For those that have followed the developments in CubeSpawn: I'll give a brief introduction to the current request for support,

For folks new to the concept: I'll give a short overview and describe what I see as the benefits to this approach over the current, unstructured approach to Open Source Hardware

My Request:

I have placed an Entry in…

Via Hervé Le Crosnier:

Bonjour,



       Les biens communs de la connaissance forment

       un contexte majeur dans lequel nous pouvons réfléchir

       à l'avenir des "sociétés de la connaissance"



       Deux événements nous y incitent en ce mois de juin :



       - la parution du livre/référence "Libres Savoirs :

         les biens communs de la…

Via Bertram Niessen:

After the infamous declarations of the Minister for Public Administration and Innovation Renato Brunetta http://anna-marchi.blogspot.com/2011/06/worse-part-of-italy-post-pc-story.html against precarious workers, bottom-up social movements are meeting in Rome, near the parliament, next Sunday.

If you want to follow the story on social…

by Dr. Vladimir N. Tretyakov



Posted as Lecture 6 at Free School for Panoramic Thinking 



The highest wisdom is discerning good and evil.

- Socrates.



Content

*Reason and heart: ethical aspect

*Authoritative and humane ethics

*Application of ethics to school pedagogy

*Application of ethics to international…

More info via http://www.indiegogo.com/International-HackerSpaces-Conference-Lima-Peru

The International FabLab Conference organized by MIT's Center for Bits & Atoms will take place in Lima ,…

RADICAL ANIMAL

We love new stuff - but we're killing the planet...What's to be done?…

International Forum of Social and Solidarity Economy 2011



June 10th, 2011 – The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), the Québec Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (ARCQ) and the Chantier de l’économie sociale are happy to announce their collaboration on the occasion of the International Forum of Social and Solidarity Economy (FIESS), which will take place from October 17th to 20th, 2011, in Montreal. As the official radio broadcasters of the FIESS,…

Mathieu ONeil:

Expanding the frontiers of hacking

Bio-punks, open hardware, and hackerspaces



A special issue of Critical Studies in Peer Production

Edited by: Johan Soderberg and Alessandro Delfanti



Call: 500-word abstract

Both theoretical and empirical contributions accepted



During the past two decades, hacking has chiefly been associated with software development. This is now changing as…

Via Mayo Fuster:

THERE ARE REASONS; ONCE AGAIN, TAKE THE STREET 19th June, hour: 19:00 (GMT+1)

ALL STREETS AND SQUARES OF SPAIN AND EUROPE NO TO THE EURO PACT:

We are not goods in the hands of politicians and bankers.

The EURO PACT: New attack on democracy ONCE AGAIN.

ONCE AGAIN, the EU leaders endorse a policy misleading the public to the benefit of large financial corporations, instead of defending the citizens. On 27th…

Via Mayo Fuster:

People of the World, rise up!!! Take the square!!! Take the streets!!! #Globalrevolution



CALL FOR ACTIONS JUNE 19TH: (English, Arabic, French. Portugues, Bulgarian, Italian, Hungarian, Greek, Japanish, German, Castellano, Euskera, Català, Gallego)



(ENGLISH)



Call for actions June 19th: People of the World, rise up!!!

We are the outraged, the anonymous, the voiceless. We were there, silent but alert, watching. Not gazing…

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (GMT+1000)

Register via http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1791194511

Place:

Hub Melbourne

Level 3

673 Bourke St…

Via Suresh Fernando:

Request publication via suresh2323@gmail.com

Google doc version via:

* https://docs.google.com/do…

Societing Summer School2nd Edition Social Movements and Social Innovation in the Mediterranean. In many ways, the Mediterranean has been in the shadow of the history of 20th century. But now it emerges anew. The uprisings in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt surprised everyone with the vigor and energy. They might very well spread to Greece, Italy and Spain.

At any rate…

Via Amit Basole:

CALL FOR PARTICPATION

LOKAVIDYA JAN ANDOLAN

(PEOPLE’S KNOWLEDGE MOVEMENT)

FIRST INTERNATIONAL…

Via Massimo Menichelli's Open Design Newsletter N°03 June 2011 

EDUfashion conference (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Massimo…

Via Soraj Hongladarom:

International Workshop

 …