The co-operatives reviving places
ISSUE 525, OCTOBER 2014
*SPECIAL FOCUS ON CO-OPERATIVES AND COMMONS*
CO-OPERATIVE AND COMMONS APPROACHES TO REVIVING PLACES: As inequality and concentration of wealth in the UK return to 19th century levels, can ownership and power be democratised through a revival of commons and co-operative approaches?
Q & A WITH TESSY BRITTON: BUILDING AN URBAN COMMONS: Tessy Britton has documented people-led initiatives across the country. She talks to New Start about having her imagination captured by the idea of widescale creative civic participation.
LAMBETH COUNCIL: LEARNING LESSONS IN CO-OPERATION: An empty shop in south London is helping Lambeth council workers change the way they do their jobs. Clare Goff visits the ‘co-operative council’ and finds a changed conversation taking place
HOW TO… CREATE TOMORROW’S GARDEN CITY: Winner of the Wolfson Economics Prize for their vision of a 21st century garden city, Urbed’s Nicholas Falk talks through his winning entry and urges new garden cities to capture the ‘common wealth’ for local good
LOCAL POLICIES FOR BUILDING COMMON WEALTH: We need to move beyond ‘projects’ and towards policies that help build and sustain community wealth, says John Duda of the Democracy Collaborative
10 IDEAS FOR CHANGE: CO-OPERATIVE LOCAL ECONOMIES: Rooted in community and in the democratisation of ownership, co-operative structures allow citizens to reclaim power over their workplaces, their open spaces, their housing, and public realm. Here are ten ideas for building grassroots democratic economies.