Evergreen Cooperatives Videos

Evergreen Cooperatives Videos

In May 2011 Capital Institute convened a meeting to support the scaling up of the Evergreen Cooperatives model as an activity of the Capital Lab’s Field Guide to Investing in a Regenerative Economy project. This video captures the shared vision and common intention of our gathering:

Gar Alperovitz, co-founder of The Democracy Collaborative, talks about the challenges of the current economic paradigm and the profound need for systemic change to integrate ecological and social implications:

(View Part 2 of Gar Alperovitz's video at the Capital Institute Youtube Channel here.)

See our "Braintrust" profile with Gar Alperovitz here.

From NOW on PBS with David Brancaccio, "Fixing the Future" profiles community pioneers creating the new economy and sustainable ways of living from the ground up:
 

Fault Lines - "Working Through America's Job Crisis" by Al Jazeera English (segment on Evergreen Cooperatives begins at 15:15):
 

An Introduction to the Evergreen Cooperatives by Graham Ford Veysey and the Cleveland Foundation:
 

Worker/owners talk about the impact working at Evergreen and being owners of their business is having on their lives:

Ted Howard, Founder and Executive Director of The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, speaks about the Evergreen Cooperatives Initiative at a TEDxCLE event:
 

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Features the Evergreen Cooperatives on Building Sustainable Communities: