Excerpts from a debate organized by the Guardian:
Date archives "September 2015"
From consumers to communards
The disappearance of the “consumer” in the new productive models drives a growing social space of productive networks and egalitarian oriented to abundance. Surely the most striking thing about the promise of the direct economy and P2P production for a generation that has been separated from production by crisis and precariousness is the end of the… Continue reading
The changing picture in complementary currencies
“During my August visit to the Sardex trade exchange on the island of Sardinia, they recorded (on August 13, 2015) this short interview. In it I cover a few important points on the liquidity problem and how commercial trade exchanges help to solve it.” Source – http://beyondmoney.net/2015/09/06/the-changing-picture-in-complementary-currencies/
Will Work For The Commons, but how to survive ?
“I would love to – it’s just – I have a family to take care of.” Describes very well the predicament of commoning, very nicely written en exceptionally republished from Kamiel Choi: “We are educated people in our thirties, some of us have families. We feel the responsibility to comply with the system for the… Continue reading
Renewable energy rollback or community energy fightback?
By Ed Mayo (UK) All the signs are of a renewables rollback, a dramatic shredding of the framework that has developed over many years for clean energy. Funding is being cut or removed – with no subsidy for larger solar PV, and now proposals by Government for a much meaner and faster shrinking Feed in… Continue reading
Essay: P2P revolution and commons phase transition
P2P & INOVAÇÃO is a new journal linked Grupo de Pesquisa Economias colaborativas e produção P2P no Brasil (Collaborative Economy and P2P Production in Brazil Research Group) from Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT). The second volume has just been published and includes, amongst others, articles authored by P2P Foundation collaborators. This… Continue reading
Check out the Top 10 Sharing Events of the Season
Reposted from Shareable; Ambika Kandasamy takes us through some of the best sharing events happening this fall. Are you deeply plugged into the sharing movement or simply curious about how the sharing economy works? Whether you’re a veteran of the movement or a newcomer, the sharing events happening around the world this fall are bound… Continue reading
State of Power 2016: Call for Papers / Deadline Oct 9
Full call at https://www.tni.org/en/article/state-of-power-2016-call-for-papers. Deadline for abstracts 9 October. Deadline for essays 25 November The Transnational Institute (TNI) in the Netherlands is issuing an open call for essays/short papers for its forthcoming State of Power report launched in late January 2016 to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos. In 2016, we are particularly… Continue reading
Abundance and P2P production
The P2P mode of production is already opening the door to a society of abundance. You can stop being a consumer. You can stop being passive and letting the things you buy define your identity. You can switch sides… and produce. Looking back now, it seems clear that the P2P mode of production started to… Continue reading
Internet as a Commons
Don’t miss this event held at European Parliament on October 1st and organized by our friends (and Commons Transition partner project) in the Commons Network, along with the Green Group and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. The Green Group, The Commons Network and the Heinrich Böll Foundation brings you the most relevant conference of the year:… Continue reading
Peer production and the commons take central place in new Syriza proposals
A short report from George Dafermos: The commons and peer production occupy a strategic role in the (new) government programme that SYRIZA released today: http://www.syriza.gr/programma_syriza201509.pdf Indicatively, in the context of the productive transformation of the economy, SYRIZA commits itself to developing a productive model “aimed at strengthening those organizational models of production making use of… Continue reading
Book of the Day: Cultures of Anyone
Cultures of Anyone: Studies on Cultural Democratization in the Spanish Neoliberal Crisis (Luis Moreno-Caballud) Cultures of Anyone studies the emergence of collaborative and non-hierarchical cultures in the context of the Spanish economic crisis of 2008. It explains how peer-to-peer social networks that have arisen online and social movements such as the Indignados have challenged a… Continue reading
Sustainable Development Goals for Everyone, not just the 1%
Reposted from our friends at The Rules. Please read the open letter and sign here. On 25th September world leaders will meet to sign the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They will tell the world that we’re on track to ending global poverty by 2030, and that we can do it by prioritising economic growth… Continue reading
Design global, manufacture local
Design global, manufacture local: Exploring the contours of an emerging productive model. By Vasilis Kostakis, Vasilis Niaros, George Dafermos, Michel Bauwens. Futures, Volume 73, October 2015, Pages 126–135. Abstract This article aims to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on post-capitalist construction by exploring the contours of a commons-oriented productive model. On the basis of this… Continue reading
Abundance in material culture
Abundance in material culture means the possibility of rediscovering ourselves in the things that we use as well as finding ourselves and others in their production. Archaeologists use the term “material culture” for all objects that express a way of life and bring the relationship that a society has with Nature into everyday life…. Continue reading
Idea for Assemblies of the Commons gaining traction in francophone world
During the important multi-day francophone festival dedicated to the commons, le Temps des Communs, there will be a special day in which events will take place to eventually launch Assemblies of the Communs. On October 10, in parallel, in Chicago, a Chamber of the Commons will also be inaugurated. Another important commons-related events to check… Continue reading