ABSTRACT
Most varieties of green political thought-ecosocialism, ecoanarchism, ecofeminism, bio-regionalism inter alia-display a fondness for the worker cooperative. Outlines of a ‘greener’ world, whether in polemical tracts or restrained academic tomes, frequently expound the virtues of the co-operative and its central role in protecting the environment. Green party programmes promise to encourage the growth of co-operatives. The majority of green thinkers envisage a future society in which the ideal form of workplace organisation (alongside the self-sufficient commune) would be that of a co-operative: a democratic workplace characterised by small-scale production, equity, community, and non-exploitation of workers, consumers and, crucially, nature.
