The United Nations has named 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives, and indeed, co-ops seem poised to become a dominant business model around the world. Read more »
An hour-long PBS documentary about communities building alternatives to an economy held together by complex financial instruments and baling wire. Read more »
Occupy Wall Street has sparked new interest in urban agriculture and self-sufficiency. Find out how food co-operatives are feeding and educating the 99%. Read more »
Feature films, music, web startups, open-source hardware, social activism — crowdfunding is enabling projects of all types. Here's video of some of our favorite shareable crowdfunded projects, past and present. Read more »
We all recognize that sharing is good. Sharing, lending, and borrowing help connect neighbors, encouraging isolated individuals to create community by consuming less. But most of the latest sharing projects focus on wealthy neighbors. Read more »
This Thursday I'm posting from beautiful sunny Northern California, having somehow dodged an earthquake by coming to the west coast. Luckily all of the infrastructure seems intact, so the east won't miss out on this week's links. Read more »
From its delightfully quirky menu options challenging your taste buds to its community-owned and employee-run structure, Austin’s Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery is redefining the co-operative movement. Read more »
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