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Self-Management and Self Control Networks in Greece
According to the TEPSIE report (see the full citation and more info about it at the end): “These involve groups of citizens that find innovative ways to express themselves by developing a new way of thinking about everyday life while putting these ideas into action. The main objective of these networks is self- sufficiency and gaining… Continue reading
How Nordic Everyman Rights protect the Scandinavian Commons and Nature
Excerpted from Steve Rushton: “During my visit to Finland and Sweden this summer, I saw how the Nordic Everyman Rights represent a potential step toward reclaiming those commons — particularly if they get expanded and adopted beyond the northern reaches of Europe. After coming to understand the freedoms one is entitled to in Finland, I… Continue reading
Rethinking Sustainable Development in terms of Commons
Wouldn’t sustainable development initiatives, mechanisms and policies considerably gain in effectiveness if they were planned and assessed in relation to the principles, processes and practices of the commons? The commons are a social system that intimately associates people or stakeholders with their resources and the participatory and mindful ways they are managing/producing/caring for them. Commons… Continue reading
Tiberius Brastaviceanu on open value accounting for scalable p2p economics
“A discussion of scalable peer economics, from the standpoint of a practiced innovator. Tiberius Brastaviceanu (Tibi) is co-founder of sensorica.co Open Value Network. He is based in Montreal, Canada.” Watch the video interview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6dFH8Qr30buy wellbutrin xl
Movement of the Day: Accelerationism
Excerpted from the Accelerationist Manifesto by Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek: 1. We believe the most important division in today’s left is between those that hold to a folk politics of localism, direct action, and relentless horizontalism, and those that outline what must become called an accelerationist politics at ease with a modernity of abstraction,… Continue reading
A complex system approach in higher education of The Commons
Republished from Alain Ruche: “The ‘enlived’ recapitulation of the principles of commons presented at the recent Conference in Berlin (May 2013) on ‘Economics and the Commons’ implicitly shows the benefits of a complex system approach. So, the question is not why we need such an approach, but how it can be used. This note makes… Continue reading
The Case for Stewardship (not Ownership) of Culture
* Book: Negotiating Culture: Heritage, Ownership and Intellectual Property. University of Massachusetts Press, 2013 Excerpted from a review by David Bollier: The book ” points out some of the distinct limits to “intellectual property’s” dominion. The book is a series of essays by academics from various disciplines that explores how social practice and culture have… Continue reading
Broadband expansion increases household income in China, Brazil and India
Once a family’s download speed reaches 4Mbps, average earnings rise by $322 a month (£201) in the 34 richer nations, including the UK, that are part of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The increase is £75 a month for households which double their speed from 4Mbps to 8Mbps, enabling high-definition video and… Continue reading
Autistici/Inventati: Italian hacker collective builds and maintains large privacy protecting network
“We do not conceive our structure as an answer to state control, but in general terms, it is the only decent thing coming to our mind that could guarantee freedom of expression and avoid uncontrolled profiling by companies and governments”. “Freedom and rights? You have to sweat blood for them! On the internet, too.” Infoaut… Continue reading