Discussion
#CoOperatives & #Collectives to follow:
CO-OP ORGANISATIONS
@workers_coop - Federation of worker-owned co-operatives
@institutcoop - Institute for research of co-ops, based in Canada (in English & French)
FOOD CO-OPS
@index - USA food co-op news
BOOK CO-OPS
@firestorm - Queer feminist bookshop in North Carolina, USA
@outsidercomics - Queer co-op in WA, USA selling comics, graphic novels, art
SCIENCE CO-OPS
@planetary_research_cooperative - Non-profit for planetary science
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@FediFollows thanks so much, this is a great list!
@FediFollows
@RadicalRoutes is another which could be added under co-op organisations! :)
Co-operatives & Collectives to follow (cont.):
NEWS CO-OPS
@tazgetroete - German newspaper
@theferret - Scottish investigative news
@leicestergazette - Leicester UK local news
@index@thesouthlander.com - Los Angeles USA investigative news
@COYOTEMedia - Bay Area San Francisco newsroom
@index@newscoopnd.org - North Dakota USA local news
MEDIA CO-OPS
@sisi_collective & @sisi - Ugandan film-making collective
@socialaudiodescription.com - Collective producing audio description for media projects
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Co-operatives & Collectives to follow (continued):
ENERGY CO-OPS
@GreenPlanet_nrg - German energy co-op, environmentally friendlier forms of energy (in German)
FEDIVERSE CO-OPS
@coop - Canadian co-op running independent Mastodon server
XMPP CO-OPS
@prav - Indian organisation making FOSS XMPP app for Android
@mellium - Creating Go-based resources for XMPP
CYCLING CO-OPS
@index - Non-profit promoting cycling in North Carolina, USA
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@FediFollows @SocialCoop is another fediverse coop which could be listed! :)
@FediFollows @SocialCoop
Actually, there's a few now I remember! Check out this list:
https://social.coop/@da5nsy/114416627760012557
Co-operatives & Collectives to follow (continued):
TECH CO-OPS
@VillageOneCoop - Ethical design & technology studio
@autonomic -Worker-owned Internet hosting & other tech services
@coopcloud - Helping co-ops create their own libre clouds with FOSS
@yaal - French independent IT consultancy, development & hosting provider (in French)
@ouvaton - French internet hosting company (in French)
@telecoop - French mobile phone network (in French)
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Co-operatives & Collectives to follow (continued):
TECH CO-OPS (continued)
@commownfr - Environmentally friendlier phones, devices, services in France (in French)
@sociality@libretooth.gr - Greek provider of hosting, development & advice, favouring FOSS where possible (in Greek)
📣 NONE OF THE ACCOUNTS IN THIS THREAD ARE BLANK! If an account looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow the account and its posts will start gradually showing up on your server too.
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@FediFollows @commownfr I'd like to add my little tech co-op @novaweb 🤓
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@FediFollows @workers_coop @institutcoop @index @firestorm @outsidercomics @planetary_research_cooperative So, GEO -- @geosocialcoop -- is not technically a co-op itself, but it exists largely to promote co-ops and facilitate conversations between co-ops.