Date archives "December 2018"

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What is the future we need?

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What is the future we need?

The Future We Need: We are a global movement. We believe minerals, natural resources and the commons are a shared inheritance. It is our duty to ensure future generations inherit at least as much as we did. If we fulfill our duty, we may enjoy the fruits of our inheritance. A loss is a loss… Continue reading →

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Let’s train humans first…before we train machines

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Let’s train humans first…before we train machines

Reposted from Hazel Henderson’s blog Hazel Henderson: Billions are spent by governments, corporations and investors in training computer-based algorithms (i.e. computer programs) in today’s mindless rush to create so-called “artificial” intelligence, widely advertised as AI. Meanwhile, training our children and their brains (already superior to computer algorithms) is under-funded, schools are dilapidated, sited in run-down,… Continue reading →

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New York City Shouldn’t Regulate Ride-Hailing Apps – It Should Compete With Them

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New York City Shouldn’t Regulate Ride-Hailing Apps – It Should Compete With Them

This post by Devin Balkind is reposted from Gotham Gazette Smartphones are transforming transit in cities all over the world, and city governments are struggling to figure out how to best manage the change. If the world was looking to New York City’s recently enacted legislation affecting for-hire vehicle companies, then there will be disappointment… Continue reading →

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Regulating the Urban Commons – What we can learn from Italian experiences

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Regulating the Urban Commons – What we can learn from Italian experiences

Reposted from Cooperativecity.org The international debate on the commons has a long history but only in recent years has it started gearing towards the definition of Urban Commons and what their role is in shaping our society, especially at the wake of the economic crisis. This debate developed strongly in Italy as a result of… Continue reading →

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Basic income in the ‘long now’: three critical considerations for the future(s) of alternative welfare systems

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Basic income in the ‘long now’: three critical considerations for the future(s) of alternative welfare systems

Originally posted on Labgov.city Rok Kranjc | Feb 6, 2018 | The Commons Post: Many of today’s proposals for and experiments with Universal Basic Income (UBI) in so-called developed countries seem to be congruent with, and indeed in some instances explicitly catered towards maintaining the dominant political economic architecture and status quo imaginary. Some of… Continue reading →

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When citizens take matters into their own hands: a closer look at citizen collectives established in 2015 and 2016

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When citizens take matters into their own hands: a closer look at citizen collectives established in 2015 and 2016

Originally posted on Oikos.be. Download the full report in Dutch or French. By Dirk Holemans et a. Oikos, 2018: In order to find responses to current societal challenges, citizens increasingly take control, including in the form of citizen collectives that produce goods or services themselves, usually as a quest towards a more sustainable alternative. With the… Continue reading →

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Grenoble, France: Citizen participation in water utility delivers low tariffs for its poorest residents

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Grenoble, France: Citizen participation in water utility delivers low tariffs for its poorest residents

In 1983, a right-wing mayor was elected in Grenoble. His administration was marked by corruption and the power he gave to large corporations in the management of public services. Elected officials and environmental activists mobilised in the 1980s and 1990s to prove that corruption was involved in many deals, and set up an alternative, municipal… Continue reading →

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Green New Deal: A bold vision for America’s future

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Green New Deal: A bold vision for America’s future

Originally published on The Climate Lemon Something amazing is happening in American politics. Wow it felt good, and weird, to type that sentence. Not sure if you noticed, but it’s been kind of a hellish shitshow recently. Anyway… On Tuesday 13th November 2018, a group of young climate activists descended on the office of Nancy… Continue reading →

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How community land trusts create affordable housing

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How community land trusts create affordable housing

Cross-posted from Shareable. This article was adapted from Shareable’s latest book, “Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons.” Download your free pdf copy today. Anna Bergren Miller: Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are nonprofit entities dedicated to maintaining community control of real property outside conventional, speculative land and housing markets. Though they may serve other ends — including the… Continue reading →