Required or facilitated reciprocity?
| april 11, 2012 | Posted by createcommons under Texts & reviews |
Christian Siefkes gives us some interesting perspectives on sharing and producing freely on the blog keimform. In Required or facilitated reciprocity? he outlines som arguments pro and con required reciprocity and explains why his own opinions have shifted from economic models requiring exchange (such as LETS) to models built on a kind of hacker ethic,…
21 hours – a shorter working week saves the climate?
| mars 31, 2012 | Texts & reviews |
In 2010, The New Economics Foundation (nef) released a report on shorter working hours: ”21 hours – Why a shorter working week can help us all to flourish in the 21th century”. It’s a recommended read for everyone interested in shortening the formal working week in a way that lessens our climate footprint. The report…
Volunteering in The Big Society
| oktober 12, 2011 | Stories from the commons |
In this article, we go to the shop floor of the Big Society Initiative, taking a closer look at volunteering at three different museums in three of the largest cities in England. The Big Society Initiative is a program initiated by the British conservative government and strongly promoted by Prime Minister David Cameron. The initiative’s…
Coming soon!
| oktober 6, 2011 | Uncategorized |
This information has until now been found on our Swedish site Skapa allmänningar! We’re woking on getting a separate English version up-and-running soon. Create commons! (Swedish: ”Skapa allmänningar!”) is a rhizomatic network and activist think-thank based in Sweden. We promote commons – places for free production outside of the relations of capital and the state.…
