# Postcards from the Future I'm Gabrielle. I tell stories about cooperatives -- real projects with shared decision-making and ownership that are building the future we all deserve. Page: Feed: --- ## [Inside a UK Co-op Network: Relational, and Highly Effective](https://gabriellenewell.substack.com/p/what-if-relationships-were-infrastructure) _2026-07-20 · Postcards from the Future_ Inside Radical Routes: My time at the quarterly gathering of the UK-based co-op network. Camping, communal meals, and six-figure housing loans all happen in the same weekend. ## [Baldwin House: Secrets to Our Success in buy an apartment building in Washington DC](https://gabriellenewell.substack.com/p/baldwin-house-secrets-to-our-success) _2026-04-02 · Postcards from the Future_ Answers to the 4 Most Commonly Asked Questions about how we bought our building ## [La Regadora (Barcelona): Flexible Layouts, Patient Capital, Open Questions](https://gabriellenewell.substack.com/p/la-regadora-barcelona-flexible-layouts) _2026-03-31 · Postcards from the Future_ What La Regadora reveals about financing, flexible architectural design, and building housing as a commons in Barcelona, Spain ## [The role of art and meditation in building the future we all deserve.](https://gabriellenewell.substack.com/p/to-build-a-better-future-we-have) _2026-03-31 · Postcards from the Future_ To build a better future, we have to believe it’s worth the effort. ## [Turns out… capitalism is not inevitable.](https://gabriellenewell.substack.com/p/turns-out-capitalism-is-not-inevitable) _2026-03-31 · Postcards from the Future_ This blog is all about cooperatives. And, there's so many other traditions from all over the world that converge in alternatives to current capitalism. Here's a discussion of one: Gandhian Economics. ## [Sociocracy explained in the context of a "degrowth house" in France](https://gabriellenewell.substack.com/p/sociocracy-in-action-at-a-degrowth) _2026-03-30 · Postcards from the Future_ Sociocracy is one approach to distributing responsibility in groups with a flat power hierarchy. Let's unpack Sociocracy in the context of this cool project in France. ## [Two questions to transform the world.](https://gabriellenewell.substack.com/p/two-questions-to-transform-the-world) _2026-03-30 · Postcards from the Future_ Mutual Aid helps us get practice with the skills we need to build the new economy. ## [Intro: Postcards from the Future](https://gabriellenewell.substack.com/p/intro-postcards-from-the-future) _2026-03-30 · Postcards from the Future_ I'm Gabrielle. I tell stories about cooperatives -- real projects with shared decision-making and ownership that are building the future we all deserve.