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#ECAmadrid: Introducing The Commoners

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On the eve of the European Commons Assembly held in Madrid this week, we asked the participants to introduce themselves and their projects. Click on the titles below to jump to the different sections and join us at the assembly,…

Posted in Climate, Data, democracy, Energy, Europe, knowledge commons, Urban Commons

Energy as a common good

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February 22- 2017 Locally designed and owned energy systems can provide several comparative advantages in Europe and beyond: it favors the access to energy for all (“the right to energy”) and inclusiveness, it fosters energy efficiency and saving (by not…

Tagged with: Energy Commons, European Commons Assembly
Posted in Climate, Energy, Europe

How the Commons can Revitalise Europe

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The commons is an emerging paradigm in Europe embracing co-creation, stewardship, and social and ecological sustainability. Commons perspectives could help to reinvigorate Europe with constructive and concrete policy implications on many terrains. However, much of the current dominant narrative of…

Posted in Climate, democracy, Europe, knowledge commons

Commons Network at energy conference “Future without the NAM”

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Our Energy fellow Cecile Blanchet participated on Saturday 7 January to “a future without the NAM“in the Netherlands. The focus was on the potential remunicipalization of the gas utility (the NAM), which is exploiting the huge gas field under the province of…

Tagged with: Energy, Groningen, Municipal Utilities
Posted in Climate, Energy, Europe

Community energy meets the Sustainable Development Goals

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Berlin, December 12. Nr. 3 of a series of posts on renewable community energy by Commons Network fellow Cecile Blanchet. If the cooperative model is far from being a new one, it has been lately put in the spotlight as…

Posted in Climate, democracy, knowledge commons

Is (renewable) energy a common good?

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Nr. 2 of a series of posts on renewable community energy by Commons Network fellow Cecile Blanchet. How relocating energy in the commons helps scaling-up renewables & saving energy Is energy a mere commodity, or is it a common good?…

Posted in Climate, democracy, Europe

Thoughts from the Peer2value conference

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During two days at the beginning of September, the commons collided with renewable energy. Lots of very interesting exchanges and new ideas on energy cooperatives, barriers and enabling environments, storage and infrastructure. How to scale-up community energy? This was…

Posted in Climate, democracy, Europe, Urban Commons

Commons Network Co-Host of PeerValue Conference

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Peer Value: Advancing the Commons Collaborative Economy is a conference integrating conversations and plans of action for shaping and connecting the Commons on a global level. The conference is organized along three tracks*: Track 1: P2P: Inclusive Politics, Activism and…

Posted in Climate, democracy, Europe, Urban Commons

Why Does Community Energy Matter?

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Community energy: a commons approach. Nr. 1 of a series of posts on renewable community energy by Commons Network fellow Cecile Blanchet. If the need for more renewable energy* or more democracy seems pretty obvious to most of us, the need for more (citizen) ownership is…

Posted in Climate, democracy, Europe, Urban Commons

Roundtable: Why the EU needs Knowledge Commons

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On June 1st, hosted by Isabella Adinolfi in cooperation with Commons Network, civil society considers Internet, copyright, health and climate in EU knowledge policy from a commons perspective.”. From 11.30 – 13.00 at the Altiero Spinelli Building – Seven floor…

Posted in Climate, Data, Europe, IP, knowledge commons

@commonsnetwork August 7, 2018

We are opening a new office in Amsterdam, and we recently launched a new website. So much more to come!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@commonsnetwork August 6, 2018

‘In order to save democracy, we urgently need to advance the digital commons’. Commons Network joined the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@commonsnetwork August 6, 2018

Are you ready for a ‘paradigm-breaking paper on practical commons-based alternatives to the EU’s pharmaceutical pol… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@commonsnetwork August 4, 2018

We defend the commons and support commoners. Here’s our mission statement, in case you missed it:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@commonsnetwork August 3, 2018

Commons Network recently signed this urgent letter asking the EU to stop illegal data retention. Digital rights are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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