Marcelo Vieta:

As some of you know, I have recently started a post-doctoral fellowship at the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises

(affiliated with the the University of Trento), in Trento, Italy ( www.euricse.eu).

Most of you also know that…

By Jakob Rigi

(Associate Professor ; Central European University ; Budapest)

A brief response to Chris Land’s and Steffen Bohm’s Short Essay: “They are exploiting us! Why we all work for Facebbok for free” (see: http://oowsection.org/2012/02/22/they-are-exploiting-us-why-we-all-work-for-facebook-for-free/)

The gist of the…

BBC covers The Global Square: a grassroots social network

• Friday, March 2nd, 13.30 - 16.00 – INEB platform, Ruen Roi Chanam, 666, Charoennakorn Road, Klongsarn, Bangkok:

Lecture by Dr. David R. Loy

An Opportunity to meet with David Loy directly and discuss with

him current streams and new initiatives in Buddhism (in English).

David R. Loy is a Buddhist philosopher

who writes on the interaction between

Buddhism and modernity. He has been

practicing Zen since 1971 and…

The Economics of Abundance: Toward Greater Freedom, Equity andSustainability

Talks by Wolfgang Hoeschele, Summer 2012

In his book on the Economics of Abundance, see http://p2pfoundation.net/Economics_of_Abundance, Wolfgang Hoeschele develops an alternative to our present scarcity-based economy in which only things that are scarce can fetch a profit and are therefore valued,…

International Society of Biourbanism

newsletter

Open P.I.S.M. Summer School

Neuroergonomics and Urban Design

Biourbanism for a Human-Centered Sustainability and Effectiveness

Artena (Rome, Italy) - 15–23 July 2012

An authentic sustainable design must…

Virality: international media coverage of The Global Square

VIA William Brandon Shanley

Hello…

via Andrew Paterson:

Open Call: Camp Pixelache 2012



We are organising a more compact edition of Pixelache Helsinki Festival called 'Camp Pixelache' during on 11-12 May 2012, based on previous Camp Pixelache experiments. The main venue for the event is Arbis, the Swedish-language adult education centre located close to the Finnish National Museum, in central Helsinki.



Camp Pixelache 2012 is designed around one main unconference day on Saturday 12.5, with…

Organized with the assistance of Layne Hartsell:

"Sponsored by P2P Foundation and Seoul Global Study Group



When: Tuesday, February 14th at Mountain Lanna, located 60 km north of Chiang Mai.



Where: Haebarakki Farm and Mountain Lanna



Schedule:

2pm: Visit to Haebarakki (Sunflower) Farm, an early stage permaculture farm.

3pm: Visit to a small forestry management center, with tree nursery (also, great…

Via Silke Helfrich:

"The Green European Foundation is organising, with support of the Belgian Green foundations Oikos and Etopia, a congress discussing the commons, as a new organisational concept of managing natural resources and of developing new forms of cooperation.

The financial and economic crisis brought both the markets and the nation states into a deep systemic crisis. The congress starts from the premise that part of the solution to these crises will be found outside…

Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age



By Philippe Aigrain, with contribution of Suzanne Aigrain







Sharing cultural works benefits authors, culture and public



In the past fifteen years, file sharing of digital cultural works

between individuals has been at the center of a number of debates on

the future of culture itself. Sharing provides a new view of the value

of peer-to-peer sharing of digital works. Taking stock of…