Where open meets co-op
The following blog is a guest post from Daniel Heery, from Charge My Street - a platform co-op that installs and operates community chargepoints for electric vehicles, which is currently raising money through community shares. An the first Open Conference back in 2017, I took part in the #DigiDen session with 2 other putative Platform Co-ops. We all pitched our ideas, … [Read more...]
In my previous post on making groups work I argued that a centralised, cooperatively owned platform could be one of the most effective ways to catalyse the co-creation of a new economy, right now. My argument for centralisation is based wholly on practicalities - and the urgency of the need. The climate emergency, coupled with the other systemic challenges we face (debt, … [Read more...]
The Open Co-op is pleased to announce we will be hosting OPEN 2019 at a new venue, in between Angel and Old Street in London. It has been extremely hard work to secure a new venue this late in the day but we are very proud that OPEN 2019 is joining the IWGB Boycott of University of London in solidarity with out-sourced workers. This year the OPEN 2019 Community Gathering … [Read more...]
What happened at OPEN 2018? Connections Aside from all the presentations on the Main stage, the workshop sessions and the open space gatherings the main benefit, that people who attended highlighted, were the connections that were made at the event. Our mission brings together so many people from inter-related fields … [Read more...]
The following post presents a vision of an open source operating system, which we at The Open Co-op believe would help create a collaborative, sustainable economy. See the video at the end of this post for an introduction to the concepts and ideas behind PLANET. PLANET is not actually a software project, it is a vision which aims to illustrate some of the concepts and … [Read more...]
Technology is disrupting outmoded industries at an unprecedented rate. As the gyroscopic effects of the neoliberal model wobble out of control Paul Mason suggests the end of capitalism has begun and even the IMF is questioning whether their capitalist agenda was a 30 year long mistake. This article analyses how platform businesses disrupt industries and suggests how emerging … [Read more...]