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Can Commons Thinking Break into the European Mainstream?

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June 8 2017-  Blog by David Bollier on our new paper on EU & the Commons Can Commons Thinking Break into the European Mainstream?

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News: Commons Network Releases Urgent Call To Europe

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Berlin/Brussels 24 May, 2017.  Commons Network releases its new policy paper for Europe today. It is an urgent plea to Europe and a call to arms for all activists and Europeans. ‘Supporting the Commons: Opportunities in the EU Policy Landscape’ is an appeal…

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Dispatches from the European Commons Assembly

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February 1st 2017 Watch: Three days in Brussels Read: Stories on ECA         Many people are engaged in commons-based alternative practices as part of the struggle for ecological, social and cultural transition within their communities. In these fields,…

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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…

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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…

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Commoners hit the capital of Europe: Commons Assembly in Brussels

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22 November 2016- In the wake of Trump´s shocking victory and in the midst of a deep EU crisis accelerated by Brexit many commons activists around Europe have reacted with a sense of “Don´t mourn, commonify!”.  The current economic order…

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The European Commons Assembly Debuts in Brussels

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Proposes new citizen-based institutions for revitalizing Europe and policy. On November 16, 2016 commoners from across Europe will gather in the European Parliament in Brussels to advocate with MEPs for commons-based policy and institution-building. The event is hosted by the Intergroup…

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Report reveals danger of TTIP locking Europe & US into higher drug prices, failed pharma innovation model

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Press Release | 3 October 2016 | Download Link AMSTERDAM—The European Union (EU) and the United States (US) risk being locked into higher drug prices and a failed model of pharmaceutical innovation during negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment…

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Posted in democracy, Europe, Health, IP, knowledge commons, TTIP

On the rise: European Commons Assembly

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Networking, unity and policy around the commons paradigm On September 26, a group of nonprofits, activists, and other civil society organizations jointly publish a “Call for a European Commons Assembly”. The collectively drafted document, which continues to garner signatures from groups…

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Announcing: A European Commons Assembly

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Our call  26 September 2016. Civic and community initiatives are working to vitalize our urban, rural, scientific and digital commons, and promoting a future guided by democratic participation, social equity and environmental sustainability. At the heart of these acts of…

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