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Co-ops, cultural commoning and more: Imagine Festival pre-launch sign-up opportunity
Ahead of the launch of Imagine Festival in Belfast, people with an interest in co-ops, cultural commoning, Universal Basic Income and more are being invited to sign up early to a series of sessions hosted by Voluntary Arts Ireland. The sessions, part of a series called the Common Interchange of Ordinary Intelligence, are being run by leading thinkers and doers
Standing in solidarity with Afrin
The Solidarity Economy Association has been documenting and publishing information about the amazing growth of the women led co-operative movement in Northern Syria, on our website cooperativeconomy.info. Our most recent post is an article about the success of a new food co-operative in the Afrin region. If you have been following the international news this week, you will know that
The Solidarity Economy has a champion in the global co-op movement – Bruno Roelants appointed DG of the ICA
By Pat Conaty, Supporter Member and SEA Board Member Bruno Roelants, a longstanding champion of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), has been appointed Director-General of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). The ICA is the global umbrella body for the international co-operative movement and represents more than 300 co-operative federations across 105 countries. From 2002 Roelants has been secretary
We’re recruiting an outreach worker for our Open Data & Mapping Project
We’re really excited to announce that we’re looking for someone to join our passionate team of staff as an outreach worker on our Open Data and Mapping Project! This brand new role will lead on all the public-facing aspects of our Open Data and Mapping Project. The project delivers on a key pillar of our organisational strategy, which is
Catch us at Oxford Real Farming Conference this week
If you’re heading to the Oxford Real Farming Conference this week, make sure you come and say hello! We’ll be sharing an exhibitor space in the foyer with Stir to Action and you’ll be able to pick up a copy of our new, collaborative issue of STIR magazine. The Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) is a unique gathering of
Pre-order our collaborative issue of Stir magazine now!
We’re really excited to announce we’ve collaborated with STIR magazine again for issue 20, which this time is on the theme of Power. The magazine will be available in January and can be pre-ordered now for a discounted price of £2.95. The Power issue features articles from a range of writers on topics like building power from below, race
First ever conference of co-operatives held in Northern Syria
The UK co-operative movement has sent a message of solidarity to its fellow co-operators in the Democratic Federation of North Syria (Rojava) as the first ever conference of co-operatives was held over the weekend in the region. This historic event has been co-ordinated by new Unions of Co-operatives which have recently been established in all the cantons and
New film to explore the quiet revolution transforming our food system
A new film about farming and food sovereignty in the UK is set to be released by the Landworkers’ Alliance and Blackbark Films. In Our Hands: The seeds of a better food system is a feature length documentary that tells the story behind the blood, sweat and tears of the farmers who are outgrowing the industrial food system in
ICYMI: Transforming our food system with A People’s Food Policy
A coalition of grassroots food and farming organisations has launched ‘A People’s Food Policy’, a comprehensive proposal for a more just and sustainable food system in England. As Brexit negotiations continue, the coalition is calling for the development of a progressive food policy in advance of leaving the European Union. This groundbreaking manifesto outlining a people’s vision of food
Patterns for Decentralised Organising
Patterns for Decentralised Organising is a workshop series organised by Richard D. Bartlett and Natalia Lombardo, both of whom have been supporting non-hierarchical organisations for over five years, co-founding Loomio (a worker co-op building software for collective decision making) and Enspiral (a network of self-organising companies). They’re currently touring Korea, USA, Europe, and South America, meeting with activists, entrepreneurs, coaches
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