Our Publications

As the national leader for green living, purchasing and investing resources, Co-op America's web sites and publications--from the green living tips in Real Money to the hard-hitting sustainability information in our Co-op America Quarterly to the green products and services in our National Green Pages to our Green Action E-Newsletter--have helped millions of households, businesses and communities go green

National Green Pages
	The only nationwide directory of screened, socially and environmentally responsible businesses coast to coast. Find practical products that meet your everyday needs from food to clothing to housewares. A print edition is free when you join Co-op America. Green Businesses that pass Co-op America's screens are eligible to be listed in the National Green Pages™.

Real Money
	Real tips and resources for people like you who want to make green living, purchasing and investing choices that work for you and your family. Our popular bi-monthly newsletter is free when you become a member of Co-op America. Check out the current issue and download a free sample copy.

Co-op America Quarterly

Our award-winning journal takes an in-depth look at crucial social and environmental issues facing our times. From global warming to unfair trade systems, from biotechnology to deforestation. Discover what's at the heart of the issues facing us today and what people are doing everyday to make positive change possible. The Co-op America Quarterly is one of the many benefits of joining Co-op America. Check out the current issue.

Financial Planning Handbook
	Co-op America publishes the most comprehensive guide to socially responsible investing. Learn how to become a social investor, find a socially responsible bank, discover how to invest for your retirement without compromising your values. The Financial Planning Handbook is free when you join Co-op America.

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Economic power to push for socially and environmentally responsible businesses

Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Our Vision

We work for a world where all people have enough, where all communities are healthy and safe, and where the bounty of the Earth is preserved for all the generations to come.

What Makes Co-op America Unique

• We focus on economic strategies—economic action to solve social and environmental problems.
• We mobilize people in their economic roles—as consumers, investors, workers, business leaders.
• We empower people to take personal and collective action
• We work on issues of social justice and environmental responsibility. We see these issues as completely linked in the quest for a sustainable world. It’s what we mean when we say “green.”
• We work to stop abusive practices and to create healthy, just and sustainable practices.

Our History

In 1982, a small group of people got together, united by a belief that we could create an economy that works for people and the planet—and Co-op America was born.

This visionary group of individuals bravely put forth a revolutionary idea to Americans: “Every time you spend or invest a dollar, it goes to work in the world. Too often, it goes to support institutions and corporations that perpetuate injustice, pollute the environment, and destroy communities. But we can change that. We can use economic power to push for socially and environmentally responsible businesses ... and put our society on a more sustainable path.”

More than twenty years later, the impact of the work we do together with our members is truly phenomenal.

What makes our work unique?

• We help people in their roles as consumers, investors, business owners, homeowners, community activists, teachers, people of faith, children and parents, to take both personal and collective action that promotes positive social and environmental progress. Together, these people are growing the market for green products, promoting renewable energy, promoting fair wages and fair trade, and building healthy communities here and abroad.
• We focus on economic strategies to address social and environmental problems.
• We help people say NO to companies that hurt people and the planet and say YES to companies that are truly making a difference.
• We find solutions – not just problems.
• We work on both social AND environmental issues. We see these as completely linked. It’s what we mean by “green.”
• We work to stop harmful and abusive practices AND build new models for a sustainable future, such as promoting fair trade, renewable energy and community investing.
• We work in partnership with allies to have the highest possible impact.

Over the years, we have helped millions of people use their money to create a life they can feel good about living, and to cultivate a social and environmental legacy worth leaving behind. And we've helped these people join hands with others to help put our world on a more just and sustainable path toward the future.

Indeed, leadership for a better world will come from people like you and me. Together, we must act boldly, creatively, and with a tremendous amount of cooperation and love. We look forward to working with you! I hope that you'll join us.