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RISE & THRIVE: SAFINA & AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT PROMISE
In the last two years, the pandemic has strained every aspect of operations for organizations in the social sector....
A citizen energy cooperative at the heart of EU policy making
Community energy is key to action on the climate crisis. It can empower people, boost local economies, and...
MEET JOAN: FROM STAY-AT-HOME MOM TO SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR
Joan Mbabazi is a 27-year-old woman with a charming and appealing personality. She is a mother to two children and...
Driving Sustainable Change in Kenya through Global Social Entrepreneurship
Since 2008, the Yale School of Management’s Global Social Entrepreneurship (GSE) course has allowed graduate students...
Big dreams in the Big Apple: The housing co-ops built by union radicals
A tale of housing co-ops born from poverty and urban squalor brings inspiration – and some sobering lessons in what...
Theme for this year’s International Credit Union Day theme announced
Woccu has released official posters and logos for the day, which will be celebrated on 20 October This...
CIVIL SOCIETY, Part 3, Accountability
ACCOUNTABILITY For this article we start a little nearer to home in Herefordshire. Sometimes it is useful to work...
Worker co-op case studies offer lessons on equality to the world in crisis
The sector talks the the talk on social justice, but how does it work in practice? Two case studies from Joan Meyers...
Korean credit co-operative project continues to thrive in Uganda
The 15 credit unions set up in Uganda under a partnership between the two countries are now going digital Ugandan...
US apex for Black farm co-ops condemns ‘broken promises’ on debt relief
'If we don’t receive debt relief many of us will lose land, equipment and we might just lose our homes – this is a...
Co-op Credit Union offers affordable electric transport loans to Midcounties colleagues
The deal, which will help staff buy Silence scooters, is part of the co-op movement's efforts to tackle climate change...
Care, co-ops and the common good: Can we protect our health from the profit motive?
'In an increasingly crowded planet with limited resources, humanity cannot afford to stand by and watch competition...
Sundance Housing Co-op
Sundance Housing Co-operative is dedicated to sustainable living. Sundance’s first homes were occupied in 1979. After...
Fraserview Co-op
This year, families started moving into the first phase of Fraserview Housing Co-op in Vancouver on the...
Faethorne Place Housing Co-op
Faethorne Place Housing Co-op has taken the greening of its co-op to another level. This Sarnia, Ontario, co-op...
Unified Saint John Housing Co-op
In 2012, nine small Saint John, New Brunswick, co-ops got together and realized they shared similar goals and values....
CIVIL SOCIETY, Part 2, Community Cohesion
Many thanks to those of our readers who offered thoughts on our first article on Civil Society. Responses came through...
Lambeth Community Solar: A co‑operative career springboard
Lambeth Community Solar not only works to combat the climate crisis and improve the quality of life for local people,...
HM Queen Elizabeth ll – A tribute
The Directors, members and staff of the Robert Owen Society share the family grief and sense of national loss of...