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Fwd: Growing New Farmers report, work with us, why we need food sovereignty, producers in the spotlight
by Michel Bauwens 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Open Food Network Australia <hello(a)openfoodnetwork.org.au> Date: Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 11:36 AM Subject: Growing New Farmers report, work with us, why we need food sovereignty, producers in the spotlight To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Recommendations for overcoming challenges for young farmers, access resources and events, and build your understanding of food systems. New projects and new thinking to build a better food system View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/openfoodnetwork/we-are-hiring-plus-new-projects-and-thin…> Hello! We're in the midst of adding more than 15 people to our team, and it's incredibly exciting - we can't wait to introduce you to the awesome people who will be working on regional food systems! Read on for: - the *Regeneration - Growing New Farmers* report released by Farmer Incubator and Young Farmers Connect - a spotlight on two producers using our software platform who are doing exciting things - why we need food, tech and data sovereignty - software support over the Easter holidays - the software release of the month - volunteering and other opportunities to be part of the restoration from bushfires *Growing New Farmers* <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *New report published* Farmer Incubator and Young Farmers Connect have just released *Regeneration - Growing New Farmers* <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> . The report shares the unique challenges new and young farmers face getting started as they attempt to farm regeneratively, address food and land justice, gain entry into the value chain and become viable. Find out what you can do to help address these challenges, with recommendations for everyone from food citizens to policy makers. Watch the report launch presentation and panel discussion recording here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> . We're proud to have provided strategic advice and oversight on this report, and to be working with Farmer Incubator their new SEED project putting some of these ideas into action! Download the report <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *SEED pilot project* Farmer Incubator's SEED pilot will build on experience with the Pop Up Garlic Farmer (PUGF) program and research to develop and test a model for growing new farmers *on-farm* before introducing it on a larger scale. Alongside offering learning and resources, the SEED project will facilitate access to - land by working with landholders - mentors who are existing regenerative farmers - markets by working with localised food distribution networks. The goal is to be able to replicate this model across Australia, cycling aspiring farmers through the on-farm incubation sites every 2 years, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to run their own successful farming enterprises and feeding the local community while they learn. If you are a landholder interested in growing new farmers, learn more about the SEED pilot by reading the project brief <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> . If you would like support and education to explore becoming a farmer, enrol in their Pop-Up Garlic Farmers Program <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> . Image courtesy of Farmer Incubator *Work with us!* The *Open Road Coordinator* role in Victoria is still open for applications. This is an opportunity to be part of a bold and ambitious new solution, build your networks in food hubs across Victoria, and connect with our national and global partners also experimenting with solutions to the logistics challenges of short supply chains. We will also be opening applications for two Open Road Logistics Officers soon. Read the position descriptions here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> . Apply here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *Financial support available* *Grants * The *Small-Scale and Craft Program* <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> targets Victorian agribusinesses looking to scale-up operations, diversify product lines or expand outreach. Grant applications close on 26 March 2021. Open Food Network can help with applying for grants and offer customised business and online solutions as well as lean enterprise support. In the past, farmers have used these grants to get our help on projects like: - Setting up an online shop for their farm - Starting a farmer-led collective selling food together - Building custom software to link their existing Open Food Network shop to other business tools such as route planning or accounting software Our services <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *Education bursary available for Taking Your Collective Business Online course* The Co-operative Farming program is offering a 90% bursary <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> for the Taking Your Collective Business Online <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> course run by Organic & Regenerative Investment Co-operative. *Producer Spotlight* <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *Sohip Organics* <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> started selling on the Open Food Network software platform in January 2021. Located in the Lorne Valley on the Mid North Coast of NSW, three generations are farming to feed their local community with organic, wholesome fruits and vegetables while ensuring the