Electricity cooperatives have served rural America since 30s. In this renewable era, it's time to update and strengthen them, Daily Alternative (May 25, 2024) - How grocery co-ops across New England thrived despite the pandemic, Shareable (Mar 02, 2022)
This article focuses on information specific to United States community action. See Towards sustainable economies for a topic overview.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Networks[edit | edit source]
Data Commons Cooperative, membership is made up of mission-driven organizations that are organizing toward a more just and equitable economy.
Grassroots Economic Organizing
How to's[edit | edit source]
- How to Start A Worker Co-op, July 27, 2011, Shareable
Legal resources[edit | edit source]
Research[edit | edit source]
- Y Combinator Research, study of basic income in the United States
Video[edit | edit source]
more video:
Green Jobs Day of Action in Washington DC, on youtube
Other resources[edit | edit source]
- The Cleveland Model community-wealth.org
- Educate and Empower: Tools For Building Community Wealth, democracycollaborative.org
- REconomy Project: Building Resilient Local Economies, transitionus.org
Social inclusion[edit | edit source]
Strike Fast Food, Low Pay Is Not OK - We Are Visible, empowering the homeless via social media
Sustainable livelihood[edit | edit source]
Resilience Circles are small groups where people come together to increase their personal security through learning, mutual aid, social action, and community support.
News and comment
2019
Mar 26 The benefit workers want most is less work[1]
2015
Feb 17 Can We Earn a Living on a Living Planet?[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Topic overview: Towards sustainable economies, Social inclusion, Sustainable livelihood
- Green New Deal
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many USA location pages
External links
- Humanity Forward, non-profit organization created by Andrew Yang W, dedicated to promoting the ideas he campaigned on during his run for President in the 2020 election, such as UBI and data privacy. The non-profit will also seek to engage and activate new voters while supporting like-minded down-ballot candidates, following the model of the pro-Bernie Sanders 501(c)4 Our Revolution. Yang also announced that the organization would give away $500,000 in UBI to the residents of a (currently unspecified) town in New York to demonstrate the benefits of UBI. W added 14:12, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
- The Democracy Collaborative added 10:51, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
- Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
- Democracy at Work Institute
- Green for All, an organization whose stated goal is to build a green economy while simultaneously lifting citizens out of poverty. W
- New Economy Coalition
- U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG)
- Community-Wealth.org
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation, US non-profit community development financial institution (CDFI) that supports community development corporations in 30 urban areas and dozens of rural areas in the United States. LISC's development strategy, launched in 2007, is called Building Sustainable Communities (BSC). LISC's programs are designed to meet BSC's five goals:
- Expanding Investment in Housing and Other Real Estate
- Increasing Family Income and Wealth
- Stimulating Economic Development
- Improving Access to Quality Education
- Supporting Healthy Environments and Lifestyles W
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