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About the Book

If we are going to survive the crises of our time, we must learn how to work together.

Cooperative groups are our best hope for addressing climate disruption, racism, poverty, homelessness, oppression and even pandemics. The good news is that groups form every day to address these issues. The bad news is that they struggle with conflict, gridlock, power battles, and falling participation.

In short, we lack the skills to convert our passion and intelligence into effective action.

That’s where The Cooperative Culture Handbook comes in to help.

With 52 transformative group and individual exercises, here’s a practical toolkit for groups to solve problems, build community, and change culture towards greater empathy and authenticity. This is an essential resource for leaders, facilitators and changemakers to develop core practices in discernment, curiosity, communication and engagement.

Starting an Intentional Community: The Self-Paced Course

If you dream of creating an ecovillage, cohousing, coliving and permaculture community, this course will show you how to make it happen. Get ready for the experience of a lifetime as you join participants from around the world who are endeavoring to create communities.

With the guidance of Yana Ludwig, and the ability to take the course at your own pace, you can avoid the common pitfalls of community building and set your group on a path towards success!
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The Cooperative Culture Handbook was written in response to author Yana Ludwig’s book Together Resilient: Building Community in the Age of Climate Disruption. Together Resilient examines why citizen-led, community-based action is keyto addressing our world’s greatest problems. Cooperative Culture Handbook offers a framework and practical toolkit for how groups can solve such problems, build community, and change culture towards greater empathy and authenticity.

Buy them together for the complete package!

The Cooperative Culture Handbook

Yana Ludwig
With 52 transformative group and individual exercises, The Cooperative Culture Handbook is a practical toolkit for groups to solve problems, build community, and change culture towards greater empathy and authenticity. This is an essential resource for leaders, facilitators and changemakers!

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