Solidarity Economy Resource Library
Concepts & Theory
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| Solidarity Economy: Overview & Definitions | An introduction to diverse concepts and definitions of "solidarity economy," with voices from SE theorists and practitioners around the world. By Jenna Allard and Julie Matthaei, USSEN (2007).
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| Other Economies Are Possible! An Intro To The Solidarity Economy | A collection of articles written for the February 2007 issue of Dollars & Sense Magazine. By the Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO) Collective.
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| Solidarity Economics: Building New Economies From the Bottom-Up & the Inside-Out | An introductory booklet about solidarity economics as a set of concepts and organizing practices. By Ethan Miller (2003).
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| A Visual Map of the Solidarity Economy | A tool to place solidarity economy initiatives into a "whole economy" context and to facilitate discussion regarding possible areas for relationship-building and strategic intervention. By Ethan Miller.
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Solidarity Economy In Practice
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| Participatory Budgeting: From Porto Alegre, Brazil to the U.S. |
"Participatory democracy" is a central feature of the solidarity economy. In this essay, Mike Mensner and Juscha Robinson discuss this concept, focusing on the practice of "participatory budgeting," an innovation first made famous in Brazil but now spreading to more than 1,000 cities worldwide.
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Education Resources
| "Stepping Stones to a Solidarity Economy" Excercise | A participatory exercise that gives people exposure to a wide range of solidarity economy initiatives. It also provides an opportunity to discuss, critique, and elaborate on the wide array of solidarity economy initiatives.
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| Solidarity Economy Film List |
Downshifting, Simple Living, Consumerism Buyer Be Fair on the ethnical consumption
Affluenza on the problems with competitive consumerism, Workplace democracy/Worker Cooperatives The Mondragon Experiment about the The Take - Corporations
The Women’s rights
Union Maids women organizers talking
This is What Democracy Looks Like -- Another World Is Possible, A rousing
Beyond Organic: The Billion Dollar Crop: The history and advantages of hemp as an industrial Healthcare
Sicko Michael Moore’s documentary comparing the highly profitable American | ||
| Solidarity Economy Power Point | A powerpoint slideshow with visual examples of a wide range of solidarity economy practices. The slideshow generally attempts to highlight a sector such as the cooperative movement or community supported agriculture and use a specific example as an illustration, rather than attempting to include hundreds of individual examples. This is a work in progress, so if you have suggestions about additions or revisions, please let us know. | ||
| Innovation and Funding | LEGACY & INNOVATIONA Guidebook for Familieson Social Change PhilanthropyBy Stephanie Yang and Changemakershttp://www.changemakers.org/media/docs/9396_Legacy2008.pdf |
