ckohtala @ckohtala@social.coop

Just published one of those stories that might cost me a few friends 😲

Hierarchy Is Not the Problem...
It's the Power Dynamics

https://medium.com/the-tuning-fork/hierarchy-is-not-the-problem-892610f5d9c0

#futureofwork #feminism #agile #teal #goinghorizontal #betterworktogether #coops

There is one blockchain that is not wasting energy by securing the cryptocurrencies through cooperation instead of competition. Intended for shifting society towards a cooperative, ecological economy: The 5 year old FairCoin https://fair.coop/en/blog/happy-green-bday-faircoin #bitcoin #energywaste #faircoin

Commoning Our Cities: Mary Miss, Silvia Federici, Peter Linebaugh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmJcPkpI98 @GRITlaura

This is written for facilitators, but it's good advice for everyone involved in collective/#cooperative projects.

http://geo.coop/story/key-facilitation-skills-feedback

#Coops #Community #Feedback #ConflictResolution

Money & Society MOOC starts on Feb 19th http://iflas.blogspot.com/2014/12/money-and-society-mooc.html

Funded places on New Economy Programme available - apply now.

Includes workshops on

Crowdfunding: Planning, Creating, and Running a Campaign

What If We Ran It Ourselves? Community Ownership

Worker Co-ops: How to Get Started

Media Training: Becoming a Spokesperson

Multistakeholder Co-ops

Tech For Good: Design An App,

Workshops in London, Bristol, and Oxford

#coops https://www.stirtoaction.com/blog/co-op-party-fund

Hey folks (signal boost appreciated): I'm working on a series of urban fantasy novels that will prominently feature solidarity economics (first one due to the publisher in September). Does anyone know of any co-ops open to giving access to their day to day operations for the sake of accurate storytelling? I really want to get the democratic practices and the mundane everyday stuff absolutely right. I think it is very important.

BBC had loads of coverage on the right to repair and the Ecodesign Directive today. We were busy!

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46797396

#RightToRepair

Urban commons shared spaces - about commons in the urban environment (pdf)
http://www.commonsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SharedSpacesCommonsNetwork.pdf

Throughout Europe we are witnessing a blossoming of self-organised, collective practices in the urban environment.

Another End of the World Is Possible: Indigenous Solidarity and Blocking Extractive Infrastructure in #Canada Read here --> https://enoughisenough14.org/2019/01/06/another-end-of-the-world-is-possible-indigenous-solidarity-and-blocking-extractive-infrastructure-in-canada/

🏋🏾‍♀️🎺🌶🐠 Resources for Decentralised Organising 🐚🌈🍒👩🏽‍🔬

a mega list of handbooks and toolkits
for groups working without top-down management
from social movements to workplaces

https://hackmd.io/s/Skh_dXNbE

open source for anyone to read, update, share