Octree news · spring 2024
Caroster Plus and 2 new Decidim platforms in Switzerland!
How can we build viable commons? No one has the answer, but everyone agrees on certain necessary elements: they must be redistributive, inclusive and operate under shared governance.
Octree serves as a platform for us to experiment with digital commons in ecological and social transitions. Here's what's happening in a nutshell:
On theself-management side: The Octree circle welcomes a new Content role to better structure its communication processes involving the Communication, SEO Manager, Social Networks, UX Designer, Business Development and Communication Kits roles.
Pasts
The City of Neuchâtel launches its democratic participation platform with Voca! → www.participons.ch
Our Voca project is featured in the Fabrique Spinoza's report for the Happy Territories, find it here, in French!
Octree is proud to join the board of the Assemblée Virtuelle association!
Caroster Plus has been launched! Caroster Plus now makes it possible to organize large-scale, professional events.
Futures
We're organizing a webinar with Open Source Politics to present Voca. Register here!
Want to meet us? A page lists the events in which we participate!
Rethinking our world
A history of cyberfeminism, in French!
A guide to creating digital cooperatives, in French!
The Société Numérique association is committed to fundamental and human rights and an open knowledge culture, next Net lunchtime: Monday 03.06.2024, Foound in Geneva.
An (up-to-date!) list of crazy projects aimed at Web and Internet resilience and decentralization. It includes our buddies from ActivityPods and all the good projects from the Fediverse.
A supertop studio planting seeds of free services by breaking free from datacenters! → deuxfleurs.fr
A great podcast with Alain Damasio who tackles cyberpunk, biopunk and the living, discussing SF, writing and AI criticism.
The whole team looks forward to seeing you this summer!
The Octree team
Image: Donella Meadows, The Limits to Growth 1972. Source: Monoskop.
