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Education for all, including workers
by Anna Harris 10 Oct '15

10 Oct '15

Paul Mason 6/10/15 17:30 Download the Twitter app This brilliant talk by Paul Mason is a must listen for all looking beyond capitalism, talking about the effect of information technology on the broader economic system. Anna

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Fwd: Post-GDP World? Rethinking International Politics in the 21st Century
by Michel Bauwens 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lorenzo Fioramonti <lorenzo.fioramonti(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:05 AM Subject: Post-GDP World? Rethinking International Politics in the 21st Century To: Fioramonti Lorenzo <lorenzo.fioramonti(a)gmail.com> Dear friends: I trust this e-mail finds you well. The journal *Global Policy* has just published an article of mine by the title 'Post-GDP World? Rethinking International Politics in the 21st Century'. I think the article is of interest to any scholar working on international governance issues, change and regionalism. My hope is that it will have some major impact in the literature, as I discuss new research and propose some game-changing ideas that have never been discussed thus far. If you are interested in reading it, I'm attaching the PDF. All the best, L. -- *CHECK OUT MY NEW BOOKS*: "*How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics*" (Zed Books, 2014): http://zedbooks.co.uk/node/20344 Raj Patel: *"A thoughtful political economic analysis of how our fates are determined by a few numbers, shaped by a few people"* "*Gross Domestic Problem: The Politics Behind the World's Most Powerful Number*" (Zed Books, 2013): http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/paperback/gross-domestic-problem Vandana Shiva: *"Fioramonti shows us that going beyond GDP is a survival imperative"* Watch *my interviews and keynote lectures* here: http://globalreboot.org/lectures-and-speeches/ <http://globalreboot.org/videos/> Lorenzo Fioramonti (Ph.D.) Professor of Political Economy & Jean Monnet Chair in Regional Integration and Governance Department of Political Sciences *University of Pretoria* Director of GovInn - Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation www.governanceinnovation.org UNESCO-UNU Chair in Regional Integration, Migration and Free Movement of People www.regionswithoutborders.org Member of the Action Research Network for a Wellbeing Economy in Africa (WE-Africa: www.we-africa.org) Phone: +27 (0)12 420 2696 *Postal address:* Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation Old College House, University of Pretoria,Private Bag X20 Hatfield - 0028 Pretoria South Africa E-mail: lorenzo.fioramonti(a)up.ac.za, lorenzo.fioramonti(a)gmail.com Skype ID: lorenzofioramonti View most of my research papers on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1864337 Alternatively check: http://web.academia.edu/LorenzoFioramonti/Papers Follow me on twitter: @lofioramonti My blog: www.globalreboot.org -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: Real Democracy (Direct Democracy) & Feasible Implementation
by Michel Bauwens 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Oscar Sevilla Alvarez <oscar.sevilla(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:26 AM Subject: Fwd: Real Democracy (Direct Democracy) & Feasible Implementation To: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Παντελής Παπαδόπουλος <pantelicgr(a)gmail.com> Date: 2015-10-06 20:37 GMT+02:00 Subject: Real Democracy (Direct Democracy) & Feasible Implementation To: http://pantelicgr.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/democracy-feasible-implementation / Real Democracy (Direct Democracy) & Feasible Implementation This article collection is against the doctrines which state "We cannot change the system" or "There is no better system than the current one"! 