On growing a cooperative like you’d grow a garden

Through prototyping new forms of mutual aid community such as the Conscious Change Collective, we’ll have the opportunity to foster our own thriving micro cultures of human interaction, and embed ourselves in the kind of reciprocal trust networks that can radically increase our ability to cope with any societal crises that may emerge. We’ll be invi

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Amateurs try to manage a community, but great leaders create more leaders. Nearly every challenge of building a community can be met by asking yourself, “How do I achieve this by working with my people, not doing it for them?” In other words, approach community-building as progressive acts of collaboration—doing more with others every step of the w... See more

But the idea generation, the give-and-take over developing a model—in these aspects of the process, the staff are eager to say, anyone is welcome to participate. It’s an ethics, almost a performance, this simplicity and humility, from builders who are as precise as any master carpenter. The workshop wants the message to be one of accessibility in t

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