land is looked after using sustainable farming methods. And, in their words, "to bloody have fun". Words and image by Sailor's Grave Brewing *Sailor's Grave Brewing's*, Dark Emu - Dark Lager, available in Prom Coast Food Collective <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…>'s online shop, is one of their favourite collaborations. "This collaboration runs deep, the native grains are harvested by Yuin people on the banks of the Wallagaraugh River. The beautiful art on the can depicts the giant creator emu, baiame, after it left earth and rose into the sky, becoming the huge dark space in the Milky Way. The art was created by Yuin man Terry Hayes who also harvested the grain used in Dark Emu. First Nations people have been making fermented beverages both here in Australia and across the world for thousands and thousands of years, we are just the conduit for this particular story in what is just a blip in time. We’re particularly proud that a percentage of the proceeds from the sales of Dark Emu will go to support the studies of local Aboriginal students at Orbost, Mallacoota and Eden. More than just beer 🍻" In case you are curious, the native grains are roasted mamadyang ngalluk and burru ngalluk grass seed. You can find producers like Sailor's Grave Brewing that offer pick-up and delivery of fresh local produce in your area on our Shop In VIC <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> page. *Why we need food, tech and data sovereignty* Do you find yourself asking what does food, technology or data sovereignty mean? Sovereignty is not a term we use very often in our day-to-day conversations. But its existence enables us to participate, define and make decisions in shaping our local food systems as a local community. Its absence consolidates power in the hands of a few who get to determine what our foodways, livelihoods and identities look like, disempowering us individually and collectively. Founder and Managing Director of Open Food Network Canada, Theresa Schumilas, explains how digital platforms can contribute to the food sovereignty movement in this episode <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> of the Handpicked podcast.. Read the full transcript <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *Software release of the month* *Improving the customer ordering experience* It is now possible to add bulk quantities of a variant in the number field between the increase and decrease buttons. For example, a shopper can now add 100 items of one variant with just a few clicks. And thanks to a recent fix it is not possible to add more items than those in stock so if a higher number is entered into the number field, it will default to the amount available in stock. Read release notes <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *Software support over the Easter holidays* We understand that our customers are often juggling work on their Open Food Network profile in the limited time they have available between the farm/business, family and life. We’re trying to balance work with our families, farms and life too! So *from Friday, 2 April to Monday, 5 April* the Open Food Network team will be taking a break. During this time we will only be responding to urgent enquiries that come through the inbox and we will do our absolute best to make sure someone gets to it sooner than the next business day. Any non-urgent queries will be held until the full team is back in the office on Tuesday 6 April. *In other news* *Victorian Farmers' Markets Association* are hiring for the permanent position of *Field Officer <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *to uncover and share the stories of our diverse local food sector to increase its resilience, visibility and support across Victoria. *PrimeSafe,* the Statutory Authority responsible for regulating the safety of red meat, poultry and seafood in Victoria is looking for *Non-Executive Directors* <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> with a background in Accounting (CPA accredited) and Finance, Public Health, Retail, Meat, Livestock production, meat processing and small goods. Applications close on 5 March 2021. *Volunteer and be part of the restoration from bushfires* Are you interested in volunteering to assist in the bushfire recovery? Farms in East Gippsland, Bega Valley, Mid North Coast NSW and Braidwood are seeking some extra hands in the dirt! Register <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> to volunteer for the upcoming ‘Organic Farm Blitz’, with a farm close to you. You can also contact Organic and Regenerative Investment Co-operative <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> to coordinate an event, make seedpods, plant &/or grow seedlings or build native animal boxes. And they will ensure they get to your nearest bushfire affected farmers! *Robert Pekin, nominee for Pro Bono Australia 2021 Impact awards* We're proud to have Robert Pekin as a board member, as one of our major platform users, running the Food Connect wholesale through Open Food Network, and as a great food systems peer and friend. His achievements have been recognised by Pro Bono Australia as one of the #2021Impact25 Voting for the 2021 Impact Awards have now closed but watch out for the winner announcement on 25 March. *Recording of AFSA webinar with Tyson Yunkaporta* On 3 Feb, Tyson Yunkaporta and Tammi Jonas (AFSA) talked about Indigenous thinking and what it means for us as growers and eaters in Australian food systems. The session recording <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> is now online. *Help build a better food system* Our software and services are delivered and funded through contributions from community members, a huge amount of volunteer contributions, some funding, and cross-subsidisation from our research and consulting work. If you are excited by the work we're currently doing, we would love it if you would consider a regular or one-off donation. 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Fwd: Natural Origin or Lab Escape? The Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (3 Online Lectures)
