Date archives "November 2017"

Barcelona’s Decidim Offers Open-Source Platform for Participatory Democracy Projects

November 18, 2017 No Comment Shareable read

Cross-posted from Shareable. Kevin Stark: The word Decidim translated from Catalan means we decide, and it’s the name of Barcelona’s digital infrastructure for participatory democracy. One part functional database and one part political statement, organizers say Decidim is key to a broad digital transformation that is taking place in Barcelona — its institutions, markets, and economy. Organized by… Continue reading →

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Industrial ecology and symbiosis are closing the loops

November 17, 2017 No Comment Daniel Wahl read

[…] if we aim to change the energetic metabolism of modern industrial societies, for example, we should be aware of the scope of the project. It will not just be a technological task: it will in the end imply profound socio- economic, historical change […] you cannot profoundly alter a system’s output (i.e. its waste… Continue reading →

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Implementing Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a basic income guarantee

November 17, 2017 No Comment Share the Worlds Resources read

The following paper was submitted for a parallel event at the 17th Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), held in Portugal from 25-27 September 2017. Written by Victoria Gater and Sonja Scherndl. STWR is a campaigning group based in London, founded by Mohammed Mesbahi in 2003, with consultative status at the Economic and… Continue reading →

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The Top Ten Articles from the P2P Foundation

November 16, 2017 1 Comment Michel Bauwens read

Peter Jones recently asked us for a list of our ten most representative articles to help others who wanted to come up to speed on the subject. The list was put together by Vasilis Kostakis, Vasilis Niaros, Stacco Troncoso and myself. Rather than ten articles, we came up with ten general categories, which then feature… Continue reading →

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Greece: Alternative Economies & Community Currencies Pt. 1

November 16, 2017 No Comment Stacco Troncoso read

First of a three part series, Niko Georgiades takes on a journey through Greece’s post-capitalist alt. economy. Originally published in Unicorn Riot Ninja. Niko Georgiades: Athens, Greece – While capitalism and consumerism dominate the culture of the United States of America and the Western world, community currencies are creating a buzz elsewhere. The radical need for… Continue reading →

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Patterns of Commoning: Commoning in Times of Disaster – The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

November 15, 2017 No Comment Commons Strategies Group read

Kate Chapman: Just a few hours after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, a group of collaborators from the OpenStreetMap community began collecting all sorts of topographical data about the country – roads, towns, hospitals, government buildings. Within forty-eight hours high-resolution satellite imagery taken after the earthquake became available, and within a month… Continue reading →

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Community economic development: lessons from two years action research

November 15, 2017 No Comment Pat Conaty read

This report summarises the lessons learned from a two year nationwide action research programme of Community Economic Development (CED). It will be of practical interest to communities thinking about their local economies and policymakers tasked with fostering a more inclusive economy, locally and nationally. Unlike conventional approaches to local economic development, which centre on economic… Continue reading →

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Two years later: A short documentary from Barcelona’s government of change

November 14, 2017 No Comment Barcelona En Comu Global read

“We must listen and talk with the people because it’s they we must obey” Ada Colau Learnings, limits and opportunities of two years of the government of change in the City Council of Barcelona, explained by some of its protagonists inside and outside the institution. Visit the documentary’s webpage here. TWO YEARS LATER This document… Continue reading →

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Book of the day: The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval

November 14, 2017 No Comment Stacco Troncoso read

Humanity faces multiple sustainability crises in the 21st century, particularly with regard to the environment, energy, the economy, and equity—the “E4” crises. In this reader we’ve brought together leading scholars, scientists, and activists to explore: the depth and complexity of the challenges modern industrial society faces in the 21st century; the history and science behind… Continue reading →

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How Indigenous Land-Use Practices relate to Community Land Trusts & The Commons

November 13, 2017 1 Comment Shareable read

Cross-posted from Shareable. Aaron Fernando: The concept of ownership is a social contract that allows certain individuals and groups to have rights to certain resources or items while excluding others from that access. Under the mainstream conception of private property, both the ownership of land and anything built on top of it are combined into… Continue reading →

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The Charter of the Forest, Now 800 Years Old!

November 13, 2017 No Comment David Bollier read

Two years ago, we heard a great deal of hoopla on the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, celebrating it as the landmark advance for the rule of law and limits on the power of the sovereign. Far less attention was given to a companion document, the Charter of the Forest, which guaranteed the customary… Continue reading →

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Commons, Enclosure, and the Politics of Gentleness

November 12, 2017 No Comment Michel Bauwens read

Michel Bauwens: Few people have studied the protocols and processes of enclosures as Anthony McCann has, and this very interesting podcast represents an overview of years of study and insight into the matter. Recommended! As Anthony says: This work from 2007 was probably my last lecture on enclosure before turning back to the commons, in… Continue reading →

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Presenting FundAction, a participatory grant making platform

November 11, 2017 No Comment FundAction read

Welcome to the FundAction blog; please, make yourself at home! We are a new peer-to-peer fund. We are run by a community of activists seeking social change in all corners of Europe. We are currently supported by a group of four funders. Our activities are grounded in the following values: Peer to peer respect We… Continue reading →

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Open Source Hardware Collaboration Survey – How people work together to design open source products

November 10, 2017 No Comment Alekos Pantazis read

How do people work together to design open-source hardware products? What is the level of openness, trust and collaboration within such projects? Do the communities share common goals and visions and how do they allocate workloads? These are some core questions related to demystifying open-source hardware projects that Robert Mies and Jérémy Bonvoisin try to answer… Continue reading →

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Join Us at the Platform Co-ops for Global Challenges Conference

November 10, 2017 No Comment Shareable read

Cross-posted from Shareable. Tom Llewellyn: The People’s Disruption: Platform Co-ops for Global Challenges kicks off this weekend at The New School and Civic Hall in New York City, New York. The annual event — now in its third year — will bring together a diverse group of experts who are pushing the platform co-op movement forward. While… Continue reading →

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The Commons in Latin America: Struggles, Policies and Research

November 10, 2017 No Comment Stacco Troncoso read

The Commons in Latin America: Struggles, Policies and Research is a two day conference taking place in December 12th and 13th 2017 in Amsterdam. The following information is extracted from the conference website. The concept in construction Commons is a concept in construction broadly defined as tangible and intangible resources shared by a group of individuals… Continue reading →