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Saturday 16th Oct:
4.30-6.30pm Room D502
The Open Co-operative
Dr Gary Alexander introduces the Open Co-operative, a new social
enterprise set-up to build a worldwide community of individuals
and organisations committed to creating a sustainable collaborative
economy.
The Open Co-op is setting up a network of "Community Support
Providers" to pull together existing sustainable enterprises,
community action groups, co-ops and individuals into a new framework
of mutual support and transparent ethical trade.
Gary Alexander is a founding member of the Open Co-op, Senior
Lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies at The
Open University and author of the book eGaia: building a peaceful
sustainable world through communications.
For more information see http://opencoop.org
Contacts:
"Gary Alexander" <g.r.alexander@open.ac.uk>
"Josef Davies-Coates <josef@uniteddiversity.com>
"Ollie Sylvestor-Bradley" <osb@defactodesign.com>
"Tom Salfield" <tom@uniteddiversity.com>
You are invited to attend the public launch of
The Open Co-op
by Dr. Gary Alexander, Senior Lecturer at The Open University,
and author of eGaia, Growing a peaceful, sustainable Earth through
communications
The Open Co-op is building a world-wide community of individuals
and organisations committed to creating a collaborative, sustainable
economy. We will link new and existing sustainable enterprises,
community action groups, and individuals into a new framework
of mutual support and transparent ethical trade through our
communication system, PlaNet.
Learn more about our background philosophy, vision and detailed
plans at the launch.
For more information see: http://open.coop
Dr. Alexander’s website: http://sustainability.open.ac.uk/gary
Saturday, 16th October, 4 – 5:30 pm, at the LSE, Clement
House, Aldwych, Room D502 (Tube: Holborn), part of the Autonomous
Spaces during the European Social Forum.
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Dr. Gary Alexander
Senior Lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies
Faculty of Technology
The Open University
See my new book "eGaia, Growing a peaceful, sustainable
Earth through communications" on my website.
Personal Web site: http://sustainability.open.ac.uk/gary
The Open Co-op: http://open.coop
Mobile: 07766 - 711999
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