The co-op currently has over 330 members, with 1,000 people using the shop regularly and 3,800…
Environment
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Show filtersFonterra launches environment plan to improve waterways
By 2025 all of its farmers will have a farm environmental plan as part of their…
Illinois food co-op is named ‘Best Small Business in America’
The community grocery won the $10,000 from Rubicon Global, which works with small firms to develop…
How to play a role in building a sustainable future
In her keynote speech, Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland warned the world faces serious challenges when it…
Study reveals Canadian co-op sector’s work on climate change disclosure
All the organisations surveyed made some form of disclosure but campaigners say there is room for…
Welsh community launches turbine share offer on Go Green Day
The community benefit society is backing climate change charity Size of Wales in a bid to…
Midcounties Co-op helps school pupils go green on Outward Bound course
Through its Green Pioneers programme, the society has helped youngsters save energy at Bishop’s Castle Community…
The only community-owned forest in Nova Scotia sets out its stall
Medway Community Forest Co-operative manages 12,000 acres in an effort to create a sustainable timber industry
Innovation in Costa Rica: co-ops using agricultural waste for cosmetics and snacks
After overproduction hit prices, Frutalcoop and Cooperoguata are producing topping, energy bars, soaps and body lotions
Regulatory and tax changes have slowed the growth of community energy
The Community Energy Conference heard a number of projects had stalled after controversial government policy changes