"The future is already here– it's just not evenly distributed."
That William Gibson quote could certainly apply to the impacts of #ClimateChange. Let's hope it also applies to the adaptive strategies described here.
"In the face of intensifying weather patterns, #regenerative organic farms are demonstrating that the key to #resilience is working with nature. Restoring natural processes and regenerating ecosystems, especially healthy soils, is critical to our future."
Just a heads up to anyone finding or following me here:
I'm mostly hanging out at social.coop these days, @jeff
Our cooperatively "owned" and managed #Mastodon instance is just one way we interact with each other and the wider #fediverse
We also provide additional services, often by cooperating with other #cooperatives who share our goals and values (practicing cooperative #Principle6).
Learn more about our community, tools, and services at:
https://wiki.social.coop
@jgaehring @ofnusa @Matt_Noyes
Awesome. Hoping we can get a largish group together to discuss ways to creatively and equitably link and leverage our respect tools at the foodshed level. I think you all could contribute a lot to that conversation!
Not sure if any hylo folks will be @ GOAT, but I've been playing around with some of the tools they've developed for OpenTEAM (https://medium.com/@ksupermanian/a-community-platform-for-farmers-56d14f16423e). Might be fun to do a design charrette including that in the mix...
Looking forward to reading the "Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development"
The first chapter is open access, and does a nice job of introducing #ParticipatoryActionResearch and #CommunityDevelopment.
And why they're necessary complements to each other if we want to truly "challenge the existing social structural power system".
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781839100963/9781839100963.xml
New publication from cecop.coop, which "shows how #cooperatives can promote economic, social, and environmental sustainability in their communities in an inclusive, democratic and collaborative way."
Lasting Impact. Measuring the social impact of worker and social cooperatives in Europe: focus on Italy and Spain:
A while back I and others here and at social.coop discussed the possibility of a "study-into-action" group exploring open tech enabled solidarity food systems. I'm hoping we can pursue that in part through Prosocial Commons. They're using hylo.com as one shared platform, something #OpenTEAM are also developing (https://community-platform-collabathon.webflow.io/)
I've spoken with hylo and OT folks and they're interested in collaborating with us (including Open Food Network) once OT launches their hylo platform in April...
Introducing Prosocial Commons, Feb 22 1pm EST
#Prosocial Commons will help groups explore and apply Prosocial World's facilitative approach in a variety of contexts.
Drawing on several fields, including behavioral science, cultural evolution, and Ostrom’s work around commoning, it helps groups work together more effectively in support of shared values and goals.
I'm applying it to my solidarity economy, food systems, and community development work.
Come join us!
https://thisviewoflife.com/introducing-the-prosocial-commons/
@LeoSammallahti writes about The Staffing Coop (now part of Obran) at #CoopExchange: https://coop.exchange/blog/98aae6de-f8e5-11e9-a6c8-06ceb0bf34bd/we-need-more-worker-owned-staffing-agencies
Hive-mind: are there other examples of or literature about cooperatively owned/run staffing agencies?
Links/suggestions welcomed!
I'm particularly interested in food and ag sector applications, where there are major labor issues a coop approach could be quite helpful in addressing.
Some exciting stuff, closely related to conversations I've been having with folks here of late (and project proposals I'm working on related to that):
https://community-platform-collabathon.webflow.io/
hylo.com, openteam.community, regen.network, and terran.io are helping people engaged in regenerative agriculture have access to tools they need for coordination, collective governance, and finance.
Jeff Piestrak
Matt Noyes
