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The commons at the World Social Forum, Dakar, Feb. 2011

Submitted by George Pór
on Sat, 11/20/2010 - 06:30

The Reclaim The Commons Manifesto is born in during the 2009 World Social Forum in Belem. The World Social Forum and the World Forum on Science and Democracy will be two opportunities for the "Commoners" with other civic and social movements to move forward by appropriating this idea. ...

Register now for the upcoming Commons Course

Submitted by George Pór
on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 08:00

The next offering of Commons Course will take place in 2011 from 29th of January through to 26th of  February.

We offer learning resources and discussion spaces for commons-related practice communities.

See here for more info, if you feel interest in this please click here to send us an email and we will get in touch.

The Growing Voice of the Global Commons

Submitted by Leo Burke
on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 02:18

The International Commons Conference  in Berlin on November 1-2 was an historic milestone in the emergence of the global commons movement.  Bringing together 180 or so commons activists, educators, and policy makers was a heroic effort by the conference organizers, particularly Silke Helfrich, David Bollier, and Michel Bauwens.

A meta-story in 6 tweets

Submitted by George Pór
on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 08:05

A Twitter-friend of mine, @openworld, has developed an elegant pattern capable to capture meta-stories regardless the scale of the entities involved. He calls it "narrative fractals" and explains it here: http://www.quora.com/What-are-narrative-fractals .

Commoning: working and living as commons

Submitted by George Pór
on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 10:28

I am curious of what the verb "to common" means to you. I have discovered it only recently, in the writings of, and recent email exchanges with, James Quilligan, David Bollier, and Leo Burke. I didn't know the word, but what it stands for makes me feel like meeting an intimate, old friend. "Commoning" expresses how i've been feeling about my work and life for long time.

The Baby Steps of the Family Educators Commons

Submitted by George Pór
on Fri, 11/12/2010 - 18:45

I just tweeted this: Article on Family Educator Commons http://bit.ly/bPbcRR is a beautiful example of how ppl R reclaiming the #commons in every area of life!

Here are some paragraphs of the essay that I particularly enjoyed reading.

Economies of the Commons: Program De Balie, 12 & 13 November

Submitted by George Pór
on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 08:00

The Economies of the Commons II conference critically examines the economics of on-line public domain and open access cultural resources, also known as the digital commons. While proponents praise these resources for their low-cost barriers, accessibility and collaborative structures, critics claim they undermine established (proprietary) production without offering a viable business strategy of their own.

Richard Poynder’s interview with Silke Helfrich on the commons and the upcoming International Commons Conference

Submitted by George Pór
on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 08:00
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, creative commons, open access and open data.

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