It is our sincere belief here at The Commons that the fast growing IP communications toolset that is springing up all around us holds one of the main keys to...
From solid sustainability concepts (i.e., simple, workable) to actualization. . . in a democracy. This strategic concern is one of our main preoccupations...
Editor's note: As anyone who reads around in here will (or at least should) soon be aware, we/I are not great protagonists of the established political ...
Dear Friends and youth activists: As you may have heard, the World Bank plans to publish its 2007 World Development Report on the theme of Youth and...
Doors of Perception Report Quick Scan of Design and Innovation By John Thackara September 11, 2005 ON TIME When we first began to organise the Doors of...
We are delighted to share with you the announcement just in from the MacArthur Foundation, naming our friend and fellow member of the International Advisory...
We have added a new Translate gizmo to The Commons that we hope you will find useful. It is not rocket since, it is not perfect, but if you wish to have at...
Dear long suffering and patient colleagues, While we have been roaring away on a handful of our focused program sites over the last months, here at the front...
Fine start on an important issue and opportunity! And now let me see if I can build a bit on the good points just made by Margaret and Pri and perhaps which...
Hello all, As the moderator has suggested, I am introducing myself as a new member. I represent a social enterprise based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We are...
The Commons is at once a big place and a very small place. But whatever it maybe from that perspective, it is a very busy place. Here is a wrinkle that may...
Dear Colleagues, This is our yearly reminder that the annual World Technology Summit and Awards are coming up, this year being held in San Francisco, from...
Editor’s note: Though I for one have never greatly loved the Kyoto Treaty, not least because it always struck me as desperately unstrategic and hence likely...
Doors of Perception Report Quick Scan of Design and Innovation By John Thackara November 2005 FOOD JOURNEYS A project called Beyond Green will use oranges as a...
Sad but not surprising. Who really expected the British Government, with one foot in the eldest fossile fuel combustion tradition in the world and the other in...
Date: Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:10pm Subject: Political economics of environmentalism I'm inclined to focus on economics and politics, letting others argue the...
Strategy for Mediterranean sustainable development Vanya Walker-Leigh in Portoroz, Slovenia Mediterranean Ministers and senior officials have formally launched...
World Resources Institute Identifies Prime New Venture Capital Targets This fall, the World Resources Institute is recognizing several companies from the...
In: 4 days, 9 hours, 14 minutes, 31 second. Check it out at http://ecoplan.org/ibnd/ Dear Friends, The coming Friday the 25th is Buy Nothing Day in North...
Doors of Perception Report Quick Scan of Design and Innovation By John Thackara December 2005 NEW DOORS OF PERCEPTION ADVENTURE Doors of Perception is to be...
ONE IN THE EYE FOR COMPLEXITY I'm disconcerted to see that a sniper has shot the main speaker at Complexity and Design in the eye. Is our subject that...
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