ReLocalize Cooperatives

**Pattern Name:**

ReLocalize Cooperatives

**Introduction:**

* Cooperatives are more resilient to downturns in the economy. * They are more able to adapt to local needs and changes. * They return the excess value to the owner operators.

**Illustration:**

ReLocalize Creativity Layer 1 CO-OP PATHWAYS TOOLS CO-OP MENTORS CO-OP METHODS CO-OP PATTERNS One Idea SEE COOPERATIVE SYSTEMS CO-OP PROGRAMS COMMUNITY PARTNERS RE LOCALIZE One Million Neighborhoods COMMUNICATION PLATFORM FOR CO-OPS COOPERATIVES

**CONTEXT:** Few businesses are sufficiently fair or responsive to the needs of the workers or the customers.

**PROBLEM:**

**Many people are at the mercy of their employers. **

**Many people do not find their work meaningful or fulfilling.**

**Many communities do not have the goods and services that they desire or need at prices they can afford.**

**Many communities are at the mercy of decisions made by absentee landlords and multinational corporations.**

**Forces:**

**THEREFORE (SOLUTION):**

**Create and manage local worker cooperatives, local consumer cooperatives, or local hybrid worker-consumer cooperatives whenever feasible, and then quit working for others.**

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