access to a service platform for teaching and learning simple do-it-yourself activities
...later Kaisa shows some of her latest work at Tool-Box getting feed-back from local people...
+ technical training + availability of professional equipment + exchange of experience = a learning-teaching centre
easy access to equipment and work space
Then she asks for help with the wood workshop tools to make a Christmas present for her boyfriend...
...and, before leaving, she reserves some tools for the weekend.
Cooking organisations There is a particularly interesting collaborative network behind Bombay Lunch Delivery in India. This initiative organises the daily distribution of thousands of home-cooked meals produced by the wives of employees in offices throughout the city. The success of the service is due to the organisation of its underlying structure – a network of ‘meal porters’ (the dabbawallah) who act as a link between the wife who cooks the meal for her husband at the office, and who pays a monthly subscription for the service provided. Today, people who do not have a family but who wish to receive a home-cooked meal, can also subscribe to the system, which has been so successful that for the last few months it has also been possible to order meals on-line. Micro-producer networks One very interesting Indian collaboration network is called Amul. It is a co-operative associa-