When the Spanish conquistadores landed at the southern end of Luzon island in 1576 they set about colonising. Their haciendas and encomiendas marked the beginning of landlessness for millions of Philippine people. More than 400 years later a Philippine farmer called Pablito Dante set in train a series of events which would finally see agrarian […]
Pecuaria Development Cooperative (PDCi)
After the People’s Power Revolution which ousted Ferdinand Marcos a group of landless farmers in the north of the Philippine islands formed a cooperative. In spite of the agrarian reforms introduced by the government of the day, they still had to fight to get back on their ancestral land and their leader was murdered as […]
Japan Worker’s Cooperative Union
JWCU represents and unites worker cooperatives throughout Japan. Each worker cooperative is owned and democratically controlled by the worker-members and dedicated to creating jobs to promote the well-being of communities through associated work of the members and community residents. Our businesses include: social services, building maintenance, environmental services, food and agriculture, inter-coop contracts. Since the […]
60 Years In The Making
BRREA HISTORY In the beginning, there was no distribution system to the rural consumers. The big utilities did not believe it was financially viable. REA’S were then formed out of a necessity to bring electricity to rural consumers. The early farmers, progressive and determined, formed your Cooperative REA and built their own Distribution System. Once […]
Co-operative schools make banana splits
Students from co-operative schools had a tasty start to Fairtrade Fortnight, making banana splits during a banana-videoconference at the same time as learning about the difference Fairtrade and co-operatives make to producers in the developing world. Before they created their delicious banana treats, participating students, from co-operative schools across England, were introduced to banana producer […]
Meet the Rochdale Pioneers
Meet the Pioneers, a new resource for schools is shining a light on the lives of the Rochdale Pioneers, ordinary working people who got together to improve their lives by setting up a co-operative grocery store. Their shop, on Toad Lane, Rochdale, in North West England, is now widely regarded as the birthplace of the […]
The Co-operative College
The Co-operative College is an educational charity which works from its home in Manchester with learners and co-operatives all over the world, from schoolchildren to African worker co-operatives. The Co-operative College is dedicated to the promotion of Co-operative values, ideas and principles within co-operatives, communities and society, from managing the Rochdale Pioneers Museum, birthplace of […]
International Co-operative Alliance
The International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) is an independent, non-governmental organisation that unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide. It exists to provide an effective and efficient global voice and forum for knowledge, expertise and co-ordinated action for and about co-operatives.
Hippies ride co-op to the next level
The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind. I love the bicycle. I always have. I can think of no sincere, decent human being, male or female, young or old, saint or sinner, who can resist the bicycle. William Saroyan This quote from the Pulitzer Prize winning, Californian novelist is proudly displayed by the Edinburgh […]
Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative Ltd
Traditional workers co-operative with bespoke governance model including Board of Directors and tax efficient share scheme. Independent specialist retailer of bicycles with stores in 6 major cities in the North of the UK as well as a long standing internet retail presence.