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Fwd: [bgcon] SILENT WORKS · Winter School · Projects · Online Now!
by Michel Bauwens 08 Dec '20

08 Dec '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Krystian Woznicki <kw(a)berlinergazette.de> Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 5:02 PM Subject: [bgcon] SILENT WORKS · Winter School · Projects · Online Now! To: <digi-yards(a)berlinergazette.de> Hi, undoubtedly the heart of the SILENT WORKS conference, five workshops brought activists, researchers, and cultural workers from more than 20 countries together. To tackle the hidden labor in AI-capitalism, the workshops took five different approaches: AAI; CAPTCHA Factory; Dull, Dangerous + Dirty; Logistical Noir; and Invisible Organization. Using Big Blue Button, an open source alternative to corporate ‘data surveillance’ tools like Zoom, participants of the three-day online workshops (November 12-14) were invited to come up with cooperative projects. The workshop projects are now available as online resources and include multimedia stories and utopian scenarios. Please check out the projects by scrolling down. *AAI* The term Artificial Artificial Intelligence (AAI) is intended to shed light on the fact that AI only appears to work autonomously. In reality, human labor is required to create this magical appearance of technological autonomy. For this purpose, millions of micro tasks are distributed to workers via platforms such as Amazon Mechanical Turk. Their flexible ‘daily work’ impels one to think about the future of labor as such. Is a liberation from rigid structures under way, or are new forms of instrumentalization and control emerging? Felix Diefenhardt, Aslı Dinç, Gosia Jagiello, Holger Kral, Nelli Kambouri, Katrin Kämpf, Aude Launay, Darija Medic, Shintaro Miyazaki, Felix Nickel, Andreas Schneider, Catherine Sotirakou, Mira Wallis, and Jutta Weber looked for answers to this question. The resulting workshop projects are bundled under the title “The Hidden Human Labor Behind AI.” https://projekte.berlinergazette.de/workshops/2020/11/14/aai-human-labor-be… *CAPTCHA Factory* It has become a daily routine that users of ‘free web services’ have to identify themselves as human beings. You are tested as to whether you are not a bot by being asked to identify hardly legible words (e.g. “type the letters above”), blurred pictures (e.g. “select all squares with traffic lights”) or faces (e.g. “identify these people”). Such a “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” (CAPTCHA) silently enables the outsourcing of tasks that AI cannot yet do (well enough). Jose Miguel Calatayud, Géraldine Delacroix, Monisha Caroline Martins, Julia Molin, Rebecca Puchta, Lira Ramadani, André Rebentisch, Sotiris Sideris, and Cagri Taskin responded to this practically uncontested regime of labor with a project entitled “I Swear, I am not a Robot!” and – in French translation – entitled “Plaidoyer pour des captchas éthiques.” https://projekte.berlinergazette.de/workshops/2020/11/15/captcha-past-prese… https://blogs.mediapart.fr/geraldine-delacroix/blog/181120/plaidoyer-pour-d… *Dull, Dangerous + Dirty* One hundred years ago, robots were supposed to take over jobs from humans that were considered dull, dangerous, and dirty. However, automation during the industrial revolution did not accomplish this promise; until the present day, humans are doing “inhuman labor” – either because machines require their assistance (even to the degree that humans become an integral part of a machine’s mechanism) or because humans are still cheaper and more efficient than costly and maintenance-intensive machines. How will this situation look twenty years from now? Sana Ahmad, Desmond Alugnoa, Sabrina Apitz, Miriam Arentz, Susanne Braun, Masha Burina, Kerstin Guhlemann, Friederike Habermann, hvale, Kevin Rittberger, Martina Staneva, and Dzina Zhuk responded to this question with a movie pitch, asking in return “What if Invisibilized Workers Reclaimed the Future?” https://projekte.berlinergazette.de/workshops/2020/11/14/what-if-invisibili… *Logistical Noir* AI-savvy companies are expanding their logistical networks into every corner of the world. Increasingly, they rely on their employees to become assistants of intelligent machines that keep immaterial and material products, goods, and resources moving – like workers at Amazon warehouses who are subjected to the instructions of self-learning algorithms. In this context, possible futures of work are negotiated through new forms of refusal to work (loosely based on the motto: I am not a robot!). Which labor struggles bring light into logistical noir? Jochen Becker, Niccolò Cuppini, Régine Debatty, Katharina Höne, Ela Kagel, Tanja Krone, Jacopo Ottaviani, Oliver Lerone Schultz, Juliane Rettschlag, Gabriele Schliwa, Nicolay Spesivtsev, and Mathana Stender looked for answers to this question. One of the resulting workshop projects is entitled “They Don’t Give You Tips Anymore.” https://projekte.berlinergazette.de/workshops/2020/11/17/logistical-noir-th… *Invisible Organization* Well-organized workers are the nightmare of capital because laborers are supposed to be docile not demanding, for the sake of frictionless production and circulation. This is why corporations and states have continuously been trying to suppress, combat or co-opt unions and similar kinds of worker organization. Today, capital’s desperate quest for frictionlessness is mirrored in self-learning algorithms that detect the word “union” in workers’ private communications. Is