A womens sewing cooperative in Kigali, Rwanda, that produces handicrafts for export to large fashion brands in the U.S. that have included Nicole Miller, Anthropologie and J. Crew.
eDOC Innovations
Founded in 1992, eDOC Innovations is the nations only CUSO based on e-document management technology. With over 15 years of experience, eDOC has emerged as the countrys largest provider of imaging solutions that work with a myriad of different data processor technologies; thus giving the client control of their data, their documents and their strategy.
Bertha’s Story: A founding members describes the power of cooperative development
“For me, its about empowerment,” explains Bertha Naranjo, full-time mother of four and full-time worker-owner and co-founder of Eco-Care Professional Housecleaning, an eco-friendly housecleaning cooperative Bertha developed with eight other women in a suburb of San Francisco, CA in 2001. The cooperative was developed with the help of WAGES, Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security, […]
WAGES Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security
WAGES builds worker-owned green businesses that create healthy, dignified jobs for low-income women. We launch cooperatives where women develop personal and professional skills, become leaders, and gain economic security.
Blueprint for a better world
Erik van der Veken writes, as he says, on behalf of the cooperative about the relaxed and warm environment and the benefits of an egalitarian structure. “De Wrikker is a printery, a print-shop as you like. We’re printing (offset) namecards to big posters, and a lot of magazines with a small range but a broad […]
Just Food Co-op
We are Northfields community-owned natural foods market and deli, and we’re proud to be your source for fresh, local, and organic food and sustainable household and personal care products. We also happen to be owned by 2,200 of your friends and neighbors.
Ecopower – renewable energy across Belgium
Cooperatives have a long history in the energy market in the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal encouraged the formation of electric cooperatives that brought electricity to many parts of the rural United States considered unprofitable by private power companies. With today’s growing focus on clean and sustainable energy sources, renewable energy cooperatives are […]
The Fifth Season Cooperative…working together to build local food infrastructure.
The Fifth Season Cooperative is a multi-stakeholder co-op made up of producers, producer groups, food processors, distributors, and buyers from the 7 Rivers Region in the state of Wisconsin, in the U.S.A. Our members represent all of the key players in the food system at the local level. Our goal is to build a robust […]
Fifth Season Cooperative
The Fifth Season Cooperative is a multi-stakeholder cooperative made up of producers, producer groups, food processors, distributors, and buyers from the 7 Rivers Region. Our members represent all of the key players in the food system at the local level. Our goal is to build a robust regional food system that supports a healthy environment, […]
TICE, a cooperative that is also an applied research centre
We wanted to be researchers. We wanted to apply the scientific knowledge about education that was locked in our university professors’ desks. We wanted to help children, families and schools to reach their educational goals without simply “being creative” or listening to psychologists, but actually DOING something effective. After achieving the best expertise by intensive […]