Social Solidarity Economy

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.

The Worker Cooperative Sociality specializes in digital applications and digital communications in Athens. How was this cooperative, already active in digital world, affected by the pandemic?

Boulouki (‘Gaggle’; travelling company of stone masons and craftsmen) is a group of architects and engineers who deal with traditional building methods that have fallen out of use in today’s construction practices.

This video highlights the importance of international and intergovernmental bodies and initiatives focused on care, social and environmental justice, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.