this reason enough to abandon the union model and resort to forms of invisible organization? Lara Luna Bartley, Mika Buljevic, Juan Caballero, Alina Floroi, Clara Gambaro, Max Haiven, Yonatan Miller, Barbara Orth, Zoran Pantelić, Marta Peirano, Jaron Rowan, Gustavo Sanroman, Brett Scott, and Laura Wadden looked for answers to this question. You can access the resulting workshop project by clicking on the title “Work, Care, and Invisible Organization.” https://projekte.berlinergazette.de/workshops/2020/11/16/invisible-organiza… Please spread the word widely about these projects! You will all of these projects also presented at https://silentworks.info where you also find an archive of video-talks, artworks, and audio documents. Best wishes, Krystian (for the BG team) -- -------------------------------------------------------------- BG – Berliner Gazette | since 1999 | https://berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- SILENT WORKS – The Hidden Labor in AI-Capitalism BG Project 2020: Exhibition, Conference + Text Series https://silent-works.berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- MORE WORLD – How Can We Cooperate Across Borders to Tackle Climate Change? Results from BG’s 20th Anniversary Event: Videos, Audios, Projects + Texts https://more-world.berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ digi-yards(a)berlinergazette.de mailing list %(list_address)s https://ml-cgn05.ispgateway.de/mailman/listinfo/digi-yards_berlinergazette.… -- 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: Christian Fuchs - new articles
by Michel Bauwens 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Google Scholar Alerts <scholaralerts-noreply(a)google.com> Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 9:34 PM Subject: Christian Fuchs - new articles To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> [PDF] Engels@ 200: Friedrich Engels in the Age of Digital Capitalism. Introduction. <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_url?url=https://triple-c.at/index.php/t…> C Fuchs - tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open … This piece is the introduction to the special issue “Engels@ 200: Friedrich Engels in the Age of Digital Capitalism” that the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique published on the occasion of Friedrich Engels's 200 th birthday on 28 … [image: Save] <http://scholar.google.co.th/citations?hl=en&update_op=email_library_add&inf…> [image: Twitter] <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_share?hl=en&oi=scholaralrt&ss=tw&url=ht…> [image: Facebook] <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_share?hl=en&oi=scholaralrt&ss=fb&url=ht…> [PDF] Engels@ 200: Friedrich Engels and Digital Capitalism. How Relevant Are Engels's Works 200 Years After His Birth? <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_url?url=https://triple-c.at/index.php/t…> C Fuchs - tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open …, 2020 Abstract This paper takes Friedrich Engels 200 th birthday on 28 November 2020 as occasion to ask: How relevant are Friedrich Engels's works in the age of digital capitalism? It shows that Engels class-struggle oriented theory can and should … [image: Save] <http://scholar.google.co.th/citations?hl=en&update_op=email_library_add&inf…> [image: Twitter] <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_share?hl=en&oi=scholaralrt&ss=tw&url=ht…> [image: Facebook] <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_share?hl=en&oi=scholaralrt&ss=fb&url=ht…> Engels@ 200: Friedrich Engels in the Age of Digital Capitalism.(Full Issue in One PDF) <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_url?url=https://triple-c.at/index.php/t…> C Fuchs - tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open … Abstract The journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique's special issue “Engels@ 200: Friedrich Engels in the Age of Digital Capitalism” was published on the occasion of Engels's 200 th anniversary. It consists of eleven articles that outline … [image: Save] <http://scholar.google.co.th/citations?hl=en&update_op=email_library_add&inf…> [image: Twitter] <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_share?hl=en&oi=scholaralrt&ss=tw&url=ht…> [image: Facebook] <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_share?hl=en&oi=scholaralrt&ss=fb&url=ht…> List my alerts <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_alerts?view_op=list_alerts&email_for_op…> Cancel alert <http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar_alerts?view_op=cancel_alert_options&ema…> This alert is sent by Google Scholar. Google Scholar is a service by Google. -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Fwd: Interrogating the Anthropocene: Truth and Fallacy (GTN Discussions)
