There is a dialogue taking place over on Transition Culture, about how Transition hubs relate to the UK network which started this whole Transition idea. If an opportunity arose, to rewrite this MoU collaboratively, we would need a tool which can manage the input from a large number of authors. Check out this video introduction to a tool called Mixed Ink. I have been facilitating online groups for a few years and watching the tools evolve very rapidly. To date. this is the best I have found for … [Read more...]
Open Everything
Today, an Open Everything event will take place at the Paraflows Festival in Vienna, Austria. Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation is the main speaker. Franz Nahrada and Ralf Schlatterbeck will follow up with the hardware side of open production, with Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology as a case in point. We prepared a short video - which Ralf will present - on creating a post-scarcity village on the scale of 30 acres. The essence of such a village is open technology and knowhow. This video … [Read more...]
Rural revolution in Colombia goes digital and p2p
“Latinamerica is particularly well equipped for these changes (peer production) by their cultural affinity with the values of P2P”, said Michel Bauwens on an interview for Pagina/12 the Argentinian journal. This statement seems to prove itself when one reads Elyssa Pachico;s article “Rural revolution in Colombia goes digital” (first published by CounterPunch, you can find it also at her site). In poor rural Colombia, where phone lines, drinkable water and decent roads can be hard to find and … [Read more...]
Paris rooftops swarm with bees as urban honey industry takes off
Photo by Franco Zecchin. Paris, the urban beekeeper Jean Paucton removing frames from the hive atop the Opera Garnier. By Charles Bremner in Paris The Times August 18, 2009 Tourists are not the only species swarming on the Champs Élysées this August. Also enjoying the sunshine are squadrons of bees, part of a fast-multiplying population that is making honey a new Parisian industry. The Tuileries, Luxembourg and other lesser gardens of Paris are now home to hundreds of thousands of bees that are … [Read more...]
Squat Freeshop on Commercial Road
Swap shops, Freeshops, give away shops, they all aim to go against the capitalist framework, and often people can't quite get their heads around the idea, that, yes it is free and you can take it! Illustrations by Thereza Rowe When I dropped by the free shop near Brick Lane, I received firsthand experience of this when a woman asked the way to the ‘trendy’ Shoreditch area and when invited to look around the Freeshop declined with a shrug of the shoulders. It appears it just wasn’t hip enough, … [Read more...]
Topshop Swap Shop
We've got Swaporamarama and Swishing and now, the Topshop Swap Shop... Just in from the inimitable Space Hijackers: Ladies and Gentlemen we are proud to announce the restyling fashion mash-up event of the year! In the light of the current economic crisis and the outrage over the sweatshop conditions that most high street brands make their clothes in, the swapshop is your chance to re-vamp your wardrobe with a free conscience! Leaping away from the drudgery of big corporate fashion with it’s … [Read more...]
Lost Generation?
I just saw this nice video on the new David Korten site Sam Rose built: … [Read more...]
Damaging property to prevent climate change is legal
A while ago a couple of peace activists who broke into a military airfield to damage B52 bombers argued they were preventing a greater crime and won their case (see www.b52two.org on web archive for the story). At the time I wondered "what if you used a similar defense for an action to prevent climate change"? Well, that has now happened and the jury is out, damaging property to prevent climate change is legal: Kingsnorth trial: Coal protesters cleared of criminal damage to chimney The trial … [Read more...]
Save The Spike Surplus Scheme
The Spike in Peckham is under threat. With free permaculture courses, a community garden, recording studio, rehearsal space and much more, Spike is an exemplay example of volunteer community based regeneration. It is an important local resource. If you haven't already done so, please sign the petition to help Save The Spike! If you have already signed the petition, please forward it on to your (e.g. myface) friends and networks. For an idea of how great this space is check out the pictures … [Read more...]
Deserting the Art Bunker by John Jordan
A while back I came across this excellent talk by John Jordan (of Reclaim the Streets, Clown Army, The Take etc). You can watch the talk online: Or read a rough transcript: https://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0304/msg00016.html … [Read more...]
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