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Solar-Powered 3D Printers
It seems that rather than ‘help’ the Global South by pushing its inhabitants (probably by means of crippling loans) towards achieving the same standard of living that we have in ‘developed countries’...
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Project Of The Day: City Repair Project
Mark LakemanI first learned about place-making from Mark Lakeman at his office in Portland. In addition to running an architecture/design business, (Communitecture) Mark co-founded City Repair...
View ArticleHow Fab Labs Address Environmental Issues
A very interesting PhD thesis by Cindy Kohtala (2016).Full title: Making Sustainability: How Fab Labs Address Environmental Issues.“Citizens are increasingly involved in the design and production of...
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Not Alone – Trade Union and Co-operative Solutions for Self-employed Workers
A proliferation of atypical forms of work in Europe has become known as ‘The Gig Economy’. For many, a permanent state of social economic uncertainty is the new normal. Casual work, temping, zero hour...
View ArticleIt’s Time for News Organizations to Embrace Creative Commons
I see Creative Commons licensing as a smart way to distribute local or national content when the goal is maximum impact, or an audience spreading word that your content exists.I also see CC licensing...
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CIC’s autonomous projects of collective initiative #4: SOM Pujarnol
Launched about four years ago as an “autonomous project of collective initiative” of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC), with the aim of exemplifying a humane and environmentally sustainable model...
View ArticleHow Open-Source, DIY Machines can Recycle Household Plastic Into New Products
Plastic has been described as a lot of things, but precious? That’s a new one. However, one team in the Netherlands is working to change how we view plastic, taking it from a waste product that is...
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CIC’s Catalan Supply Center
My previous four posts centred on several projects associated with the Catalan Integral Cooperative (AureaSocial, MaCUS, CASX and SOM Pujarnol). In this one I would like to share with you my notes on...
View ArticleFor First Time Ever, A Majority of People Identify as ‘Global Citizens’
Cross-posted from CommonDreams.org, Nadia Prupis breaks down the results of the BBC’s GlobeScan poll on Globa Citizenship:People around the world are increasingly identifying as global citizens,...
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Project Of The Day: Food is Free
Here in Phoenix, spring gardens continue producing fruit despite temperatures soaring into the hundreds (F).This year my wife and I celebrate a monumental achievement in our life together.We have...
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