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Mondragon Cooperative: Economics of Peace

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Feb 032010

From the Economics of Peace Conference, 2009.

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Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 1 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.

Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 2 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.

Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 3 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.

Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 4 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.

Fred Freundlich (left) teaches at Mondragon Universtiy in Spain. He is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, where his dissertation research is a new university initiative affiliated with the Mondragn Cooperative Corporation. Freundlich is a senior principal of Ownership Associates.

Mikel Lezamiz (right) is the educational director of the Mondragon Cooperatives Corporation, the world’s largest consortium of worker-owned businesses located in the Basque Country of Northern Spain. He helped organize Praxis Peace Institute’s 5-day seminar at the MCC headquarters in the fall of 2008. Lezamiz is one of the most knowledgeable sources on the history and current operations of Mondragon’s 120 worker-owned businesses.

Evergreen Cooperatives - Mondragon-style cooperatives in Cleveland

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Nov 182009

The Evergreen Cooperatives of Cleveland, Ohio are pioneering innovative models of job creation, wealth building, and sustainability. Evergreen’s employee-owned, for-profit companies are based locally and hire locally. We create meaningful green jobs and keep precious financial resources within our community. Our workers earn a living wage and build equity in their firms as owners of the business.

The first Evergreen Cooperative businesses – Evergreen Cooperative Laundry, Ohio Cooperative Solar, and Green City Growers Cooperative – are launching in 2009–2010. Watch the video.

Evergreen is a partnership between the residents of six of our city’s neighborhoods and some of Cleveland’s most important “anchor institutions” – the Cleveland Foundation, the City of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, and many others. Help us build community wealth to transform Cleveland and change lives.

Support the growing network of Evergreen Cooperatives. Together, we can transform our community.

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Bill Mollison on Mondragon Cooperative - Part 1 of Mondragon Permaculture

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Nov 102009

Mondragon and Permaculture

In the Mp3 audio of Bill Mollison 1983 PDC (Permaculture Designers Certificate) in Stanley,Tasmania (Geoff Lawton attended) that are available as DVD for sale and on the internet, Bill Mollison talks at length about the Mondragon Cooperative (along with Commonworks etc) as an organisational framework – a natural order of People Care and Fair Share for Earth Care that permaculture projects ought use.

I actually found and listened to these Mp3’s just before we went to Mondragon (such is life!). We really did Build The Road as We Travel (the only book on Mondragon that we saw on tour).

Also, re-reading the Permaculture Designers Manual 1988 he has a couple of references again to Mondragon in the Alternative Nation section towards the end of the book.

Source: Permaculture.coop – Notes on Mondragon & Permaculture, GaiaPermaculture.com

DVD of 1983 Bill Mollison PDC Audio in Mp3 - 47 hours

DVD of 1983 Bill Mollison PDC Audio in Mp3 - 47 hours

by Bill Mollison

* Yes you can still participate in a Bill Mollison, Permaculture Design Course.
* Featuring 47 hours of the Master of Permaculture.
* Professional recording with accompanying diagrams.

In September of 1983 I had a rare opportunity to spend two weeks at a Permaculture Design Course by Bill Mollison. It occurred to me that not everyone had such an opportunity.
In an attempt to make that course available to everyone I took professional recording equipment with me. Much editing later, I present the enthusiast with an audio set which marks a point in history. A time before Permaculture has become a household word.
– Jeff Nugent, editor.

I have owned a set of these recordings for many years. It is a recording of the design course which I actually attended in 1983. They capture Bill in classic form – full of energy, enthusiasm, and passion. As a Permaculture teacher, designer and consultant, working on numerous projects around the world, I have found them to be an invaluable and endless source of reference information and inspiration.

Geoff Lawton


DVD of 47 hours of Mp3, Bill Mollison 1983 PDC

Photos of Mondragon Cooperative Tour

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Nov 032009

We where very generously given a tour and lunch around Mondragon Cooperative.

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Photos from Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque

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Nov 032009

Earlier this year, we where able to visit Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque and spend time at the Mondragon Cooperative researching a Permaculture worker cooperative.

This slideshow are photos of the town of Arrasate. It’s a wonderful combination of Basque village, modern city and industrial park.

I cannot recommend Arrasate highly enough

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