TESA cofounders Brian Van Slyke and Andrew Stachiw are teaching a six-week course this fall at Greenfield Community College (GCC). “Creating a Cooperative Food Economy” will explore co-ops and their impact on the local food economy. “We’re excited to get more people in the Pioneer Valley committed to building a better food system and a[…]
We received a touching response from someone who just bought Co-opoly—and it was a great reminder of why we decided to have a sliding scale and how it does actually matter. TESA, the co-op that makes Co-opoly, uses a sliding scale for all of our products. We decided to do this for several reasons, two[…]
Co-opoly: The Game of Co-operatives has been incredibly successful. With copies sold in over 20 countries, we are nearly out of the first edition and are preparing a second printing. Now, to get out the word about Co-opoly, we have developed an affiliate program that will earn your organization money. Here’s how it works: We’ll[…]
Recently, the Mime Troupe Collective, a well-established performance group in San Francisco, posted on Facebook that Co-opoly is “our new favorite board game!” The Mime troupe used Co-opoly during a workshop on making our society more democratic. We asked for some brief thoughts from participants who played Co-opoly about their experience. Here are some of[…]
Due to the great response we’ve gotten, we are excited to extend our six-month birthday celebration another week! The Party and Community Pack and the Education Pack will now be available through Friday, June 8! Don’t forget, if you buy one Co-opoly this week, you get one for $25 as well! Check out our photos[…]
We’re celebrating Co-opoly‘s half-birthday this week with special offers (see below!) and a look back over the last six months. Check out the photos from six months ago when two dozen volunteers gathered to help assemble more than one million moving parts from the first pressing of Co-opoly. Since those early days, Co-opoly has been[…]
Friends, this week is the six-month anniversary of Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives’ launch. We want to celebrate this special milestone by giving you presents! What an amazing journey it has been. Co-opoly has come so far in the first six months. We have sold more than 600 games in more than 20 countries. Co-opoly[…]
Below is a wonderful and moving testimonial about Co-opoly from Chikeola Karimou, someone that just recently discovered Co-opoly: Co-opoly! You people are simply awesome geniuses… I am new to the game and my mind is still all jazzed up about the brilliancy of it: it is clever, fun, informative and so engaging; but here is[…]
We’ve got a great new testimonial from Rebekah Hanlon, a worker-owner at the very wonderful Valley Green Feast workers’ collective, about Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives. Check out what she has to say below about how awesome Co-opoly is and then, if you’re in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts, check out her collective’s site here![…]
We want to thank everyone who has contributed to our fund that allows us to share Co-opoly for free with organizations around the world doing important social and economic justice work. Because of you, far more groups of people have access to Co-opoly and can use it to advance their important work and efforts. In[…]