<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dan - Earthworker Cooperative</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmusil@earthworkercooperative.com.au">dmusil@earthworkercooperative.com.au</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:21 AM<br>Subject: 'Give Tanks' solar hot water solidarity for those who need it most<br><br><u></u><div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div>Hi 'Commons Transition Coalition' Comrades,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Glad to help get something coalescing with this in the new year!<br></div><div><br></div><div>I also wanted to plug a holiday season solidarity economy project that the Earthworker project has launched (and which I mentioned Mindful Uprising event in Melbourne)<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>GIVE TANKS</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Earthworker Cooperative has launched the <a href="https://chuffed.org/project/givetanks" target="_blank">"Give Tanks" campaign</a>, <b>a crowdfund to get high-quality solar hot water systems into low-income housing</b>.
The recently established Eureka’s Future Workers’ Cooperative,
Australia's first worker-owned manufacturing cooperative, will manufacture
the solar hot water tanks that will go into the low-income houses. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Earthworker
has partnered with a number of social housing organisations, including
Aboriginal Housing Victoria and Common Equity Housing NSW, to install
the systems into low-income households. By donating to the crowdfund <b>you will help support dignified, green jobs in Australian manufacturing, reduce bills
for low-income earners, and be part of a collective effort to ensure a
safe climate.</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>Help ensure that renewable energy
technology is accessible to those that need it most, and build the
cooperative economy in the process!<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>There's three ways to support this:</b><br></div><ol><li><b>Visit</b> the <a href="https://chuffed.org/project/givetanks%20" target="_blank">crowdfund page</a>. Take two minutes to consider the campaign.<br></li><li><b>Donate!</b> You can also donate on behalf of a loved one and give them a gift card.<br></li><li><div><b>Promote</b> the
campaign to your members/networks/friends/workplace etc. You can email
them the link to the crowdfund page, invite people to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/970135159719723/" target="_blank">crowdfund page on Facebook</a> or just talk to people about it. Every bit counts.<br></div></li></ol><div><a href="https://chuffed.org/project/givetanks" target="_blank">https://chuffed.org/project/givetanks</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Earthworkercoop/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/Earthworkercoop/</a><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/Earthworkercoop" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Earthworkercoop</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>-------------------------<br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Any help you can provide in sharing this campaign amongst your networks would be HUGELY appreciated</b>. Please feel free to copy and paste the info above to distribute, share our posts on social media, or please request any info or put people in touch with me. <br></div><div>Thanks all.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to cooperating with you in the new year!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Have a great holiday season,<br></div><div><br></div><div>In solidarity,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dan<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"><b>Dan Musil</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"></span></span></span><br></div><div> <span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px">Secretary</span></span></span><br></div><div> <span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"><b>Earthworker Cooperative</b></span></span></span><br></div><div> <a href="http://earthworkercooperative.com.au/" target="_blank"><img src="cid:0.28876465671.482283821994423249.151bd684ce4__inline__img__src" height="117" width="117"></a><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px">Mobile: 0432 485 869</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"><br> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px">Email: </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"> </span></span></span><a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px">dmusil@earthworkercooperative.com.au</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"><br> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px">Web:</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"> </span></span></span><a href="http://earthworkercooperative.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px">earthworkercooperative.com.au</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px">Free Tel.:</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"><a href="tel:1300" value="+661300" target="_blank">1300</a> GO EARTH <a href="tel:%281300" value="+661300" target="_blank">(1300</a> 46 32784)</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"> <br> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px">Get in touch! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Earthworkercoop" target="_blank"><img src="cid:1.28876465671.5995671721081236816.151bd684ce4__inline__img__src" height="21" width="21"></a> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Earthworkercoop" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ffffff"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Earthworkercoop" target="_blank"><img src="cid:2.28876465671.3681949905247615312.151bd684ce4__inline__img__src" height="21" width="21"></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10px"><span style="font-size:12px"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtl47MfY9jhtmahIRlH2Ajg" target="_blank"><img src="cid:3.28876465671.8047577342808102913.151bd684ce4__inline__img__src" height="22" width="22"></a></span></span></span></div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div><br></div><div>---- On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:51:34 +1100 <b>Darren Sharp <<a href="mailto:dasharp@gmail.com" target="_blank">dasharp@gmail.com</a>></b>wrote ---- <br></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid #cccccc;padding-left:6px;margin:0 0 0 5px"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear friends,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Just a quick update following on from the great weekend with Michel Bauwens and most of you. Thanks again to Richard, Laurent and Daryl for all your hard work on the Mindful Uprising People's Summit on Sunday in Melbourne. Thanks again of course to Michel! The whole weekend was inspiring and after many conversations with Michel and everyone in the community over three days (and for those that weren't there in person Sunday afternoon (Sam and others) we announced the formation of the Commons Transition Coalition to create a vehicle for aligned leadership and action for p2p, sharing/solidarity economy and commons-based groups in Australia and NZ (possibly beyond). Jose has agreed to provide a space for us to plan at Footscray Maker Lab in the new year (probably February) but in the mean time I am keen to create a url - what do people think of <a href="http://commonscoalition.org" target="_blank">commonscoalition.org</a>?<br></div><div><br></div><div>It's very early days but the idea might be for chapters in Melbourne (Jose, Darren, Kirsten & Serenity + others), Adelaide (Sharon Ede), Sydney (Declan & Bronwen), Canberra (David Pecotic), Brisbane (Michelle Maloney) and NZ through the Enspiral crew (Sam Rye) and others. I am keen to hear your thoughts and appetite for creating a charter together over the Summer. Sharon would be great if you could share your experience in developing this with the Post Growth Institute. <br></div><div><br></div><div>It would be good to field ideas for jumping straight into some of the core strategic functions that could be created - e.g. what systems could we leverage to support the circulation of our time, skills and energies? - a social ecology of the commons / commoners to share and support each other, mapping the commons, as well as exploring and defining our purpose, governance and resource needs. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Please add your thoughts to this <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VA48QO73141wD5lhsnxXWhlN7-y3snsp_pqkzqgklwQ/edit#" target="_blank">Google Doc</a> as a starting point and let's schedule a group Skype over the next few weeks (and meal together soon for those in Melbourne!) <br></div><div><br></div><div>I have also created a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1106718069348108/" target="_blank">Facebook group</a> which we can use for planning, updates and coordination. Down the track I'd imagine a Loomio group will also take shape.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I look forward to co-creating the Coalition together with your ongoing participation and support!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,<br></div><div>Darren<br></div><div><br></div><div>Darren Sharp<br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="tel:%2B61%20419%20314%20655" value="+61419314655" target="_blank">+61 419 314 655</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:dasharp@gmail.com" target="_blank">dasharp@gmail.com</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.twitter.com/dasharp" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/dasharp</a><br></div><div><div><a href="http://au.linkedin.com/in/dasharp/" target="_blank">http://au.linkedin.com/in/dasharp/</a><br></div><div>skype: sharpdarren<br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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