Essays, blogs, publications
In the decade since we founded Onion Collective, we have developed insight and expertise around attachment economics, social capital, cultural delivery and systems change. We have always sought to commit our evolving thinking to paper, as a way to explore, share and learn. A selection of our writings on a range of subjects can be found below.
Proposing a new model for systems transformation beyond capitalism.
Mapping and exploring social capital to test and develop resilience, equality and agency.
How a different kind of approach to economics is rippling up from the bottom in our communities.
Time for an honest conversation about this pressure to ‘keep bouncing back’.
How capitalism makes us forget what really motivates us.
Tracing how networks help connect and unite UK practitioners into a transformative movement.
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Methods and considerations in an experimental relational approach to uncovering the ecosystem of UK alternative futures practitioners.
A folk tale about connectedness, hope and new pathways to a shared future.
For Community Business, accountability isn’t an add on, it’s part of the fabric.
Taking things in to our own hands to support economic renewal and social mobility.
Revealing what characterises the transformational work of alternative futures practitioners in the UK.
​How operating between one economy and the next brings complexity, contradiction and hope.
The practical realities of navigating a different way of doing things.
Thoughts of hope and frustration from a pandemic.
How maybe anything is achievable if friends put their mind to it.