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Joanna Whitney
  • Female
  • Denver, CO
  • United States
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Denver Worker Cooperative Orientation Meeting

We are an eclectic group of some artists and some business people. One of us has had a co-op business before and one of us has been a member of a non-profit cooperative for 20 years.There are 14 of…Continue

Started Oct 28, 2011

 

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How are you currently involved in the Transition movement?
Since September, I have been organizing a worker cooperative grocery and food distribution center in Denver - with a bunch of others - we are currently educating ourselves re: what's going on already so we can make the best decisions possible for the community.

Working with RMEOC - Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center - to create a model and incubator for sustainable work for Coloradoans.

Contact me if you would like to be involved
In what ways do you identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested?
I am an artist - I am interested because I am alive during these times. I am disgusted with the unethical capitalism that has evolved recently and the destruction of our resources.
What background and skills do you bring to this community?
I am an artist. I have a talent for organizing unlikely and diverse elements into a unified whole.
How can you help the growth/acceptance/vitality of the Transition movement?
By creating a community Worker Cooperative not only will the community be effected but unemployed underutilized talent will realize the solution is us working together.
Your Favorite Books/Websites/Blogs/RSS Feeds for Information about the Transition Movement
http://urbanhomestead.org/
http://www.locofooddistribution.com/
http://www.patternliteracy.com/
http://www.callicratebeef.com/
Your Personal Website (if you have one)
http://www.joannawhitney.com/denverworkercoop

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At 6:50am on January 28, 2012, David Braden said…

Good to see you here Joanna.  You may be interested in joining the Front Range Gardeners and following the API Chronicles.

 
 
 

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