Hosted By Senator Bernie Sanders Senator Tom Udall Rep. Ted Deutch Rep. Donna Edwards Rep. Keith Ellison Rep. Jim McGovern Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Capitol Visitors Center: HVC 215 RSVP ONLINE HERE Questions? Contact Joseph Bushong in the office of Rep. Ted Deutch
UN-Backed Study Shows Technology Can Help World Move to Low-Carbon Economy
UN-BACKED STUDY SHOWS TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP WORLD MOVE TO LOW-CARBON ECONOMY New York, Apr 2 2012 3:05PM The use of broadband in information and communication technology (ICT) can help the world transition to a low carbon-economy and address the causes and effects of climate change, according to a United Nations-backed …
Video of the Day: Charles Eistenstein on Sacred Economics
Video of the Day: Charles Eistenstein on Sacred Economics Directed by Ian MacKenzie ; Produced by Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill, Ian MacKenzie “Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, …
Greedy Bastards Antidote: Lawrence Lessig on “One Way Forward”
In a discussion on money, politics, and the growth of organic political reform movements in America over the last few years, Dylan Ratigan talks with Lawrence Lessig about his new book, One Way Forward: An Outsiders Guide to Fixing the Republic. You can read Lessig’s book here. … Read More …
Un Kicks Off Information Technology Hackathon Promoting Global
Un Kicks Off Information Technology Hackathon Promoting Global Sustainability New York, Feb 28 2012 6:05PM A United Nations-backed competition with the goal of uncovering sustainable approaches to information and communication technology (ICT) kicked off today, bringing developers from around the world together in a frenetic race of programming. Organized by …
Towards a New Participatory Citizen Science Contract for Science Data Mining and Biobanking
Towards a New Participatory Citizen Science Contract for Science Data Mining and Biobanking Mainstream research should invite forms of participation that treat donors as citizens committed to achieving a public good, not as repositories of informatic gold, ripe for mining. Thanks to continually evolving network technology, participants could easily remain …
Kosmos Gains Consultative Status at UN
Dear Kosmos Readers, Warm greetings to all who are serving the greater good…and there are so many of us now! We hope you will find this newsletter full of ideas on how you may be part of an ignited humanity – one already on the streets of cities worldwide, saying, …
Free online workshop on growing a Commons-inspired Occupy theory of a collective action
SPECIAL NOTICE In collaboration with the OWS Forum on the Commons in New York (Feb 16-18) http://makingworlds.wikispaces.com/home Free online workshop on growing a Commons-inspired Occupy theory of a collective action we’ve just opened a free online workshop on growing a Commons-inspired Occupy theory of a collective action, here: http://thefutureofoccupy.org/strategy-and-commons-workshop/ Occupy …
How (r)evolution carries itself forward by the Working Groups of Occupy
Hello from the crew at FoO! Over the last month we’ve been reading, analyzing, and honing in on the most vibrant conversations taking place in the Working Groups. Our February issue, the ‘Focus on Working Groups’ presents you with a number of blogs and essays highlighting exciting strategic ideas, specific …
George Dafermos on the Peer Governance of Open Source Projects
George Dafermos on the Peer Governance of Open Source Projects Source: Interview conducted by Michel Bauwens and Neal Gorenflo While peer production is now well-known after the pioneering work of Yochai Benkler and the evident success of open-source software, the governance of these communities is the subject of much less …