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I interviewed Bianca Elzenbaumer for my latest podcast of Frontiers of Commoning (Episode #75) to learn more about the group’s very different vision of development.

Two presentations on how to teach about co-operatives to non-coop audiences and the beneficial results of doing so.

In this study, we survey 1,214 members of Member-Owned Institutions (MOIs) in the state of Kerala, India. Kerala’s MOIs underline the value of citizen engagement and action to improve social provisioning and equity, making it a model for an inclusive economics of global importance.

This talk shares stories of the emergence of solidarity economy movements in Massachusetts. Loh traces how these movements, many of which he has been involved with, have been fighting for and building over the past fifteen years around projects such as worker-owned cooperatives, community land trusts, community investment funds, mutual aid, and more.

An introduction to the US Cooperative Movement from CooperationWorks!

Nottingham Trent University researcher Maimoona Waseem and Genevieve Shanahan of Cardiff University have recently published an academic paper that highlights Equal Care Co-op as an example of 'transformative social entrepreneurship.'

This Co-op Conversation contextualizes the recent surge of unionized worker co-ops, or “union co-ops,” in the United States within the structural aims and orientations of the respective movements.

For two activists, operating a physical space is crucial for building community and culture.

A workshop of best practices for effective governance, by and for worker co-ops.

For women such as Cristina Vilanculos, 40, a mother of three and a Real Reciclagem cooperative member since 2024, the cooperative model represents a way to escape extreme poverty when opportunities are scarce.