Climate Change and Collective Intelligence
Climate change is so big and pervasive we can hardly see it. There’s almost nothing in our collective lives that is bigger …
CII fundraiser results – and some perspective…
What this message is about: We had a fairly successful fundraiser, but we’re still tight. It is interesting to contemplate tight times in the …
Corporations meeting the challenge of the sharing economy…?
Corporate business plans and market control are being challenged by the expansion of the sharing economy and its “collaborative consumption”. Some corporations …
The Conversion Of The American Dream
This article is about breaking out of robotic patterns of consumption to re-engage with life and the high adventure of a new economy and …
State Banks: Stop paying our taxes to Wall Street!
Below is an excellent summary of a very high leverage economic system change opportunity – state banks. A single example already exists …
Inequality like you wouldn’t believe! (and more…)
We constantly hear that there is not enough money for all sorts of government and nonprofit programs and projects that would make …
Two new anti-democracy developments to nip in the bud
Below are excerpts from six articles describing two upcoming national and international initiatives that could further undermine our already shaky ability to exercise informed self-governance. The first anti-democracy initiative is the apparent re…
Iceland: A multi-dimensional inspiration
According to articles in the links below (and elsewhere) Iceland crowdsourced its new constitution with mass participation and elected delegates to a Constituent Assembly made investors and bankers – not taxpayers – pay for the economic crash (it …
Emerging EcoNomics #5: Gifting – and the gift economy
For years I’ve known people who gave away their professional services as a gift, explicitly encouraging (though not requiring) gifts in return to allow them to continue their work. I’ve also loved the idea of “paying it forward” – enjoying as a gi…
Emerging EcoNomics #2: The Emerging New Economy Movement
AlterNet has published an excellent article that seeks to summarize the “new economy movement” – at least from a progressive perspective – including sustainability, community, co-ops, localization, collective ownership, stockholder activism, corpo…