout North America. Ecopalooza website is a project of Ecopalooza Green Events Network, which also sponsors occasional green events in the Redwood North Coast bioregion of Northern California. The primary focus of Ecopalooza's networking activity is is on the bioregional, plant-based diet and youth aspects of the sustainability revolution.

The Really Really Free Market!

Ethan — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:06:50 -0500

The "Really Really Free Market" challenges neoclassical definitions of the word "free" and creates gift economies in communities across the U.S.

Liberate Your Space!

Ethan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:23:15 -0500

Yes! Magazine, Winter 2008 Issue