1) 2 pages document about the implementation of Real Democracy (Direct Democracy) today: http://www.viewdocsonline.com/document/2i4yr2 (or https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Z5YU3ass1-T1pJS2Z4cVJRcm8/ ) 2) 1 page document about the continuance of an indicative operating framework which aims to unanimity and respects fundamental human rights of individuals and minorities: http://www.viewdocsonline.com/document/ef5o26 (or https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Z5YU3ass1-U2VIc1REeWQ3UFk/ ) Pericles Network (is a way of implementing Direct Democracy which was developed many years ago in "National Technical University of Athens"): 1) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QqHCzMYn0eWbJ-Up9_P6Vtxm6uCMqwdh4bS7sJM… 2) http://www.ntua.gr/periklesnet/page3/page3.html Vio.Me. (a self-management factory in Thessaloniki, Greece): 1) http://roarmag.org/2013/06/vio-me-greece-factory-documentary/ 2) http://www.viome.org/ Initiative 136 (a self-management initiative to stop water privatization in Thessaloniki, Greece): 1) http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.economy&id=838 2) http://www.136.gr/article/citizens-bid-control-thessalonikis-water The paradigm of frequent referendums by people’s initiative in Switzerland for validating laws made by citizens or for cancelling laws made by their government: 1) http://direct-democracy.geschichte-schweiz.ch/ 2) http://direct-democracy.geschichte-schweiz.ch/switzerlands-system-referendu… View and download all the above in one PDF file: http://www.viewdocsonline.com/document/f3rqli (or https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Z5YU3ass1-Qld5T0pKZ1N2Tms/ ) I wish Freedom to all of you! -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: version finale du rapport d'étude ADEME IS-IC
by Michel Bauwens 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emmanuel Vandamme <emmanuel(a)lafabriquedeblogs.fr> Date: 2015-10-09 16:31 GMT+07:00 Subject: version finale du rapport d'étude ADEME IS-IC Bonjour à tous, j'ai le plaisir de vous envoyer les liens vers la version de travail stabilisée du rapport d'étude ADEME "Les innovations sociales et les différentes formes d’intelligence collective : un levier pour la transition écologique ? " : version PDF : https://www.dropbox.com/s/saxca7u0ge6geo3/ADEME%20IS-IC%20RAPPORT%20FINAL%2… version Word : https://www.dropbox.com/s/ph8b7gwhnnhw5et/ADEME%20IS-IC%20RAPPORT%20FINAL%2… La diffusion du rapport final est prévue en novembre. Nous invitons les membres du Conseil de Bienveillance à réagir, proposer des ajustements ou compléments et nous faire part de leurs commentaires avant le 23 octobre 2015. N'hésitez pas à me contacter ! Bonne lecture et bonne journée, Emmanuel Vandamme emmanuel(a)lafabriquesociale.fr +33 (0)6 73 39 26 83 lafabriquesociale.fr - -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: Newsletter collective-action.info - Extra edition - Urban Commons Conference
by Michel Bauwens 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: collective-action <collective-action(a)uu.nl> Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:10 PM Subject: Newsletter collective-action.info - Extra edition - Urban Commons Conference To: *[image: cid:[email protected]]* *Extra edition* *Registration for 1st Thematic IASC- Conference on Urban Commons (Bologna, 6-7 November) open!* [image: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ff9a6a51be8d2f22b1c5bab12/images/08b2300b-bde…] Dear Madame, Sir, With this extra newsletter we would like to draw your attention to the 1st Thematic IASC-Conference on the Urban Commons, to be held in Bologna, 6-7 November 2015. The conference program will include keynote lectures by David Bollier, Richard Sennett, Tine De Moor, Michel Bauwens, Ezio Manzini, and Silke Helfrich, as well as two days of high-quality presentations from scholars and practitioners on urban commons from various disciplines. The final program will be available next week at http://www.labgov.it/wordpress/urbancommons/#conference If you want to join this conference, please register *before 25 October* via http://conferences.iasc-commons.org/index.php/iasc/Urban-Commons-I/schedCon… . Also, we would like to help us to raise even more awareness about the conference by creating a twitstorm. We kindly ask you to share best practices and stories, papers and articles, visions and thoughts about the Urban Commons on October October 12. Please use the hashtags of the conference *#urbancommons* in every post. With your help the conference could become #toptrend on social media next Monday. But do also promote the conference on any other day! Underneath, you will find some visual resources you can use during your posting (by courtesy of the Urban Commons LabGov Conference Team; click on the links or on the picture for downloading). 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Contact webmaster at *webmaster(a)collective-action.info* <webmaster(a)collective-action.info>. For other questions and full contact details, *click here* <http://www.collective-action.info/_CTC_Main> *If you do not wish to receive this newsletter anymore, please send an e-mail to **webmaster(a)collective-action.info* <webmaster(a)collective-action.info> -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: [foodsovUK discussion list] News Alert - Polish Farmers Arrested Defending Farmland
