How schoolchildren built a library network for students without access to books during the lockdown
In and around Nanakmatta in Uttarakhand, these children continue to run their libraries with determination.
America’s Marijuana Evolution
As more states enact and implement legal marijuana programs, there is a growing urgency for federal policy change to ensure that states regulate as responsibly and safely as possible.
Inland
where you re-design public services
Reversing the Lies of the Sharing Economy – How We Get To Next
There’s nothing resembling a “sharing economy” in an Uber interaction. You pay a corporation to send a driver to you, and it pays that…
In Brussels, Online Food Couriers Launch Their Own Platform Co-op: Platform Cooperativism
All over the world, individuals, businesses, and cities are involved in the platform cooperativism movement.
MoneyLab #3: Arthur Röing Baer. Cooperatives and the Commons
There is fresh interest in initiating and maintaining a digital commons to provide vital restbite against the wave on demand mobile apps and share economy services. This can be witnessed in tech start-ups and entrepreneurs shifting towards a co-operative business model, in what has been named as platform co-operavatism. The introduction of unions and crowd-owned companies, not only attempt to secure some stability for the precarious worker in the digital economy but also attempt to move towards a more circular economy over the dominant extractive monopolies such as Uber and Air’n’b. The pl...
Arcade City
Arcade City is peer-to-peer everything - with networks built by communities, not corporations. Join us.
Arcade City a.k.a. “Uber Killer” Hard Forks, Founder Claims Fraud
Arcade City’s leadership has rebranded into a separate entity, something its founder is not happy with.
swarm.city
Swarm City is the first truly decentralized peer to peer sharing economy, enabled by the SWT token, running on the Ethereum blockchain.
How Platform Coops Can Beat Death Stars Like Uber to Create a Real Sharing Economy
The Battle of Yavin where the first Death Star was destroyed. Credit: Fanpop We have an epic choice ...
The Internet of Ownership
A directory for the online democratic ecosystem
Sunsama | The calendar for teams
www.lettingspace.org.nz - About Letting Space
Urban revitalisation through community engagement Art and media projects that increase public space ...
vTaiwan: Public Participation Methods on the Cyberpunk Frontier of Democracy | Civic Hall
In the midst of the signal failure known as the US electoral season, here’s something to be inspired about: a true story about rational deliberation on a national scale.
How are citizens of Seoul calling the shots? | GovInsider
Interview with Kim Chang-beom, the city’s ambassador for international relations.
Le 1er Réseau d’entraide de proximité - Mon P’ti Voisinage
J’ai rejoint mon réseau de proximité @monptivoisinage afin de collaborer avec mes voisins et faire v...
Wecyclers Turns Waste Recycling Into A Game
Wecyclers is a social initiative that encourages low-income households to recycle their waste throug...
Hacker à vif : entretien avec Geoffrey Dorne, designer
Ca fait bien depuis les débuts de pop-up que l’on gravite autour du même écosystème avec Geoffrey Do...
Lulu dans ma rue
Un concierge à l'écoute de chaque habitant du quartier. Une nouvelle offre de services de proximité ...
Fabrique - Hacktion
The Bristol Approach to Citizen Sensing - KWMC
A new framework for running inclusive, community-driven digital projects that involve sensor technol...
DC Ground Realty: Smart cities need ‘smarter’ citizens
A city is a reflection of how its citizens perceive it, and a smart city actually is how a city behaves as an innovative ecosystem.
Creating Synergy: ‘Smart citizens to be a crucial part of Smart City plan’
The mission focuses on the technology overlaying the basic infrastructure that will be built in righ...
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Slock.it
Rent, sell or share anything - without middlemen With Slock.it, the unused bicycle in your shed gets a new lease on life. Parking spots can be sublet on demand. Airbnb apartments become fully automated. It's the future infrastructure of the Sharing Economy.