This is your invitation to participate in the Common Course, Oct 17 - Nov 13.

Commons Action for the United Nations, Anthroposphere Institute, Global Commons Trust and ECO-Singapore would like to invite you to participate in this free, on-line Common Course, and ask for your help in outreach to others who may find this course transformative for their work as individuals, NGO's, government representatives or business leaders.

A commons approach provides…

As more and more of the world’s population has gained access to the Internet so a growing number of free and open movements have appeared — including the free and open source software movements, free culture,…

The FTA is proud to announce the incorporation of the Foundation for P2P Alternatives (P2P-F) to its Associate Network. The P2P-F is the organisation behind the most extensive research platform on peer production topics around the world.

Its founder, Michel Bauwens, says about the FTA:

"It is extremely important that the knowledge and practical know-how about the new peer production practices, which results in real and important social artefacts and 'products'…

Co-creation, co-governance and peer-to-peer production in public services

Via Andrea Botero:

Date Friday 22 of October 2010

Place: Aalto University – School of Art and Design

Hämeentie 135 C – Media Center Lume – Sampo Hall

Organizers: Aalto University, Special Interest Group Co-p2p with the support of Aalto University Service Factory

Program

9:00-9:15…

For more info see: http://grupposalingaros.net/en/p2p-urbanism.html

Via Daniel Araya, daniel@levelsixmedia.com:

Handbook on Knowledge Economy, Education and Digital Futures

(Eds.) Michael A. Peters, Tina (A.C.) Besley and Daniel Araya

Rationale

The movement to the knowledge economy requires a rethinking of economic fundamentals because knowledge behaves differently from other goods in that it…

Via Hazel Henderson:

Dear Friends:



Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) and John Fullerton's newly launched Capital Institute co-convened, with Prof. Leo Burke of the Mendoza School of Business at Notre Dame and Steve Waddell of Networking Action, an expert meeting and TV taping here August 29-Sep1st. Here is our Statement, highlights of which will be incorporated into a Press Release next week. Many of you have already signed it. Please add your…

Via Simona Levi of EXGAE:





Dear friends,



in fact the news is quite funny even if with a little danger. Their text is super absurd and we received so many suport that we crashed 2 servers of illimited acces :-)



Here our press release:



In August, right in the middle of the summer holidays, EXGAE received a certified fax from the lawyers of the Spanish royalties collection society, Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE), demanding that EXGAE…

Jean-Claude Bradley is an organic chemist at Drexel University in Philadelphia. As with most scientists, Bradley used to be very secretive. He kept his research under wraps until publication and frequently applied for patents on his work in nanotechnology and gene therapy.However, he asked himself a difficult question 5 years…

If you are interested in the Open Data (OD) movement but unclear about the issues, or what scientists can do to support the movement, what better way of finding out than by talking to

leading OD advocates Peter Murray-Rust of the University of Cambridge and Jordan Hatcher of…

The 3rd Free Culture Research Conference

Free Culture between Commons and Markets: Approaching the Hybrid Economy?

October 8-9, Berlin.

Registration Open: http://wikis.fu-berlin.de/display/fcrc/Registration

The Free Culture Research Conference presents a unique opportunity for scholars whose work contributes to the promotion, study or criticism of a Free Culture, to…

via Marleen Wynants:

Date: 8/11/2010

Subject: we can change the weather

Dear all,



the latest CROSSTALKS book I edited is out!

“WE CAN CHANGE THE WEATHER - 100…

Hi all,

Please help us to raise $500 in 5 days to help save the P2P Foundation Ning and contribute towards building a replacement open source home for the members and content.

Go here to make valuable contributions:

http://www.indiegogo.com/Save-the-P2P-Foundation-Ning

Please help spread that link far and wide!

Thanks in advance for your…