View source for Solidarity Economy Mapping

'''Solidarity economy mapping''' refers to the visual/spatial depiction of places that do work related to the solidarity economy. These places may include community-supported agriculture (CSA) farms, [[Credit_unions|credit unions]], social justice nonprofit organizations, [[Worker_cooperatives|worker]], [[Consumer_cooperatives|buyer]], and producer [[Cooperatives|cooperatives]], farmers’ markets, and so many other initiatives. More examples of solidarity economy work can be seen [http://solidaritynyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/economyegg_web2-730x507.jpg here]. Maps serve to connect these initiatives to one another and to others in and around a community.

== Benefits of Mapping <ref>http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-to-map-the-new-economy</ref> <ref>http://cborowiak.haverford.edu/solidarityeconomy/mapping-initiatives/</ref> ==
*Increase visibility of projects and initiatives -- free advertising!
*Help community assess its strengths, gaps, and connections
*Connect SE entities, social movements, and activists through social networking
*Develop mutual support and common infrastructure among projects
*Facilitate creation of viable solidarity economy supply chains
*Serve as foundation for research and data collection to make the case for allocating resources and policies to support the solidarity economy

== Some Solidarity Economy Mapping Projects ==

*[http://www.solidaritynyc.org Solidarity NYC]
*[http://www.fbes.org.br Farejador da Economia Solidária (Brazil, site in Portuguese)]
*[http://www.essglobal.info/ ESS Global (includes Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemborg, Quebec and Spain as of July 2014)]
*[http://www.zoes.it/geozoes Zoes (Italy, site in Italian)]
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&om=1&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=112892358918251834205.000442d4624ee318c9b1d Pioneer Valley, MA]
*[http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html Boston]
*[http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=117046187073929804173.00048c008e41521d1e891&z=9 Philadelphia]
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?cd=2&hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101489084589975348016.000483372b986c7a2b140&ll=40.241274,-74.108963&spn=0.389433,0.607681&z=11 Jersey Shore]
*[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208338266484468166888.0004d6df4e090e2dfc8aa&msa=0 Ann Arbor]
*[http://goo.gl/ea5RfG Detroit]
*[https://kolanutcollab.org/sewg Chicago]

== See Also  ==

*[[Cooperative economy]] 
*[[Participatory economics]]

== References  ==

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