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Founded in 1984 by 7 students, it soon after moved out from the university and hired its first paid staff. They are distinct from most science shops though, who would traditionally be located at and funded by universities. More
The Impact HUB Vienna was founded in 2010. It is located in the heart of the city and works in the three core areas of offering working and meeting space, network a larger community of social entrepreneurs in Austria and supporting programs for start-ups. More
Ecodorp Bergen is an ecovillage in the Netherlands. The land concerns a former, unused military terrain. A group of 7 people purchased the land in 2013, and is now working towards creating an ecovillage for approximately 80 people. More
Impact Hub King's Cross opened its doors in October 2008. It is located in a popular area of London, near to King’s Cross station, where it offers a co-working space and a community of social businesses addressing local and global challenges. More
Schloss Tempelhof as of today is a communally owned and self-organized ecovillage of 140 inhabitants, of 32ha located in a rural area in Southern Germany. More
The housing cooperative "Los Pibes" was created in 2004 in the south of Buenos Aires city (in the neighborhood of La Boca). The "COVILPI" promote de self-managed building and co-housing. More
A research and development enterprise working on the boundaries of environmental and social sciences with a transdisciplinary approach More
FIARE (the Foundation for Investment and Responsible Saving) is the Spanish manifestation of FIARE BANCA ETICA, a European credit cooperative that carries out its financial activities in Spain and Italy. More
After the founding of BIEN-SUISSE (BIEN-Switzerland) in 2001 and the Initiative Grundeinkommen (Initiative Basic Income) in 2006, Switzerland saw a surge of activities and activism around a citizen initiative for a popular vote that took place in the summer of... More
Slow Food USA is the national chapter of Slow Food in the United States of America, which has 127 active local chapters and around 6.000 members. Slow Food USA aims to inspire individuals and communities to change the world through good, clean and fair food. More
Banca Etica was created in 1999 by a big coalition of the major italian social organisations aimed to create a bank where savers, driven by the common desire of a more transparent and responsible management of financial resources, may meet socio-economic... More
Chilean organization with the aim improving the integral development of the peasant and indigenous women, considering working, economical, social and cultural aspects. More
Slow Food Mexico is the Mexican chapter of the Slow Food movement for Mexico and Central America. counts with 30 local chapters and around 500 associates in the Mexican territory, including some indigenous convivia. More
Ashoka Poland (AP) was founded in 1995 and is part of the Global Network of Ashoka, a US-based not-for-profit organisation with more than 35 years of history. More
The MOI (Movement of Occupants and Tenants) is a social, territorial and political organization born in 1991 with the aim to promote the housing access and the right to the city. Its primary organizational tool is the self-managed cooperative. More
Ecovillage Sieben Linden is a newly built residential-organized community of today 140 residents. It runs an education centre and has become famous for its sustainable way of living and ecological straw bale house building technology. More
The Quilmes Cooperative Limited of consumption and housing (in its Spanish name Cooperativa de consumo y vivienda Quilmes Ltda.) was created in 1987, when a group of neighbors of Ezpeleta organized itself to solve housing’s needs. More
Slow Food Italy (SFI) is a nonprofit association working towards transformation of the food system through the preservation of cultural traditions around food and based on the voluntary participation of more than 300.000 affiliates. More
CLER is a professional Network promoting renewable energies and energy saving since 1984. It brings together 200 members including associations, compagnies, local governments, federations of municipalities and education institutes. More
Crédal is a Belgium alternative financing cooperative founded in 1984 with a specific social vision: to promote fairer society and to reinforce social cohesion. More
Merkur Cooperative Bank is a Danish values-based bank, created in 1982 in Hjørring. Merkur is owned by over 5.500 cooperative shareholders and counts with 26,000 clients. Merkur supports environmentally oriented businesses as well as social and cultural sectors. More
FUCVAM (Uruguaian Federation of Cooperatives for Mutual Aid), is a second grade institution that coordinates and promotes co-housing in Uruguay. Since 1970, FUCVAM represents the interests of housing movement in the Uruguaian society. More
Groupe Terre is a social economy initiative aiming at participating in the creation of a democratic and solidarity world where each human would have the right to live in dignity and to develop himself/herself in a framework of intra and intergenerational respect. More
The Findhorn Foundation community is an experiment in conscious living, a learning centre and an ecovillage, founded in 1962. More
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