We have AirBnb - so what would FairBnb be like? We need an ethical input into the app and gig economy
What is "cosmo-localism"? Why do we think it's a game changer? And help fill out a dictionary for it
CTRLShift 2 - "An Emergency Summit for Change", kicking off in Stoke-on-Trent this week
The yoghurt ladies of South Korea, and a "creatives" Airbnb that loves friction. Humans in the city, infinitely...
Sustainable energy systems are now a better commercial bet than carbon-fuelled ones. But consumers must still consume less of it
When local media shuts down, communities rely more on "national" media - which polarises their political identities
"Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto". A new (and free) book provides the big picture for alternative enterprises
Go look at the "Cleveland Model" of local community wealth-building. It's not just about economy, but democracy
Seaside towns may well be at the end of the line. But they have much potential for local power. And they have the sea...
Katherine Trebeck: "A wellbeing economy delivers good lives for people first time around, instead of patching things up later"
Humans have always lived on water. But these floating communities of hexagons - unveiled at the UN - are something else
Open: 2019 brings together activists and coders - to explore how to collaborate at a big scale
We know that work is going to radically change in the next few decades. Here's four usefully different scenarios
Belonging is what people crave in an ever-more divided society. Can increasing their ownership of assets achieve this?
If you're going to be a consultancy, then do it to help companies & organisations reduce their working week
"Grown in London, Portsmouth, Bristol, Doncaster...." How food plans for cities could reconnect us
How localities can run themselves - beyond state or market - is something that Elinor Ostrom, Nobel in economics, can teach us
Defining the DNA of cooperation, from Open:Coop's Oliver Sylvester-Bradley
How to be a Network Entrepreneur: be ready to lose control, open up to discomfort, relate to those different from you
"B Corps" - for-benefit corporations (rather than only for-profit) - are proving their worth