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Finland’s Next Laws To Emerge From Online Crowdsourced Proposals

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From singularityhub.com - October 25, 2012 1:59 AM

Finland now allows citizens to propose new laws online, and if an initiative gathers enough votes, the government must vote on it.


This year, Finland has taken two huge steps to make crowdsourced laws a reality. First, its constitution last March was modified to allow every citizen proposal that collects a mere 50,000 signatures to get voted on by Parliament. In response, a non-profit group of Helsinki entrepreneurs started a website called Open Ministry to allow people of voting age to propose initiatives online. The website uses APIs from banks and mobile operators to confirm identities. Recently, the Finnish Parliament approved the platform after verifying that the electronic identification process is secure.


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Creativity in Poverty - Hindustan Times

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Occupying the Future, Starting at the Roots

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From www.energybulletin.net - May 18, 2012 8:34 AM

In an email sent out in early May, Adbusters urges recipients to “occupy the future;” that is, “to describe, build and sustain the post-capitalist future we want to live in.”

 

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Open Source Ecology

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From opensourceecology.org - August 22, 2011 3:36 PM

"A Network of Farmers, Engineers, and Supporters Building the Global Village Construction Set"

 

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DIY Urbanism - Almere Oosterwold

From www.youtube.com - June 10, 2012 4:04 AM

MVRDV‘s proposal for an urban development in Almere Oosterworld, the Netherlands, is a template for a D.I.Y. project that puts power into the hands of neighborhoods and communities. This development strategy is bottom-up, inclusive and very intuitive to the needs of individuals and their communities. It allows the design to develop organically and over a stretch of time as needs change and neighborhoods grow. MVRDV writes that the proposal “is a revolution in Dutch urban planning as it steps away from governmental dictate and invites organic urban growth in which initiatives are stimulated and inhabitants can create their own neighbourhoods including public green, urban agriculture and roads”.

 

more - http://bit.ly/MvL7PX ht @mbauwens

 

 

 

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Growing Power

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"Inspiring communities to build sustainable food systems that are equitable and ecologically sound, creating a just world, one food-secure community at a time."

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