Posted in Blog on Jun 11th, 2010
Everywhere I look, a family or an individual seems to be falling through the cracks, so I usually write about whatever tugs at my heart. My recent alignment with Sound ConneXions, and Sound ConneXions Chicago, whose goal is to support social entrepreneurs engaging in social innovation, gives me the courage to take on a project [...]
I often write about communities gathering monthly to brainstorm for solutions, particularly housing, that can lead to easier lives. A reader responded to Bungalow with a shared kitchen – a true story asking: I’m interested in the formal aspects of relationships among house-sharers. If one person is a homeowner, does a landlord/tenant relationship exist? Are [...]
An odd twist of circumstances led me to live for two months in a bungalow where I shared a kitchen with two other housing units. A Punjabi Indian couple, completing their residencies at local hospitals, lived on the first floor with their beautiful eight-month-old daughter. An engineer lived in the basement apartment, a refugee from [...]
Posted in Blog on May 11th, 2009
Cooperatives meet the pressing problems we face today in a way that the private and non-profit sectors don’t. The University of Wisconsin’s Center for Cooperatives‘ Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives revealed startling conclusions: 30,000 cooperatives operate 73,000 places of business throughout the United States Cooperatives own over $3 trillion in assets Cooperatives account [...]