by Michel Bauwens 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anna Harris <anna(a)shsh.co.uk> Date: Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 1:24 AM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: [foodsovUK discussion list] News Alert - Polish Farmers Arrested Defending Farmland To: "networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org" <networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org > Begin forwarded message: *From:* "Fundacja ICPPC" <biuro(a)icppc.pl> *Date:* 9 October 2015 at 18:43:25 BST *To:* <foodsov.uk.coordination(a)lists.riseup.net> *Subject:* *[foodsovUK discussion list] News Alert - Polish Farmers Arrested Defending Farmland* *Reply-To:* "Fundacja ICPPC" <biuro(a)icppc.pl> URGENT! The Polish farmers are calling for other farming and consumer groups in Europe and beyond to show solidarity with their actions. As one farmer said "To day we are arrested - tomorrow you could be." Please do send letters of support! On 6th October 2015 the police arrested 11 farmers from Pyrzyce (Western Pomerania Province) where 60% of farmland has already been sold off to foreign buyers. The arrested farmers are accused of participating in an organized group whose aim is to prevent the actioning of tenders for the sale of Polish farmland by WRSP (land owned by the state). The farmers were arrested on their own farms and handcuffed with their families watching. The prosecutor stated that "they will all have to answer for impeding the tenders for the sale of land... The farmers are blocking a dozen tenders connected with the foreign sale of farming estates worth at least 6 million zloty." The arrested farmers had actively participated in protests in Szczecin and the surrounding region as well as Warsaw, their aim is to introduce changes into the law applicable to farmland management and to put a stop to Polish land sale transactions to speculative foreigners and corporations. "These changes would stop the out-of-control and reckless sale of Polish farmland which is causing economic and social degradation of the countryside and the building of colonial relations in these territories..." - said Edward Kosmal - the leader of the KPRWZ (Western Pomerania Farmers Protesting Committee). Two days after the farmers were arrested (8th October) five of them were sentenced to two months of provisional detention. Others were released on bail with the financial guarantees of 30 to 60 thousand zloty. The farmers could be sentenced to five years imprisonment. "Is this an attempt to intimidate other farmers participating in protests? A revenge for fighting with companies with foreign capital that want to buy-up Polish farmland? - asked Sir Julian Rose, the President of ICPPC. "The farmers blocked tenders connected with the sale of Polish farmland in which foreign companies participated (for example, Danish companies and their agents). They also sowed the land which was supposed to be grabbed by foreign capital with their own grains and kept watch on the area, thus blocking other entities from entering. Their protest is against the sale of Polish land into foreign hands instead of to aspiring young Polish farmers." - commented Jadwiga Lopata, vice president of ICPPC. The farmers from the Western Pomerania Province are outraged and are demanding that the arrested farmers should immediately be released from custody. They have announced a large scale protest in front of the Prosecutor's Office in Szczecin on Monday (12th October). 