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Curriculum & Resources: 10 Reasons Why Co-ops Rock
posted Apr 15, 2013 - Toolbox for Education and Social Change has a great classroom tool on cooperatives. You can buy its "10 Reasons Why Co-ops Rock" poster at pay what you want prices. Available in Spanish, too.
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Curriculum & Resources: The Food Project
posted Apr 15, 2013 - Resources from The Food Project, based in the Boston area, focus on sustainable agriculture and youth leadership. TFP graciously shares many of its manuals, activities, and curriculum for free (downloadable).
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YES! Recommends: Equal Exchange
posted Apr 15, 2013 - Equal Exchange is a worker-owned cooperative and has been at the forefront of fair trade, supporting small-scale farmers for over 25 years. Part of its mission is to educate and engage the public in the fair trade movement. Its curriculum, working papers, and infographics are terrific learning tools on fair trade, sustainable agriculture, and cooperatives.
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Visual Learning: Out of Character
posted Apr 15, 2013 - This Visual Learning activity will get your students thinking about the intersection of handwriting and digital typeface and the fate of cursive writing around the world.
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Free to Be Me
by Gia Rae Winsryg-Ulmerposted Apr 15, 2013 - Gia Rae Winsryg-Ulmer knew she found her place to teach when she walked through the doors of Brooklyn Free School three years ago. See how Gia and BFS honor children's rights to be themselves and become the happy, healthy, and independent thinking people they are meant to be. This is Gia's Story.
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Building a Solar Economy: 4 Lessons from Hawaii
by Erin L. McCoyposted Apr 11, 2013 - Hawaii generates more of its power from the sun than any other state. Here’s what the rest of us can learn from the obstacles that came up along the way and and what’s being done to overcome them.
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What If Your Kids Want to Get Political?
by Shannon Hayesposted Apr 11, 2013 - Using young children as political props is problematic, to say the least. But when they do form their own opinion, it’s important to let them express it.
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A Portlandia Sendup of Tiny House Living
by YES! online staffposted Apr 11, 2013 - Portlandia’s Kumail Nanjiani visits a tiny house and asks some of the questions on everybody’s mind.
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Labor Dept. Deputy: It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
by Amy Deanposted Apr 11, 2013 - Before joining the Department of Labor, Mary Beth Maxwell was a top organizer for the workers’ rights organization Jobs With Justice. Here, she speaks with Amy Dean about the lives of workers who make minimum wage and why the time has come to raise it.
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Look out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
by Daniel Mossposted Apr 10, 2013 - The book Harvesting Justice isn’t just a look at the world’s most exciting food justice groups—it’s also a knockout organizing tool.
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Why Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu Leaders Have High Hopes for Pope Francis
by Chris Francisposted Apr 09, 2013 - Leaders from many faiths are expecting better relations with the Vatican under Pope Francis. Here YES! speaks to some of them about why that is.
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Occupy Sandy Funds Growth of Worker-Owned Co-Ops
by Peter Rughposted Apr 05, 2013 - Could the seaside neighborhoods struck by Hurricane Sandy be the next big incubator for worker-owned companies?
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Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World Is a Seed
by Abby Quillenposted Apr 04, 2013 - “The Seed Underground” is a love letter to the quiet revolutionaries who are saving our food heritage.
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To Build a Community Economy, Start With Solidarity
by Abby Scherposted Apr 03, 2013 - How residents who can’t afford to buy in still get the benefits of co-op work and housing.
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Empowered by the Past: Red State Co-ops Go Green
by Brooke Jarvisposted Apr 03, 2013 - A century ago, cooperatives electrified the poorest counties in the nation. Today, can they lead the way to a smarter, cleaner grid?
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