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Holy Cooperation!

I’m excited to share a brief description of a book that I have been really looking forward to it’s publication.  This book is written by my friend Andrew McLeod whom is not only an expert on co-ops but he is also a practitioner. It will be published by Wipf & Stock as part of their [...]

Vocabulary for a New World - Communalism

In many parts of the world, communalism is a modern term that describes a broad range of social movements and social theories which are in some way centered upon the community. Communalism can take the form of communal living or communal property, among others. Communalism is defined as a theory of a society that is divided into several small, independent communes and the state is just [...]

Reclaiming Corn and Culture :: Mexico’s grassroots choose co-ops and fair trade

Reclaiming Corn and Culture :: Mexico’s grassroots choose co-ops and fair trade :: By Wendy Call
Reclaiming Corn and Culture
by Wendy Call
For 14 years, NAFTA has displaced farmers and spurred migration. The answer from Mexico’s grassroots: co-ops and fair trade.
Coffee beans are stacked in front of a mural in the Café Museo Café in San Cristóbal [...]

Interview with Leonardo Boff (Spanish)

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Spreads Housing and Social Change Across Uruguay

FUCVAM (Uruguayan Federation of Housing for Mutual-Support Cooperatives) Spreads Housing and Social Change Across Uruguay by Michael Fox
It’s a social movement and a housing cooperative. A massive self-help program for the poor and a new way of life for thousands. With 20,000 member-families living in cooperatively owned homes in 400 communities across the country, it [...]

Anglimergent

Anglimergent

A relational network of Anglicans engaging emerging church and mission.

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The Ecclesia Collective » make something day

viw The Ecclesia Collective » make something day
make something day
In response to the over-consumptive habits of western culture, Adbusters magazine has been promoting Buy Nothing Day for years now. The Friday after Thanksgiving is typically marked as the highest buying day for Americans. But we live in a world that can no longer handle our [...]

“Greenbelt” like Festival Survey

Some of you are aware of the fantastic Greenbelt Festival in the UK. For the past months I’ve been part of the planning for something similar here in North America. A group of us have put together a survey in a way to listen to wider range of important diverse voices as we continue with [...]

Listening to the Emerging World

Instead of playing the wink’em game and doing another book report (oh… you know what I’m talking about), why not pay attention to what the Emerging World has to tell us?
World Social Forum
More news of hope and transformation from the past US Social Forum - This is what happens when people in the USA [...]

Vocabulary for a New World - Autogestión

Autogestión is a form of workplace decision-making in which the employees themselves agree on choices (for issues like customer care, general production methods, scheduling, division of labour etc.) instead of the traditional authoritative supervisor telling workers what to do, how to do it and where to do it. Examples of such self-management include the Spanish [...]

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