Economic Democracy – The Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative
Supported by the MIT CoLab – The Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI) is an effort to harness local assets and drive a comprehensive regional economic development strategy that is focused on...
View ArticleWarren Karlenzig: Collective Intelligence–Cities as Global Intelligence Platform
Social media and collaborative technologies–layered with smart systems combining geo-location data with human experience–will make cities the driving sustainability force in a dawning planetary era....
View ArticleMark Winne on Changing Our Food and Changing Ourselves
Mark Winne has worked for 40 years as a community food activist, writer, and trainer. From organizing breakfast programs for low-income children in Maine to developing innovative national food policies...
View ArticleHow to Bootstrap an Informal Local Economy
Today’s Resilient Community letter is from Marcus Wynne. He’s been on the road, looking at fiercely independent, rural communities across the US, to divine what makes them tick. There’s been an...
View ArticleUsing Pattern Recognition to Enhance Memory and Creativity
It seems to be the season for fascinating meditations on consciousness, exploring such questions as what happens while we sleep, how complex cognition evolved, and why the world exists. Joining them...
View ArticleUrban Roots Trailer
Urban Roots is the next documentary from Tree Media. Produced by Leila Conners (The 11th Hour) and Mathew Schmid and directed by Mark MacInnis, the film follows the urban farming phenomenon in Detroit....
View ArticleAbout the Service Ecology of Resilience
shared by Vinay Gupta @leashless See on resiliencedesigner.com
View ArticleSocial Networks for Free and Resilient Communities
Online groups can now offer “anytime, anywhere” catalysts in economically challenged regions for a freer and more resilient future. by Mark Frazier @openworld See on www.slideshare.net
View ArticleWhat’s real social enterprise?
Snippets: “We have to shift to a new paradigm. This means shifting focus from the relatively small number of social enterprises that happen to fit an official definition, or can be used to forward a...
View ArticleIt’s time for a local banking system
Tony Greenham: We need banks that focus on the real economy, individuals and small business, not speculation and remote investments… This article in the Guardian makes a lot of sense, but then again...
View ArticleWisdom Society or Extinct Society
Clipped from kosmosjournal.org George Pór is a strategic learning partner and adviser to leaders in international business, government and NGOs in matters of innovation, change management, collective...
View ArticleKey Channels – Why news orgs and journos should engage online with groups & orgs
Amplify’d from www.contentious.com On the Knight Digital Media Center USC site, I just posted a short item about a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project: Internet breeds...
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