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Home About Co-ops - National Cooperative Business Association Association Services Pat Brownell Sterner, Chief Operating Officer Click Here To Email Pat 202-638-6222 Bryan Munson, Director, Membership Click Here To Email Bryan 202.442.2318 Tom Decker, Director, Cooperative Development Click Here To Email Tom 202.442.2318 The National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA (NCBA CLUSA) represents a cross-sector co-op community of 29,000 businesses that control over $3 trillion in assets. We unite co-ops by promoting the cooperative business model, driving cross-sector collaboration, and being the national ‘voice’ for cooperatives to raise the profile of co-ops everywhere.

Hitachi Community Action Partnership - The Hitachi Foundation The Hitachi strategy for community engagement emerges from the very roots of The Hitachi Foundation, founded by Hitachi, Ltd. to build a bridge of understanding between America and Japan. Employee-led Community Action Committees (CAC) organize the talent and resources of their companies to act as good corporate citizens, helping to strengthen the communities where they work and live throughout North America. The Hitachi Community Action Partnership (HCAP) allows Hitachi group companies in North America to respond to local community needs and challenges. The program is rooted in the idea that companies, like citizens, must be active participants in society. HCAP allows us to continue to learn how businesses can be good neighbors and effective community partners. Read our most recent HCAP Program highlights here . Are you a Hitachi employee? HCAP allows for a very direct collaboration between the Foundation and Hitachi group companies.

ALIA Institute | Authentic Leadership in Action Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs On April 8th 2014, ANDE celebrated its fifth anniversary! Since 2009, ANDE has grown from 34 to over 200 inspiring members. ANDE Celebrates 5 Years of Supporting Small and Growing Businesses from ANDE on Vimeo. ​Let's look back at five years of ANDE in numbers: More than 1200 individuals participating in working groups on topics such as Women's Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Agriculture and Metrics & Research$2.1 million granted to 39 projects through ANDE's Capacity Development FundOver $250,000 in scholarships to attend ANDE events2000+ individuals have participated in ANDE events all over the world6 Regional Chapters have been established in Brazil, Central American & Mexico, East Africa, India, South Africa, West Africa and our newly forming East and Southeast Asia Chapter (2014)! We did this all with the strong belief that the work our members do to support small and growing businesses (SGBs) will help create prosperity in the developing world. ANDE Annual Conference 2013: Keynote Panel

Permaculture Design/Financial permaculture Financial Permaculture is an approach to economics that emphasizes personal investment and community development. For example, a person may choose to walk away from a full-time job at a multinational corporation in order to purchase or acquire through other means land, and then grow their own food. By quitting the job the person has an abundance of time to focus on gardening or other creative pursuits. Further, due to the change in lifestyle, organic food and lots of exercise, their health improves. Of course there will still be bills to pay, but now this individual is independent enough to take on a part-time job that is more meaningful to them. There are as many examples of Financial Permaculture as there are people. Another good example of Financial Permaculture would be giving up driving a car and instead riding a bike. By riding a bike instead this all changes. A further example of Financial Permaculture on the community scale is the Local Food Movement.

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From the Ground Up : Transition Town Kingston From the Ground Up is Kingston's own Award Winning weekly organic veg and fruit food scheme bringing local affordable fresh organic food to the Royal Borough of Kingston. Dissatisfied with the high cost and poor availability of organic food, members of Transition Town Kingston took action and started a not-for-profit, community based food scheme with these principles: Why our prices are so affordable...From the Ground Up offers exceptional prices to you because we don't hire staff - we are a completely volunteer managed food scheme and maintain a minimal infrastructure by asking our customers to pick up their orders rather than delivering them as other schemes do. If we needed to employ people, purchase and insure vans, buy petrol etc prices would climb, climb, climb. And...you do not need to buy a box. Interested? Want to help bring affordable organic food to our communities? Late Pick Up Service Now Available Winner of Time & Leisure Food and Drinks Award - 2013 Online ordering is here!