Social Solidarity Economy

In this episode we speak about the impact of the pandemic in the food sector with Elias Ziogas from Solidarity Economy Cooperative “Syn Allois”, Anthi Kamaterou from the social and consumer cooperative "Bioscoop" and Dimitris Ziakas from the Cooperative Grocery and Cafe "Eklectik". We also discuss the ways the cooperative ventures reformed their operation in order to respond to these new circumstances.

The civil non profit company Agroecopolis tries to connect agroecologists and small farmers with consumers while supporting Community Supported Agriculture during the pandemic in Greece.

This video refers to the fact that care tends to become an exclusively private, commercialised activity aimed at profit, due to the shift away from the notion of the welfare state.

In this episode we discuss the impact of prolonged confinement and restrictive measures had on people's mental health and the ways collaborative mental health organizations, empowerment and psychotherapy ventures have looked for in order to respond to the new circumstances and provide as much help as possible. We spoke to Katerina Charalampaki from the collaborative project "Apo Kinou, Mental Health Empowerment and Psychotherapy" and Maria Harizani from "Protoleio Ψ - Psychological and Psychosocial Support”.

The Social Cooperative Integration Enterprise ARGO produces organic vegetables and delivers them to interested customers in Thessaloniki through the harvest-basket. We observe how this cooperative enterprise copes with the pandemic and we listen to their expectations for the future.

Habibi.Works is an intercultural makerspace in Katsikas village, which allows refugees and locals to use spaces, tools and materials in order to build or repair whatever they need.

This video is about caring communities, which can play a very important role, provided that they have as their common infrastructure mutual aid, public space, commons and local democracy.