In Detroit, food entrepreneurs have come together via an organization called FoodLab Detroit to share resources, experiences, and ideas in hopes of making new models of business more sustainable and just. Read more »
The beacon that New Era Windows lit is sparking other avenues for broadening the co-op movement in Chicago: new curriculum, a Co-op Academy, and more. Read more »
After two plant shutdowns and two successful occupations, workers at the New Era Windows and Doors factory have transformed it to a worker's coop. Read more »
Shareable is launching a campus organizing program. If you're a college student in Detroit, Ann Arbor or Chicago, you're eligible to apply for an organizing internship. Read more »
Worker's Cooperatives are not only democratic and empowering, they are also viable business models with distinct advantages over normal for-profit businesses. Read more »
The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) helped get the UN to recognize the importance of coops to resilient local economies by making 2012 The International Year of the Cooperative. With 2012 coming to a close, the ICA releases a roadmap for the cooperative decade. Read more »
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