Do you remember the old “whip-round” we used to have amongst classmates to buy a present? Well, compare that to the viral potential of digital technologies, to Internet platforms and social media, to solidarity projects, to research or entrepreneurial initiatives looking to raise funds. If you add a few zeros at the end you will get the number of people reachable online in the digital crowdfunding or fundraising for non profit or profit projects. A funding channel available all over the world offering visibility to a world of startuppers, researchers, musicians, designers, video-makers, writers and voluntary organisations. Sometimes even local administrations can be involved through neighbour crowdfunding, the so called civic crowdfunding for the collective funding of p...
If It Becomes an Online Whip-Round
Renewable Matter # 12 / September-October
