‘Wealth of Networks’
Tracks the emerging information-sharing, open-source cooperative sectors of economies in the USA, Canada, Europe, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea and other countries. In this new sharing, cooperative economy, sectors are exchanging information, bartering and using new forms of currency in order to make their money stretch further. The Wealth of Networks balances the older competitive sectors based on money.
Relates to: Global Citizenship, Community Development Solutions, Beyond GDP, Partners/Links, EthicalMarkets.tv – The Money Fix and Money Innovation, Power of Yin, Articles by Hazel Henderson
Why Self-Organized Networks Will Destroy Hierarchies
Republished from the DFW Alliance, by Kevin Carson: “Hierarchies are systematically stupid and inefficient, for the following reasons. 1. Hayekian information problems: The people in authority who make the rules interfere with the people who know how to do the job and are in direct contact with the situation. The people who make the [...]
Chris Hedges on the significance of #OccupyWallStreet: tinkering with the corporate state is no longer sufficient
What took place early Friday morning in Zuccotti Park was the first salvo in a long struggle for justice. It signaled a step backward by the corporate state in the face of popular pressure. And it was carried out by ordinary men and women who sleep at night on concrete, get soaked in rainstorms, eat donated food and have nothing as weapons but [...]
Media Literacy Education News from NAMLE: Connect to Compete initiative aims to boost digital literacy
Connect to Compete initiative aims to boost digital literacy Best Buy's Geek Squad will provide in-person digital literacy training and Microsoft will provide an on-line equivalent as part of a private-public "Connect to Compete" initiative announced today. Also participating in Connect to Compete will be a range of non-profit [...]
Eve Ensler | Occupy Wall Street: A “Work of Art”
Reader Supported News | 11 October 11 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News **DONATIONS STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN: We were doing great, looked like we would finish, and then nothing. We only need 75 donations to finish. Guys!** Okay, I'll make a donation. Eve Ensler | Occupy Wall Street: A "Work of Art" Occupy Wall Street, [...]
Could #OccupyWallStreet Be Infiltrated by Political Groups?
Welcome to the OccupiedUSA LiveStream News Room (Videos) This is a collection of livestream video newsfeeds from some of our occupied locations. Many locations are in the process of setting up livestreams. They will be online soon and this page is a work in progress. ... Read More >> - -- Could #OccupyWallStreet Be Infiltrated by [...]
Postal Service An Invaluable Contributor To Economic Development
POSTAL SERVICE AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UN New York, Oct 7 2011 4:05PM In an era of rapid technological advancements, the post remains a vital communication element that links people and businesses and contributes to their economic development worldwide, the United Nations global postal agency says. The post is [...]
Umair Haque: The Protests and the Metamovement
Michel Bauwens and his P2P Foundation brings brilliant analyses from many perspectives on the “beyond economics - beyond money “egalitarian movements now sweeping the world" Umair Haque: The Protests and the Metamovement With every day that we hold the square, we chip away at our fear, at our confusion, at our alienation. We improvise [...]
Un Reports Agreement On Ways To Assess Green Impact Of Information Technologies
Un Reports Agreement On Ways To Assess Green Impact Of Information Technologies New York, Sep 28 2011 7:05PM The United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) today said that agreement has been reached on a globally-recognized set of methodologies to assess the environmental impact of information and communications technologies [...]
NPR Shuffles by Wall Street Protests
Updated 9/26 4:20 p.m. NPR hasn't aired a story on the "Occupy Wall Street" protest — now entering its second week — but several of you aired your concerns about the lack of coverage, and Ralph Nader called to say NPR is ignoring the left. "You'll cover the Tea Party, but god forbid you actually cover sane Americans demanding civilized [...]
Looking into OccupyWallStreet protests in NY
“People have a right to protest, and if they want to protest, we'll be happy to make sure they have locations to do it,” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sept. 15 at a press conference. “As long as they do it where other people's rights are respected, this is the place where people can speak their minds, and that's what makes New [...]
