+1! If you could add this to the coworking wiki... under CoworkingNewYork -- and then perhaps under a new page... "OrganicCoworking" that'd be great.
This idea also fits well with our hope to spread the concept of Green Coworking: http://www.worldchanging.com/local/sanfrancisco/archives/006980.html Great idea! Chris On 7/1/07, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gosh, Jeff, that is a very cool suggestion! Sounds a bit like what we were > trying to do with Winecamp...although it was more generally about > non-profits. > > LOVE the idea. So, when are you shooting for? > > Tara > > > On 7/1/07, jeffarch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Greetings! > > > > Excuse the brain dump, but I'm going to repost some info from other > > sites and discussions I've had recently. My goals are very similar to > > what I've read about coworking, but with a few added dimensions. All > > this is mostly just brainstorming on my part, but is indeed an option > > for the facilities I have available. > > > > --- > > This is a post I made a couple years ago on my fossilized > > http://www.openideaproject.org/ site: > > > > Organic farming meets Free & Open Source Software? Learn organic > > farming during a "guerilla coding" retreat. Learn programming, > > networking and other home-grown computer skills while building an > > organic garden. > > > > Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) IS the computer world's organic > > gardening. They would be like whole grain bread and thermal > > grease...perhaps not. Both tend to favor non-commercial, royalty/ > > patent/IP safe, collaborative methods. > > > > Combine these ideas to get geeks eating organic produce and organic > > farmers building wifi mesh networks. > > > > World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF - http://www.wwoof.org/) > > is an organization that provides volunteers to work and learn on > > organic farms in exchange for room and board. Programmers and other > > technologists who believe in FOSS often work to fund their > > contributions. Given the opportunity to "code for food", would many > > geeks go for it? Free broadband! > > > > Host sites would provide room and board as well as equipment, > > materials, and transportation. Some WWOOF hosts are open to volunteers > > even during the winter months. Volunteers, for example, could > > contribute 5 6-hour days with one day a week doing "something else". > > This could help foster a spirit of "knowledge sharing". This could be > > putting up a tower for wifi antennas or deer-resistant fencing to help > > protect crops, teaching a class, firewood fetching, facility > > construction, or other community needs. > > > > Other volunteer opportunities could exist such as camp staff, tour > > guiding, or custodial work at community sites. > > ---- > > > > >From an IRC discussion on freenode's #esp last night: > > > > "One of the things that came to mind regarding > http://wiki.espians.com/Day_Riva > > and coworking, wrt WWOOF, is the aspect of building a location from > > scratch in the "typical" coworking situation as well as harvesting > > trees, making lumber, building structures, and more... really > > bootstrapping, and dealing with the same processes elsewhere." > > > > ---- > > > > So the general idea is coworking to build a rural coworking space in > > rural upstate NY. It would share the "traditional" coworking day-use > > venue facilities with lodging, facilities for small seminars, > > conferences, and retreats. There would also be facilities for > > artists, writers, and the like. The > http://wiki.espians.com/Day_Riva_Setup > > page is a list-in-progress of many of the aspects involved in the > > planning and development of the project. > > > > Comments, suggestions, and more brainstorming is appreciated. > > > > Jeff Archambeault > > jjarchambeault at gmail dot com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > co-founder & CMO > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > blog: www.horsepigcow.com > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > > -- Chris Messina Citizen Provocateur & Open Source Advocate-at-Large Work: http://citizenagency.com Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog Cell: 412 225-1051 Skype: factoryjoe This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
