Great example of democracy + sustainability that's economically viable--and they're in Brooklyn!
Wearing a hot pink T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Si Se Puede!,” Luz Maria Hernández, 29, slips on a pair of rubber gloves and goes to work. A few hours later, the two-bedroom, one-bath apartment is sparkling clean—and Hernández pockets $110.
Hernández doesn’t have to give half the fee to a cleaning contractor, because she’s one of 24 members of Si Se Puede! (“We can do it”), a women’s cleaning cooperative in Brooklyn, New York. Si Se Puede! was started in 2006 by neighborhood women with the help of a local community organization, the Center For Family Life. Rule No. 1 for this women-owned, women-run, eco-friendly (workers use only non-toxic products) cleaning co-op: Keep all the cash, except a $5 fee.
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