by Michel Bauwens 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Great Transition Network <gtnetwork(a)greattransition.org> Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 11:02 PM Subject: Interrogating the Anthropocene: Truth and Fallacy (GTN Discussions) To: Great Transition Network <gtnmembers(a)greattransition.org> >From Paul Raskin [praskin(a)tellus.org] ---------------------------------------------------------- Dear GTN, The central question for our December discussion is: If we care about a Great Transition, how should we think about the Anthropocene? These big-picture perspectives emerged concurrently over the last two decades in response to the recognition of a state-shift underway in the global social-ecological system. But the two lenses offer quite different accounts of the roots, meaning, and implications of that shift. The point of departure of GT theory is the discontinuity in human history—the arrival of the Planetary Phase of Civilization. By contrast, the Anthropocene focuses on the discontinuity in planetary history—the arrival of a new geological era. Although these may seem like two sides of the same social-ecological coin, their differing attributions of cause and effect—and the differing understandings of human agency that emerge—deeply matter for how we understand and act to shape this pivotal moment. To kick off the discussion, I have prepared an opening essay " Interrogating the Anthropocene: Truth and Fallacy <https://greattransition.org/gti-forum/interrogating-anthropocene-raskin> ” (linked here and pdf attached). There I explore the resonances and dissonances of the Anthropocene idea with the project that concerns us: developing an adequate global praxis for nurturing a GT. In what ways do you agree with my perspective and in what ways not? How can we best embrace the Anthropocene’s ecological truths and challenge its social and political fallacies? What form does this debate take in your arena of scholarship or activism? I very much look forward to the discussion. Please keep your comments succinct (1,200 words tops) and sharply focused on the topic. The internal GTN discussion will go through Friday, January 8, 2021. Over to you, Paul Paul Raskin GTI Director ---------------------------------------------------------- To submit a comment for this GTN discussion, click reply or send it to jcohn(a)tellus.org. *Expect a delay between the submission and posting.* You can review the discussion here <https://greattransition.org/240-interrogating-the-anthropocene-truth-and-fa…>, where you can also submit your comment by replying to any previously posted comment. -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Fwd: Futurized - 1 Dec 2020: The Future of AR, The Future of Peer-to-Peer, Startup mentoring in the UAE, Future Tech preview
by Michel Bauwens 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Trond Arne Undheim <info(a)yegii.com> Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 11:28 PM Subject: Futurized - 1 Dec 2020: The Future of AR, The Future of Peer-to-Peer, Startup mentoring in the UAE, Future Tech preview To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> [image: Futurized podcast - preparing you to deal with future disruption] <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-r/> *Hi Michel. * This week, Futurized tackles *The Future of AR, The Future of Peer-to-Peer, and Startup mentoring in UAE*, in three intriguing interview episodes, plus has a preview of *Future Tech*, Trond Undheim's upcoming book: - The Future of AR <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-y/> with Ori Inbar, Founder of Superventures and also CEO and founder of AugmentedReality.org, the organizer of AWE, the world’s most essential AR/VR conference since 2010. - The Future of Peer-to-Peer <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-j/> with Michel Bauwens, Founder of the P2P Foundation and co-author of Peer-to-Peer: The Commons Manifesto. - Startup Mentoring in UAE <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-t/> with Wafa Omar, founder of BizWhisper, a startup which is specialized in creative problem solving for entrepreneurs in the MENA region through mentoring. - Future Tech - a preview <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-i/>, a mini-episode where futurist Trond Undheim briefly discusses his upcoming book Future Tech: How to capture value from disruptive industry trends <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-d/>, to be published by Kogan Page in March 2021 As usual, please find imagery and brief summaries below. If you like the show, subscribe to Futurized in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio or Pandora, review it with a sentence, and ideally give it a 5 star rating. Also, if you would give our YouTube channel some love, that would be appreciated, since we'll be moving aggressively into that format over the next three months. -- TROND JOINS GROWTH STARTUP TULIP AS LEAD ECOSYSTEM EVANGELIST This week, I'm excited to share that I have joined one of the leading startups of our time. Tulip empowers the frontline worker providing a no-code platform everyone can use, improving efficiencies, sharing best practices, reducing downtime, and increasing the consistency and safety of manual processes. My role is to work across the industrial ecosystem worldwide to *usher the new era of the augmented worker*, matching societal needs during and post-COVID-19. Together with the World Economic Forum, Tulip is fostering a global network and learning community (MFG Works) for manufacturing leaders. The vision is to, by the end of this decade, if not sooner, empower any worker who has not yet received the full benefits of technology, and especially restore the tremendous agility and humanity of frontline workers, through *augmented reality-enhancing technologies* (e.g. industrial IoT, automation, digital factory, robotics, sensors, augmentation, industry 4.0, agile manufacturing, additive manufacturing, 3D printing). -- Have a great day! Trond Arne Undheim, Ph.D. Author of *Pandemic Aftermath* (2020), *Disruption Games (2020), Leadership >From Below (2008) and Future Tech (2021, forthcoming). See Trond's books <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-h/>.