Created in 1993, Cocovico (Coopérative de Commercialisation de Produits Vivriers de Angre) is a cooperative of female vendors based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Since 2004 Cocovico has been an Oikocredit project partner. Cocovico used Oikocredit financing to build a new market in Abidjan in a time when the country was in civil war. At this […]
Oikocredit
Oikocredit is a worldwide cooperative society. It promotes global justice by challenging people, churches and others to share their resources through socially responsible investments and by empowering disadvantaged people with credit. The Oikocredit name comes from the Greek oiko (house or community) and credere (to believe).
GreenStar Co-op
Your source for natural, organic, fair trade and local foods in Ithaca, New York. Community Owned, Everyone Welcome.
The Argan Tree
The Argan tree, Argania spinosa, is the sole species in the genus Argania. Vast tracts of Argan forest have been wiped out across arid north-west Africa one half of the Argan forests – in the last century. This gnarled trees thick peel-covered fruit hides within its bitter tasting pith, a gem, or perhaps two. […]
My Mountain Co-Op
Three ski lifts. 8,000 acres of backcountry. The highest snowfall in North America. A skier’s dream. A dream which grew into a co-operative. In the far north-west of Canada, 350 kilometres south of the Alaskan border, Shames Mountain ski area nestles at the head of the forested Shames River valley. For a region which has […]
Whomadeyourpants
Let me introduce myself… I’m Becky, the founder and Managing Director of whomadeyourpants?, a social enterprise making absolutely gorgeous pants from perfect fabrics left over from manufacturers, right here in the UK. We do this as a means to provide jobs for women who would struggle to get jobs otherwise. I left my last (well-paid […]
Keta Sandlanders
“I am an African. I know what Africans believe in. Africans believe in what they see.” Divine Kodzo Baba has seen the deterioration of the town in which he was born. He has witnessed the shrinking of his beloved Keta. The coastal port was once Ghanas second largest city. Coastal erosion has washed away houses […]
Sandlanders Football
Sandlanders encompasses co-operative football clubs in Ghana, Uganda, Liberia and Kenya. It offers international non-voting memberships over the internet.
People’s Food Co-op of Kalamazoo
There comes a point of reckoning in the life of some. A challenge arises and the choice is made to either march, perhaps to a different beat into a relevant future, or to fade. The now 41-year-old People’s Food Co-op reached its moment of reckoning in 1998. “We have a mission to educate the community, […]