Benedictan Rules as a Hacker Protocol

“UnMonasterians could do worse than devote some serious time in studying the benedictine ways as a protocol for societal impact in social innovation. This consists of the Rule (software), the physical arrangement of the monasteries and abbeys (for example, single cells for monks to sleep in are a part of the protocol governing monastic life… Continue reading

The Commons and Co-operative Commonwealth

Pat Conaty is a leading expert in the emerging Commons movement and a research associate with Co-operatives UK. He is also co-author with Micheal Lewis of “The Resilience Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy” Pat recently presented at Schumacher College on the ‘The Commons and Co-operative Commonwealth’ – posted above are the full set… Continue reading

Movement of the Day: Red de Evolución Colaborativa

Excerpted from Victor Valenzuela: “We are a Chilean group called “Red de Evolución Colaborativa” (Collaborative Evolution Network), RedEC. We work in the study, analysis, implementation and promotion of alternative production models. Our goal is to reach a society that allows an indefinite, collective and individual development (social evolution). We are profoundly convinced that the peer… Continue reading

Essay of the Day: Free Seeds, Not Free Beer

* Article: Free Seeds, Not Free Beer”: Participatory Plant Breeding, Open Source Seeds, and Acknowledging User Innovation in Agriculture. Keith Aoki. UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper Series ; Research Paper No. 167, April 2009 Summary: “This essay has examined the relevance of user-innovation in the context of participatory plant breeding. This essay first looked… Continue reading