Author: Derek Beres / Source: Big Think The cooperative model accounts for $154B every year in America. America leads the world with cooperatives, with over 30,000 businesses operating under this model. Co-op advocate Nathan Schneider believes this model can help level the economic playing

Author: Lucy Purdy / Source: Positive News Though the co-operative model has been around for hundreds of years, it’s still relevant today. Our pick of 5 co-operatives in today’s digital, media and creative sectors Founders & Coders A co-operative of web developers that runs the UK’s only

Author: Lucy Purdy / Source: Positive News Co-operatives don’t just work with small, independent businesses – they supply some big household names too Ribena A co-operative of farmers, the Blackcurrant Growers’ Association supplies Ribena with most of its blackcurrants. Warburtons All the

Author: Alice Sholl / Source: Positive News Running local energy production co-operatively is empowering communities in more ways than one “People feel a lot more positive about renewable energy if it’s owned by them and they actually have a say as to how it’s done,” says Mark Luntley,

Author: Lucy Purdy / Source: Positive News You may have heard of co-operatively run supermarkets, banks and even energy companies, but the co-op model has been taken up by all sorts of organisations. We’ve picked three that may take you by surprise Songwriters in northern England No Masters, a