100 tractors will participate in this action. International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside-ICPPC is fully supporting the farmers' actions! URGENT! The Polish farmers are calling for other farming and consumer groups in Europe and beyond to show solidarity with their actions. As one farmer said "To day we are arrested - tomorrow you could be." This includes TTIP attempts to prevent the sovereign protection of internal food chains. Please do send letters of support to the farmers - through us - and we will forward them to the Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopasz and other ministers as well as to the prosecutor. You can donate to ICPPC's activities here http://icppc.pl/index.php/en/support-us.html Many thanks! Jadwiga Lopata and Julian Rose ========================== ICPPC - International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside, 34-146 Stryszow 156, Poland tel./fax +48 33 8797114 biuro(a)icppc.pl www.icppc.pl www.gmo.icppc.pl www.eko-cel.pl Julian's website ABOUT BOOK: www.julianrose.info ========================== Sources: http://protestrolnikow.pl/aktualnosci/ http://www.radiostargard.fm/news.php?readmore=33 http://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-grupa-ustawiala-przetargi-na-sprzedaz… ========== You received this message because you are subscribed to the UK food sovereignty coordination list, foodsov.uk.coordination(a)lists.riseup.net If you don't want to be on this list, send an email to: foodsov.uk.coordination-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list NetworkedLabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: Invisible in Austin: Life and Labor in an American City
by Michel Bauwens 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: peter waterman <peterwaterman1936(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:37 PM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: Invisible in Austin: Life and Labor in an American City To: "<networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org>" < networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Charlotte Anderson <charlotteanderson(a)combinedacademic.co.uk> Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:26 PM Subject: Invisible in Austin: Life and Labor in an American City To: CRITICAL-LABOUR-STUDIES(a)jiscmail.ac.uk Dear CRITICAL-LABOUR-STUDIES Subscribers, Free postage to UK customers We hope the following titles will be of interest to you. [image: CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), quality = 75] <http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/invisible-in-austin> *Invisible in Austin <http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/invisible-in-austin>* *Life and Labor in an American City* *Edited by Javier Auyero Afterword by Loïc Wacquant* "Sociologist Auyero and his graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin deliver exceptional in-depth longitudinal studies of 11 people living in precarious social and economic conditions in their city…Lucid and empathetic, these insightful portraits reveal how life histories are intertwined with political and economic forces beyond any individual’s control."—*Publishers Weekly, starred review* "Engaging and accessible, the essays dovetail with today’s debates on social inequality and immigration. A scholarly study conducted with dignity and thoroughness."—*Kirkus Reviews* Austin, Texas, is renowned as a high-tech, fast-growing city for the young and creative, a cool place to live, and the scene of internationally famous events such as SXSW and Formula 1. But as in many American cities, poverty and penury are booming along with wealth and material abundance in contemporary Austin. Rich and poor residents lead increasingly separate lives as growing socioeconomic inequality underscores residential, class, racial, and ethnic segregation. In I*nvisible in Austin, * the award-winning sociologist Javier Auyero and a team of graduate students explore the lives of those working at the bottom of the social order: house cleaners, office-machine repairers, cab drivers, restaurant cooks and dishwashers, exotic dancers, musicians, and roofers, among others. Recounting their subjects’ life stories with empathy and sociological insight, the authors show us how these lives are driven by a complex mix of individual and social forces. These poignant stories compel us to see how poor people who provide indispensable services for all city residents struggle daily with substandard housing, inadequate public services and schools, and environmental risks. Timely and essential reading, Invisible in Austin makes visible the growing gap between rich and poor that is reconfiguring the cityscape of one of America’s most dynamic places, as low-wage workers are forced to the social and symbolic margins. University of Texas Press September 2015 280pp 34 b&w photos 9781477303658 PB £16.99 now only £13.59* when you quote *CSL1015AUS* when you order http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/invisible-in-austin *UK Postage and Packing FREE, Europe £4.50, RoW £4.99* *(PLEASE QUOTE REF NUMBER:* *CSL1015AUS*** *for discount) * *To order a copy please contact Marston on +44(0)1235 465500 <%2B44%280%291235%20465500> or email **direct.orders(a)marston.co.uk* <direct.orders(a)marston.co.uk> *or visit our website: * http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/ *where you can also receive your discount* *Price subject to change. **Offer excludes the USA, South America and Australia. Follow us on Twitter @CAP_Ltd <http://twitter.com/#!