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17 May '12

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United States Students Harvest the Benefits of Cooperation
A student co-op provides an example of how to gain multiple benefits from a dormant asset: Just...
United States Co-ops Work to Build a Sustainable Economy
Sustainability means different things to different people. For most, it simply involves being...
Representatives from the Valencian Parliament and the Confederation

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SpainCo-operatives receive unanimous support from Valencia

To mark the UN declaration of 2012 as International Year of Co-operatives, the Valencian Parliament read out a statement in support of co-operative institutional measures to ...

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Global NewsCo-operatives co-operate for a better economy

Co-operatives take the ‘one member, one vote’ rather than ‘one dollar, one vote’ principle around the world from Argentina to Uganda . . .

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Global NewsMeasuring Ends, Telling Our Story

Author:  Michael Healy Why does the work of measuring the co-op's accomplishments and telling the co-op's story matter? Cooperative enterprises build a better world. This tagline for the 2012 International Year of Cooperatives says so much with so few words. These few words can lead us to ask many compelling questions, among them: What does that better world look like? How will we know if we're getting there? How do we tell the story of the world we're ...

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Global NewsDiverse Means, Common Ends

Author:  Dave Gutknecht Alongside many new cooperatives that are springing up, established food co-ops continue to evolve and deepen their community roots. This edition has several substantial reports that illustrate these trends and maturing businesses. Given the self-starting, participatory nature of food co-ops, much of their early history consists of trial and error while winning community loyalty and becoming more professional in both operations ...

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United StatesThe Co-operative Teach-in Initiative

From TESA and Teach-in.coop: We at the Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA) would like to announce the official launch of the “Cooperative Teach-In Initiative” as a ...

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CanadaIn current global economy, job-seekers become job-creators

Youth (un)employment has surfaced as one of the main issues of concern in the wake of the economic crisis. As doors are not opening as quickly as they could in the traditional ...

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David Sloan Wilson believes co-operation is the key to evolution. Picture: Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University

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United KingdomCo-operation, not selfishness, is the key to human evolution

Co-operation is the most important driving force in nature according to a prominent American bioligist.

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United KingdomRural communities take care of business

Social enterprises are increasingly being developed by rural communities to take control of the issues affecting them, according to a report from the Plunkett Foundation commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

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Global NewsIYC on Camera

Author:  Kelly Smith Happy International Year of Cooperatives!  We’ve been thinking about International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) for long enough that making the mental shift from 2011 to 2012 was a snap. In fact, the official launch of IYC 2012 was held Oct. 31, 2011, at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York. Perhaps the UN chose this date to avoid food co-ops’ busiest season. In any case, we’re proud to say that Robynn Shrader, CEO of ...

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Average ethical spend per household, £ per year (2000/2010)

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United KingdomBritish shoppers convert to ethical products

Retailers and producers who have continued to convert to Fairtrade and to sell sustainable produce during the downturn are helping to maintain ethical sales growth.

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