Technology as if People Mattered
If you thought technology was politically neutral, think again. Dinyar Godrej argues for a fairer and more social vision.
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How a Worker-Owned Tech Startup Found Investors—and Kept Its Values
Loomio is part of a new wave of entrepreneurs figuring out how to finance a more democratic, values-centered online economy.
Let’s Create a Fair and Joyful Society for All
Why do humans, full of good qualities and wishing for happiness, not manage to live together in harmony?
Gambiarra: Repair Culture
When the maker culture becomes eminently entrepreneurial, we should wonder what mechanisms are set into motion.
Open Source Hacking
The financial sector is a notoriously opaque, alienating and destructive complex.
Open Sauce / Source for the Food Revolution
In opposition to corporate control and intellectual property, we need systems and processes which emphasize sharing and collaboration for food systems work.
Cultivating Progress with Paul Hawken
Hear Paul discuss corporate social responsibility, the evolution of the open-source and sharing economy movements, and how communication technology has transformed global human interaction.
Open Source, Time Banks, Fablabs – Welcome to the “Irrational” Economy
The idea that people may actually choose to cooperate with each other in managing important resources, and to reap their gains in nonmonetary forms, is “irrational” to economists.
Finally: Open Source Broccoli and Kale
The past thirty years have seen a massive patent grab to control agricultural seeds and the crops that are grown, not just in the US but around the world.
10 Open Hardware Projects to Save the Earth
On the coattails of the rise of intellectual property and economic monopolies, the Open Source movement is thriving, expanding public access to knowledge, culture and tools.
Building Creative Commons: The Five Pillars Of Open Source Finance
By ‘Open Source Finance’, I don’t just mean open source software programmes. Rather, I’m referring to something much deeper and broader. It’s a way of framing an overall change we might want to see in the financial system.
Farm Hack
Welcome to the virtual coffee shop for agrarians! Do you have a farming issue on your mind…a beginner’s question that needs to be answered…? If you do, Farm Hack is the place to go.