/CAP_Ltd> or Facebook Combined Academic Publishers <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Combined-Academic-Publishers/196269570500> Sign up to our newsletter email alerts here <http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/content/34-subscribe-to-our-newsletter> -- *Recent publications* 1. 2014. From Coldwar Communism to the Global Justice Movement: Itinerary of a Long-Distance Internationalist. http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/from_coldwar_communism _to_the_global_emancipatory_movement/ (Free). 2. 2014. Interface Journal Special (Co-Editor), December 2014. 'Social Movement Internationalisms'. (Free).3. 2014. with Laurence Cox, ‘Movement Internationalism/s’, Interface: a Journal for and about Social Movements. (Editorial), Vol. 6 (2), pp. 1–12. 4. 2014. ‘The International Labour Movement in, Against and Beyond, the Globalized and Informatized Cage of Capitalism and Bureaucracy. (Interview). Interface: a Journal for and about Social Movements. Vol. 6 (2), pp. 35-58. 5. 2014. 'The Networked Internationalism of Labour's Others', in Jai Sen (ed), Peter Waterman (co-ed), The Movement of Movements: Struggles for Other Worlds (Part I). (10 Euros). 6. 2015. Waterman, Peter. ‘Beyond Labourism, Development and Decent Work’. <https://escarpmentpress.org/globallabour/article/download/2338/2433> Global Labour Journal, 2015, 6(2), pp. 246-50. *More publications, click [////]* _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list NetworkedLabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: Invitation VIP pour deux soirées à choix à notre prochain événement le Slow Design & Fashion Days
by Michel Bauwens 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Barbara Steudler <barbara.steudler(a)nicefuture.com> Date: 2015-10-08 5:06 GMT+07:00 Subject: Invitation VIP pour deux soirées à choix à notre prochain événement le Slow Design & Fashion Days Chers ami(e)s, chers partenaires, Nous sommes très heureux de vous convier à deux soirées d'exceptions lors de notre prochain événement " Slow Design & Fashion Days" qui aura lieu du 23 au 25 octobre à la salle communale de Plainpalais - Genève. Vendredi 23 octobre, nous organisons comme chaque année la soirée événement "Ethical Fashion Show", défilé présentant une sélection pointue de créateurs éthiques européens qui nous inspirent par la beauté de leur travail mais aussi pour leur engagement en faveur de la vie, du respect de l'homme et de l'environnement. La soirée commencera à 20h00. Par retour de mail à l'adresse <vip(a)nicefuture.com>vip(a)nicefuture.com, nous vous réserverons une ou deux places assises dans les premières rangées. Samedi 24 octobre, nous vous proposons un voyage sacré au cœur des sens. Réconcilier la matière et l'humain, la beauté et le vrai, la transcendance et les sens, c'est le pari que nous relevons pour cette soirée d'exception. Vous trouverez le programme complet de l'événement à l'adresse suivante: www.sdfd.ch. Nous nous réjouissons de vous revoir ! Merci de nous confirmer par mail à l'adresse vip(a)nicefuture.com votre présence pour l'une, l'autre ou les deux soirées. Précisez également si vous venez accompagné(e) en indiquant votre nom et e-mail, les coordonnées de la personne éventuelle qui vous accompagne et la date de la ou des soirée(s). *« Ne doutez jamais qu’une poignée de citoyens conscients et engagés puisse changer le monde. C’est même la seule chose qui ne se soit jamais produite » Margaret Mead* -- --------------------------- Association NiceFuture Castel de Bois Genoud, Route de Bois Genoud 36, 1023 Crissier - t 021 647 25 29 – m 076 324 52 58 Découvrez nos projets : Tous NiceFuture: www.nicefuture.com G21 - Swisstainability forum: www.g-21.ch Festival de la Terre : www.festivaldelaterre.ch Slow Design & Fashion Days : www.slow-design-fashion-days.ch Manifeste pour la terre : www.manifestepourlaterre.org Localisez les adresses éthiques proches de vous : www.consom-action.ch Guide du shopping éthique, guide de l'habitat durable, guide de la cosmétique éthique et guide du tourisme durable : www.nicefuture.com -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: [Buddhist Economics] Call for Papers
