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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Takeaways from Intergenerational Dialogue to Promote Care and the Social and Solidarity Economy
Success at the meeting organized by the RIPESS Gender Commission, with more than 300 registered participants. https://youtu.be/OlqPw8GYAvg https://youtu.be/OlqPw8GYAvg On 29 January, it was held the intergenerational dialogue ‘And for you, what is care?’ . The first webinar of the year on care and the Social Solidarity Economy was organised by the Gender Commission of RIPESS Intercontinental and in collaboration with [...]
URGENCI invites to a webinar on Social Food Security on 30 January in the frame of the NYÉLENI Proccess.
Why Food Social Security? Food Social Security is a promising answer to the growing food insecurity in our societies, as well as to the question of providing a decent living for food producers. It is novel and an important aspect that can help build truly sustainable food systems. The European experiments have been an attempt to address several issues: the [...]
‘Play the change you want to see in the world’: Learning and spreading Transformative Economies through playing
Last November, Athens became the place chosen to launch the final version of ‘The Change’, a board game in which nobody wins and everybody learns about Transformative Economies and real projects that have been collected in this virtual map of initiatives. This game is already an educational tool that seeks to bring the principles of the Social and Solidarity Economy [...]
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.
