In 1987 the two Swiss cooperatives that would become Mobility car sharing opened for business. Each began with one car, a hand full of members and a few spare keys. Twenty-four years later, after a merger and name change, Mobility has established itself as the largest car-share program in Europe: 100,000 customers share 2,600 vehicles. […]
Natures Way Cooperative (Fiji) Ltd.
Sant Kumar is retired from the Natures Way Cooperative these days. Well, as retired as a persistent, energetic fellow like Kumar can be. These days, amongst other things, he’s growing seedlings. The service cooperative he shaped from its beginning has a need for consistent supply of papaya, mango, eggplant and breadfruit. The cooperative’s job is […]
Mayange Pigs Farmers Cooperative (MPFC)
Southeastern Rwanda’s Mayange is one of the poorest regions in one of the poorest countries in the world. It’s an area that bears the scars of the country’s 1994 genocide, and once densely forested, now faces the present day aftermath of soil erosion and drought exacerbated by decades of logging for charcoal production. Most of […]
Artes Gráficas Chilavert
Artes Gráficas Chilavert is a small print shop emblematic within Argentinas phenomenon of worker-recuperated enterprises, or ERTs, because of its highly conflictive beginning as a coop and the subsequent militancy and social justice activism some of its workers have been involved with. Located in the economically challenged Buenos Aires barrio of Nueva Pompeya, Chilavert became […]
CORIANDOLINE Friendly houses for girls and boys
The Andria Cooperative, active in the housing sector, was founded in Correggio (Reggio Emilia-Italy) in 1975. The 1990’s brought a development in the Cooperative’s approach: from purely building homes, it matured into becoming a reference point for people wanting to intervene in the territory to improve their quality of life. Therefore, by strengthening its relations […]
Art House Co-op
Art House Co-op is an independent Brooklyn-based company that organizes global, collaborative art projects. Our flagship endeavor is the Sketchbook Project: an evolving library featuring more than 12,000 artists’ sketchbooks from 100 countries and counting. We also operate the Brooklyn Art Library and Brooklyn Archives, our storefront spaces in the heart of Williamsburg. We’re continuing […]
De Wrikker drukkerscollectief cvba
De Wrikker is a printery, founded in 1975 and self-managed as a collective of equal paid loaners, also the coöperants. We made the evolution to a qualitative and eco based printery, with 400 small clients, mostly non-profit organisations and small businesses. Making the collective work is a daily task for us all, but the low […]
De Natuurfrituur cvba vso
We are a mobile food stand that sells the best fries ever in ‘Fries Country’. We aim to promote sustainable food production and consumption by offering premium quality street food at parties, events and festivals. Our food is vegetarian, organic, as locally sourced as possible, etc. Our second strategic goal is to create as many […]
Circle of Life Caregiver Cooperative
Alice Turtle Robb blogs. Alice Turtle Robb writes novels. Alice Turtle Robb wonders about the connection between independence, intimacy, dignity and … toileting. Alice Turtle Robb is a caregiver. Alice Turtle Robb is also a member, owner and chairman of the board of the Circle of Life co-operative in Whatcom County, Washington State. She cares […]
Circle of Life Caregiver Cooperative
Circle of Life Caregiver Cooperative is a worker-owned business licensed by Washington State Department of Health to provide in-home care services to elders and disabled persons. We provide quality services, with compassion and respect for our clients, by empowering our caregivers through teamwork and ownership of the business.