What is Social Solidarity Economy?
Today, perhaps as never before, more people are becoming aware that capitalism has turned our lives and our planet into a commodity. A system that is environmentally unsustainable and socially unjust, and that it is not able to guarantee the happiness and dignified life conditions of all persons in any place on the planet.
Social Solidarity Economy includes a wide range of practices that span economic, social, environmental, political, communitarian or holistic dimensions.
News—
Iván Rodrigo Curiqueo Camargo : Weaving Territorial Economies for Buen Vivir
From the IX Region of Araucanía in southern Chile, Iván Rodrigo Curiqueo Camargo brings to the Nyéléni forum the voice of the Wallmapu Territorial Economies Network (RET), a convergence space that for the past 18 years has united organizations inspired by Mapuche and peasant worldviews, as well as the principles of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). RET seeks to [...]
Sandra Moreno Cadena: Seeds of Solidarity from Social Solidarity Economy
As Executive Secretary of RIPESS Intercontinental, Sandra Moreno Cadena comes to the Nyéléni Forum with the mission of weaving together the voices and experiences of regional networks, highlighting the contributions of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) as a key pathway toward sustainable food systems in both rural and urban territories. Sandra emphasizes that SSE provides answers where the market [...]
Ruby van der Wekken: Food as a Commons, Cornerstone of Systemic Change
Ruby van der Wekken is part of the food cooperative Oma Maa (“Our Soil”), located in the Helsinki region of Finland. For over 16 years, this cooperative has worked toward food sovereignty through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model that brings together producers and consumers in a collective effort to transform the food system. The cooperative produces organic and vegan [...]
What is RIPESS?
RIPESS is a global network of continental networks committed to the promotion of Social Solidarity Economy. The member networks themselves (Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) bring together national and sectorial networks, thus ensuring strong territorial anchoring.
The combined local and global scope gives RIPESS legitimacy to promote SSE, foster intercontinental cooperation, and advocate at different levels. RIPESS members believe in the importance of the globalisation of solidarity, and the ability to build and strengthen an economy that places people and planet at the centre of its activities.
