Cooperative Journal

Nov 21 2024 39 ep. 62 mins 15
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Spotlighting stories of how people are collectivizing to meet their needs locally and globally beyond the extractive economic system.

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Solidarity Economy Shorts #6: Building Local Solidarity Economies with Beloved Community Incubator

Nov 21 2024 46 mins  
Solidarity Economy Shorts Episode #6A collaboration with New Economy CoalitionSolidarity Economy Shorts are conversations with frontline organizations & individuals that are putting solidarity economy principles into practice. They are using different strategies to build an economic system where communities are meeting their own needs outside of capitalism. Beloved Community In

Solidarity Economy Shorts #5: Artists as Organizers with Creative Wildfire

Jul 18 2024 44 mins  
Solidarity Economy Shorts Episode #5A collaboration with New Economy CoalitionSolidarity Economy Shorts are conversations with frontline organizations & individuals that are putting solidarity economy principles into practice. They are using different strategies to build an economic system where communities are meeting their own needs outside of capitalism. Creative Wildfire su

Solidarity Economy Shorts #4: Resourcing Black Solidarity Economies

May 02 2024 54 mins  
Solidarity Economy Shorts Episode #4A collaboration with New Economy CoalitionSolidarity Economy Shorts are conversations with frontline organizations & individuals that are putting solidarity economy principles into practice. They are using different strategies to build an economic system where communities are meeting their own needs outside of capitalism. The Black Solidarity

Solidarity Economy Shorts #3: Practicing Abolition with Sol Underground

Feb 14 2024 43 mins  
Solidarity Economy Shorts Episode #3A collaboration with New Economy CoalitionSolidarity Economy Shorts are conversations with frontline organizations & individuals that are putting solidarity economy principles into practice. They are using different strategies to build an economic system where communities are meeting their own needs outside of capitalism. Sol Underground is a

Solidarity Economy Shorts #2: Cooperation Among Cooperatives with Co-op Dayton

Nov 16 2023 47 mins  
Solidarity Economy Shorts are conversations with frontline organizations & individuals that are putting solidarity economy principles into practice. They are using different strategies to build an economic system where communities are meeting their own needs outside of capitalism. Co-op Dayton is developing and weaving a network between cooperative businesses that are meeting the

Solidarity Economy Shorts #1: Land Liberation with Nuns & Nones

Oct 05 2023 46 mins  
Solidarity Economy Shorts Episode #1 A collaboration with New Economy Coalition Solidarity Economy Shorts are conversations with frontline organizations & individuals that are putting solidarity economy principles into practice. They are using different strategies to build an economic system where communities are meeting their own needs outside of capitalism. Nuns and Nones is

[33] Guilded: Freelancer Cooperative

Dec 16 2022 53 mins  
Guilded is a cooperative that offers resources to empower freelance workers. They provide contract management, invoicing, guaranteed payments, tax preparation, and health care – which alleviates some of the administrative work so that freelancers can focus on their projects. One of their main intentions is supporting artists as workers and ensuring their basic needs are met.In th

[32] People Power Solar Co-op: Community-Owned Energy

Oct 18 2022 61 mins  
What would it look like if we collectively designed decentralized, democratized, distributed, and diversified energy systems? People Power Solar is a California based cooperative that invests in community-led projects to create alternatives to PG&E and other private utilities. They are working to ensure that power can be accessed by all without compromising the health and safet

[31] Post Growth Institute: Offers & Needs Market

Apr 21 2022 55 mins  
Post Growth Institute experiments with tangible practices, tools, and spaces to create a regenerative, full-circle economy beyond capitalism. Through their research, structure, and offerings they embody the ‘Post-growth’ worldview, which sees society operating better without the demand of constant economic growth. It resists an economy that is predicated on growth and depends o

[30] Mumbet's Freedom Farm: Black/Brown Led Cooperative Farm

Apr 07 2022 81 mins  
Mumbet’s Freedom Farm is a Black and Brown-led cooperative farm located at the base of a mountain in Sheffield, Massachusetts. It is a community sanctuary for connection, creativity, education, and wellness. The name is in reverence to Elizabeth ‘Mumbet’ Freeman, who was an enslaved African nurse, midwife, and herbalist who sued for her freedom in Sheffield and won. The land