green economy
Announcing a Global Teach-In
OCCUPY! CONNECT! CREATE! - Imagining Life Beyond "The Economy" (part one)
"Fall in love with hard and patient work-we are the beginning, not the end."
-Zizek, at #OccupyWallStreet
"Lost my job, found an occupation!"
- sign at #OccupyWallStreet
Sharing Power: Building a Solidarity Economy
Field studies in solidarity economics 2
Park Slope Food Coop Impresses Fortune Magazine
The Park Slope Food Co-op (PSFC) earned $39.4 million in its last fiscal year, reports Fortune, which translates into a per-square-foot average of over $6,500. By comparison Trader Joe's leads its competitors with an average per-square-foot earning of $1,750, while one estimate has Whole Foods's doing less than $850.
The Fortue story examines how PSFC does it.
Doing Green Jobs Right
2010 Canadian Worker Co-op Federation AGM and Conference open for registration
Notable Quotes heard at the USFWC conference in Berkeley Aug. 6-8, 2010
There was so many rich quotes from the national worker cooperative conference that took place in Berkeley last weekend. Many got lost in my unreadable handwriting.
Here are only a few that I was able to capture:

"This isn't for everyone. Co-ops are awesome."
--Hilary Abell, WAGES Executive Director.

"They say that young people are the future, but they don't treat us like that. It's like we're a burden. ...We're the leaders of today, not just tomorrow."
Are worker co-ops making a difference? an interview
From grocery stores and bakeries to bike shops and day care centers, worker-owned cooperatives are gaining popularity across the country. How are they faring in the recession? What solutions do co-ops offer for today’s recession/depression? If they gain even more popularity, could they transform the economy and the way we think it should work?
Guests include Dan Thomases, a founding member of Box Dog Bikes co-op, John Kusakabe of the Arizmendi Bakery co-op, and Hilary Abell of Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES).
The exciting Association of Cooperative Educators conference in Cleveland July 27-30!
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