The Co-cyclers have reached Portland! They were joined by 25 local cyclers as they visited 10 different co-ops as a part of Portland’s Pedalpalooza festivities.
Co-Cycle visits the North Coast Co-op
The Co-Cyclists were welcomed with fresh watermelon, a bulk food donation and a three-hour tour of the North Coast Co-op in Eureka, California.
Redwood Credit Union
The co-cycle team learns about cooperative banking with Redwood Credit Union in Santa Rosa, California.
Co-Cycle 2012
Summer 2012 – a group of people will bike across the U.S. together to build momentum for the co-operative movement. Through workshops and public events, Co-Cycle encourages the communities it travels through to take notice, ask questions, and seek out connections with their own local co-ops. The journey will start in San Francisco and proceed […]
First Stop!
The Co-cycle Project is a youth-led, bike-powered tour linking co-operatives across the US. The Co-cycle team kicked off their tour on June 1st in San Francisco, CA and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge to stop in at their first Bike Co-op – The Bicycle Works – outside San Anselmo, CA.
TO THE MOON
To The Moon is a documentary that will follow Co-Cycle, a group of young adults as they cycle cross-country and experience their country in a new and powerful way. It will be a supportive reflection of the United States and the value of increasing co-operative action. This summer, waves of people will bike across the […]
Hôtel du Nord, the cooperative hospitality
In 2010, eight heritage communities decided to create a heritage cooperative to make use of the economic potential of the cultural heritage of the northern districts of Marseilles and run a Hôtel du Nord project in a democratic way. Hôtel du Nord cooperative invites you to discover Marseille by the North: bed and breakfast, solidarity […]
Hôtel du Nord
Conceived in 2009 and tested in 2010, Hotel du Nord is a heritage co-operative officially founded in January 2011. To bring cultural heritage and hospitality together, Hotel du Nord follows a simple principle: we sell what we produce, we produce what we sell, all in the interests of those living in the neighborhoods where we […]
A special place Le Mat in Umbria (Italy)
Teresa – the Le Mat traveler – tells the story of the smal social co-operative LA TANA LIBERA TUTTI in Umbria, Central Italy. It’s a small workers owned social co-operative managing a hostel in a small village. In the video you can appreciate the hospitality and the kind of local policy and tourism the co-operative […]
Le Mat – social entrepreneurs hosting quality tourism
A SOCIAL BRAND and a SOCIAL FRANCHISOR for SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS in TOURISM Workers-owned cooperatives managing hotels, hostels, SPECIAL PLACES in order to develop self-determination, self-management, social promotion, the active participation of users and clients . Every Le Mat is special and unique but there is a shared Le Mat quality! Le Mats general mission is to […]