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Green Worker Cooperatives: ReBuilders Source

"Omar's flyer was the turning point," exclaimed Gloria Walker, recalling the 2004 flyer posted by Omar Freilla, the executive director of Green Worker Cooperatives.

Kind of Co-op: other, worker

Green Worker Cooperatives: The Green Urbanist

One man's trash is another's treasure — a timely adage for reuse advocate Omar Freilla, executive director of Green Worker Cooperatives in the South Bronx.

Kind of Co-op: other, worker

Green Worker Cooperatives: Greening the Bronx

Omar Freilla evolves the notion of materials reuse with the nation's first worker-owned cooperative for used and surplus building materials.

Kind of Co-op: other, worker

Woodshanti

In 1997, Tom Clossey and Shawn Berry took over a furniture shop in San Francisco's Bayview District and started down the road to economic self-sufficiency.

Kind of Co-op: other, worker

Nationwide

In May of 2007, a giant tornado with 200-miles-per-hour winds drilled a deadly path across Greensburg, Kansas, destroying both homes and businesses. The only business left was a concrete grain elevator.

Kind of Co-op: consumer, other

REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.)

What began as a group of 23 mountain climbing buddies is now the nation's largest consumer cooperative, with more than 3 million active members.

Kind of Co-op: consumer, other