UPDATE: Ecosia deserve huge respect for this: Ecosia is now taking concrete steps to facilitate climate activism. Going forward, all Ecosia employees can engage in climate activism during weekdays – they don’t need to take time off or call in sick. If they incur legal problems, Ecosia will support them and cover any related fees. If reasonable, nonviolent civil disobedience should lead any Ecosia employee to be incarcerated, their time behind bars will be counted as work … [Read more...]
Cancún: No agreement is better than a bad agreement!
December 9 statement by La Via Campesina: We call on humanity to act immediately to rebuild the life of all of nature, applying the concept of “life in balance.” Members of La Vía Campesina from more than thirty countries from all over the world united our thousands of struggles in Cancun to demand environmental and social justice, and respect for Mother Earth at the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP 16). We joined together to denounce the attempts of governments, mainly from the North, to … [Read more...]
We can accomplish more by sharing
This is the first in a series exploring the things I have learned from the open source way during my time at Red Hat. About 9 years ago I joined Red Hat and my life changed forever. As for my background, currently I'm the Senior Vice President of People & Brand at Red Hat, responsible for shepherding the human resources, learning, and brand and creative services functions within the company. I am a mother, a lawyer, a business school grad, a female executive in a male-dominated … [Read more...]
California’s P2P Carsharing Bill Passes Assembly 63-0
Carsharing just took a step forward on June 3rd in California when AB1871 passed the Assembly with zero opposition. The bill now goes to the Senate and could become law before the year is out. We talked about the potential for this bill to accelerate the already fast growing carsharing industry here. Below is the press release by California Assemblymember Dave Jones who is spearheading the bill. You can voice your support for the bill at peer-to-peer carsharing startup Spride Share's petition … [Read more...]
Community Algae Lab
Algae! A truly green crop for a sustainable future. Scenedesmus algae bottles We are the Shipyard algae lab community. We have created the world’s first community algae lab for the development of open-source, DIY-oriented algae technology, to facilitate the co-operative pursuit of this new form of agriculture — and we invite you to come learn how to raise algae and transform them into exciting products! … [Read more...]
Most retweeted P2P Foundation articles
Via Topsy: * Estimating the Development Cost of Open Source Software * The 10 Most Important P2P Trends of the Year * Cory Doctorow. Makers * Abundance Creates Utility But Destroys Exchange Value * Greenwashing or conscious capitalism? * Will the Web bankrupt government? * Facebook and your data * Could American Democracy survive 13 million foreclosures? View original post … [Read more...]
Mark Rutledge for Cap and Share models for sustainable energy commons
Via Feasta: “Cap and Share: mechanisms to share scarce resources and provide economic incentives for renewable energy and efficiency investment. Mark Rutledge, an environmental consultant, argues that the adoption of Cap and Share, Feasta’s proposed framework for a global climate treaty, is a necessary tool for dealing with peak oil and the current world recession. Unless it is used, any economic recovery will be strangled at birth as oil prices rise again. Recorded on day two of The New … [Read more...]
Local Currency Council’s First Interactive Online Conference.
https://localcurrencycouncil.org/ Participants will be joining us through web cam feeds & phone/Skype access. You can call in and speak with our presenters, join the discussion, and contribute using the live chat. If you’d like to present or have topics you’d like to see covered please contact us. We are scheduling guests who will be presenting on a variety of topics, and joining in various group discussions. Our first participants come from the UK, Toronto Canada, and Washington DC, … [Read more...]
Secret Seed Society
Bringing to life Chrissie Cress! Secret Seed Society team at play - Stop Motion done in a day. Cast: Rosa van Wyk View original post … [Read more...]
Will The Brixton Pound Buy A Brighter Future?
by Leo Hickman Tomorrow the Transition Town movement launches a currency designed to boost local trade and bring communities closer together A Brixton market stallholder . . . 'It's Monopoly money,' says one. 'I won't be having anything to do with it'. Photograph: Graeme Robertson It has all the makings of a taxing pub quiz question: what links dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, environmental scientist James Lovelock, black civil rights activist Olive Morris and comedian Chris Morris with … [Read more...]
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