📍 What a great two days in Cologne!

On 05–06 March 2026, partners of the
hashtag
#ASSETSproject gathered in Cologne for our plenary meeting, hosted by the Seminar for Cooperative Research at the University of Cologne.

Across two productive days, partners shared updates and aligned on the next steps across the project - from the development of evaluation tools and case studies to progress on the ASSETS digital cooperative platform.

👉 https://www.assetsprojecthub.eu/
#ASSETSproject #SocialEconomy

Digesting Food Studies—Episode 116: Social Economy of Food
https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2555303/

Sharing, gifting, and informal economies have been around forever, and they might be seeing a new resurgence that offers promise for the long-term.

This episode helps re-think and reorient ourselves towards creating integrated value exchanges beyond just the financial kind. Alexia Moyer provides gifts from Sandro Botticelli and Catherine Parr Traill, and guest editor Irena Knezevic talks about “The social and informal economy of food” issue of Canadian Food Studies. (https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v6i3).

Finally, Christophe Dubois shares his thoughts on social gastronomy and Mary Anne Martin’s use of feminist theory to explore urban agriculture.

#DigestingFoodStudies
#FoodPodcast
#SocialEconomy
#GiftEconomy
#Sharing
#Boticelli
#CatherineParrTraill
#FemaleEmigrantsGuide
#SocialGastronomy
#FeministTheory
#UrbanAgriculture
#FruitRescue
#FoodStudies
#Academia

2026 soll mit 101coop eine Genossenschaft für digitale Infrastruktur & IT entstehen, von und für Nonprofits und Social-Economy-Orgs.

Wer sich eine Mitgliedschaft vorstellen kann: Es läuft ein Fragebogen, um Bedarfe zu erfassen und die Gründung vorzubereiten.

https://portal.101lab.it/apps/forms/s/6QaRD8esnEtWCmknwodffrcf

#Genossenschaft #Nonprofit #SocialEconomy

RE: https://mastodon.social/@101lab/116006994936247022

⏰ JETZT oder NIE:
Diese Initiative der Zivilgesellschaft steht und fällt mit der Beteiligung am Fragebogen. Nur wenn wir sehen, dass genügend Gründungsmitglieder am Start sind, kann es eine Gründung geben! Aktuell ist das noch ungewiss.

Wir haben die Frist für unseren Fragebogen bis 01.03. verlängert, damit noch mehr Organisationen die Chance haben, ihr Commitment anzugeben.

#zivilgesellschaft #ngo #socialeconomy #sigu #impact #gemeinwohl #did #bigtech #foss #autonomy #digitalrechte #eu

RE: https://mastodon.social/@101lab/116006994936247022

Wir pushen hier noch mal unseren Aufruf zu unserer Infrastruktur-Coop - diesmal mit (hoffentlich den richtigen) Hashtags!

Bis 22.02. könnt ihr als Organisation noch unseren Fragebogen ausfüllen.

#NGO #charity #digitalisierung #digitalsovereignty #digitalindependence #SocialEconomy #Impact #Sozialunternehmen #eu #europe #opensource #foss #floss #digitalautonomy #nextcloud #cloud #selfhosting #privacy #gdpr #coop #democracy

The Root & Branch Library has been updated with 4 new structural audits. 🏛️

We are moving beyond translation into forensic analysis:

- Why 'Retained Surplus' is not 'Profit.'
- The 1844 Rochdale Rules as a solvency algorithm.
- W.E.B. Du Bois on the 'Group Economy.'

We need to stop treating the social economy as charity and start treating it as superior engineering.

Explore the analyses: https://rootandbranch.online/library/

#SocialEconomy #OpenSource #PoliticalEconomy #Coops #SystemChange

🇨🇦 Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2026: For the Many
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/nova-scotia-alternative-budget-2026-for-the-many/

There are solutions to end the housing crisis and make life more affordable for the majority of people, what’s needed is action.

The Nova Scotia Alternative Budget (NSAB) released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Nova Scotia Office (CCPA-NS) calls for sweeping changes in housing, insurance, utilities, food, transportation and more.

#DemocraticSocialism #SocialEconomy #equality #sustainability

Language warning: 'Non-Profit' vs 'Indivisible Reserves.'

One says you can't make money. The other says the money you make belongs to the mission, not the shareholders.

My Glossary maps these critical legal distinctions between the Anglosphere and the Continental Social Economy. Words are infrastructure.

https://rootandbranch.online/library/social-economy-glossary/

#SocialEconomy #Coops #Law #Translation #Commons