by Michel Bauwens 03 Mar '21

03 Mar '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jonathan Latham <jrlatham(a)bioscienceresource.org> Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 2:53 AM Subject: Natural Origin or Lab Escape? The Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (3 Online Lectures) To: BSR-PROJECT-ELIST1(a)gn.apc.org <BSR-PROJECT-ELIST1(a)gn.apc.org> Dear Friends and Colleagues Today (Mon, March 1st, 2021) we would like to share something new. It is a series of three talks titled, collectively: *Natural Origin or Lab Escape? The Emergence of SARS-CoV-2.* by Dr Jonathan Latham. The three talks were presented to the EAT online community <https://www.eatcommunity.com/> on Jan 8th, Jan 15th and Jan 22nd, 2021. Each is now published on the Youtube channel of Independent Science News <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtx1gXlAzs82pXI2CAphFfg>. The three talks describe aspects of our current thinking on the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the nature of the underlying political/economic forces attempting to influence public perception, especially of its origins. These talks are designed for people new to the virus origins debate but also are designed to important new information to satisfy those who are already very familiar with the arguments and the evidence. More details and links are below. Lecture 1 *Why Wuhan?* Could SARS-CoV-2 have come from a lab? As this first talk details, the evidence for a natural zoonotic origin was always weak. Interestingly, the case for a natural origin has become ever weaker as the pandemic has progressed. In stark contrast, the evidence base for a lab origin has grown steadily. At present, numerous lines of evidence, outlined in this first talk, point strongly to a lab escape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAIQ7hH5VKw&t=461s Lecture 2 *The Mojiang Miners Passage Theory* Dr Latham introduces the various lab origin theories for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the cause of the COVID19 pandemic. In order of appearance: 1) Sirotkin and Sirotkin, 2) Segreto and Deigin, and 3) the DRASTIC theory. Dr Latham then discusses the latest thinking on the Mojiang Miners Passage Theory. This theory originated from the observation that RaTG13 (the closest related viral sequence to SARS-CoV-2) was sampled in 2013 from a mine (the Mojiang mine) that had recently been the site of a disease outbreak. In that outbreak, six miners were hospitalized and three died; each had COVID-19-like symptoms. The ill miners were diagnosed at the time as likely suffering from an unknown coronavirus and it is known they had been shovelling bat guano. It is known that serum, and possibly other tissue samples, from four of the hospitalized miners were transported at the time to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) for testing. The Mojiang Miners Passage theory proposes that, by the time these patient samples arrived at the WIV, the original mine virus had evolved inside the miners to become a highly adapted human pathogen. According to the theory, it was this virus which subsequently escaped and caused the COVID19 pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59cXOHj0On8&t=30s Lecture 3 *The Pandemic Virus Industrial Complex* The military has its academic industrial complex and so does virus medical research. The Pandemic Virus Industrial Complex (PVIC) is busy on many fronts, only one of which is trying to suppress discussion of the potential lab origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this video, Dr Jonathan Latham, PhD, shares insights into the functioning and organization of the various elements that constitute the PVIC. How do its academic, military, and commercial aspects interact? Who, if anyone, pulls the strings? What does it fear from the revelation of a lab leak? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq9HFlpc2uA Please enjoy these talks and share these links if you find them useful. Yours sincerely Jonathan Jonathan Latham, PhD Executive Director The Bioscience Resource Project, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA Websites: www.independentsciencenews.org www.poisonpapers.org www.bioscienceresource.org Tel: 1-607-319-0279 Skype: jonathanlatham2 Twitter and Facebook: @Biosrp Please sign on to our mailing list: https://www.independentsciencenews.org/subscribe/ Notice: Please forgive any delays and slow news. I am writing a book about genetics and genetic determinism. It is provisionally titled: *The Myth of The Master Molecule: DNA and the Social Order* The contention of the book is that the key organising principle of Western thought is the seemingly innocuous and seemingly simple idea that our personal qualities are biologically inherited. That is, our character derives from our ancestors rather than being an always-adapting product of our own experiences, decisions, and education. The book makes the case, first, that genetic determinism is a scientific fallacy. Organisms are self-organised systems and therefore are not genetically determined. Second, the explanation for the myth, which predates Mesopotamian cities of 6,000 years ago, is its utility. Genetic determinism rationalises political systems based on