permaculture

340 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

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Community cooperatives can make community members feel better because:

• There is more money/goods circulating in village.


• There are more jobs in the village.


• They can be proud of having their community name on products.

Different types of community cooperatives include:

• Business/enterprise cooperatives


• Resource trading/sharing cooperatives – Such as:
  
  
  • Tools.
  
  
  • Materials.
  
  
  • L abour.
  
  
  
  


• Bulk purchasing cooperatives - reduces individual costs on food / materials


• Community resource producing cooperative, including:
  
  
  • Drying and storing foods.
  
  
  • Seed saving and distribution.
  
  
  • Nurseries.
  
  
  • Community improvements such as buildings.
  
  
  • Disaster mitigation and management.
  
  
  
  


• A combination of any or all of the above.

Presentation : Cooperative or small enterprise tree

Method : Facilitator presentation

Tools : Images, black/white board, markers

References : PC Book MOD 13 – Cooperatives and Enterprise Development

Objective : Participants learn about basic management structures and concepts

A good co-op or community business model is like a tree

• First it starts with a seed. This seed is an idea.


• Imagine the seed growing, first it will start developing roots, a trunk, and leaves.
  It searches for water and nutrients which represents and analysis of needs,
  available resources, products, marketing, and so on.


• The tree will need a place to grow into its full size. This represents the right
  place, good planning, structure, and vision for the future, providing community
  support, training, financing, and transportation.