#Cooperative

[humanoidhistory]

Cooperative electronics shop in Gödöllő, Hungary, 1974.

[rustybottlecap]

I have a lot of respect and admiration for KO_OP. You know the saying "be the change you want in the world"? They are that saying applied to making videogames. We need more indie cooperatives like them.

[solarpunkbusiness]

Mexico's agrotourism cooperative: saving the axolotl

“The whole concept of this agrotourism cooperative started because we wanted to save the axolotl species, a salamander-like amphibian that is only found in Xochimilco,” said Del Valle. “We’re all about preserving this way of life. We plant small crop beds and sell our flowers to buyers from Jamaica. Our products also go to alternative outlets and directly to consumers. Top-notch restaurants like Chantico, Tetetlan and Antolina Condesa also buy our seasonal products.”

[wormdramafever]

KO_OP's studio director Saleem Dabbous recently shared his presentation about game making cooperatives for the Game Developers Conference (GDC).

Here's my GDC presentation on how @KOOPMode is structured and operated as a ~20 person cooperative! Please let me know if you have any thoughts or questions [x]

if you check this out and think "wow that seems insanely risky fuck that" let me introduce you to every company ever. nothing about the coop structure is more risky than a normal company but a lot of it is more equitable. [x]

coops don't inherently solve any of the risk or privilege required to survive in capitalism. They are another tool to empower workers to own their labour and be more directly in control of their work and to share in the profits of that✌️ [x]

[voidhollow]

A most pleasant surprise today!!!

Can’t help but wonder why the nameless king is there…

It’s not DLC, it’s a new spinoff game that’s focuses takes place in a world parallel to Elden Ring with a 1 - 3 player cooperative dynamic in mind. You can play as different characters and each has their own abilities, sounds like it may have a bit of base building or something and also boss rush mechanics.

[economicsresearch]

page 566 - get some friends and build a bridge together. Cross that stream you've always wanted to cross.

[ryukisgod]

POV: you’re a communist and you go to check out a queer housing group:

[mannequinsvitrine]

[sonnentausnest]

Ok, this is such a cool project that I wanted to share:

In Paris, a group of people founded a cooperative grocery store. People join by contributing 100 Euro (10 Euro for students and other people with low income) and 3 hours of work per month. The members of the cooperative decide together what products they have in store and the members (only the members) get to buy them for vastly reduced prices compared to other places. Because they're not out to make profit, they're out to provide healthy, environment friendly and affordable food to their members.

Way to go, coopérative La Louve! That's the sort of projects that we need more of.

[emiwuaidmslomc]

I love Sunday closing shifts 🫶

(I love getting to walk past coop at the perfect time to raid the reduced meal deal products)

[sycamorefibers]

I hope y’all will take a moment to read this great article about Artisans Cooperative and even share it.

I’m a founding member and look forward to all the great things the future holds for this co-op.

[gisidaronta]

A significant predominance of the state sector over the private sector with a very weak cooperative sector is still capitalism.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Industrial cooperative of the French horse butchers

French vintage postcard

[solarpunkbusiness]

Vale Encantado’s sanitation problems have become a central issue for the Vale Encantado Cooperative, an organization created in 2007 in an effort to generate employment and income for local residents. Sustainable tourism-related activities offered by the Cooperative were threatened by the contamination in the water and forest.

Otávio Barros, president of the Cooperative and of the Residents’ Association, began researching alternative ways to treat the community’s waste and sewage. As a result of Barros’ search, Vale Encantado’s first biodigester was installed in 2014 to serve the Cooperative’s restaurant.

Biodigesters function as large containers where the organic material deposited is consumed by bacteria. The process generates at least three byproducts: biogas, liquid biofertilizer and fertilizer.

The first biodigester installed for the Cooperative’s restaurant operates using food waste to supply biogas to the Cooperative’s kitchen.

The second biodigester, built in 2015, integrates a biosystem to treat sewage, and depends in part on a root zone filter. Although it was designed to serve all 28 houses, so far only five homes in Vale Encantado have had their sewage channeled into this biodigester, which is already able to produce biogas to meet the energy demands of one family.

This English subtitled documentary is the latest contribution to the series on energy justice and efficiency in Rio’s favelas. About the artist: Illustrator Yara Santos is a student of generalist design at the University of São Paulo (USP). Born and raised in the periphery of São Paulo, she seeks to represent elements of the black and peripheral culture in which she is inserted into her art. Most of her production is centered on digital techniques.

[nobylu]

It's been so long but WE'RE BACK IN BALDUR'S GATE, BABY.

🔴 Start time 4:30PM ET