Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

15. Cooperative Like You

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Coop Name: GreenStar Co-op	N° of Employees: 170
City: Ithica	N° of Members: 7500
Country: United States	Year of formation: 1971
Website: http://www.greenstar.coop	Twitter: Link
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Your source for natural, organic, fair trade and local foods in Ithaca, New York. Community Owned, Everyone Welcome.

Were so rockin’, there’s no knockin’ our Co-op! Get ready to sing along with this music video written and directed by GreenStar’s Joe Romano. Cinematography by Felix Teitelbaum. Music written and performed by Joe Romano in the style of the Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like You. This video was a 2012 1st place winner in the My Co-op Rocks video + photo contest. www.mycooprocks.coop.

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521. Coffee Farmers Build a Global Cooperative

Sector: Health - About: africa , cooperation and development , health cooperative financing , sustainable development

506. HealthPartners in Uganda

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505. North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)

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498. The Story of Korean Social Economy – Happiness Sharing Mart

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497. A Cooperative Leader in the Philippines

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494. CONSUMER SOCIETY OPENS UP OCEAN OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY

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491. Reviving Coop Awareness, One University at a Time

Sector: Consumer - About: cooperation amongst coops , food , local development , retail

490. Coops “In The Village”: the Power of Cooperation between Cooperatives

Sector: Consumer - About: food , producer cooperative

477. School Trips to the Slaughterhouse

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475. Bread and Cooperatives

Sector: Consumer - About: art , coffee , coop district , culture , food , worker coop

470. San Francisco Bay Area Coops: A Photo Journey

Sector: Agriculture - About: cooperation amongst coops , food , organic , women , worker coop

468. Valley Green Feast & Boston Collective Delivery – Creating a closed loop worker co-op supply chain to increase food access.

Sector: Industry and Services - About: childcare , worker coop

467. To Child Care and Beyond

Sector: Consumer - About: identity , worker coop

466. Why a worker cooperative?

Sector: Industry and Services - About: ICT , worker coop

465. Out of the Bubble and into the Community

Sector: Industry and Services - About: culture , worker coop

464. 200 Artists, One Great Idea

Sector: Industry and Services - About: education-training , identity

462. Fun and Games and Cooperatives

Sector: Consumer - About: artisan , retail

460. Many Looms, One Town, One Cooperative

Sector: Industry and Services - About: advocacy , electrification

456. America’s Electric Cooperatives: Showing the Way to a Sustainable Future?

Sector: Industry and Services - About: culture

453. Bound together through Change

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451. Café Revolution: Better than Fair Trade

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432. Trade School – a learning space that runs on barter

Sector: Housing - About: youth

425. A Brief History of Students’ Co-op Incorporated

Sector: Uncategorized - About: consultancy , legal framework

423. CLARITY The Cooperative Law and Regulation Initiative

Sector: Industry and Services - About: worker coop

399. Co-operative empowerment in the red light district

Sector: Housing - About: construction

395. City of Berkeley Applauds Sherman Hall Earthquake Retrofit

Sector: Housing - About: cooperation amongst coops , youth

394. Korean Students Learn from the BSC

Sector: Housing - About: youth

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390. The self-delivery model of the Windvogel in practice

Sector: Housing - About: elders

385. So Happy Together: Cooperative Housing for Retirees

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379. One Bean at a Time

Sector: Apex - About: worker coop

378. Sowing best practices in agriculture with cooperatives

Sector: Industry and Services - About: culture , IYC 2012

377. Rymel Serrano Uribe prize to promote cooperation in Colombia

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370. The Co-operative Ethical Plan 2012 – 2014 (and beyond)

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357. A flow of member benefits

Sector: Uncategorized - About: food

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Sector: Banking and Credit - About: IYC 2012

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Sector: Uncategorized - About: cooperation amongst coops

344. Cooperation among cooperatives

Sector: Apex - About: IYC 2012

340. 2012 Cooperative Week – October 13-20, 2012

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Sector: Consumer - About: retail

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330. (Doing) Real Good from the Ground Up

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325. Reflections on Co-Cycle, worker co-ops, and hope

Sector: Consumer - About: culture

319. Jaco Ishulutaq Carving Demonstration at Museum of Inuit Art

Sector: Consumer - About: culture , media-communication

314. Radio Chéticamp: Carving out a place for French music on the Nova Scotia airwaves

Sector: Consumer - About: childcare , participation

296. Downtown Daycare Co-operative: Giving parents a say

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294. iCOOP KOREAs Practice for Enhancing Biodiversity in Rice Paddy Ecosystem

Sector: Consumer - About: culture

288. Co-operation saves the community theatre

Sector: Consumer - About: coffee , fair trade , worker coop

287. Planet Bean Coffee serves up International Year of Cooperatives flavour

Sector: Industry and Services - About: participation , women

284. Cooperative Development Program in Paraguay: Helping Women Become Agricultural Leaders

Sector: Industry and Services - About: ICT

278. Intelligent and sustainable financial futures

Sector: Travel - About: IYC 2012

273. To The Moon day of co-ops teaser

Sector: Travel - About: social inclusion

272. 4th of July at “The Flat”

Sector: Housing - About: participation

260. A Utopian Vision of University Housing

Sector: Consumer - About: retail

258. Consum takes a broad view

Sector: Consumer - About: sustainability

255. Consumer Co-op in Boston Provides Affordable Materials for Home Improvement

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254. Center Point’s Understanding of the Seven Principles & Cooperative Solidarity

Sector: Travel - About: sport

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236. A Growing Share of Canada’s Funerals

Sector: Consumer - About: funeral

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233. Perennial Plate Visits Food Co-ops

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230. Pedalpalooza in Portland

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229. Yei Electric Cooperative, South Sudan

Sector: Industry and Services - About: electrification , legal framework

228. N.Y. Co-op Helps Preserve Jobs

Sector: Industry and Services - About: electrification

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Sector: Consumer - About: food

224. Weavers Way hosts Cooperative Conference in Philadelphia

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219. We Are ACDI/VOCA

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213. Co-Cycle visits the North Coast Co-op

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194. First Stop!

Sector: Travel - About: IYC 2012 , youth

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182. The Hottest Plot in the Garden

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177. Water not only quenches one’s thirst, it also heals

Sector: Consumer - About: retail

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Sector: Apex - About: ICT

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Sector: Agriculture - About: milk

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Sector: Consumer - About: retail , transport

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Sector: Consumer - About: food

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , retail

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130. Royah – Ethical Design from Afghanistan

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , retail

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Sector: Consumer - About: retail

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , organic

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Sector: Banking and Credit - About: identity

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Sector: Agriculture - About: food

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Sector: Consumer - About: culture

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , organic

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

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Sector: Consumer - About: participation

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , retail

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , retail

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Sector: Banking and Credit - About: cooperation amongst coops , local development , youth

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

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Sector: Industry and Services - About: electrification

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Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

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Sector: Housing - About: youth

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Sector: Consumer - About: education-training , retail

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