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Beet the System! A dialogue on food sovereignty, inclusivity and healing the rural/urban divide.

By: Commons Transition On: March 14, 2018 Commoners in Transition, FIAN, Food and Agriculture 4 Comments

Beet the System! A dialogue on food sovereignty, inclusivity and healing the rural/urban divide.

Commoners in Transition,FIAN,Food and Agriculture

Can food and food sovereignty be the catalyst for a Commons Transition? FIAN is working with grassroots movements and local administrations to make it happen.

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Freedom, Security and Commoning in the Age of the Precariat: an interview with Dirk Holemans

By: Commons Transition On: February 22, 2018 Commoners in Transition, Dirk Holemans, P2P Cultures and Politics No Comments

Freedom, Security and Commoning in the Age of the Precariat: an interview with Dirk Holemans

Commoners in Transition,Dirk Holemans,P2P Cultures and Politics

Michel Bauwens interviews Dirk Holemans to explore how freedom, security and a new social contract could take place in the age of precarity.

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The City Taking the Commons to Heart

By: Commons Transition On: December 13, 2017 Articles, Dirk Holemans, Urban Commons No Comments

The City Taking the Commons to Heart

Articles,Dirk Holemans,Urban Commons

Ghent is engaging with the Commons by re-imagining its structures around citizen participation, the sharing of resources, and ‘translocal’ cooperation.

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Changing Societies through Urban Commons Transitions

By: Commons Transition On: November 09, 2017 Articles, Michel Bauwens, Urban Commons, Vasilis Niaros 2 Comments

Changing Societies through Urban Commons Transitions

Articles,Michel Bauwens,Urban Commons,Vasilis Niaros

A report examining the rise of the urban commons as both a bottom-up emergence by citizens/commoners and a radical municipal administrative configuration.

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A Commons Transition Plan for the City of Ghent

By: Commons Transition On: September 08, 2017 Michel Bauwens, P2P Cultures and Politics, Special Reports, Urban Commons No Comments

A Commons Transition Plan for the City of Ghent

Michel Bauwens,P2P Cultures and Politics,Special Reports,Urban Commons

Michel Bauwens documents the emergence and growth of the Commons in Ghent and suggests the bests public policies to support commons-based initiatives.

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