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The last few months we have been exploring
key sectors of the economy (understood as the way to respond to people’s needs), from the perspective of the sustainability model of the commons. Yesterday we met in Barcelona’s neighborhood of Sants, at Lleialtat Santsenca, to share our new learnings at the “Transitioning ecosystem: intercooperation for the common”.
From March until now, we have carried out the process of Transitioning Ecosystem in collaboration with entities that have co-organized and participated in the sessions, and with the spaces that have hosted us. It has been an experience of mutual cooperation that we want to continue deepening.
Reports of all sessionsThe sectors explored are energy, volunteering, the defence of the territory, housing, care, food, water and the methodologies to strengthen these projects, and the places visited have been Tarragona, Mataró, El Prat de Llobregat, Olot, Manresa, Hospitalet, Olesa and Salt.
In the session “Transitioning Ecosystem: intercooperation for the commons” we saw seven cases, in small groups, we evaluated challenges and potential to collaborate around community, sharing, governance, resources and production, on projects aimed at the common.
- Solbrai – Pinell de Brai Energy Community – Albert Calomarde de Azimut 360
- Can Fugarolas – Workshop on social and sustainable repairs in Mataró – Eddy Roca< /li>
- Save La Olla del Rey – Platform for the defence of a natural space key to the diversity of Castelldefels – Judith Siches
- Can Tonal de Vallbona – Social and community project in Baix Montseny – Sindara Moreno and Joan Agea
- Cuidem Lluçanès – Cooperative of care services for people – Helena Vilà< /li>
- Súper Coopera – Solidarity and cooperative supermarket in Sabadell – Feliu Madaula</li >
- Comunidad Minera Olesana. Olesa water supply cooperative – Joan Arévalo
In the second part of the session, we look for ways of inter-cooperation through the perspective of the common. We chat individually, creating two circles that move in opposite directions, we chat in small groups, following the model of conversation at coffee tables, exchanging analysis, resources, and knowledge around two axes: Sharing knowledge- Community – Co-governance / Resources to be mobilised – Community – Co-production. And we closed the session with a collective debriefing and sharing the feelings we got from the session. Mainly, we were left wanting to chat more and agreed to try to continue the conversation in the Agora space, online.
