...what UAS would like to help manifest:
A specific instantiation of one of these collaborations would be called a CAHOOT.

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1. Successful collaborative grant proposal
Two or more organizations/individuals collaborate on a grant proposal
Likely implies related or collaborative project(s) (see 3)

2. Business -> Non-Profit externality offset collaboration
The particular practices of any particular enterprise that is not yet sustainable and are depleting life can be identified. A non-profit whose mission is to remediate the depletion or regenerate ecosystems correlated to the practice can then be identified. The enterprise can then contribute monetarily to the non-profit as a short-term solution until they redesign their processes to be sustainable. E.g., Company with extended trucking network invests in non-profits developing rail advocacy. Or Newspaper company contributes to sustainable forestry group

3. Successful collaborative project generation
A collaborative project is one that involves one or more organizations working together to plan, enact, produce, operate, share volunteers, share resources and share relationships.

4. Successful share of volunteers on seemingly unrelated projects
These projects would leverage the ecology i.e., the relationship of all the socio-ecological problems/solutions. E.g., There are documented relationships between watershed health, food security, social justice, transportation, air quality and community, but the organizations and businesses addressing such problems/solutions rarely, if ever, work together. Certain projects can be designed to leverage the skills/experience/relationships off many diverse groups.

5. New supplier/procurement relationships
Cooperative purchasing networks
i. Feature request to supplier
ii. Supplier says will fill request at requested price once volume exceeds x
iii. Prospective buyers add name to a list of purchasers and volume
iv. Once list exceeds requested volume – purchase occurs

6. Capital resource library/sharing
A utility service for organizations to share commonly used resource
e.g., Projectors, Space for events, Sound systems, etc.

7. Mergers
Analyze movement, identify overlap, identify benefits for all from combination and propose mergers where appropriate (respecting the need for diversity in ideas/approaches, etc.)

8. Sharing physical space
Convergence Centers are physical locations serving as a progressive models for sustainable socio-economic urban development and will become a destination for locals and tourists alike. They will become hot spots for cross-pollination of creative ideas and progressive community development. Each center will integrate businesses and organizations by housing production facilities for a related, yet diverse group of organizations such as craftsmen, studio space for artists, office space for green businesses and non-profits, healing space, an organic cafe, community meeting space, and retail space where members' goods can be sold directly to the public. By pooling resources, businesses and organizations will have lower overhead, increased visibility and stronger advertising power, while individuals will have a community gathering space to plan and implement sustainability solutions.

The buildings themselves will reflect a strong sensitivity to environmental concerns with a focus on self-sufficiency. They will use innovative building design and alternative energy systems such as solar, wind and fuel cell power, rainwater collection, gray water recycling, and organic/rooftop gardening. No such centers exist in the San Francisco Bay Area today.

9. Joint marketing and promotions
e.g., all Bay Area cooperatives jointly purchase advertising (if appropriate)
10. Non-profits provide customers for businesses through pro-bono promotion to membership and/or volunteer base where appropriate.

11. Policy advocacy prioritization
e.g., see the work of OneNW (http://www.onenw.org/success-stories/wa-priorities)
Drafting of jointly authored statements
Combining lobbying resources seasonally to address one topic at a time to reduce legislator confusion

12. Cultural events
Local organic delicious jams of transformative cultural delight!
Organizations combine energy to host larger events to draw more people in. e.g., Greenfestivals as collaboration between Global Exchange and Coop America.