Cooperation

Ash Esposito shares her story here as part of Aspen Institute's Weave: Social Fabric Project of a journey from shy youth to sparking creative and expansive neighborhood connection with her fellow residents of Violetville Neighborhood in Baltimore, MD.   Weave: The...

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  For this week's episode Joey Taylor speaks with Amaha Sellassie about the Gem City Market, West Dayton Strong and his article, Beloved Community is a Present Possibility. The...

As the importance of affordable, secure housing rises to the top of our minds and discussion, we have the opportunity to more carefully consider housing systems rooted in community control and centered on people. This fourth article in NPQ’s...

In this podcast produced by Remember the Future, we learn the story of a group of actors in Maine who decided to repair historic wrongs in their own community through returning land while also working to be in meaningful,...

While the US and many other countries experiencing impossibly rising house costs, loneliness has also been recently declared a public health crisis. Many of us are also seeking more sustainable ways to live to better support the health of...

What are common practices among successful communities? What do those who try to start, nurture or maintain them most struggle with? What rituals and shared experiences keep a community strong? The Community Canvas, created by Fabian Pfortmüller, Nico Luchsinger...

When neighbors are at the center of generating ideas and creating their visions, local resources, gifts and talents can be tapped and built upon rather than extracted or ignored. This story from the city of Ft. Wayne, IN illustrates...

This article from Nonprofit Quarterly offers us a glimpse into time-tested traditions we can learn from the Bolivian people for practicing interdependence, mutuality, and self-governance to meet community needs.   Here in the Cochabamba Valley, days after Día de los Muertos (Day of...

As more and more communities and individuals become aware of the need to shift our energy sources to lessen the impacts of climate change, neighbor-driven action is key -- as is the energy, commitment and creativity of young people....

What does an economy that works for all people and the planet look like? And what are the policies that can support and protect such an economy? We are living through an historic moment where a number of crises– climate...