For more than a decade, Saint Mary’s University has been a pioneer in the development and delivery of graduate level management education for co-operatives in the English speaking world. In an effort to address the lack of business education geared to the co-operative model, the Co-operative Management Education Co-operative (CMEC) was formed in 2002 to […]
Co-operative Management Education Co-operative (CMEC) and Saint Mary’s University
The Co-operative Management Education Co-operative (CMEC) was established in 2002 to support the advancement of co-operative management education in partnership with Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). Membership in CMEC is open to co-operatives and credit unions, educational institutions and individuals. Our 69 current members are encouraged to send students and provide funding for […]
Welcome to the first hotel in the British Commonwealth to be co-operatively owned
The Renmark Hotel, the oldest co-operatively owned hotel in the British Commonwealth, stands beside the Murray River in South Australias Riverland region. It first opened its doors in 1897 and has continued to serve the districts renowned local produce from the same site ever since. Although the hotels collective ownership has remained unchanged since the […]
Renmark Hotel
The handsome and historic Renmark Hotel, in South Australias Murray River region, is the oldest co-operatively owned hotel in the British Commonwealth. Since 1897 it has provided hospitality and fine local produce to the local farming community that owns it. Its manager, Michael Schuetze, says that when the small town of Renmark needed its first […]
COOVIPORFAC CTA
COOVIPORFAC ES UNA COOPERATIVA DE TRABAJO ASOCIADO QUE NACIÓ EN FACATATIVA CON RECURSOS Y EL GRAN ESFUERZO DE SUS SOCIOS FUNDADORES EL DÍA 12 DE DICIEMBRE AÑO 1983. LA SEDE PRINCIPAL DE LA COOPERATIVA INICIALMENTE FUE INSTALADA EN LA CASA DE UNO DE LOS FUNDADORES Y POSTERIORMENTE TRASLADADA A LA CARRERA 3 CON CALLE 11 […]
Weaving a future
When Pablo Neruda visited the ancient Peruvian city of Machu Picchu, the ruins inspired an entire book of poetry. In The Heights of Machu Picchu Neruda called to the indigenous people who once lived there: Look at me from deep in the earth,/tiller of fields, weaver, quiet shepherd /Show me your blood and your furrow /And give […]
Ccaccaccollo Community Association of Artisans and Agricultural Producers
Since 2005, Planeterra has been working with the Ccaccaccollo community to develop a womens weaving cooperative based there in the community. Most G Adventures (adventure travel company) groups are able to visit this community as part of the Sacred Valley Tour and Day Tour. Here they meet the women and learn about all the stages […]
Dinosaur tracks bringing tourists to Lesotho
They started their activities in 2007 and now have around twelve members mainly young people but also some older people most of whom are from the local community of Hasimone in Leribe District, North East Lesotho. They focus on tourism, in particular on encouraging people to visit the dinosaur footprints they have found […]
Subeng Dinosaur Youth Co-operative
Sebeng Dinosaur Co-operative is a youth co-operative in North East Lesotho focused on tourism and hadicraft sales.
Transparent and sustainable: Cooperative Coffees
Coffee is the most important export of the tropical nations of the world, and the primary export of a number of developing countries. When Bill Harris walked through the door of a coffee farmers co-operative in the highlands Chiapas region of Mexico, he met Monika Firl who was working there. Later, following many conversations about […]