Last week, I drove with friends and colleagues from Indianapolis to Cincinnati to attend the three-day Connecting for Community (C4C) conference, “a powerful gathering of master and apprentice change agents and social entrepreneurs across sectors and communities, from around the world.”
CINCINNATI - My time at Connecting for Community was powerful in the sense that it allowed me to shed my layers and connect with people instantly at a deep level. We were all there for the same reason, to create community. It also helped that I didn’t have to explain what I did or why I did it – everyone got it right away. It was a powerful three days, and while it was a rollercoaster of emotions, it was a safe place for my gentle soul to weep.
Something interesting is happening in Central Europe. I just returned from Berlin where I attended a global gathering on Banking for a Better World. The meeting was sponsored by the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, which comprises 22 banks operating with social and ecological responsible banking principles in everything they do.
It is unlikely that the average American knows anyone who farms full-time, unless they visit a farmer’s market or buy directly from a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.
University of Surrey professor Dr. Lynn Minnaert and the Belgian Holiday Participation Centre are starting an inquiry into the long-term effects of holidays on underprivileged people.
The British Columbia Co-operative Association (BCCA) has a lot of member success stories and important information to share with its members, partners, stakeholders and the public, and the organization, which has more than 80 B.C. member co-ops and credit unions, is launching a news program to aggregate these stories.
Bioinspiration, biomimicry, biomimetics, biophilia. While there are various terms to describe it, the basic notion of nature as genius/genii with a seemingly infinite basket of solutions for our world's problem is a sexy topic these days. But can it be an economic game-changer?
From a neighbour-to-neighbour lending initiative to an organization helping make its community more livable by providing daily, routed delivery services via hybrid electric/pedal-powered tricycle trucks, people and organizations across the U.S. are taking ownership for the vibrancy and health of their local communities. Thriving Communities is a network of more than 20 such communities. The network recently convened people from across these communities to share their wisdom and examples of what's working.
Chicago’s Department of Aviation announced last week that O’Hare International Airport is getting its own herd of goats to help manage vegetation. Although the airport does expect to realize some "bottom line benefits from goat-powered landscaping," one goal of the project is to raise public awareness about environmental stewardship, according to this article. The goats will be responsible for trimming down foliage and "naturally recycling nutrients as fertilizer" on about 120 acres of the 7,000-acre airport.
With the United Nation’s (UN) International Year of the Co-operatives (IYC) 2012 just wrapping up, it’s hard to immediately discern the impact of the year. But for us, one thing rings loud and clear: IYC has built a global co-op movement whose strength is still being understood.
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