There’s a deep multi-cultural history of integrating social and economic co-operation with agricultural systems via a pattern widely referred to as “mutual aid”. Some examples of historical mutual aid societies which explicitly help farmers include The Grange, Via Campesina, Italian farming co-ops, and Cherokee Gadugi.
Since land is the basis of all survival and of wealth, communities who manage landscapes together over long periods of time develop trust and co-operative resource sharing as survival strategies. Zev Friedman will share about his co-operative experience living at Earthaven Ecovillage and founding/participating in many co-op organizations, the intensive research he’s been engaged in for the last 4 years around mutual aid history, and the progress made so far to establish Co-operate WNC, a regional mutual aid organization. We’ll emphasize how to apply lessons from Mondragon and other co-operative endeavors to our own region in practical ways and give you clues to begin mutual aid in your own life and community as well as get engaged in Co-operate WNC. In part 2, Pat starts by talking about his experience in cooperative organizations, the challenges and opportunities and goes on to explain the Mondragon model.
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All economics are cooperative. Coercive arrangements are politics.
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in part one the younger guy seems to just yammer on and not make a point. nothing would have been lost not having him.
the whole parts could have been cut by being a bit more organized
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uh, it should have been obvious, stand at the front of the room and not make your audience sit sideways in their chairs
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