[SSC] Transition to Co-operative Commonwealth - Pathways to a New Political Economy

[Joss Winn]

Members of these mailing lists may be interested in this new course: 
Transition to Co-operative Commonwealth - Pathways to a New Political 
Economy.


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Subject: 	Synergia Update & Synergia Summer Institute, Sept. 4-23, Monte 
Ginezzo, Tuscany
Date: 	Thu, 9 Jun 2016 18:54:50 +0200
From: 	John <restakis at gmail.com>



*Synergia Summer Institute – Monte Ginezzo, Tuscany*

*Transition to Co-operative Commonwealth:
Pathways to a new political economy
**
**September 4 – 23, 2016***

Dear Synergia Friends and Colleagues,

It has been a while since we have provided an update on Synergia, and so 
would like to let you know that the curriculum development work on the 
online Synergia course is now nearing completion. It has taken much 
longer than we anticipated, but the collaboration and learning has been 
wonderful, progress has been steady and fruitful, and we are aiming to 
pilot the course with an initial cohort of 30-50 specialists this fall. 
The full mooc would be offered in winter 2017.

*Synergia Summer Institute*

We are very pleased to announce that Synergia will be organizing its 
first face-to-face program at the *Synergia Summer Institute, September 
4 - 23, at Monte Ginezzo in Tuscany.* *Transition to Co-operative 
Commonwealth - Pathways to a New Political Economy*, is an intensive 
3-week program that will cover Synergia's key online course subjects and 
feature many of our course developers and collaborators as instructors 
and workshop leaders.

The course unites the global with the local through the diffusion of 
ideas, models, and practices that advance game-changing solutions in the 
following key areas:

   * Co-operative Capital & Social Finance; Alternative Currencies
   * Co-op & Commons-Based housing & Land Tenure; Community Land Trusts
   * Renewable Energy; Community-owned energy systems
   * Local & Sustainable food systems; Community Supported Agriculture
   * User-controlled health & social care; Social & Community Service Co-ops
   * Co-operative and Commons Governance
   * Platform Co-operatives, Digital Commons & Peer-to-Peer productions
     systems
   * Convergence and the New Political Economy; Principles, Propositions,
     and Practices

The detailed Synergia program is attached for your information. We also 
request that you distribute the information to your own organizations 
and networks in order to get the word out as far and wide as possible. 
We hope that you and others in your organizations may find an 
opportunity to take part.

We are in the process of constructing the Synergia website, but 
information on Synergia and the Summer Institute may be found on our 
facebook page https://www.facebook.com/synergiainstitute/?fref=ts

Those wishing information on registration for the course can send an 
email to: synergia at gmail.com

We hope this first Synergia Summer Institute inspires you and your 
colleagues to spread the word to others who are committed to building a 
new political economy and to promoting systemic change. We look forward 
to you joining us for this unique learning experience in September.

Best Wishes,


John Restakis

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