About Us
Planting Seeds and a Lifelong Practice
Project Cooperation is a new organization founded by John Larson and Betty Bailey. The seed thoughts and ideas began forming in March, 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, and daily events since have validated the need for active cooperation everywhere in the world.
We were strongly compelled to build this organization while spending our lives working, studying, and learning how important the principles of cooperation are for individuals and society. Founders Betty Bailey and John Larson are at different stages in their life, but have partnered to work on projects and spread ultra cooperative energy throughout the world.
The two main symbols of development are the seed and the flower: a seed has all the potential it needs to become a tree, and a flower, from its closed bud, opens up and enables the fruit to form.
–Roberto Assagioli
Betty Bailey
Teacher, Chef, Co-founder
Betty has had a life of discovery and adventure, which started while growing up in North Dakota. After graduating college she became a Home Economics and Child Development teacher in Minneapolis, where she worked in Middle and High Schools. She moved her family to Crested Butte, Colorado, and went on to teach and serve many individuals and groups over the past 30 years.
Having sold all their properties and major assets in the 80’s, Betty, and Barry, have had epic adventures when not working or teaching. Each of the last 40 years they have been backpacking extensively throughout the canyons of Utah and Arizona, as well as the mountain ranges of the Western U.S.
For Project Cooperation Betty provides her knowledge, wisdom, and helps guide group discussions.
John Larson
Organizer, Co-founder
John is multi-talented and has been exploring many ways to live and engage throughout his life and work. He was fortunate as a young student to study and work with other young International leaders in German, Switzerland, and France.
John now runs a Startup in San Francisco that partners with dozens of large and small corporations. He divides his time at his home in Sonoma with adventures in Colorado, Southern Utah, Arizona, and throughout the West.
John works within every aspect of Project Cooperation to lead groups, find projects for people to engage in, and provide outreach throughout the world.