* [image: Antler] <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-k/> [image: The Future of AR] <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-u/> In Anniversary episode #54, The Future of AR <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-o/>, futurist Trond Arne Undheim interviews Ori Inbar, Founder of Superventures and also CEO and founder of AugmentedReality.org, the organizer of AWE, the world’s most essential AR/VR conference since 2010, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim. In this conversation, they talk about community building in the no longer so embryonic AR/VR space, the emergence of spatial computing, the Augmented Reality Expo (AWE). They discuss AR/VR venture capital, exciting and emerging use cases and form factors, market size, mobile AR, and COVID’s impact on remote tech. They explore the world in 2030 and the threats that the world is facing. The takeaway is that augmented reality has come a long way and is no longer a fringe technology, and the COVID-moment has made progress in the field a global tech priority. As for VR, the community is growing but developing true killer apps will take time. Maybe a good thing, because we are not really ready for what is to come. Will we evolve into a virtual species? Neither Ori nor Trond think so at this point. Ask them in thirty years, though. Listen to Episode #54 <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-b/> [image: Listen on Apple Podcasts] <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-n/> [image: The Future of Peer-to-Peer] <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-p/> In episode #52, The Future of Peer-to-Peer <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-x/>, futurist Trond Arne Undheim interviews Michel Bauwens, Founder of the P2P Foundation and co-author of Peer-to-Peer: The Commons Manifesto, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim. In this conversation, we talked about how the world may have reached a tipping point where the balance between centralized and distributed activity as well as for profit and not for profit activity have overreached its boundaries. In Bauwens’ analysis, historically when this happens, with civilizations such as the Mayans, or the Chinese, a reversal of polarity happens, and society moves into healing mode. The difference this time, is that the system is global, and that we have nowhere else to go. Our challenge now is, whether we are capable of living within planetary boundaries. Bauwens, in this respect, subscribes to a functionalist pulse-wave theory of cyclical change. My takeaway is that the commons is indeed an interesting seemingly growing sentiment and a reaction to both big capitalism and libertarianism, a third way, if you will. I wrote about this phenomenon in my 2008 book Leadership >From Below. Arguably, an increased focus on developing the commons, would help foster a more egalitarian, just and sustainable world. I found Bauwens critique of the crypto-anarchic divide between commoners and libertarians, the latter underlying blockchain quite interesting, as I had earlier perhaps put that effort more in the commons camp than it deserves, because at the surface, they are both about getting rid of the middleman. Listen to Episode #52 <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-m/> [image: Listen on Spotify] <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-c/> [image: Startup Mentoring in UAE] <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-q/> In episode #64, Startup Mentoring in UAE <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-a/>, futurist Trond Arne Undheim interviews Wafa Omar, founder of BizWhisper, a startup which is specialized in creative problem solving for entrepreneurs in the MENA region through mentoring, interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim. In this conversation, we talk about startup mentoring in the UAE, in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the political and economic alliance of six Middle Eastern countries—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman, and ostensibly in the MENA region as a whole. We discuss being a female entrepreneur in the Middle East and what the future holds. My takeaway is that the future of mentoring startups in the UAE, GCV, and MENA region is crucial for growing a healthy, thriving startup ecosystem. Having a home grown mentoring platform that caters to culturally specific mentoring needs is terrific. Listen to Episode #64 <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-f/> [image: Listen on Google Podcasts] <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-z/> [image: Future Tech - a preview] <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-v/> In this mini-episode #71, Future Tech - a preview <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-e/>, futurist Trond Undheim briefly discusses his upcoming book Future Tech: How to capture value from disruptive industry trends, to be published by Kogan Page in March 2021. He also reads an excerpt from the book. Future Tech explains how the four forces of technology, policy, business models and social dynamics work together to create industry disruption and how this understanding can help to predict what is coming next. The book will be on the syllabus for an upcoming course at Cornell Tech and has already received raving endorsements. Listen to Episode #71 <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-s/> *About Futurized* Futurized goes beneath the trends, tracking the underlying