Cooperative Information Education Legislation & Organizing (CIELO) promotes democratically run worker-owned cooperatives in land use, goods and services, as an alternative to large profit-oriented corporations. Through policy and the formation of new cooperatives we can make a difference!

Smart Yards. A Sustainable Landscaping Cooperative

The worker-owned cooperative in formation, Smart Yards, A Sustainable Landscaping Cooperative, will launch soon after the US Social Forum.  Responding to the need to save water during the California drought and long-term, Smart Yards will install a graywater system hooked to home appliances to water new sustainable yards with natural plants, replacing lawns.  Smart Yards coop members will own the coop, make decisions democratically, and contribute 25% of patronage (profit) to additional future cooperatives, building the cooperative economy.