Inspired by Marit Larsen´s song “If a song could get me you” and my long-held conviction that coworking and radio can benefit hugely from another I like to ask whether 2012 will see “Coworking Radio” come alive? A lot of what coworking has been about up to now passes via written texts (emails, websites etc.) – through an interface that is usually a keyboard. I believe spoken texts, live interviews, music, dancing and singing will be very important aspects of our work to come. In an empathic world we need to exchange more than short text messages and emails. Without the “spoken word and music” enthusiasm for new challenges will be very scarce. States of “Flow” as described by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi currently occur very rarely. We need to activate our voices and bodies to be more productive, more energetic. Our society and our planet needs action now. We need to become whole and happy individuals.
To illustrate and develop the idea of “Crowd Accelerated Innovation“, I will present partly for entertainment, certainly for fun and inspiration a song in several versions (see next couple of days) that certainly has got the potential to become a Coworking Song. For the gifted songwriters among us, maybe someone likes to offer a “coworking related text” ;-) to sing along with. Today the “series” starts with this unplugged version of “If a song could get me you” by Marit Larsen
After watching two very sickening videos on plastics (Video A, Video B) in our oceans, I thought to myself, there must be a way to solve this problem. Well, how can we stop to produce so much rubbish and consume more products that are packaged in a sustainable way? Collaborative Consumption could be one very powerful answer (see video below) . Concerning our campaign: How do we increase “Collaborative Consumption” between coworking spaces? Join our Facebook group to make it happen!!!
Now this is what I call an achievement!!! 25 million books send to African children since 1988. That is about a million books per year. Great!!! Kevin Jones, one of our activists in our newly founded group , already works with this organization. Starting up, like we just did with this campaign, it is very useful to learn from other organisations and be inspired by very concrete examples. What could be the vision of the “Waste becomes Resource” Campaign on CoWorking News? Books For Africa writes very succinctly:”Books For Africa. A simple name for an organization with a simple mission. We collect, sort, ship, and distribute books to children in Africa. Our goal: to end the book famine in Africa.” If I would try to describe the “Waste becomes Resource” Campaign on CoWorking News in similar terms, it would read something like the following:”Activists from and for the Coworking Community join together to form a network that translates a “resource-oriented-approach” into concrete actions and projects. Joining the know-how and infrastructure of various coworking spaces, the magnitude and impact of a wide range of projects is hugely increased thereby magnifying the special nature and value of coworking for coworkers and non-coworkers.” The motto could be: “Positive actions through coworking power!”
