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.
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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 [...]
RIPESS at the Nyéléni Forum: For an Economy Serving Life, Not Profit
RIPESS, represented by Souhir Inas from the Réseau Marocain de l’Économie Sociale et Solidaire (REMESS), took the floor during the Nyéléni forum to share the political contexts facing its members and allies in their territories: Today, the world stands at a crossroads. We face overlapping crises: growing inequality, crushing debt, militarisation, climate disruption and ecosystem collapse. However, instead of turning [...]
RIPESS LAC participates in the Ibero-American Meeting on Social and Solidarity Economy in Bolivia
From September 8 to 12, Bolivia hosts the Ibero-American Meeting on Social and Solidarity Economy, a strategic space for regional dialogue, proposal building, and the strengthening of public policies around SSE. This event, organized by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy of the Government of Spain, brings together representatives from [...]
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.
