# Pico Coop

Pico Coop is one of the projects called during our [2021 Autumn Gathering](https://pico.microsolidarity.cc/crews-and-projects/autumn-gathering-2021), with the objective of having at least one of them successfully launched by the next gathering in Spring 2022.

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This project is in the stage of clarifying the dream and the documentation is super rough. [Subscribe for updates.](https://picomicrosolidarity.substack.com)
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**Next Step: Clarify the vision.**

### Dreams, Notes, Ideas...

* Grow the regenerative movement in Pico. Unite people committed to creating beautiful projects in the island and make it easy (and fun) for them to do the work.
* Support local economy, especially food producers and artists.
* Incentivise farmers to shift towards regenerative practices.
* Offer local and aligned products, services, and events.
* Create a clear, recognisable and trusted brand standing for causes important to well-being of the island.
* Attract people with a super cool vibe
* Redistribute profits within the island community.
* Unlock resources from web3 / regenerative movements to fuel our work in the island.
* Prototype. Document the process. Share.
* Create events and spaces bringing local people together, both foreigners and natives.
* Mitigate influences of hyper-capitalism, cultivate traditional community values (which are still very present in Pico culture)
* Increase self-reliance of the Pico population (most jobs depend on tourism and EU grants for cows)
* Co-living, co-working & maker spaces
* Pillars: Food, health, art, education
* Local currency

### Question:

You walk into a bar and get to choose between two beers. The brewery that produces one of them plants a tree for each beer sold in the bar. For most people, it's a no-brainer to pick the tree-planting beer.

What's the equivalent cause benefiting the island, that would be a no-brainer incentive for native locals to choose products, services and events from our coop?

### Log

* Initial meeting 3 Dec 2021
* Pico Coop was called during [Pico Autumn Gathering](https://pico.microsolidarity.cc/crews-and-projects/autumn-gathering-2021) in Oct 2021