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Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators. In March we hosted the second Institute for Open Leadership, and in our summary of the event we mentioned that the Institute fellows would be taking turns to write about their open policy projects. Below is a guest post by IOL Fellow Katja Mayer, a postdoctoral researcher in Science, Technology and Society at th
Can the factors creating a slower growth world find open discussion in time to avoid severe social strife and an Age of Stagnation
Michel Bauwens (Madison, Wisconsin), June 12, 2016: Part One – Analyzing the global situation One of the best books I have read in the last ten years is undoubtedly, The Structure of World History, by Kojin Karatini.
During the late Middle ages Europeans formed alliances which were based primarily not on kinship, but on some other common characteristic such as occupation
A growing movement that combines open source design with sustainability is creating an exciting alternative to profit-driven, proprietary sustainability products. As we face urgent issues like climate change, the ability of open source communities to quickly and inexpensively create solutions makes increasing sense.
The Commons Transition Coalition presents: 'Sharing Value & Ownership for the Common Good: Building the Commons Economy'.
The General Political License would allow policy makers to have the support of commons and commoners, subject to clear conditions of reciprocity.
Video exploring the topic of Open Source Circular Economy
It's indeed a remarkable synthesis of where the P2P movement is at, and how it is both grappling with the tensions in the world and within the movements.
What can bind people together beyond the minimal social and civic ties? David Bollier argues that the Commons can be the driver for systemic change
Portrait of a Paradigm Shift: The New Emerging from The Shell of the Old, an essay by David Bollier on the realities, and possibilities, of system change
Every so often I am invited to write a piece that in effect answers the question, “Why the commons?” I invariably find new answers to that question.
The Xarxa de Ciència, Tècnica i Tecnologia (XCTIT), which means “Network of Science, Technique and Technology”, is the committee of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC) that is responsible for the development of tools and machines adapted to the...
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The Library of Things movement is emerging in communities around the world. These spaces give people access to a huge spectrum of items, from board games, party supplies and tennis rackets to saws, kitchen appliances, turntables, clothing and tents, without the burden of ownership.
Sociologist Erik Olin Wright explains why a basic income would not be a “disincentive” to work (unlike means-tested anti-poverty programs).
This is a review by Birgit Daiber on the conference, “Transform! Europe, Seminar on Production and Common”, held in Rome, on March 11-12, 2016.
Why are the Commons and P2P movements so male dominated? Is the economy of domestic labor as hidden in the P2P/Commons movement as in the rest of society?
C O N T E N T S: KEY TOPICS In ” The next revolution in manufacturing is full automation ” I take a look at what it all means.(More…) One vision of the future of industry could mean ?
Andrew Stewart interviews Kevin Carson on the issue of corporate water privatization and cooperative ownership, commons-based alternatives.
A series of proposals and more than 120 policy recommendations for governments, ending in a joint statement of public policies for the collaborative economy
Call for submissions for participation in the Commons Space at the the World Social Forum 2016 taking place from the 9th to the 14th of August
Sharing is not an opposite of ownership nor a panacea. But we can make use of existing resources rather than create everything we need.
Portrait of a Paradigm Shift: The New Emerging from The Shell of the Old, an essay by David Bollier on the realities, and possibilities, of system change
A recent article on a Society of the Commons co-authored by Michel Bauwens, Vasilis Kostakis, Alex Pazaitis.
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