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Links for April 15th to April 21st

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These are my links for April 15th to April 21st: Otra Economía - Este Blog está destinado a los comentarios acerca de los textos publicados en la Revista Otra Economía de la Red de Investigadores de la RILESS, www.riless.org/otraeconomia, que tendrá su primera edición publicada en este mes en el II Encuentro Intern Monedas Complementarias en España wiki - Complementary Currencies in Spain Wiki - Bienvenid@ a la web interactiva de Monedas Complementarias … [Read more...]

Money Books

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After our last Open Coin meeting George Walker took us into his office to continue chatting. He is a fascinating chap, check out his CV (.pdf). In the first OpenCoin meeting he said (in a strong Scottish accent): "I think there is going to be a global currency. I call it the Global. This will either be a top-down currency from the IMF and World Bank, like existing SDRs (Special Drawing Rights), or a bottom-up, grassroots initiative, like what you are doing, which is much more exciting" He … [Read more...]

Links for April 9th to April 15th

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These are my links for April 9th to April 15th: Permaculture Reflections: Top 10 Fuel Trees for Zone 5 and Above - I’ve decided to do some research into the best kinds of wood for providing heat. I went in search of the tree that would give off the highest amount of BTU’s per cord. It is this search that lead me to the information below that was provided by a stud UK Indymedia - Squatters Estate Agents Opens In London - As part of the Space Is The Place - Side Stepping The Property … [Read more...]

Oil companies to buy the world!

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Here is some scary inside news on Big Energy plans for biofuel and biomass energy production (my own quick thoughts and some useful links follow): I went 'undercover' to a 2 days summit last year in Paris, This event was meant for all the oil companies of the world to network, share about how to improve oil sales and what they should in the future. Here is what I understood (I must underline that this is my very personal point of view and engages only me): First it was very clear to me that … [Read more...]

P2P Foundation Ning

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UPDATE: Save the P2P Foundation Ning! A week or so ago I created the P2P Foundation Ning Here is Michel's post about it, and this is how it happened... As I browsed the archives of the Strategic P2P list I came across this old thread (from mid-Dec 07) where Michel asked "would it make sense to have a ning-based p2p network"? As I explain at the end of that thread, I thought Why Not? Hi Michel, I think we chose ning because it is simple, free and featureful and therefore we've got … [Read more...]

Peer Trust Network, OSE and More!

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I sent this out on The Open Co-op mailing list (amongst others) but should've posted it up here too... This chap Stan Rhodes has a vision that is very familiar to me...https://www.p2pfoundation.net/Narrative_on_Discovering_the_Peer_Trust_Network_System https://www.p2pfoundation.net/Peer_Trust_Network_ProjectAnd if you haven't caught up with Open Source Ecology lately, you've got to check this out: CEB (Compressed Earth Block) Phase 1 - Donehttps://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=91Open Engineering: … [Read more...]