Via #SeikatsuClub Co-op in Japan:

Dear friends,

We posted a new English article on our website.
https://seikatsuclub.coop/news/e_detail.html?NTC=1000001994
Genome Editing Study Meeting Held to Prevent the Distribution of Genome-Edited Tomato Seedlings to Elementary Schools

In our “10 Principles for Seikatsu Club Consumer Materials,” Seikatsu Club... declared that “We oppose the genetic modification of food, which is inimical to bioethics and facilitates corporate dominance.”

Love and peace,
Ryoko

Our friends at #SeikatsuClub have published an English language update on their efforts to monitor radioactive contamination in food, and support farmers, in the wake of the Fukushima triple meltdown.

https://seikatsuclub.coop/news/e_detail.html?NTC=1000001752

Graphic from #SeikatsuClub Consumers Cooperative in Japan, lamenting the ubiquity of corn products in popular foods.

New English articles on the #SeikatsuClub (#Japan) website. https://seikatsuclub.coop/news/e_index.html

1. Misako Shinozaki, Chairperson of the Seikatsu Club (Kanagawa), was interviewed by the ILO.

2. The Civil Policy Research Institute, a thinktank for the Seikatsu Club Group, published a special feature titled “The Value of Co-operatives in the COVID-19 Crisis: The Road to a Social Solidarity Economy.” The authors are Cheyenna Layne Weber and Ali Issa of The Cooperative Economic Alliance of New York City.

Update from #seikatsuclub consumer cooperative in #Japan. Check out the flow chart showing how a large food co-op can provide infrastructure for mutual aid.

"Based on the reduction in economic activity due to the spread of infection of the novel coronavirus, we have delivered rice as emergency relief to people who are facing difficulties in their daily lives. We report to you here on the voices of the people who received our rice."

https://seikatsuclub.coop/news/e_detail.html?NTC=1000001082

@LeoSammallahti

Interesting event you might be interested in: https://rightlivelihood.ucsc.edu/events/webinars.html

#seikatsuclub
#japan

From Shimizu Ryoko at #seikatsuclub

"Dear friends,
We posted a new English article on our website. "31st Annual General Meeting Approves “First Seikatsu Club 2030 Action Declaration” for SDGs"

https://seikatsuclub.coop/news/e_detail.html?NTC=1000000884

"The declaration approved at this year’s AGM advances seven goals that are in line with the ideals of the SDGs and one unique Seikatsu Club goal that goes beyond the SDGs for a total of eight priority goals.

"Hope you will enjoy reading it."

#sdg #Cooperatives #japan

Latest English update from #seikatsuclub consumers co-op in #Japan. How the co-op is organizing food aid.
https://seikatsuclub.coop/news/e_detail.html?NTC=1000000829

Latest English language news from Seikatsu Club Consumers Cooperative.

https://seikatsuclub.coop/news/e_detail.html?NTC=1000000741

#RightLivelihood
#seikatsuclub
#japan #Cooperatives

Feeling grateful to Ryoko Shimizu of #SeikatsuClub in #Tokyo for taking time to walk me through the basics of their really impressive cooperative structure so I can share it with others here in Colorado. At 400,000 members, Seikatsu Club is one of the smaller #ConsumerCooperative organizations in Japan...

What does it mean to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into the work of your cooperative? Japan's #SeikatsuClub takes the challenge seriously:

https://www.seikatsuclub.coop/excludes/rengou/img/about/vision/2018thinkandact_e.pdf

(in English)
#SDGs

A few years ago I visited this Japanese #WorkersCollective that provides employment support for disabled persons. Unlike organizations that aim to "prepare" people to work in typical capitalist companies, they emphasize developing cooperative work that is fulfilling and humane.

https://seikatsuclub.coop/news/e_detail.html?NTC=1000000155

#SeikatsuClub

Happy to see this write up from friends in #SeikatsuClub about their visit to US #coops.

http://seikatsuclub.coop/about/20181127_e_activity.html?_ga=2.166155518.131863083.1548831656-706575121.1533262975

Japanese consumer coop gives wind turbines a human face. http://seikatsuclub.coop/about/smp/20180313_e_activity.html

#seikatsuclub
#windpower