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Getting Back to “Normal” Life

Getting Back to “Normal” Life

Since the beginning of the new year, we’ve been hoping to get through these unprecedented times. As more people are getting vaccinated, we have more reason to hope we’ll be able to be close to one another again. As we prepare ourselves to “get back to normal life,”...
Boosting the Co-operative Identity Online

Boosting the Co-operative Identity Online

Co-operatives have unique development tools and because the co-operative business model is a major differentiating feature, it deserves to be integrated in the brand identity strategies. And one way to promote the co-operative difference is by...
Financing your Co-operative Business

Financing your Co-operative Business

Being a co-op means being part of a mutually supportive community that seeks to cultivate the values of sharing and mutual aid without borders. It’s also benefiting from access to advantageous financing from investment institutions and networks. Without capital,...
Co-operatives around the world

Co-operatives around the world

The international co-op movement was solidified in 1895 in London when the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) was founded. This first congress brought together representatives of the co-op world from Germany, Australia, the United States, India, and...
Co-op values in 2020

Co-op values in 2020

The spring of 2020 will go down in history. No matter how you spend your time, all our lives were turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic that has devastated the entire world. Health networks were overwhelmed, and the economy suffered greatly: the downturn, the...