genetic privilege. The result of the emergence of genetic determinism was the dismantling of ancient cultures based on inclusiveness and egalitarianiism and their transformation into rigid structures of authoritarian domination based on separation and division: into families, classes, races, nations, sexes (i.e. patriarchy), and species. The final proposition of the book is that propagating the myth was the chief aim of Zoroastrianism and the subsequent Abrahamic religions. Since the 1850s, this role has been appropriated by science. By recognizing how the founding myth of Western civilization is being re-told in the language of science we can start to dismantle and replace it with a more humane and scientific understanding of the world. _______________________________________________ BSR-project-elist1 mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/bsr-project-elist1 To unsubscribe, email bsr-project-elist1-unsubscribe(a)gn.apc.org -- 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: Don't miss the extended run of the world's first horror movie for machines
by Michel Bauwens 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Furtherfield <info(a)furtherfield.org> Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 5:44 PM Subject: Don't miss the extended run of the world's first horror movie for machines To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> At Furtherfield until 31st March View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/c38beb6f0a90/the-worlds-first-horror-movie-for-machines-…> <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> *Don't miss the extended run of * *the world's first horror movie for machines!* *At Furtherfield until 31st March <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…>* *What they’re saying about UNINVITED:* ‘a newborn networked organism that feeds on human data and keeps evolving over time through its entanglement with humans and machine learning’ Beth Jochim - Flash Art <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> ‘a puzzling, disturbing but strangely seducing work. It rejects human viewers as much as it draws them in’ Regine Debatty - We Make Money Not Art <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> 'If robots dream of electric sheep, and computers get sick with digital viruses, do movies for machines feature heroic OSSs'?' Rosa Menkman <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> ‘are you ready for a digital splatter film?’ Danae <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> ‘...genuinely freaky’ Nathan Jones <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> UNINVITED film still: Exploration > Tarmac’ (2020) image courtesy of the artists Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN By popular demand, we are extending the run of this ground-breaking collaboration between leading digital artists Nye Thompson (UK) and UBERMORGEN (AT/CH). This on and offline installation is now an international sensation that explores what happens when networked surveillance tools and AI capabilities get sick in the head. Between and even during lockdowns, Furtherfield Gallery <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> - which features scannable hoarding that reveals what is happening inside - has been visited (and revisited!) by masses of people. Some major fans of the work have come multiple times, venturing deep into Finsbury Park, to sit outside the gallery and watch what is going on inside! UNINVITED: external Furtherfield Gallery image (2020). Image courtesy of Studio Hyte Returning UNINVITED viewers *UNINVITED is composed of:* The installations of UNINVITED feature self-evolving networked monsters inside a mechatronic shell that generate and watch a ‘horror movie’ from surveillance footage they have collected. Each monster moves across the empty art gallery on rails, projecting the horror movie onto the wall as it tries to examine and make sense of it. If fear comes from the unknown - or the quest for security in an absence of reliable data - then this is pure fear! - UNINVITED (2020) by Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN installation image courtesy of the artists <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> - UNINVITED (2020) by Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN external gallery image (back) courtesy of Studio Hyte <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> - UNINVITED (2020) by Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN installation image (Galeria ElectroPutere) courtesy of Galeria ElectroPutere <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> The horror movie these monsters project and pore over is pulled from streams of closed-circuit TV feeds from all over the planet - taken without reason or permission by malicious botnets. Together in their networked mind, they do all they can to understand what they see - analysing harder, zooming deeper - to no avail. As the monsters try to categorise these images, the gaps in how it makes sense of data expose how little it understands of the world around it. - Movie trailer for UNINVITED (2020) by Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> - UNINVITED film still: Exploration > Tarmac’ (2020) by Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN image courtesy of the artists <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> The viewing room allows anyone anywhere to try to watch with their own machine (a computer, tablet, phone, etc). What we see as the real, physical world is nothing compared to the world our own watching machines construct using millions of points of our digital data. We remain alone together in our looking and always othered in