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Michel Bauwens's Blog – November 2009 Archive (15)

Open Hardware Conference in London this Friday

Via dan mcquillan, [www.internetartizans.co.uk | twitter: @danmcquillan]

interesting event in london on friday.

http://openhardware.eventbrite.com/

"This is an event to bring key projects, their participants and

stakeholders together in the emerging field of Open Hardware

development, organized by 40Fires in partnership with Nesta.

The… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 30, 2009 at 14:22 — No Comments

WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?, A film by Oliver Ressler

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From: Oliver Ressler

WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?

A film by Oliver Ressler

118 min., 2009

“What is democracy?” is not one question, but is actually two questions.

On the one hand, the question relates to conditions of the current,

parliamentary representative democracies that are scrutinized critically

in this project. On the other hand, the question traces different

approaches to what a… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 25, 2009 at 10:37 — No Comments

The Telecoms Package: A Missed Opportunity for Citizen's Rights

La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release

Permanent link:

http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-a-missed-opportunity-for-citizens-rights

Telecoms Package: A Missed Opportunity for Citizen's Rights

*** Paris, November 24th, 2009 - There is no reason to celebrate the

general outcome of the Telecoms Package. The final text… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 24, 2009 at 11:12 — No Comments

German conference on creating a neonomad infrastructure for long term travellers

Via Robin :

A loose network of nomads, skillsurfers, hackers, open space fanatics and hospitality exchange addicts is hosting a conference on (postmodern/neo)nomadic culture, with a strong focus on setting up spaces/bases/places that are open for nomads. The conference takes place in Berlin from the 20th to the 30th of November, or maybe even longer. And in New York from the 5th to the 6th of December See… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 20, 2009 at 7:46 — No Comments

Vodafone (Spain) and UPC (Netherlands) in breach of net neutrality

La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release

Permanent link:

http://www.laquadrature.net/en/one-more-breach-to-net-neutrality-in-europe-time-to-legislate

One more breach to Net neutrality in Europe: Time to legislate

*** Paris, November 19th, 2009 - In Spain, the mobile operator Vodafone

is launching a new offer that violates the… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 19, 2009 at 13:48 — No Comments

Free Technology Academy Opens its Doors

https://ftacademy.org/announce/3

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"The Free Technology Academy Opens its Doors!"

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1. Available courses

The Free Technology Academy opens its doors to students. The

registration process for the first 2 courses has already started. The

courses currently open are "The concepts of Free Software… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 18, 2009 at 8:14 — No Comments

ACTA: Worldwide Net restrictions without public debate

via La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release

Permanent link:

http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-worldwide-net-restrictions-without-public-debate

ACTA: Worldwide Net restrictions without public debate

*** Paris, November 12th, 2009 - Since Spring 2008, The European Union,

the United States, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia as… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 16, 2009 at 7:31 — No Comments

Brazil takes the undisputable lead on climate change

BRAZIL AS CLIMATE LEADER – DO THE MATH

from Jim Garrison and Emilia Queiroga

As the world prepares for Copenhagen, there is a vacuum in climate leadership, which Brazil has just filled. The combination of its commitment to reduce Amazonian deforestation by 80% by 2020 and CO2 emissions by 36% - 39% by 2020 puts Brazil light years ahead of the rest of the world and clearly the world leader in addressing the escalating crisis of global warming.

Since deforestation… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 16, 2009 at 6:49 — No Comments

International coalition for civil rights of citizens and artists in the digital era

A huge international coalition has come together to campaign for respect for the civil rights of citizens and artists in the digital era.

Today they will be launching internationally the "Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge".

This initiative constitutes the beginning of an unprecedented offensive of civil society in defense of the fundamental rights in response to the pressure of the lobbies of the culture industry on the European Parliament and… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 14, 2009 at 15:41 — No Comments

EFF launches Copyright Watch

Copyright Watch: http://www.copyright-watch.org/

Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release

For Immediate Release: Friday, November 13, 2009

International Activists Launch New Website to Gather and

Share Copyright Knowledge

Anyone Can Track National Copyright Laws Globally with

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF),

Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net),… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 13, 2009 at 20:08 — No Comments

Important fundraising appeal for the P2P Foundation - help us stay running

Dear friends,

I hope we can count on you to defray some of the legal costs of the P2P Foundation, which James has been funding so far.

Apart from existing as a informal network, if we want to attract funding for research projects and other activities such as conferences, we also need a legal structure, which exists in the Netherlands. This is why we achieved a first selection for a EU FP7 grant, which will fund 3 researchers as of march 2010; and why Phoebe is now leading… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 10, 2009 at 5:30 — No Comments

GOVERNANCE OF THE GLOBAL COMMONS BY THE PEOPLE: A UN LOBBY

Via James Quilligan, a message from Lisinka Ulatowska

Dear Friends,

I forgot to add my email address. It is ulatowska@versatel. nl.

A growing number of organizations are planning a dialogue with Governments, a cooperative lobby, starting with the CSD in May 2010 to see how the Global Commons (those areas of the world and human experience that are vital to the well-being of humanity and the Planet) can be stewarded so that all--people and whole planet can… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 9, 2009 at 19:19 — No Comments

ORGANIZED NETWORKS - Renewable Network Meeting and Workshop Programme in Riga, Decembrer 4-5

Via Rasa Smite

ORGANIZED NETWORKS - Renewable Network Meeting and Workshop Programme

Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 2009

10.00-18.00

* Themes and Working Groups will include:

"sustainable networking" - discussing politics, strategies and models of building sustainable network

(with on-line participation of Ned Rossiter, author of the book "Organized Networks" )

"design for resilience" (on-line interview with John… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 9, 2009 at 14:03 — No Comments

Ten Days for Oppositional Architecture: Towards Post-Capitalist Spaces

Ten Days for Oppositional Architecture

Towards Post-Capitalist Spaces

URL = www.oppositionalarchitecture.com

New York, November 12--21, 2009

Gair Building No 6, 81 Front Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

(York Stop on the F Train)

The transformation of the urban landscape within the last decades has

increasingly been dominated by the demands of capitalist utilization. Due

to the current… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 7, 2009 at 16:20 — No Comments

Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity 25-28 March 2010, Barcelona, Spain

Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity

25-28 March 2010, Barcelona, Spain

Call for abstracts

ECONOMIC DEGROWTH TODAY

The second international conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity is planned towards the end of March 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. It is organised by the Institute of Science and Environmental Technology (ICTA), Universidad Autonoma de… Continue

Added by Michel Bauwens on November 2, 2009 at 18:39 — No Comments