Fantastic video made for the Visions and Pathways 2040 project pointing out the differences between capitalist “green growth” and our own Commons Transition framework. If you’re not familiar with the Commons Transition, check out our new Commons Transition Primer website for a colourful and educational introduction to all things Commons/P2P. To read the full Vision and… Continue reading
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New economics podcast Upstream needs your help!
Hello! Della and Robert here, co-producers of the Upstream Podcast, an audio documentary series that explores stories of the new economy. We often say that we couldn’t keep this project going without your support — well, this is LITERALLY TRUE. The laptop and the audio software that we use to produce our documentaries are now… Continue reading
Making change happen: A tribute to Robin Murray
Robin Murray’s life and work has been celebrated recently in London at an RSA event that Awarded him the Albert Medal for social innovation and co-operative change. The tributes by Ed Mayo and others at the Award ceremony are wonderful and on this riveting video followed up by tributes from the floor. The following text… Continue reading
How urban agriculture is transforming Detroit
Reposted from the TED website, Devita Davidson talks about her work in Detroit repurposing large unused urban areas for community farming. From the notes to the video: There’s something amazing growing in the city of Detroit: healthy, accessible, delicious, fresh food. In a spirited talk, fearless farmer Devita Davison explains how features of Detroit’s decay… Continue reading
Can the Commons offer a renewed vision for Europe?
This panel discussion was recorded during the recent TransEuropa Festival, held in Madrid. Moderated by European Alternatives‘ Marta Cillero, the panel features Iva Cucik (Belgrade don’t drown), along with my colleague Sophie Bloemen from Commons Network and myself representing the P2P Foundation and the European Commons Assembly. The discussion deals with the political challenges present in… Continue reading
Holo: Take Back the Internet – Shared P2P Hosting
Holo is helping to grow a more human Internet — where you control your personal data and choose how your applications work. With Holo, you share your computer’s spare capacity to help others connect to peer-to-peer apps. When people use the apps you host, you can get rewarded in cryptocurrency by the app’s creators. Connect… Continue reading
To Save Net Neutrality, We Must Build Our Own Internet
When it comes to the internet, our connections are generally controlled by telecom companies. But a group of people in Detroit is trying to change that. Motherboard met with the members of the Equitable Internet Initiative (EII), a group that is building their own wireless networks from the ground up in order to provide affordable… Continue reading
The civic crowdfunding city conference
Growfunding is celebrating its 5th anniversary! Time for a party – and a debate! Together with seven foreign civic crowdfunding-platforms, academics, city makers and you, we will be holding a debate on “the civic crowdfunding city”, or in other words: about the city we will be creating together via growfunding. Get your ticket for the conference! Time… Continue reading
Barrio Solar: Solar Power for Puerto Rico
Hazel Henderson alerted us to this worthy campaign coming out of Puerto Rico. Reposted from the Barrio Solar Crowdfund page. On the subject of Puerto Rico’s energy grid, also don’t miss this reaction to Elon Musk’s white-saviour bro-capitalist solutions. BARRIO SOLAR was created on September 21st, the day after Hurricane Maria devastated the island nation of… Continue reading
Two years later: A short documentary from Barcelona’s government of change
“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
What is the difference between Blockchain and Holochain?
A holochain application is run entirely by the people who use it. This enables direct communication, without the need for corporate web servers. For any particular use case, developers can create fit-for-purpose solutions that strike the right balance between minimizing risks, reducing costs, and optimizing speed. Relative to other distributed application infrastructures such as Blockchain… Continue reading
How to Rethink the Cities of the Future
Cross-posted from Shareable. Nithin Coca: In 2009, the world hit a watershed moment. For the first time in human history, a majority of people were living not in rural areas, but in cities. Since then, the growth in cities has only accelerated, and the United Nations estimates that 66 percent of the world’s population will… Continue reading
Team Human: Richard Heinberg “There’s No App For That”
Playing for Team Human today is Post Carbon Institute fellow Richard Heinberg. Richard is the co-author of Our Renewable Future and most recently, the manifesto, There’s No App For That. On today’s show Richard and Douglas challenge the idea that technological “progress” is a panacea for solving systems-level crises like climate change. Richard’s work calls on us to look at the… Continue reading
Inter-generational Collaborative Platforms
At OPEN 2017 one of the open space sessions which was proposed by Phil Carey focused on “Inter-generational Collaborative Platforms”. Here Phil explains what was discussed and the ‘call to action’ that developed from the session. Phil Carey: We live in a world that needs to accommodate an extra 3 billion people within 50 years…. Continue reading
Postcapitalism & Beautiful Alternatives: A brief introduction to The Rules
Something is deeply wrong with the way the world works. You know it, and I know it. We are told everyday that unfettered economic growth and the accumulation of personal wealth is desirable, yet, though we may not always have the words to challenge it, we know the mantra ‘greed is good’ cannot be true:… Continue reading
Public Money, Public Code
Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software? We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence. If it is public money, it should be public code as well. Code paid by the people should be available… Continue reading