SYSTEMS CHANGE
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

Buckminster Fuller
The new model, for a collaborative, regenerative economy, requires:
New ownership
models
to provide equitable access to the organisations and resources we rely on.
We advocate for cooperative ownership and multi-stakeholder platform co-ops.
New economic
systems
to provide appropriate ways to measure, store and exchange value.
We advocate for locally-led economies, involving new currencies and mutual-credit.
New governance structures
to provide democratic methods to steward our collective endeavours.
We advocate for everyone to have a say in the decisions by which they are affected.
plus, in order to succeed,
THESE new systems need to be underpinned by
A new narrative
to replace the ‘money rules all’ mentality
We advocate a new world view based on a new ontology – a set of principles, or assumptions, about how the world works and the fundamental nature of reality.
All of the components of these new systems already exist.
The Open Co-op community, and hundreds of other networks, are already developing complimentary parts of the collaborative, regenerative economy.
Our Projects include:
commons infrastructure:

Open Web Systems
Open source, co-owned, surveillance free email, office and collaborative tools powered by renewable energy.

Meet.coop
Online meeting and conferencing tools, powered by renewable energy running on cooperatively owned infrastructure.
network coordination:

Murmurations
A new way to build and manage interoperable directories and maps via decentralised profiles.

Co-op Data Club
A growing network of cooperatives which support other cooperatives through cross-promotion.
economic
change:

Economic Rebellion
Awareness raising project which highlights the work of Fuller and Riegel to promote our most powerful tool for change: MONEY.

Open Credit Network
An open source directory, matching, notification and accounting system for mutual credit payments.