YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 7. Praxis Peace Institute Mondragón Seminar and Tour http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/praxis-peace-institute-mondragon-seminar-and-tour Experience the inner workings of a successful consortium of cooperatives in Spain. Rooted in education and sustainable social values, the Mondragón Cooperatives embody a democratic model of economics for the 21st century. The Mondragón Project Praxis Peace Institute and the Educational Department of the Mondragón Cooperatives in Spain are offering a 5-day learning experience at the Mondragón headquarters in the Basque Country. In addition to learning the history and values of Mondragón, experience first hand the inner workings of one of the most successful consortium of cooperatives in the world.

The purpose of the seminar is to learn about worker-owned and managed cooperatives from world experts in the field. With more than 50 years of experience, the Mondragón Cooperatives now encompass 264 worker-owned businesses, employ more than 100,000 worker-owners, and have production plants on four continents. Their democratic model of management and humanitarian commitment to social responsibility, are pivotal factors in their longterm success. Mondragón describes their organizational ethic as “an environment in constant economic, social and political evolution.”

Highlights include:

• The culture and values of Mondragón.

• Visits to cooperative businesses, including a youth cooperative and an incubator for new cooperative projects.

• A presentation of Mondragón projects for developing countries.

• Learn about the financial mechanisms of Mondragón: how it works, why it thrives.

• Mondragón’s Corporate Management Model.

• Visit Mondragón University and the education center where the Mondragón movement began.

• How to transfer the Mondragón Experience to our communities.

The seminar will include 4 days of presentations and tours of Mondragón businesses. On the 5th day, Praxis Peace Institute will host a day of discussion and brainstorming on ways in which these ideas can be used in our communities back home and how we can find support for cooperative business ventures.

 For more infomation, visit: www.praxispeace.org

 

]]> No publisher Taylor Cremo Workshop/Symposium 2011-06-03T20:05:00Z Event 2010 Northwest Permaculture Convergence http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/2010-northwest-permaculture-convergence A focus on Urban permaculture and the invisible structures that weave our lives together. Washington State Permaculture is a resource created by and for the Washington State permaculture community. As permaculture becomes more popular and established in our region, a few of us – longtime and new practitioners alike – have realized that one database and news resource for all things “permacultural” is a niche that needs to be filled.

This is the third annual event, to be held September 17-19 at South Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA. This year the convergence is in the heart of the city; on the 87 acre campus of South Seattle Community College. Workshop sessions will be held throughout the day to explore Residential Renewable Energy and Public Policy with Jeff Gee or Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation and Mycoremediation with Amandine Murphy to name a few. Keynote speaker for this event will be Mark Lakeman, co-founder of Portland, Oregon's amazing urban revitalization organization City Repair.

All participants are encouraged to bring their fresh, homegrown food for all to share during common meals.  Or bring local, sustainably-raised food from your favorite local farmer or artisan producer! 

For more information visit http://www.washingtonstatepermaculture.org/wordpress/?page_id=7

 

]]> No publisher Jane Baumgartner Workshop/Symposium 2010-09-17T17:16:55Z Event Resilient People Workshop http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/resilient-people-workshop Expanding your ability to face big challenges in a practical way. Amazing news on super-short notice!

In this time of unstable economies and growing climate impacts, Sanjay Khanna is facilitating a workshop this coming weekend called “Resilient People: Building strength in a time of economic and climate change.”

“Resilient People: Building strength in a time of economic and climate change” is a workshop for our time. Facilitated by Resilient People co-founder Sanjay Khanna, the workshop provides a rare opportunity for participants to speak to their doubts and fears about economic uncertainty and ask questions about how climate change is going to affect their daily lives. The workshop helps people problem solve in a setting that makes it easier to get over emotional barriers that prevent individuals and communities from taking real action.

