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Energy Co-Ops: Generating All Kinds of Green for Local Communities ...
blog Dena Patrick August 22, 2011 01:41 PM

Baywind's wind farm co-operative started in 1996, when they offered shares to community members, with a low minimum stock purchase to make it financially feasible for as many as possible. Using the capital they raised ...

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Global NewsHippie Capitalism: How An Impoverished U.S. City Is Building An Economy On Co-ops

With skyhigh unemployment Richmond California is not a place where traditional business models alone can dent poverty. The city has turned to coops in... (Hippie Capitalism: How ...

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Global NewsLive discussion: social enterprise and housing, Wednesday 5 June, 12-1.30pm

Join our experts on 5 June to discuss how social enterprises and housing associations can work together for mutual benefit (RT @colinwiles: Live discussion on social enterprise ...

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Global NewsCan Unions and Cooperatives Join Forces? An Interview With United ... - Truth-Out

Can Unions and Cooperatives Join Forces? An Interview With United ... See it on Scoop.it, via Cooperatives | Co-ops

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Global NewsThank Feminism For Millennials’ Cooperative, Liberal Spirit

Why are millennials so cooperative, confident, and liberal-leaning compared to their older peers? Thank feminism, says Amanda Marcotte. See it on Scoop.it, via Cooperatives | ...

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Global NewsWorkers' cooperatives: Cooperatives today: Challenges and opportunities

RT @incipecoop The International Labour Organization writes on the potentials of workers' co-ops: http://t.co/9hpyez2Gc4 via @ILONEWS #coops See it on Scoop.it, via Cooperatives ...

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Global NewsSanford Co-operative: housing alternative in the struggle for renting ...

A Deptford housing cooperative now accommodating 120 people continues to thrive in “a crisis” London housing market described as desperately short of affordable ...

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Global NewsVideo: Chicago workers open new cooperative factory five years ...

Workers at the New Era Windows Cooperative are celebrating the grand opening of their new unionized, worker-owned and operated business. Almost a year to the day after their ...

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Global NewsCan Co-ops Save Unions? - In These Times

Can Co-ops Save Unions? In These Times New Era Windows LLC, a worker-owned cooperative formed last year by members of United Electrical Workers (UE) Local 1110. See it on ...

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Global NewsCo-operative skills: what are they and why do we need them?

Nathan Brown, a co-operative development worker, explains how to deal with some common skill shortages (A good introduction to what #coops are about & how we've been trained ...

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Global News10 Ideas Of The Future Social Entrepreneurship - Co.Exist

Co.Exist 10 Ideas Of The Future Social Entrepreneurship Co.Exist The 10th Annual Skoll World Forum, which brought together several hundred of the world's leading social ...

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