Social Enterprise Canada
www.SocialEnterpriseCanada.ca is an initiative of Enterprising Non-profits Canada and the Social Enterprise Council of Canada. We invite you to explore the site to learn more about how to plan and run…
Economy
REconomy Project
The REconomy Project is here to help build the capacity of Transition Initiatives, and other community organisations doing similar work, to grow a new kind of local economy. Through this…
Canadian Community Economic Development Network
Creating vibrant, resilient and sustainable local economies… Community Economic Development (CED) is action by people locally to create economic opportunities and better social conditions, particularly for those who are most…
REconomy’s How-To Guides
The REconomy Project is here to help build the capacity of Transition Initiatives, and other community organisations doing similar work, to grow a new kind of local economy. It’s aimed…
Winnipeg’s North End Community Renewal Corporation
The steady progess since 1998 of Winnipeg’s North End Community Renewal Corporation (NECRC) makes this organization seem like a textbook example of the successful evolution of a community development corporation….
Repair Cafes
Thirty groups have started Repair Cafes across the Netherlands, where neighbours pool their skills and labour for a few hours a month to mend clothing and revivify old coffee makers,…
Vancouver Tool Library
The Vancouver Tool Library is a cooperative tool lending library located at 3448 Commercial Street in Vancouver, BC. We carry a wide variety of tools for home repair, gardening, and…
Report: The Cooperative City
The Cooperative City: Social and economic tools for sustainability by John Restakis of the BC Co-operative Association, February 2011. A discussion of policies for promoting cooperative companies of different kinds…
New Economics Foundation
nef is the UK’s leading think tank promoting social, economic and environmental justice. Our purpose is to bring about a Great Transition – to transform the economy so that it…
Commonomics
A series of articles from YES! Magazine on how we can build local economies that are strong enough to include everyone. Ongoing coverage from 2013 Local Economies Reporting Fellow, Laura…
Community Resilience Manual
The Community Resilience Manual and Tools and Techniques for Community Economic Development from the Canadian Centre for Community Renewal. Also included is the Bibliography of sources used to create the…