Worcester SAGE Alliance invites you to a NEW ECONOMY WEEK EVENT WORCESTER CO-OPS AND COALITIONS CELEBRATE NEW ECONOMY WEEK Community Groups to Highlight City’s Growing New Economy 5:00-6:00pm Wednesday, October 15th at Stone Soup, 4 King Street, Worcester, MA 01610 FOOD SPEAKERS PERFORMANCES PRODUCTS from local Cooperatives! www.NewEconomyWeek.org 508-343-0035 ~ info@worcesterSAGEalliance.org On Wednesday, October 15,... ...

There’s a lot going on next week! Friends and allies of the New Economy Coalition have planned over 80 events for New Economy Week 2014. Take a look at the map and attend an event in your area.

Oikocredit representative for West Africa, Mariam Dao, has begun her tour of eight cities in Belgium and Germany. During her tour, Ms Dao will showcase Oikocredit's work in her region, in particular its work with agriculture, inclusive finance and women. In the years Ms Dao has been working for Oikocredit, she’s developed the region’s microfinance... ...

UNRISD’s gender team will be engaging directly with three of UNRISD’s main constituencies this month to maximise the impact of knowledge generated in the Institute. In a variety of events UNRISD researchers will be key participants in conversations with researchers and students; with UN policy makers and international experts; and with academics and civil society... ...

Over 45 people gathered at the Worcester Youth Center on Saturday, October 4, 2014 to move the Solidarity And Green Economy organizing forward in Worcester. The main proposed projects were as follows: 1. Launching a campaign to pressure major institutions like hospitals and universities to grow co-ops and local food initiatives by purchasing locally, and... ...

Cooperatives have been contributing to employment all over the world for decades. Presented for the first time at the International Summit of Cooperatives, the study “Cooperatives and Employment: a global report” carried out by CICOPA, the International organization of industrial and service cooperatives, discusses the significance of cooperative employment in the global landscape, both quantitatively... ...

Authors: Kelly Dombroski In water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) literature and interventions, it is common to class households with anything other than private toilets as ‘without sanitation’. This implies that the people who use forms of hygiene and sanitation relying on collective toilets and alternative strategies are somehow unhygienic. Yet residents of Xining (Qinghai Province,... ...