In the beginning of 2018 we published our first issue of Coopsviadrina - a platform coop magazine. Now, 1.5 years later, platform cooperativism is still a fairly new movement. Yet we feel this important issue is gaining momentum. There are more and more people who realize the importance of rethinking how we treat our environment, resources, health and ultimately each other. We would like to explore this topic once more with a focus on cooperatively owned, democratically-governed businesses and organizations as an alternative model to our current economy. The following pages are the result of the work of a group of six students from different social studies BA programs, myself and many expert partners who have helped us along the way during our project-based class at the European University Viadrina.