What's Happening on Main Street?

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05.22.12, 2:55pm Comments (0)
A few years ago, as I headed down Main Street, I noticed a group of folks painting a house. Another group of people planted trees along the road. Further ahead, more people tended to a yard in need of tender loving care. I cried. Read more »

The Community Lover's Guide to the Universe

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05.21.12, 6:26am Comments (0)
The new Community Lover's Guide to the Universe spotlights innovative and creative projects that are helping to form community around the world. A temporary garden and a kiosk that transforms an underused patch of green into vibrant public space are just two of the hundreds of projects that the Guide hopes to publish this year. Read more »

How Trust Is Built in Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces

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05.17.12, 2:30pm Comments (5)
Trust is complex and varies across cultures. How can trust be built in peer-to-peer marketplaces? Transparency and community are two of the key ingredients. Read more »

Against the Crisis: P2P Reindustrialization!

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05.15.12, 5:09am Comments (0)
"A paper can change the present if it allows people to see a new world at hand" says Natalia Fernández. Read more »

Building a Beta World

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05.14.12, 9:38am Comments (0)
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking at the re:publica event. The frame of the event was action.
This presentation was designed to inspire action. Read more »

Would Gandhi Use Social Media?

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05.10.12, 1:45pm Comments (1)
Social media and the Internet are amazing assets. But their designs have to be rooted in the place of our greatest leverage -- inner transformation. If we are to have sustainable revolutions that last for generations, we will need to design our technologies with this element in mind. Read more »

Expanding the Sharing Market to Aid Economy & Planet

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05.09.12, 11:37am Comments (0)
Sharing products instead of just selling more of them is better for the planet. But how can these sharing economy services spread? Appealing to consumers' self-interests is part of the answer and can help to broaden the market. Read more »

Factor E Holiday: Worklife on an Open Source Farm

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05.07.12, 3:36pm Comments (3)
Reflections from a visit to Factor E Farm, the rural Missouri farm that launched the Open Source Ecology movement and the Global Village Construction Set. Read more »

Knowledge Sharing from the Artist’s Perspective

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04.30.12, 2:16pm Comments (0)
As soon as we stop thinking of knowledge as a truth but rather as a performance created with unique people every time, we understand how important the artist’s perspective is on knowledge sharing. Read more »

No Limits To Happiness

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04.17.12, 6:07am Comments (7)
Progress and productivity gains make it possible to fulfill the basic needs with less time and resources. The higher needs like friendship, community and spirituality are mostly non monetary and non-material. By changing the presentation of the hierarchy of needs, the feeling is that the higher level is wide open for all of us. Read more »

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