The past week moved fast. I’ve split my time between San Sebastián and Bilbao, getting a whirlwind introduction to cooperation in the Basque Country. My time in both cities coincided with their Aste Nagusia or Semana Grande, the largest celebration of the year. My mind has been in two places, trying to engage in meetings with cooperators and… Continue reading Lessons of Resilience in Euskara
Month: August 2017
Hace demasiado calor en Barcelona…
… and everyone is on vacation! So I decided to travel north. The Watson is all about flexibility and learning how to make Plan B work as well as Plan A. Barcelona is a wonderful, vibrant city, and Catalonia is home to nearly 3,000 worker cooperatives, but my original plan to spend August there didn’t make… Continue reading Hace demasiado calor en Barcelona…
Who? What? And Why?
Hello! Welcome to my blog where I will meditate on my experience traveling the world for a year. As a 2017-2018 Watson Fellow, I will visit cooperatives in six countries (Spain, Mexico, Argentina, New Zealand, Germany, Canada) to explore how they succeed and when they fall short. While I see cooperatives as a revolutionary and… Continue reading Who? What? And Why?
Michaela Fisher 