forces of disruption in tech, policy, business models, social dynamics, and the environment. Join Trond Arne Undheim, futurist, author, and serial entrepreneur as he tracks the societal impact of deep tech such as AI, blockchain, IoT, life science and robotics.On the show, he interviews smart people with a soul: founders, authors, executives, and emerging thought leaders. Each episode is a narrative journey marked by triumphs, failures, serendipity and insight — told by the people behind some of the world’s top emerging and established talent. Futurized.co <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-g/> is on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio and Pandora, in fact it is, so far, syndicated to 20+ platforms <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-w/>. The show has listeners from 28 countries. Search for Futurized or put the RSS feed <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-l-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-yd/> into your podcast player of choice. 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Unsubscribe <https://yegiiinc.cmail19.com/t/d-u-chtiilk-jliiuhlhf-ji/> -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Fwd: Why the Fed Needs Public Banks
by Michel Bauwens 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

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Fwd: Kin Chi and Jade's article on coronavirus and TCM
by Michel Bauwens 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: LAU Kin Chi <laukc(a)ln.edu.hk> Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 3:32 PM Subject: Kin Chi and Jade's article on coronavirus and TCM To: globalufoundingmembers(a)googlegroups.com < globalufoundingmembers(a)googlegroups.com> Cc: Global University for Sustainability <our.global.u(a)gmail.com> FYI [image: Lingnan University Hong Kong] <https://www.ln.edu.hk> [image: Transformation For Life] <https://www.ln.edu.hk/transformation-for-life> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlobalUFoundingMembers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to GlobalUFoundingMembers+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/GlobalUFoundingMembers/HK0PR02MB3009D7D4F… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/GlobalUFoundingMembers/HK0PR02MB3009D7D4F…> . -- 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: Green Academy, Fair and Carbon Free Tourism, #GEJ20 and more.
by Michel Bauwens 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Green European Foundation <info(a)gef.eu> Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 4:55 PM Subject: Green Academy, Fair and Carbon Free Tourism, #GEJ20 and more. To: *|FNAME|* <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Be the first to try out our upgraded e-learning platform - Green Academy. View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/gef/gef-newsletter-december2020?e=e33317f743> DECEMBER 2020 Read through the newsletter to find out about our upcoming events in December and other exciting opportunities at GEF! Green Academy is live! *NEW E-LEARNING TOOL* We're excited to announce the launch of the long-awaited update of our e-learning website - Green Academy! The website was built with *curious Europeans of all ages and backgrounds* in mind. We enable them to develop *knowledge & skills*, to build meaningful connections, and to *put theory into practice*. What's new? We've improved overall *user experience* - from the easy sign up to learning without distractions. We've also enhanced the *content interactivity* - making learning deeper and much more exciting. We now offer access to completely *free, paid or closed courses* - to learn at your own pace or as part of a broader education programme. Be the first to take advantage of the improved e-learning experience. Start learning now! <https://gef.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbf70df867e35f9b496f3833d&id=…> Fair and Carbon Free Tourism This project seeks to identify and create conditions for collective action against detrimental social and environmental impacts of tourism. These impacts of tourism-induced economic activities are often underestimated, and while social impacts are increasingly being considered in some tourist hubs like Barcelona or Dubrovnik, environmental burdens in particular are often not (yet) addressed. COVID-19 has devastated the tourism industry, with many livelihoods at stake, but perhaps there is a window of opportunity to rebuild better. In December, we offer three webinars that strive to build a community interested in transforming this sector and steering it towards low or zero-carbon intensity, while keeping a specific focus on the social dimension and lessons from the pandemic. 3 DEC 2020 Towards a Fair and Low Carbon Tourism Join us as we chart a course Towards a Fair and Low Carbon Tourism, with a particular focus on tourism-dependent Spain. *Register* <https://gef.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbf70df867e35f9b496f3833d&id=…> 7 DEC 2020 Transformative pathways for tourism Take part in our webinar to engage in political and expert debate on how the tourism industry can be transformed in the midst of pandemic and climate crisis! *Register* <https://gef.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fbf70df867e35f9b496f3833d&id=…> 10 DEC 2020 Sun and Sand Tourism Decades of mass tourism have put the Mediterranean coast under tremendous environmental pressure, yet the livelihoods of millions depend on it. 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