How One Urban Activist Community in Bolivia Thrives on ‘Abundance For Everybody’
A group of young Bolivian activists are exploring ways to build a conscious community and local economy in the world’s highest capital city.
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The Emerging Democratized Economy
We’ve all heard of small towns whose economies have been devastated by the depression of a national industry that employs most of the townspeople.
The People’s Railway
Early one cold winter morning back in 2008, Alex Lawrie of Somerset Co-op Services was shivering on the Yeovil railway platform when he had an idea.
By All that’s Holy, What’s not to Love about the End of Oil
We need an economy which follows laws of physics and of nature.
Beyond Development: The Commons as a New/Old Paradigm of Human Flourishing
As the planet reels from the slow-motion catastrophe of climate change, we are seeing the distinct limits of the prevailing paradigms of economic thought, governance, law and politics.
Buying Local Is the Key to Strong Regional Economies
In the leaky bucket analogy for local economies, money flows into a region to circulate through local businesses like water into a bucket.
Trama: Netweaving and Collaboration in Rio de Janeiro
In late 2014 a design project at PUC-Rio university led five students to the street in Rio de Janeiro to restore an idle square by opening it for people collaboration and creativity.
Connecting the Dots the P2P Way
The emerging answer for a new mode of value creation is the re-emergence of the Commons.
Our Fossil-Fuel Economy Destroys the Earth and Exploits Humanity – Here’s the Shift We Need to Be Sustainable
A just transition to a regenerative economy restores our relationship to food, Mother Earth and our communities.
The Library of Things
The Library of Things movement is emerging in communities around the world.
Why the P2P and Commons Movement Must Act Trans-Locally and Trans-Nationally
The only way to achieve systemic change at the planetary level is to build counter-power, i.e. alternative global governance.
As Boomers Retire, Mom-and-Pop Businesses Convert to Co-ops to Save Jobs
Baby boomers are the largest percentage of business owners, and they’re headed toward retirement. Worker cooperatives could keep the jobs they’ve created from disappearing.
