Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate d) help to grow the new economy.
By new economy, we mean an economy whose component parts are democratic and non-extractive, rather than undemocratic and extractive.
Here, Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org chats with Graham Mitchell of CoTech and WebArchitects - just some of his roles. Part 2 is here - youtube.com/watch?v=FUq0ELM7HNU
Here's a transcript of the interview – lowimpact.org/co-operativising-the-tech-sector
Dave Darby:
Lowimpact - lowimpact.org
Noncorporate - noncorporate.org
Step-by-step guide to switching to Linux - noncorporate.org/linux-open-source-free-operating-system
Graham Mitchell:
Kirklees Solidarity Economy Network - ksen.org.uk
CoTech - https://www.coops.tech/
Platform 6 - https://platform6.coop/
Web Architects - webarchitects.co.uk
Also mentioned:
Preston Model - theguardian.com/cities/2017/apr/11/preston-cleveland-model-lessons-recovery-rust-belt
Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) - cles.org.uk
Co-operative Assistance Network - https://www.can.coop/
Digital Life Collective - diglife.com
Loomio - loomio.org
Highlights:
1. If you want to do business at all nowadays, technology is playing a more and more important role. It takes a lot of resource / energy to develop web platforms / applications etc., and if you can bring the collective weight of a group like CoTech to bear against that problem, then I think there’s huge potential to make an impact.
2. It's important to help people to do their day-to-day business without being reliant on mega-corporations. So it’s about using free & open source software (FOSS).
See the links below for an introduction to free & open source software:
lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/free-open-source
Low-impact IT:
lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/low-impact-it
Co-operatives:
lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/co-operatives
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate d) help to grow the new economy.
By new economy, we mean an economy whose component parts are democratic and non-extractive, rather than undemocratic and extractive.
Here, Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org chats with Graham Mitchell of CoTech and WebArchitects - just some of his roles. Part 2 is here - youtube.com/watch?v=FUq0ELM7HNU
Here's a transcript of the interview – lowimpact.org/co-operativising-the-tech-sector
Dave Darby:
Lowimpact - lowimpact.org
Noncorporate - noncorporate.org
Step-by-step guide to switching to Linux - noncorporate.org/linux-open-source-free-operating-system
Graham Mitchell:
Kirklees Solidarity Economy Network - ksen.org.uk
CoTech - https://www.coops.tech/
Platform 6 - https://platform6.coop/
Web Architects - webarchitects.co.uk
Also mentioned:
Preston Model - theguardian.com/cities/2017/apr/11/preston-cleveland-model-lessons-recovery-rust-belt
Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) - cles.org.uk
Co-operative Assistance Network - https://www.can.coop/
Digital Life Collective - diglife.com
Loomio - loomio.org
Highlights:
1. If you want to do business at all nowadays, technology is playing a more and more important role. It takes a lot of resource / energy to develop web platforms / applications etc., and if you can bring the collective weight of a group like CoTech to bear against that problem, then I think there’s huge potential to make an impact.
2. It's important to help people to do their day-to-day business without being reliant on mega-corporations. So it’s about using free & open source software (FOSS).
See the links below for an introduction to free & open source software:
lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/free-open-source
Low-impact IT:
lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/low-impact-it
Co-operatives:
lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/co-operatives
