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Marin Community Benefit Cooperative

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Description

The Marin Community Benefit Cooperative (MCBC) is project of the organization Our Health is at Stake (OHIAS) and is where local people seeking work and opportunity can access local undervalued and underutilized natural capital from built and urban forest environments to produce higher quality, higher value reusable materials and products that are more sustainable and healthier for the community.

Goal / Mission

MCBC's mission and work is about educating, assisting, and empowering individuals to live and work more harmoniously with nature and their community to avoid further ruin of the planet's finite life-sustaining capacity. A principal objective of its mission is to end waste as we know it today.

Results / Accomplishments

MCBC has demonstrated on a small scale the potential possibilities and opportunities for empowering people to live more healthy and happy lives, while doing so sustainably and responsibly. It was recently certified as a Marin Construction and Deconstruction Facility.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Our Health Is At Stake (OHIAS)
Primary Contact
William Callahan
844 B Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
415-454-9948
bill@ohias.org
http://www.ohias.org/
Topics
Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
Health / Wellness & Lifestyle
Economy / Housing & Homes
Organization(s)
Our Health Is At Stake (OHIAS)
Date of publication
2015
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
Marin, CA
For more details
http://www.ohias.org/
http://ohias.org/mcbc-plan.html
Target Audience
Adults
Submitted By
William Callahan

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A Good Idea meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.
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