The Curse of the Modern Office
The information society promises to dematerialise society and make it more sustainable, but modern office and knowledge work has itself become a large and rapidly growing consumer of energy and other resources.
Kris De Decker
Lessons on Creating an Equitable and Sustainable Economy
The economy can often feel like it’s out of our control — a system that abides by its own forces that we have no power to influence.
What’s the Best Way to Improve Bee Habitat?
Large-scale landscape change — loss of wildflower-rich prairies to crop monoculture or conversion of open lands to suburban development, for instance — is a threat to pollinators and may play a major role in declines by making it harder for bees and other pollinators to find a meal.
How Libraries are Boldly Innovating to Meet the Needs of Changing Communities
The Lafayette Library and Learning Center is one of many libraries around the U.S. and the world that are reshaping themselves, inside and out, to meet the changing needs of their communities.
The Case for “Disruptive Normality”
How should we prevent the social potential of sharing practices from being neutralized by the power of the neoliberal ideas and economy?
Mexico’s Indigenous Groups Start Telecom Co-op after Being Refused Service
The licenses enable members of the Mixe, Mixteco, and Zapoteco communities to form their own cooperatively-owned mobile cellular telephone network allowing 356 municipalities in the states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz access to mobile services and the Internet.
Repair Cafe and Seeing the Beauty in Broken Things
Actually, in Silicon Valley, some engineers do still work with their hands, some people appreciate the beauty in broken things and some people help each other for free for the fun and good will of it. Here’s a story of how that happened all at once for me.
How Democracy Collaborative Will Create 50 Million Employee Owners by 2050
There are currently an estimated 10 million employee owners in the U.S. What if that number grew to 50 million by 2050?
These East African Countries Show How Teamwork and Technology can Thwart Illegal Fishing
Composed of the six countries that drove out the Premier, along with Madagascar and Somalia, FISH-i Africa seeks to form a united front against illegal — or “pirate” — fishing.
How Freelancers Are Reinventing Work Through New Collective Enterprises
Like an extended smashing of atoms, the 9-to-5 job market has shattered and splintered over the past 25 years in ways that have both liberated and trapped millions of workers.
Art Co-ops and the Power of Mobilizing Collaboration for Creativity
For as long as there has been art, artists have worked together to support each others’ projects and sustain their livelihoods.
National Co-op Month Kicks Off in October. Here’s Why it Matters
Can you imagine a world where all businesses are owned and directly controlled by the people who depend on them for employment or essential goods and services?