our understanding - and yet with each new viewing we connect in ways we cannot yet comprehend because You Are Uninvited! - UNINVITED’s viewing room on a phone <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> - UNINVITED’s online viewing room <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> *Please click here <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> for more info on how to access UNINVITED* *UNINVITED has been featured in:* - Flash Art - “UNINVITED” by Nye Thompson and UBERMORGEN, Furtherfield Gallery / London <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…>, 18 January 2021 - Reviewed by Beth Jochim. - Artribune - UNINVITED. Tecnologia e orrore in una mostra digitale <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…>, 1 January 2021 - Reviewed by Jacopo De Blasio. - Danae - The Horror Film-Machine <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…>, January 2021. - Monster Children - Watch/Engage with UNINVITED <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…>, 25 November 2020 - Reviewed by Crombie. - We Make Money Not Art - UNINVITED. ‘A Horror Experience by and for Machines’ <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…>, 11 November 2020 - Reviewed by Regine Debatty. *More images <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…>* *Current locations:* *Furtherfield * Opening: 31 Oct 2020 - 31 Mar 2021 Website: https://www.furtherfield.org/ <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> Social Media: *https://www.facebook.com/Furtherfield/ <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…>* Instagram: @furtherfield <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…>Twitter: @furtherfield <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> *Galeria ElectroPutere* Opening: 21 Nov 2020 - 02 Mar 2021 Website: http://electro-putere.com/ <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/galeriaelectroputere/ <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> Instagram: @electroputeregallery <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> *Credits:* By *Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN* With... *Composer/sound designer: **Thom Kubli* *Project Consultant: **Adrian Bojenoiu* *Branding & Web Team: **Studio Hyte* *Industrial Design & Monster Prototype: **Tareg Al-Zamel* *Photography & videography: **Geoff Titley* *Software architecture & machine learning: **Richard Hopkirk & Martin Dixon* *Mechatronics: **Modulab Bucarest* *CCTV visual prototypes: **Alexander Zenker* Please click here for the Artist’s Bios <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> . *Generously supported by:* Administration of the National Cultural Fund / Romania Arts Council England The Austrian Cultural Forum Bucharest British Council City of Vienna ElectroPutere Gallery Federal Chancellery of Austria Furtherfield Haringey Council OKdo Pro Helvetia [image: Twitter] <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> [image: Instagram] <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> [image: Facebook] <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> [image: Website] <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d227b6380a87c752902…> *Copyright © 2021 Furtherfield, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. *Our mailing address is:* Furtherfield Furtherfield, c/o The Staff Yard, Finsbury Park, Hornsey Gate, Endymion Road London, London N4 2NQ United Kingdom Add us to your address book <https://furtherfield.us4.list-manage.com/vcard?u=9d227b6380a87c752902c8a55&…> Want to change how you receive these emails? 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Fwd: Public launch of my book & materialization of a 10 years dream: Atlas.
by Michel Bauwens 28 Feb '21

28 Feb '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Djoann Fal from The Adaptive Economy <adaptiveeconomy(a)substack.com> Date: Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 11:18 AM Subject: Public launch of my book & materialization of a 10 years dream: Atlas. To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Public launch of my first book, a 10 years prophecy is materializing, announcement of Atlas Society, a private social network for sustainable tech leaders. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdUsmSmzAQ_Rpzw6WFzQcOrng8scfgZGo8npwoIT…> Public launch of my book & materialization of a 10 years dream: Atlas. <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdUsmSmzAQ_Rpzw6WFzQcOrng8scfgZGo8npwoIT…>Public launch of my first book, a 10 years prophecy is materializing, announcement of Atlas Society, a private social network for sustainable tech leaders. <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdkE1uxCAMhU8z7CYymCTMgkU3vUbEj5OhTSAiZK…> Djoann Fal <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdkE1uxCAMhU8z7CYymCTMgkU3vUbEj5OhTSAiZK…> Feb 28 <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdUstuqzAQ_Zqwa-QHzwWL3iZpiQJR2zRpVsg2Q-…> [image: Comment] <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdUsty2jAU_Rq8g9HD-LHwgikhhWDTZkJIVx5Zuo…> [image: Share] <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdkl2T2iAUhn-NudMhEE1ykQunrltdE9uddd1eZQ…> Last week was a great milestone for The Adaptive Economy. We finally launched publicly my first book, The Adaptive Economy. Not shy anymore to speak about what is truly moving me and my community, and here it is. But that’s really not all. Check it out. <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuu3CAM_ZrJLhHPQBYsrir1NyIDTobeBFIg93…> Launching publicly my book, The Adaptive Economy on my birthday 16.02.2021. 