by Michel Bauwens 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Linda Nowakowski <lindern(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 3:58 AM Subject: [Buddhist Economics] Call for Papers To: maillist(a)list.buddhist-economics.info *Call for Paper* The World Buddhist University would like to invite you to present an academic paper in the International Conference on “Buddhist Economics and World Crises” at the date, time, and location stated below. Please send your topic and abstract, and your completed paper to Khun Srinrat (Toon) at wbucentre(a)gmail.com, phone +66 2 258 0369—73 by the following deadlines: 31 March 2016 submission of topic and abstract (no more than 250 words), and your brief biography (no more than 100 words) 30 April 2016 submission of completed paper *Program* *International Conference on* * “Buddhist Economics and World Crises”* Hosted by World Buddhist University At Whale Hotel, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 29 May 2016 *Rationale* Capitalism, with its logic of minimizing cost and maximizing profit for the accumulation of private property, has caused economic, social, cultural and ecological crises not only in the Third World, but also in the First World. There is an attempt among Buddhists both in the East and the West to establish a Buddhist economic model in response to the exploitative and destructive nature of capitalist economic structures. While modern economics confines its regard to events within its specialized sphere, Buddhist economics would investigate how a given economic activity affects the three interconnected spheres of human existence: the individual, society, and nature or the environment. In modern economics, well-being is usually measured in terms of per capita income and consumption, such as the amount of money expended on medical care and education. A growing number of people are dissatisfied with material growth models and have been searching for alternative measures of well-being with less materialistic and more qualitative goals. Buddhist economics arises out of this demand for new economic objectives. Recognizing the importance of Buddhist Economics’ contribution to today’s world crises, The World Buddhist University holds an International Conference on the topic of “Buddhist Economics and World Crises.” We hope to create a network and cooperation among Economists, Buddhist Economists, and Buddhist scholars who share the idea that an alternative way of doing economics is needed if the world is going to be sustained. *Objective* 1. To recognize the contribution of Buddhist Economics to today’s world crises. 2. To create an academic atmosphere for Economists and Buddhist scholars to discuss and exchange their ideas. 3. To create a network and cooperation among Economists, Buddhist Economists, and Buddhist scholars in this field. *Target Group* 100 participants—including Economists, Buddhist Economists, Buddhist scholars and staff from WBU and other academic institutions in Thailand and from around the world. *Language* English *Venue and Date* Whale Hotel, 151/79 Rajvithee Road, Mueang, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand. Tel. 034-251-020 (Close to *Phra Pathom Jedi*—the biggest pagoda in Thailand) Sunday 29 May 2016, 8.00 am – 5.00 pm. *Registration* Please register in advance for your participation in the conference by filling the attached form and send it to our office as early as possible. There is no registration fee. Those who present academic paper will be provided with room and board during the conference. Foreign participants will be met and picked up at the airport upon request. *Contact Us* The World Buddhist University, 616 Benjasiri Park, Sukhumvit 24, Bangkok 10110, Thailand. Tel. (66) 02-258-0369—73. Fax (66) 02-258-0372 E-mail: wbustaff(a)gmail.com *Schedule* *Saturday 28 May 2016* Morning & afternoon Airport pick up If you want to be met and picked up at the airport, please contact Mr. Phongset at pongseta(a)gmail.com, wbucentre(a)gmail.com, (phone +66 2 258 0369—73, Fax +66 2 258 0372) and indicate your flight number, arrival date and time, and the airport—either Suvarnabhumi International Airport or Don Muang International Airport. Please plan to arrive at the airport