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Making sense of what's next: Holding space for change in times of Climate Crisis
Leading scientists give our civilization something between 18 months to twelve years to implement the far-reaching changes that could limit the current climate emergency. Across generations, people engage is mass protest and young people feel justifiably betrayed. In this complex context, how do we relate to the notion of “changing society” that has echoed through Ouishare’s mission since the beginning, and where do we go from here?
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Innovative partnerships and territorial anchorage: Transforming GRDF into a zero carbon platform for societal impact
This collaboration was initiated as part of an ambitious mission: increasing GRDF’s (Gaz Réseau Distribution France, a gas distribution company) green gas or biogas proportion in its infrastructure network to 10% by 2030, compared to it’s 0.1% today. This mission aimed to connect GRDF with actors of the ecological transition, who are commonly under the radar of most of the gas companies today, with the aim of creating value for local territories.
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Supporting a city in the design of a third place
In early 2018, we supported the city of Marmande and the Office of Tourism of Val de Garonne in the design of a hybrid place dedicated to the future of festivals in an industrial wasteland spanning 40,000 square meters. The design phase was aimed at defining the conditions for feasibility and success metrics of the project, to launch a community and put forward an operational plan for the next phase. Abandoned for almost close to a decade now, this wasteland is now set to become a burgeoning center of creative industries.
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Designing solutions to energy insecurity with those most concerned
A Ouishare team accompanied the Rexel Foundation, to co-design responses to energy insecurity with those most concerned. The second step was to activate a community that could experiment with these solutions.
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LEX Barcelona: Learning how the sharing city of tomorrow is being designed, implemented and shaped today.
From November 12th to 15th four facilitators from Argentina and France joined for an unique Ouishare Learning Expedition (LEX) around the Smart City Expo World Congress and Sharing Cities Summit in Barcelona.
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Ouishare Foundation: promoting and supporting local social innovation
While themes such as “global warming”, “urban wasteland”, “digital divide” are becoming more and more critical in the public debate, why are social innovation projects not developing as fast as the startups from which they often take the inspiration?
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Curating an immersive experience to explore the futures of work
Following a growing partnership, Nesta invited Ouishare to be a Content Partner for FutureFest 2018 to "occupy the future" and offer radical alternative visions. We were asked to bring our unique participatory and innovative approach to event design. The result was an immersive five session program exploring The Future.s of Work like never before.
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Coliving on the rise: can house-sharing make cities great again?
On October 11th 2018 Co-Liv the first major event about coliving in Paris will welcome you. To get you up to speed about the promises and challenges that coliving offers, we interviewed Jonathan Imme.
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What we have learnt while building Ouishare
How do we define Ouishare? Sometimes as a collective of entrepreneurs or independent workers, sometimes as a bottom-up organization; sometimes like an open community, or at times like a “people incubator”.
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What global cities are (not) telling us: the politics of immigration, identity and invisible frontiers. Interview with Saskia Sassen
"What I care about is how a well-rounded city like Paris can incorporate those individuals in/from the banlieues, who don't feel this is their city." Saskia Sassen on what would she do if she were Mayor of Paris.
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Supporting a city in the prefiguration of a Third Place
At the beginning of 2018, we assisted the city of Marmande and the Val de Garonne tourist office in the prefiguration of a hybrid venue dedicated to the future of festivals on a 40,000m2 industrial wasteland. This prefiguration phase aimed to define the conditions of feasibility and success of the project, to launch a community while proposing a pre-operational scenario. Abandoned since 2009, this wasteland is destined to become a place of emergence for the creative industries.
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Unwrapping the futures of work: Ouishare's stage at FutureFest
Ouishare is running a series of sessions discussing The Future(s) of Work at this year’s FutureFest, powered by Nesta. As content curator for the Ouishare stage, I discuss the limits to analysing the future of work through solely a technological or employment perspective, and how Ouishare will expand on the debate through it’s forward-thinking sessions.
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