This week, Matt Noyes travels to Canada for a conversation with Heather Pritchard who shares a wealth of practical wisdom gleaned from her nearly 50 years as a co-op member (of several co-ops) and active participant in British Columbia's cooperative movement. 

Then, the Right Livelihood Center hosts cooperators from three continents to share the ways their cooperatives - all past recipients of the Right Livelihood Award - work to build community power through cooperation and solidarity. 

“Start by forming a group.”

Heather Pritchard on fifty years of cooperation and commoning in British Columbia

by Heather Pritchard & Matt Noyes

Over the course of the conversation, Heather mentioned many cooperative organizations and key figures in the cooperative movement in British Columbia...Some of the key players are:

Thanks to the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union for supporting this research

Cooperatives in Action

by Right Livelihood Center at UC Santa Cruz
This session will explore the power of cooperatives working across three very different contexts: Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Cooperative, Cecosesola and Ventures. It will explore how the cooperative economic model provides benefits both for employees and the communities they serve.

 

4th Annual Accessible Virtual Pride 2026

San Francisco Disability Cultural Center — Accessible virtual pride was born from our disabled queer community members not being included in local in-person prides. Whether that was due to the lack of Covid precautions or inaccessible venues, many events let go of their accessible initiatives. We listened to our community members and decided to work together to put together this event. It has been a resounding success, with many saying it was the first Pride they had ever been able to attend!...

The 2026 Worker Co-op Conference will held on Sept 25-26, 2026 in Boston, MA

Worker Co-op Conference 2026 — We're excited to announce that the 2026 Worker Co-op Conference will be held at Roxbury Community College in Boston, Massachusetts! Get ready to join us on September 25th through 26th for new connections, inspiration, and collective learning...

US co-ops apex works with Arizona State University on co-op education

Co-op News — NCBA says the programme combines its co-operative expertise with the “academic excellence” and workforce education capabilities of Arizona State University, “creating a flexible learning experience that helps participants build practical knowledge while balancing the demands of their day-to-day responsibilities”...

Creation of a network of journalists to promote the social and solidarity economy

Seneweb — A new network of journalists and communicators dedicated to promoting the social, solidarity and environmental economy (SSE) was officially established this Saturday in Bambey, during a general assembly that brought together media professionals from several regions of Senegal...

Building Our Missing Care Infrastructure: Elevate's New "Coop of Coops"

Solidarity Hall — After several years in development, the ICA Group recently announced the launch of Elevate Cooperative, a national network and membership organization designed in partnership with caregiver-owned home care agencies and development partners in the field. Elevate aims to strengthen, scale, and unite home care cooperatives to build quality jobs and improve the lives of caregivers...

How Honduras coffee cooperatives are stepping up

International Trade Centre — When María Antonia Ponce Perdomo from the Honduran COCABEL coffee cooperative  boarded a flight from Honduras to Peru, she had never attended an international Fairtrade forum before. By the end of the week, she had walked through Peruvian coffee farms, watched two fellow Honduran cooperatives take home a Golden Cup award, and come home with ideas to bring back to COCABEL...

 

 

 

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