Cooperate

A new cooperative bank that is open to women and daughters has opened in Maine. The Salem Cooperative Bank was created in February, and it will allow women and their children to make donations and make loans to help their families afford college. “We are excited to bring a bank that will serve as a model for…

The world is a small place.But, for some reason, some of us just want to keep the peace.Cooper’s has been the one company to make that happen.Coopers Dream, a coffee roaster and a co-operative, recently teamed up with several other coffee roasters to create a sandwich for the World Food Prize, which celebrates coffee’s role…

When you buy a house in Raleigh, North Carolina, or New York, you’re paying for a solar panel installation.But that’s not the only way to get the same benefit, says Chris Ruppel, executive director of the International Solar Cooperative Network, or SolarCoop.If you’re looking for a way to cut your carbon footprint and contribute to…