Browsing Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 2 - The Social Economy in Rural Revitalization and Development by Title
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Farmers Markets as Social and Economic Drivers of Local Food Systems
(2008-11-13)This presentation reported on the results to date of BALTA research project B5 which is exploring the current and potential role of farmers’ markets in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, as social economy drivers for ... -
Farmers Markets as Social and Economic Drivers of Local Food Systems
(2009-11-24)This presentation reported on the results to date of BALTA research projects B5 and B7 (second phase of research) which are exploring the current and potential role of farmers’ markets in British Columbia and Alberta, ... -
Farmers Markets, Local Food Systems and the Social Economy: A Thematic Literature Review
(2011-03-01)Alternative food systems, often drawing heavily on local and ‘embedded’ markets, have emerged as a response to the dissipating connection between food systems and ecological systems brought about by the globalization trend. ... -
Farmers’ Markets as Social Economy Drivers of Local Food Systems
(2009-04-12)There is growing interest in the re-localization of food systems. Farmers’ markets are important and increasingly prevalent sites of economic and social exchange in the evolution of local food systems. Little is understood, ... -
Farmers’ Markets as Social Economy Drivers of Local Food Systems: Phases I and II
(2010-07-14)There is growing interest in the re-localization of food systems. Farmers’ markets are important and increasingly prevalent sites of economic and social exchange in the evolution of local food systems. Little is understood, ... -
Natural Resources, Local Development and Social Enterprise: Examining the Connection Between Sustainable Rural Development and the Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta
(2009-04-06)One of the first steps in any research process is to undertake a thorough review of the existing literature in a particular area in order to understand the field of knowledge that is being drawn from and built upon. It ... -
Navigating Systems Transition (Short version)
(2017-03-22)Revealing the contours of the next system, conceptually and practically, the following examples fall under the banner of “cooperative economic democracy.” Rooted in territories, and operating at multiple levels, cooperative ... -
Power Point Presentation for Congress 2008. Sustainability, the Social economy, and the Eco-Social Crisis
(2009-01-05)Slide Show of paper -
Project B1 - Understanding the role of the social economy in advancing rural revitalization and development.
(2007-04-10)This project will build upon the broad literature review currently being conducted for SERC II, and will focus on the role that social enterprises in specific resource sectors play in sustaining and revitalizing rural ... -
Project B2-2007 Sustainability and the Social Economy
(2007-04-11)This project will examine the theoretical and practical implications of socio-ecological questions for the social economy or solidarity economy. The initial proposal is three parallel avenues of research: 1) a critical ... -
Prospects for Socializing the Green Economy: The Case of Renewable Energy
(2010-07-14)This is the project proposal for BALTA Project B6 - Prospects for Socializing the Green Economy: The Case of Renewable Energy. It examines the context for wind energy production and involvement by social economy organizations ... -
Reciprocity is Green: Sustainable Development and the Social Economy
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) explores the potential for synergy between the sustainable development and social economy fields/movements. -
Research activity summary and final report for Project B2
(2009-01-05)The following is a research activity summary and final report for Project B2 – Sustainability and the Social Economy – completed June 30th, 2008. The overall project timeline is May 2007 – April 2009. This report covers ... -
Rural Sociological Barriers to Adoption of Conservation and Food safety in Rural Alberta
(2007-08-28)This project was premised on the belief that adoption of conservation and food safety beneficial management practices is affected not only by economic factors, but also by a host of other socio-psychological variables. ... -
Scaling Up Local Food
(i4 e-magazine, Canadian Centre for Community Renewal, 2010-11-20)The key challenge facing local food initiatives is how to scale up to the point of transforming (rather than merely “informing”) the much larger conventional food system. This article, based on research by the BC-Alberta ... -
Scaling Up: The Convergence of Social Economy and Sustainability - Sellsheet
(2016-04-11)The book presented in this sellsheet and recently published by Athabasca University Press examines the potential of the social economy to transform the systems that make our current ways of life unsustainable. The book ... -
Seikatsu Consumer Coop: Scaling up food system transformation?
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on BALTA research on the Seikatsu Consumer Co-operative in Japan and explores its relevance for local food system ... -
Seikatsu Consumer Coop: Scaling-up Food System Transformation
(2010-09-25)This case study is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) looking at local food, sustainability and the social economy. It examines the Seikatsu Consumer Co-operative in ... -
Seikatsu Coop de consommateurs: Un contribution aux durabilitédu système agricole
(2010-04-09)This presentation was given at a two-day workshop of the Congrès du mouvement coopératif francophone de l’Alberta in April, 2010. It presents research conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) ... -
SeikatsuConsumer Coop: Scaling up food system transformation?
(2009-11-26)This presentation was given at the Co-operatives and Local Food Infrastructure conference hosted by Alberta Agriculture and Food on November 26, 2009. It presents research conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research ...