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The Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts

ANOTHER WORLD IS HERE! A Global Vision for Local Communities Western Mass Economic Alternatives Network at the Western Mass Social Forum April 14-15, 2007. The Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture. Nuestras Raices Holyoke, Massachusetts.

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The Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts

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  1. ANOTHER WORLD IS HERE!A Global Vision for Local CommunitiesWestern MassEconomic Alternatives Networkat theWestern Mass Social ForumApril 14-15, 2007

  2. The Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts

  3. Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture

  4. Nuestras Raices Holyoke, Massachusetts community gardens & market gardens

  5. Nuestras Raices Holyoke, Massachusetts Centro Agricola

  6. Anti-Displacement Project tenant-owned housing

  7. co-housing

  8. Sirius ecovillage

  9. worker cooperatives Collective Copies Pelham Auto

  10. consumer coops Co-op Power River Valley Market

  11. Young Entrepreneurs Society

  12. Dean’s Beans fair trade

  13. the Berkshire Brewing CompanySouth Deerfield, MA

  14. The People’s Pint Greenfield, MA Supporting local agriculture Building local community

  15. E2M A Community Conscious Economic Model for Millennium 2000

  16. Highland Valley Elder Services alternative currency

  17. Global Ecovillage Network

  18. Global Ecovillage Network • Fair trade movement

  19. Global Ecovillage Network • Fair trade movement • Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives • US Federation of Worker Cooperatives • International Cooperative Alliance

  20. Global Ecovillage Network • Fair trade movement • Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives • US Federation of Worker Cooperatives • International Cooperative Alliance • Community supported agriculture (CSAs)

  21. Global Ecovillage Network • Fair trade movement • Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives • US Federation of Worker Cooperatives • International Cooperative Alliance • Community supported agriculture (CSAs) • Slow food movement

  22. Global Ecovillage Network • Fair trade movement • Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives • US Federation of Worker Cooperatives • International Cooperative Alliance • Community supported agriculture (CSAs) • Slow food movement • Innovative land tenure arrangements

  23. Global Ecovillage Network • Fair trade movement • Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives • US Federation of Worker Cooperatives • International Cooperative Alliance • Community supported agriculture (CSAs) • Slow food movement • Innovative land tenure arrangements • Alternative finance, community development financial institutions (CDFIs)

  24. Global Ecovillage Network • Fair trade movement • Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives • US Federation of Worker Cooperatives • International Cooperative Alliance • Community supported agriculture (CSAs) • Slow food movement • Innovative land tenure arrangements • Alternative finance, community development financial institutions • Local and complementary currencies

  25. Global Ecovillage Network • Fair trade movement • Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives • US Federation of Worker Cooperatives • International Cooperative Alliance • Community supported agriculture (CSAs) • Slow food movement • Innovative land tenure arrangements • Alternative finance, community development financial institutions • Local and complementary currencies • Community-oriented businesses worldwide

  26. Building a community economy means taking back the economy as an ethical and political space of decision It’s a place where we negotiate our interdependence rather than leaving it to the marketplace

  27. Umbrella and support organizations Cooperative Development Institute (CDI)

  28. Umbrella and support organizations Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives (VAWC)

  29. Umbrella and support organizations Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)

  30. Umbrella and support organizations E2M Community Conscious Capitalism BALLE Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

  31. Umbrella and support organizations Franklin County Community Development Corporation (CDC)

  32. Umbrella and support organizations Community Economies Research Group (CERG)

  33. Umbrella and support organizations Center for Popular Economics (CPE) and Western Mass Economic Alternatives Steering Group

  34. Placed-based globalism a new political imaginary

  35. RECLAIMING THE ECONOMY Building a Community Economy in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts

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