before 6.00 pm 17.00 pm Arrival of all the scholars and participants. Check in at Whale Hotel, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 18.30 Welcome Dinner *Sunday 29 May 2016* 8.00 am Arrival of all the participants at the conference hall. Registration Master of Ceremony: Dr. Chris Stanford, WBU 8.45 – 9.00 Opening Ceremony Welcome Address by Prof. Dr. Pataraporn Sirikanchana Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, WBU Report by Dr. Tavivat Puntarigvivat Director, R&D Institute, WBU Opening Address by Professor Noranit Setabutr Chairman of WBU Council/ WBU Acting Rector 9.00 - 9.45 Keynote Speech By Prof. Dr. Aphichai Puntasen Leading Thai Buddhist Economist 9.45 - 10.00 *Coffee Break* 10.00 – 10.45 Panel Presentation 1 By Prof. Dr. Stephen Young Global Executive Director Caux Round Table 10.45 – 11.30 Panel Presentation 2 By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Drechsler Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia 11.30 - 12.30 * Lunch* 12.30 - 14.45 pm Paper Presentations (Room A, B, C, and D) 14.45 - 15.00 *Coffee Break* 15.00 - 15.45 Paper Presentations (Room A, B, C, and D) 15.45 - 17.00 Summary and Discussion Moderated by Dr. Chris Stanford, WBU Rapporteur: Dr. Suthira Duangsamosorn, WBU 17.00 - 17.15 Closing Ceremony By Mr. Somlak Hirunburana, Vice Rector for Administration, WBU 17.30 – 19.00 pm Visit * Phra Pathom Jedi *(the biggest pagoda in Thailand) 19.00 – 20.00 Dinner *Monday 30 May 2016* 7.00 – 8.30 am Breakfast 8.30 – 11.30 am Cultural Trip: *Sanamchan* Palace 11.30 – 13.00 pm Lunch 13.00 – 15.00 pm Study Trip: Note Printing Works, Bank of Thailand 15.00 – 16.30 Cultural Trip: *Buddha-monthon* Park To be welcome by Director, National Office of Buddhism 16.30 – 18.30 *Wat Yanavesakavan* To visit P.A. Payutto (Buddhist Economist Monk) *Donwai* Market & Temple 18.30 – 19.00 Back to the hotel 19.00 – 20.00 Dinner *Tuesday 31 May 2016* 7.00 – 8.30 am Breakfast 8.30 – 11.00 am Free time 11.00 – 12.00 pm Lunch 12.00 pm Check out and Departure ________________________________________________________________________ (Please fill out the form and return it to our office as early as possible) Name: ………………………………………………….. Position: …………………………… Gender: [ ] Male, [ ] Female (for accommodation arrangement) Status: (Professor, graduate, undergraduate, etc.) …………………………………………...... Institution: ……………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………. Your original country: …………………………………. E-mail: …………………………………………… Tel./Cell phone: ……………………….... Your academic interest: ……………………………………………………………………….. Are you interested in presenting an academic paper? [ ] Yes, I will follow the paper submitting deadlines. [ ] No, I just want to participate the conference. Are you interested in the Cultural & Study Trips (Monday 30 May 2016)? [ ] Yes, I will participate [ ] Morning Session [ ] Afternoon Session [ ] All day [ ] No, I will not participate in the trips. Please fill out the form and return it to: [ ] E-mail: wbustaff(a)gmail.com [ ] Fax: (66) 02-258-0372 [ ] Post: The World Buddhist University, 616 Benjasiri Park, Sukhumvit 24, Bangkok 10110, Thailand. Linda Eggleston Nowakowski, PhD (937) 823-6476 _______________________________________________ Maillist mailing list Maillist(a)list.buddhist-economics.info https://lists.capalon.com/lists/listinfo/maillist -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: Why Do Banks Want Our Deposits? Hint: It’s Not to Make Loans
by Michel Bauwens 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ellen Brown <ellenhbrown(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:35 PM Subject: Why Do Banks Want Our Deposits? Hint: It’s Not to Make Loans To: michel(a)p2pfoundation.net Hi, here is my latest article, posted on Global Research -- Why Do Banks Want Our Deposits? Hint: It’s Not to Make Loans <http://wordpress.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=8829ce026276832f7fc66a1…> Best wishes, Ellen http://EllenBrown.com http://PublicBankingInstitute.org <http://wordpress.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8829ce026276832f7fc66a1a…> Unsubscribe <http://wordpress.us7.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=8829ce026276832f7fc66a1…> michel(a)p2pfoundation.net from this list. Update your profile <http://wordpress.us7.list-manage.com/profile?u=8829ce026276832f7fc66a1a9&id…> -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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