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Berkeley supports employee ownership
On February 26th, 2019, The Berkeley City Council adopted a set of recommendations provided by the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), based on significant input from Berkeley worker cooperatives, organizations that support worker cooperatives (including Project Equity) and city staff.
Berkeley invests in employee ownership
The City of Berkeley is the first California city to invest city funds to advance employee ownership. Other cities are becoming aware, and Project Equity will be increasing the number of municipal partnerships in the year ahead to address these very issues.
Adams and Chittenden: Mo’s Story
Adams and Chittenden Scientific Glass, a twenty-five-year-old company in Berkeley, CA, is world renowned for manufacturing specialized laboratory glassware. In February 2017, co-founders Tom Adams and George Chittenden brought in Project Equity to assist with their journey to transition company ownership to their employees. Moshe Schandelson has been blowing glass with Tom and George for
For the Love of Glass
Imagine life without glass. From eyewear to iPhones, from environmental remediation to the exploration of Mars, glass is fundamental to modern life, and continues to be a profoundly important material for the advancement of the sciences. Nestled in West Berkeley, CA, (in the area of the city zoned for light manufacturing) is an unassuming industrial building that
Urban Ore
?? Background Founded in 1980 by Dan Knapp, and now co-owned by Dan and his wife Mary Lou Van Deventer, Urban Ore is a Berkeley, CA-based company whose mission is “To End The Age of Waste.” They operate a 3-acre facility that sells recycled goods to the public, and that on an average day, prevents nearly 20 tons