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Long live long termism!
INTERVIEW Ouishare Fest with Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz. According to the Long Now Foundation, we need to think long-term, because some issues are bigger than us and concern our whole civilization. Not the next election cycle, not even our lifetime, but the next 10.000 years ahead of us.
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Resilience lacks radicality. Let’s cultivate our imagination seriously.
INTERVIEW with Rob Hopkins. In his latest book, the founder of the Transition movement passionately puts imagination back at the heart of his approach to ecological transition and resilience. What if imagination is the missing element we need to move beyond the status quo and embody an authentic transition?
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Sous la technique, les matières
Entretien avec Jean-Baptiste Fressoz. Aujourd’hui, l’écologie fournit une cure de jouvence à une idée ancienne : le progrès technologique. Il sature la question écologique avec des débats souvent pointus sur les choix énergétiques et techniques : éolien, solaire, atome, voiture électrique, 5G et consorts. Mais pose-t-on bien le débat ? Que cache cette obsession pour les techniques ou la production énergétique ? Autant de questions que nous nous sommes posées avec l’historien des techniques Jean-Baptiste Fressoz.
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But what happened to the dignity of work?
INTERVIEW with Laëtitia Vitaud. While the national and interprofessional mobilisation against the pension reform continues, Laëtitia Vitaud delivers a historical analysis of the changes in work and trade unionism in her latest book 'Du labeur à l'ouvrage'. Or how work has progressively lost its meaning, its protection and its dignity.
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Network in a Box
ANALYSIS. For several years, Ouishare has been experimenting what it means and what it takes to be a networked organisation. Here we capture some of publications and tools relevant to the creation and growth of networks.
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Every time a civilization is in crisis, there is a return of the commons
INTERVIEW with Michel Bauwens. The commons are nothing new. Historically citizens always came together to pool resources and manage them collectively and autonomously. It is the responsibility of cities and states to identify, connect and support them. Today the commons appear as a choice of society in a world at the end of its lifespan. A society where economic and productive systems will finally be compatible with the major planetary balances.
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Rethinking mobility to design cities for humans
INTERVIEW with Max Schwitalla. How can we transform our cities through small-scale solutions, mobility hubs and citizen participation, putting sustainability and quality of life at the center ?
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What became of the projects developed at POC21? Meet with the teams who are building a zero carbon and zero waste society.
ZOOM. In the summer of 2015, Ouishare's teams embarked on a big adventure: bringing together designers, engineers and scientists in a French castle to prototype a zero carbon and zero waste society. During 5 weeks, 12 sustainable technologies were developed and an international community of innovators was created. 4 years later, we wanted to know what happened next: what was the impact of POC21 for the teams that worked there? Where are they now? What are their next steps? An encounter with those who are preparing for a post-carbon society with low tech.
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Making sense of what's next: Holding space for change in times of Climate Crisis
Leading scientists give our civilization something between 18 months to twelve years to implement the far-reaching changes that could limit the current climate emergency. Across generations, people engage is mass protest and young people feel justifiably betrayed. In this complex context, how do we relate to the notion of “changing society” that has echoed through Ouishare’s mission since the beginning, and where do we go from here?
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Ouishare Foundation: promoting and supporting local social innovation
While themes such as “global warming”, “urban wasteland”, “digital divide” are becoming more and more critical in the public debate, why are social innovation projects not developing as fast as the startups from which they often take the inspiration?
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Coliving on the rise: can house-sharing make cities great again?
On October 11th 2018 Co-Liv the first major event about coliving in Paris will welcome you. To get you up to speed about the promises and challenges that coliving offers, we interviewed Jonathan Imme.
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What we have learnt while building Ouishare
How do we define Ouishare? Sometimes as a collective of entrepreneurs or independent workers, sometimes as a bottom-up organization; sometimes like an open community, or at times like a “people incubator”.
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