“Our spring 2017 issue is a Community Toolbox of illustrated how-tos and articles to support more community-led change. With so many communities now interested in buying local assets and using co-operative governance, we decided to invite leading practitioners to introduce a tool and how it works.
How do you engage your local community? One way to start is to co-create a Local Economicc Blueprint. This tool is about bringing people together to explore how to change procurement strategies at local anchor institutions, the opportunities for import substitution, and how to support local enterprises. It’s a really useful tool that allows you to identify local needs and build a strategy on how to get there, without assuming what the community needs. “
To help you set up, this issue addresses different themes:
- What is Community Economic Development?
- How to Create a Local Economic Blueprint?
- How to Make Decisions Online ?
- How to Make a Community Space Work
- How to Set up a Community Co-op
You can find more informations here:
https://www.stirtoaction.com/issues/issue-17
You can should more informations specifically about solidarity economy on this issue:
https://www.stirtoaction.com/issues/issue-16
About the Magazine
STIR magazine is a quarterly print magazine of new economic ideas and original art in 2013. We publish international contributors on the co-operative movement, the global commons, solidarity economics and many other emerging political practices. Moving beyond traditional political commentary, we explore the inspiring and viable alternatives that represent a serious challenge to the current political crisis.
STIR magazine explores community ownership, co-operatives, post-growth economics, food sovereignty, alternative finance, law and social change, open data, cultural activism, peer-to-peer production, and the future of work.
Sources: https://www.stirtoaction.com/