What you'll learn

  • Being your own futurist and recognizing patterns
  • Discussing climate change so people can participate from their own PoV
  • Preparing yourself emotionally for things getting worse
  •  Connecting with others around community readiness
  • Communicating to children about a more uncertain world
  • Indigenous perspectives shared with Sanjay that may be of practical benefit to non-Indigenous people
 
The workshop will begin Sept. 10 from 7-9pm, and continue on Sept. 11-12 from 9am-4pm

For more information and registration visit http://www.realisticsanctuary.com/?p=173
Or contact Sanjay Khanna via email or phone.
]]> No publisher Jane Baumgartner Workshop/Symposium 2010-09-10T20:57:47Z Event World On Your Plate Food Forum http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/world-on-your-plate-food-forum A day of learning, community, and food. This year's keynote speakers for the World On Your Plate Food Forum include Anna Blythe Lappé -- national bestselling author and sought-after public speaker, respected for her work on sustainability, food politics, globalization, and social change, and Dr. Sandra Steingraber -- ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, and internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health.

In addition to these world-class speakers, the event will have an incredible line up of local experts and resources who will be presenting about 18 workshops during the day, including Buffalo ReUse (Extreme Makeover), Dr. Margaret Mitchell (Healthy Transformations), Michael Schade, Center for Health, Environment & Justice, and workshops ranging from Raw Foods to Food Safety to Raising Chickens at Home.

In past years 400-500 people to attended the event, which includes a Friday night film and dinner, a full day of workshops, speakers and organic lunch on Saturday, and a variety of information tables and resources.

 

www.worldonyourplate.org

]]> No publisher Jori Saeger Workshop/Symposium 2010-07-14T22:18:53Z Event Seattle Sunny Side Up http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/seattle-sunny-side-up Measuring Gross National Happiness What if happiness were the bottom line for our economy and our policies? What would Seattle look like then? How would our schools run? What would be workplace policy? How would the struggle for justice be given a boost? How would businesses be successful? Would we trust our government more? Be healthier? Take better care of the environment?

Michael Pennock of the Vancouver Island Health Authority, an expert in data research from Victoria BC worked with the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan when the Bhutanese decided to make happiness a bottom line. He helped them develop a Happiness Survey they now use to determine policy, including whether to join the WTO (they didn't). Now that survey is being used all over the world.

GNH is a framework for decision making that puts people and planet in the mix with profits. In Brazil it's being applied so far in a university, a municipality and a corporation. How could Gross National Happiness help us here?

Come and join Michael Pennock and City Council President Richard Conlin on Monday, April 19th from 7-9 pm in the Landes Room on the first floor of City Hall, 600 4th Avenue, Seattle.

Learn about the Pennock happiness survey and what happened in Victoria when the city took the survey and created a Happiness Index.. Join with other Seattleites in figuring out how a Gross National Happiness Campaign might work in our city and what's already underway. Hear some happiness stories and learn what international research has to say about what really makes us happy. Become part of the new movement in Seattle that could help your own GPH... gross (overall) personal happiness.

]]> No publisher sknight Workshop/Symposium 2010-04-19T18:55:37Z Event Emerging Co-op Leaders Program http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/2010-emerging-co-op-leaders-program Develop leadership skills and network with other emerging co-op leaders. NASCO will bring together a group of emerging leaders from all parts of the cooperative movement to learn more about the breadth and depth of cooperatives and cooperation. Participants will be drawn from all sectors, ranging from agricultural and housing co-ops to consumer co-ops and credit unions. Whether employees, directors, members, managers, or students, participants will gain a better understanding of the history, challenges, trends and opportunities in today's cooperative movement.

The program this year will provide an in-depth look at the cooperative principles and practices that are the bedrock of the cooperative sector. Participants will receive a cooperative primer, which has been specially developed for the Emerging Co-op Leaders program. As a part of the program, we will also attend the annual conference and annual meeting of the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and attend the induction ceremony for the National Cooperative Hall of Fame. The annual meeting of the National Cooperative Bank (NCB) will wind up the four days with a chance to learn about this dynamic financial institution.

www.nasco.coop/leaders

]]> No publisher sknight Workshop/Symposium 2010-03-05T22:38:43Z Event Get Your SLICE! http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/get-your-slice October 3, 2009, Seattle, WA. Strengthening Local Independent Co-ops Everywhere.

BALLE Seattle and Madison Market present a one-day conference for people who are starting, have recently started, or want to start new cooperative ventures of all kinds, and who want to maintain and expand the long-term viability of strong, values-based cooperative business models as transformational alternatives to the dehumanizing and unsustainable models that prevail in our economy. www.balleseattle.org

 

]]> No publisher arielk Workshop/Symposium 2009-07-31T21:45:00Z Event