Blog Archives

#ECAmadrid: Introducing The Commoners

Posted on by commons network

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

For Peace, People and Planet.

Posted on by commons network

July 2017. For Peace, People and Planet: A civil Society Perspective on the next EU Research Framework Programme (FP9). Ensuring investments address pressing social & environmental challenges. The research that is prioritised and funded today will have a decisive impact on…

Posted in democracy, Energy, Europe, Health, IP, knowledge commons, Medicine

Energy as a common good

Posted on by commons network

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

Commons Network at energy conference “Future without the NAM”

Posted on by commons network

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

@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…

“With the relinquishment of utopias, man would lose his will to shape history, and therewith his ability to change it”
Mannheim