The Open Co-op Team
Founders
Pioneer of on-line collaborative learning, author of
eGaia, Growing a peaceful, sustainable Earth through communications . Currently working on setting up local food co-operatives as first steps towards Open Co-op 'community support providers.
Josef is a former trustee of the
Chaordic Commons and founded
united diversity whilst in his final year at
LSE studying Social Policy and Government. During his time at
nef he worked on
BizFizz,
Plugging the Leaks and
Time Banks UK. He is currently working on the
Commons Creation project.
Tom studied Economics and Philosophy at
LSE before working at
AccountAbility,
nef, and as Web Development Manager for
Via3. Tom has recently completed a masters in Computer Science at
Imperial. He is currently working on an online accounting, booking and social networking system for
The Hub.
Oli studied Product Design at
St. Martins and an MSC at
CAT in Environmental Architecture and Energy Studies. He wrote his thesis on
Encouraging ERB and ran his own
sustainable design consultancy before joining united diversity. He is currently Marketing Manager at
http://www.solarcentury.com/solarcentury and volunteers for
SolarAid.
Advisers and Consultants
Dr. Stephen Peake - Design Department, Technology Faculty, Open University
Expert on climate change and energy.
Expert on co-operative development. Former colleague of Stafford Beer, and consultant on the application of his
Viable Systems Model to organisational development. Currently developing a related project creating an infrastructure to link organic food producers and consumers.
Dr. Jon Walker - Out of this World (organics supermarket and distributor)
Author of
The Viable Systems Model, a guide for co-operatives and federations (see
background docs. Expert on co-operative development and working on Dr. Espinosa's food project.
Expert on environmental and social networking and initiator of the
Sustainable Society Directory and
Earth Emergency
Mikael Nordfors is the main innovator of the open coop democracy system, which has been developed and marketed by the Open Coop member,
the Vivarto Collaborative. He is also the main founder of the
virtual country of Nornia. Besides these interests, he is also a medical doctor, composer/musician, lecturer and author of several books about democracy and alternative health.
Registered Users
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