Article by Stacco Troncoso and Ann Marie Utratel: The Commons is maturing politically, its methods and principles becoming more visible and its participants winning municipal elections in a variety of European cities. How did this happen, and what happens next? First, a look at our present political context, and then some observations on the birth… Continue reading
Unlocking the Next Economy is about creating access to the physical assets of historical organizations with social purpose to support local economic change. Stir To Action’s year-long pilot will explore how these physical assets can be an important part of Community Economic Development (CED), and how un- and underused churches could specifically be a part… Continue reading
Julio Sanchez Onofre: The revolution in collaboration that started with free and open source software in the 1990s has moved on to an even larger frontier, open source computer hardware. At the forefront of this revolution is Arduino, a global commons of designers and producers of microprocessing boards that can be freely copied, shared and… Continue reading
Click here to read all our curated stories on Basic Income This post by Conrad Shaw was originally published on opendemocracy.net The benefits of financial security are obvious, so why doesn’t the idea of UBI enjoy more popular support? If we took all of the income the United States makes in a year and divided… Continue reading
Click here to read all our curated stories on Basic Income This post by Miles Krauter in collaboration with Carter Vance was originally published on Medium.com, here and here. From Finland to Kenya to Ontario, it seems that everyone interested in social policy is talking up basic income. It’s not a new idea, having been theorized since at… Continue reading
European Ecovillage Conference 2017- Ӓngsbacka, Sweden “Conscious Happiness: Living the Future Today Solidarity, Resilience, and Hope” “This is an opportunity to take a drink from the wellspring of knowledge offered by people who are living a new normal.”-Charles Eisenstein, visionary and conference keynote speake The European Ecovillage Conference’s vibrant programme is brought alive by co-creators… Continue reading
by Alain Ambrosi and Nancy Thede, Barcelona, April 20, 2017. The pro-independence government of Catalonia recently sparked a political crisis in Spain by proposing to call a referendum on independence by the end of 2017 with or without the approval of the central government. In contrast, “Catalonia in common” defines itself as an innovative political… Continue reading
Reposted from ceptr.org Summer 2017 Residencies San Francisco CA ~ Ashland OR ~ Albuquerque NM At Ceptr we’re building a platform for distributed applications that will power new forms of human collaboration and help the world successfully navigate the daunting challenges we face. Designed using the organizational patterns found in nature, we’re opening new possibilities… Continue reading
Originally written by Giorgos Kallis¹ on Degrowth. “A smaller and different economy with higher welfare needs to be distinguished from recession or depression. The question is how do we land there by design and not by collapse?” Following up on Jeroen van den Bergh’s excellent review of the growth versus climate debate, Giorgos Kallis points… Continue reading
“For the writer is still a maker, a creator, not merely a recorder of fact, but above all an interpreter of possibilities. His intuitions of the future may still give body to a better world and help start our civilization on a fresh cycle of adventure and effort. The writer of our time must find… Continue reading
Kate Shea Baird: In a world stuck between neoliberal crisis and authoritarianism, a reinvigorated municipalist movement is proving a powerful tool to build emancipatory alternatives from the ground up. From 9 – 11 of June, mayors, local councillors and activists from over 40 countries will meet in Barcelona for the international municipalist summit ‘Fearless Cities’…. Continue reading
As Europeans struggle to deal with their multiple economic and political crises – and now, the unreliable support of the United States – it may be time to consider some serious ideas that go beyond the standard left/right framework and open up some new conversations. That is the goal of a recent report, “Supporting the… Continue reading
Exarcheia Net, a new wireless community network based in the Exarcheia neighborhood of Athens has set two goals: to bring internet access to refugee housing and solidarity projects and to develop neighborhood community wifi projects. Calling for action to protect open wifi networks, the Pirate Party’s Julia Reda writes how collectively built-up, not-for-profit wireless networks… Continue reading
This article by Daniela Patti and Levente Polyak (Eutropian) was previously published on cooperativecity.org and in New Europe #1. This is an excerpt from the upcoming book Funding the Cooperative City: Community finance and the economy of civic spaces. In the past decade, with the economic crisis and the transformation of welfare societies, NGOs, community… Continue reading
LOCAL & DECENTRALISED Pixelache Festival in Suvilahti cultural complex, Helsinki, 22nd-24th September 2017 Pixelache Festival happens in and around Oranssi‘s Valvomo building, in Suvilahti cultural complex Helsinki, 22nd-24th September 2017. The festival activities aim to reflect on decentralisation of power by collectively designing the programme and building its venue in 2018. After the 2015 festival… Continue reading
A Summer 2017 residency program in San Francisco CA – Ashland OR – Albuquerque NM by the Ceptr team: “At Ceptr we’re building a platform for distributed applications that will power new forms of human collaboration and help the world successfully navigate the daunting challenges we face. Designed using the organizational patterns found in nature,… Continue reading