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Web Sites in Category Cooperatives

1|20 Media - Workers' co-operative providing 3D previsualization and multimedia services.

Alpha Communication Ltd - A workers' co-operative providing graphic design, exhibition stand design and 3rd sector communications services in the North East of England.

Bicycle Doctor - Worker co-op providing cycle and bike equipment in Manchester, UK. Includes bicycle FAQ, online catalog, and links to bicycle groups in England.

Calverts Creative Co-operative - A London based progressive communications company providing design and print for screen and paper. Includes company information and an estimate form.

Canadian Co-operative Association - Official information on anglophone co-operative businesses and credit unions in Canada.

Co-op Group - The world's largest co-operative society, with activity in a number of retail sectors, and subsidiaries in insurance, financial services and many more area (formerly known as CWS group).

Co-operative News - An independent publication for the UK co-operative sector.

Co-operative Union - An umbrella organization for UK co-operatives, providing a political voice. Also incorporates ICOM, a worker co-op body.

Co-opNet - Electronic mailing list run by the Southampton Co-op Network to promote cooperatives. The emphasis is on UK co-ops, particularly worker co-ops. Includes links to list archives.

Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives - COPAC joins businesses of the cooperative movement with the United Nations, and farmers' and workers' organizations. General info on COPAC and its member organizations.

Cooperative Business Archives - Archives for UWCC's Cooperative Business mailing list.

Cooperative Hall of Fame - The Cooperative Hall of Fame honors those distinguished individuals whose contributions to cooperative business have been genuinely heroic. Includes biographies of inductees and general information on the organization.

Cooperatives and Nonprofits on the Internet - Directory of co-op links, organized by business sector.

Cornell Cooperative Extension - An educational system that enables people to improve their lives and communities through partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work. Includes course goals and general information.

Ditas - Danish buying group for do-it-yourself products. Corporate profile and financials, map of members, and related links provided.

Environmental Services Co-operative - Co-operative created by environment scientists whose main aims are to promote and tackle environmental issues in various sectors.

European Community of Consumer Cooperatives - General information on European cooperatives; members site includes forum, message boards, articles, and coop chat.

Fruition Natural Spaces - A Dorset based co-operative of skilled craft people covering garden services, stone masonry, carpentry as well as sculpture and traditional building methods.

Grassroots Economic Organizing - A newsletter about worker co-ops, economic democracy and sustainable, stakeholder-owned, democratically managed businesses in the US and worldwide.

HEAT USA - A heating oil co-operative.

ILO Cooperative Branch - Cooperative publications, articles, and links by the English-based International Labour Organization.

International Co-operative Alliance - Information about co-operatives worldwide from the ICA, their apex organization.

Iowa Institute for Cooperatives - Legislative Action, education & training business development assistance from this state organization.

Klien Karoo Co-operative - Produces ostrich leather, ostrich feathers and ostrich meat, as well as providing multiplication, distribution and marketing of quality pasture and vegetable seed.

National Cooperative Business Association - Contains general information on American cooperative businesses, a co-op events calendar, and NCBA membership information.

North American Students of Cooperation - Federation of campus-based housing and retail cooperatives in Canada and the U.S.

Orion Counselling and Research Co-operative - Handbooks about managing cooperatives, and links to worldwide cooperatives. In English, French and Spanish.

Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op - A consumer co-op with activities in food, motor and travel retail, funeral services and childcare.

Paperback - Supplying recycled graphic and office papers.

Regional Co-operative Development Centre (RCDC) - A community economic development co-operative providing full organizational and business development services to new and developing co-ops.

The Phone Co-op - A highly successful consumer co-operative in the UK telecommunications sector.

Think electric collective - A worker owned and operated electrical contractor in Eugene, Oregon dedicated to providing living wage union jobs wile building a sustainable future.

Total Coverage - Design co-operative offering graphic, web and exhibition design, as well as corporate identity

UK Co-op Online Directory - A guide to the co-op movement and a directory of UK co-ops, sorted by field of work.

United Norwest Co-operatives - A UK consumer co-operative active in northwestern England, offering services and products as diverse as food, furniture, travel and funerals.

usura - A co-operative of skilled professionals offering a wide range of services. We undertake a range of projects harnessing the skills of individual members, and group projects utilising the specialist skills of several of our members.

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