Amsterdam, Netherlands: Derelict church becomes vibrant community hub
Affordable rental space for creative or social uses in Amsterdam is rare, which impacts youth, elderly people and minorities who have few places to meet for social and community activities. Now a...
View ArticleParis, France: Eau de Paris delivers cheaper, cleaner water under...
Eau de Paris (EDP) was set up to end a fragmented, opaque and expensive municipal water service. Relying on strong political will, the city of Paris has worked to make water management a major...
View Article2018 and Onward: Where we are at with Platform Cooperativism
By Trebor Scholz. Originally published in Platform.Coop Friends, This has been a difficult but also consequential year for many of us. Beyond the political chaos, we bore witness to the “Death of...
View ArticleDaniel Pinchbeck on why we need Extinction Rebellion
The following is reposted from Daniel Pinchbeck’s newsletter. Daniel Pinchbeck: I want to let you know about a new activist movement I am supporting, Extinction Rebellion. Our movement is using...
View ArticleJamundi, Colombia: Trade union leads defense of water as a human right
In the municipality of Jamundí, Colombia, local politicians were pushing to privatize the water service provided by public utility ACUAVALLE by waging a media campaign to discredit it. If successful,...
View ArticleCochabamba, Bolivia: Community-led response to water pollution crisis
Fundación Abril/Platform for public community partnerships (PAPC) Originally published on Transformative Cities An estimated 52% of Bolivia’s population have no access to sanitation and 80% of...
View ArticleThe Significance of Technological Culture in the Maker Movement
BY RAÚL TABARÉS GUTIÉRREZ , FUNDACIÓN TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION During the last years we have witnessed a popularization of the maker movement. This phenomenon has arisen on a global scale...
View ArticleOpen Hardware Platforms in Business and Education
BY PhD. Paweł Buchwald | WSB UNIVERSITY The development of cheap single-board programmable systems in the recent period, has significantly facilitated the prototyping of electronic circuits. One of...
View ArticleCochabamba, Bolivia: Confronting speculators and financing community...
The informal settlement of Las Peñas, on the outskirts of Cochabamba, has been refused the right to become part of the city, leaving it with no public investment for basic infrastructure and services....
View ArticleMinneapolis, Minnesota: Community Power
In 2011, a campaign that would eventually become Community Power was set up, with the aim of directing more of the US$450 million Minneapolis residents spend each year on energy bills towards a clean...
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