Where open meets co-op
Business as usual is unsustainable. Capitalism has legitimised the externalisation of various ‘costs’ to such an extent that it has become normal for companies to exploit the natural world - and their customers at the same time. Take the example of a large video conferencing company that enables people to chat and run webinars. At first glance the service sounds amazing - … [Read more...]
Artists in every field want to collaborate with each other and with their own community-supporting audiences. But trusted collaboration without face to face interaction is difficult. Many of us let the major corporate social platforms manage the majority of our identity information, even if we prefer to work in trusted ‘peer-to-peer’ circles. Resonate's Community Credentials … [Read more...]
OPEN 2020 took place entirely online over two days of talks and discussions and even some poetry - the videos are below in chronological order. You can also view them in the OPEN 2020 playlist on our YouTube channel - which includes all the pre-event webinars too. OPEN 2020 - Introduction OPEN 2020 was a collaborative online event for anyone interested in creating a world … [Read more...]
This webinar starts with a presentation of the history of the Bristol Pound and the learnings gained from running the UK’s largest local currency for 8 years. It then moves onto ideas for a new approach to helping the economy to transition to be greener, fairer and stronger - called Bristol Pay. This session provides an honest and open reflection of some of the pitfalls … [Read more...]
In the run up to OPEN 2020 we interviewed Enric Duran, a founding member of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC - Cooperativa Integral Catalana) and Faircoop, who developed the Faircoin project. OSB: How are things going with Faircoop and Faircoin? ED: We’ve been working on Farcoin since 2014 - and it helped to develop the faircoop ecosystem till 2018, but since then … [Read more...]
