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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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A Library of Things Puts Frome On the Map as a Sharing Town

A Library of Things Puts Frome On the Map as a Sharing Town | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Imagine going to a shop, borrowing anything you like, and returning it when you're finished. This is the idea behind SHARE: a Library of Things. Opened in late-April in Frome, a town in northeast England, the aim of SHARE is to enable people to spend less, waste less, and connect more. The first of its kind in the U.K., SHARE has already sparked interest from other communities.
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Compendium for the Civic Economy - P2P Foundation

Compendium for the Civic Economy - P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

"Against the context of rapid economic, social and environmental change, a collective reflection is taking place on how to build more sustainable routes to share prosperity. In the meantime, an increasing number and wide range of change-makers have already found ways to imagine and grow a different economy in our cities, towns, neighbourhoods and villages.This publication presents 25 case studies of the civic economy - rooted in age-old traditions of the associational economy but using new organising tactics, ways of connecting with people and approaches to collaborative investment.

 
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The Strange Rebirth of Co-operative Britain - Dave Boyle

The Strange Rebirth of Co-operative Britain - Dave Boyle | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
I was asked to write a piece for Economia magazine (the in-house journal of the Institute for Chartered Accountants of England and Wales) on the growth in recent years of the co-operative and mutual sector.
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