this post originally appeared in Stir Magazine illustration by Daksheeta Pattni In 2002 I described United Diversity as “a member owned and stakeholder governed network of mutual advantage.” In truth, it was aspirational. At the time, the flexible off-the-shelf legal structures and open source tools needed to make such a network a reality simply didn’t exist. Now they do. Co-ops that combine best practices from the international co-operative movement with best practices from the open source … [Read more...]
Email to Toby Hemenway re: Piracy
NOTE: I've had a series of increasingly great responses from Toby - please see the comments Toby Hemenway, a leading permaculture author sent me a message with very very thinly veiled threat to sue me for including his great book Gaia's Garden here https://files.uniteddiversity.com/Permaculture/ (someone else has also put it up on Scribd) Here is the text of his message: at https://files.uniteddiversity.com/Permaculture/ you have a pirated copy of my book, Gaia's Garden. My publisher, Chelsea … [Read more...]
Transition Handbook Now Open Source!
I've been meaning to contribute for ages, but here is my first post on the P2P Foundation blog, about my role in helping to open source the wonderful Transition Handbook … [Read more...]
Ending Poverty with Open Hardware
Vinay Gupta - Reykjavik Digital Freedoms Conference - Rough cut from 2nd camera. See also https://www.globalswadeshi.net and https://openfarmtech.org/weblog/ for more great stuff :) … [Read more...]