somos parte de la comunidad @patio #PatioCoop Somos cooperativas tecnológicas de todo el mundo

https://patio.coop/

B A S E https://thebristolcable.org/2025/04/celebrating-30-years-of-the-base-for-anarchy-and-solidarity-in-easton-base/

Social Centre Stories
https://socialcentrestories.wordpress.com/

#Bristol #BristolCable #Cooperatives
#directaction #permaculture #solidarity #vegan

Cool comic on "Smart Local Energy Systems" - I particularly enjoyed the bit about how energy #cooperatives can help create trust between energy users and suppliers.

https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=sles-comic-digital.pdf&site=18

We just sent out a newsletter with a bunch of stories from the cooperative ecosystem that caught our attention—find the web version here: https://www.village.one/garden/newsletter/039-bits-bobs-and-co-ops

Mentioned in it: @fontstand @limeleaf @101lab @GenoDigital @Greenheart @demnext @bocoup @hostsharing @subvertworld @workers_coop @tazgetroete and more

The photo is from a documentary about the Liberated Broom cooperative, also linked in the newsletter.

Midway Dairy cooperative, near Santa Ana, California

Friends who are interested in #cooperatives, #commons, and #solidarityeconomy, please make a donation to GEO.coop. I found GEO when I was first learning about solidarity economy, submitted an article or two, and ended up joining the collective. A look at the website shows what a unique independent resource GEO is, covering organizing efforts around the world, sharing the work of leading theorist-practitioners like Jessica Gordon-Nembhard and @luisrazeto .

https://givebutter.com/PpQwWi

Turning off a memory today; we shut down the server a few hours ago as part of saying farewell to the Tau Ceti co-operative, which provided affordable web-hosting and email to hundreds of punters for twenty-something years. We hosted various famous and not-so-famous sites through those years, and moved our server through various Melbourne data centres - sometimes at almost no notice! I made some fabulous friends through helping out, but I can’t deny my shoulders feel a little lighter now that it’s over.

My lessons from this experience are these:

- there’ll be no shortage of people with opinions about what you should do, but look for the ones who’ll pitch in to help
- it’s ok for responsibilities to shift over time - indeed, it’s better if they do
- you don’t have to serve everyone - sometimes it’s far more helpful to help people move on if they’ve outgrown your co-op’s mission

https://robsnarski.bandcamp.com/track/turning-off-a-memory-merle-haggard

Diálogo de saberes: entrevista com a cooperativa Tierra Común

https://www.tierracomun.net/blog/5h5xtd9rb0vh55k1t5evuk18upd54t-pmznt-bjz87

um espaço dedicado a explorar, coletivamente, formas de descolonizar dados.

Does anyone have any good resources for learning how to convert an existing US #501c3 #nonprofit into a nonprofit #CoOp? Also any general resources for starting and running a local community Co-Op (with a tech focus) would be appreciated!

#cooperatives #SocialCoop

/cc @GEO_Collective

A great conversation by the co-founders of #fedihost in #Montreal #canada the #fediverse managed hosting provider about monetizing, or more accurately, sustaining these services. It would take a lot less than you probably think.

Monetizing The Fediverse https://video.fedihost.co/videos/watch/a0419b74-a41a-4243-8a7f-dad6f5a68876

I’m in Thailand for a conference starting on Monday. I will prepare my presentation soon. I may include a 101 on #cooperatives and a 101 on #communityscience and relate them back to #solidarityEconomics. If you recommend resources right now, I’ll use them.

Alehop!

@bancaetica abandona #X

Has anyone worked in / tried to set up a programming #cooperative ? As in, a small selfsufficient agency but run like a coop, where all people involved are also owners. Im just anticipating another round of staff reductions and for once id love to just work to support myself rather than inflate yet another cancerous growth round. Im after some tips/resources/expeirences. Thank you muchly. #technology #programming #a11y #collaboration #cooperatives

"If your co-operative or community benefit society is considering investing in energy efficiency measures, join us for this informative webinar where you’ll discover how the Energy Efficiency Sharematch Fund can support you in raising the capital to do so."
https://www.uk.coop/events-and-training/events-calendar/energy-efficiency-sharematch-free-webinar
#SolarPunkSunday #EnergyEfficiency #Cooperatives #UK #Community

Co-ops are part of the North's history and truly are a way to undermine #corporate power and control. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dechinta-centre-solid-state-collaboration-continues-in-nwt-1.7472108

Finally doing a #Introduction post after joining this instance.

I was on mozilla.social before it closed down (@mozillaofficial, you disappoint). I decided to start fresh.

My interests include #UrbanPlanning, #Cooperatives, #SmallBusiness, #OpenSource technologies, #Sustainability, anything #SolarPunk

My professional life and educational background touches on some of those things. But in this kind of space I just want to nerd with people.

Let's nerd out

"REI board blocks labor-backed candidates from ballot"

Members, go vote by May 1! Vote against every candidate. That's the only option they're giving us. Totally undemocratic.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rei-board-blocks-labor-backed-120057870.html

We had another great call today. This time it was with a community land trust organization that's looking to provide a platform for fund seekers and fund providers to find each other and mutually benefit from a partnership.