10 years ago I first discovered what “Impact” meant 10 years ago when I was still a student. In Paris, I got the chance to meet some random folks, one of them was Thomas Landrain <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJw1kFuKhDAQRVdjPqXyUONHPgaG3sAsQPIo7dCaOD…> and another weird bird was Benjamin Tinq <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJw1kFuKhDAQRVdjPqXyUONHPgaG3sAsQPIo7dCaOD…> & Xavier Duportet <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJw1kFmKhDAQhk_TeZRsmviQh4GhLzAHkCylHUYTyd…>. I first joined my PhD student friend Thomas as one of the first 5 founding members of La Paillasse, Europe's first hacking, robotics & biotech Makerspace, which at that point was situated illegally in an abandoned garage from SNCF (the french trains company). A few weeks later I was helping Benjamin as a volunteer organizing Ouishare Fest <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkMuOhSAMhp9GlqZcVFywmM28huFSlYyCATzGtx…>, the first sustainability festival in Europe which became a community of 100,000+ members around the world promoting a sustainable way of living ( recycling, solar energies, hydroponics, distributed farming, etc). <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuOpSAQ_ZrrTsNTcMGiM8n8huFRekkr2IDdc-…> A few months later La Paillasse <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkM2OhSAMhZ_msjTlR8UFi9nMaxB-qpcMggG8E9…> was gathering 100+ people per meetups, ranging from cyber hackers from Annonymous hiding using our IP, Ph.D. students who wanted a space to hack at night out of the academy, to design school students who wanted to make some tech people use 3D printers or drones. And that is when the Maire of Paris discovered us through the police raiding our space to kick us out first, then by inviting us to her office and giving us 1m$ to start a proper space in the middle of Paris highest society area: my first NGO experience was born. We got the chance to finally materialize our dreams, having a massive 700 sqm space *to enable anyone who wanted to learn tech, no matter their background, no matter their ambitions*. <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUtuOpiAMfprfOw0nBS-4mGyyr2EKVH8yCg7gzL…> Top left to bottom right: (1)La Paillasse in WIRED magazine, (2) Our makerspace & open tech academy (3)La Paillasse visited by the Governor of Paris, (4)Our space map, (5)Find me It was all exciting and growing fast, but… we didn’t have any experiences to run an NGO, neither a massive space, neither a massive online global community of 100,000 hackers & makers following our projects across 6 other marker spaces partners. That is when I realized I needed to go back to school… Business school… and I decided to take this opportunity to do something completely different than my *NGO saving the world inspirations* and joined an Ecommerce company Lazada in South East Asia to learn *business *for a while. A year later I was starting GetLinks, which you know took me 6 years to build up to this stage of being a multi-million dollar business. Last year <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUtGOpSAM_ZrrmwYKKD7wMNlkf8MUqF4yCo7gzN…> Last year we published the manifesto of the Atlas Movement. And that got us to speak for the United Nations’s team for the first time. 1st January last year, in the conclusion of my book, The Adaptive Economy, I was writing: “The Achilles heel of this text which claims to channel economic, political and moral effects towards new challenges is that the reader ends up in a legitimate position to ask at the end “All that seems pretty good to hear, but at the end, what do I do tomorrow and what this can practically change for me, my friends and surrounding this year? Should I start organizing meetups? Shall I invest in a bunker? Or in biotechnology? *There is a solution: engineering a new economical, political and moral paradigm based on sustainable technology and more conscious society. Saving our planet is the one job of our generation, and we need to give everyone some hope for this to happen, we need to give everyone a new Eldorado to join, a new reality to be part of, a new society, Atlas society.”* It is now happening, and you can be part of it! The prophecy is happening <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUt2OpiAMfZrPOw0UFLzgYrLJvobhp_qRUXAAZ9…> And after 10 years of waiting, it was time. To my relentless readers, last week was a great milestone for The Adaptive Economy. We publicly announced and launched Atlas Society alongside 1000+ online viewers. <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkN2OhCAMhZ9muDSlIOAFF3uzr2H4qQ5ZBaM4E9…> Atlas, the society and movement I have though about 10 years ago and announced in the conclusion of the book 1 year ago is finally started to materialize with a kick off event, and hopefully the first of a long journey. Atlas is now being launched in 13 cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh, Seoul, Tokyo. [image: May be an image of 18 people and text that says 'Join us! To start a chapter of Atlas Society in your city Λ. ATLAS SOCIETY. NEW YORK HOCHI MINH MONT MONTREAL LONDON SINGAPORE KINSHASA PARIS CAPE TOWN KUALAL LUMPUR RIO DEJANEIRO JAKARTA andMORE!'] <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuu3CAM_Zphl4hnQhYsrir1NyIeTobeBFIg93…> Fellowships applications are opened for these cities <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJx1kUtuxCAQRE9jdrH4ecwsWESK5hpWA20PigEH8E…> and being invited will give the exclusive access to our secret weapon: the Atlas Society platform. Atlas Society is an invite-only social network for positive, tech, and sustainable-minded mover and shapers. *The goal is to connect mentors and menteers around the topic : “How does a sustainable tech civilisation look like and how can we get there by 2050 through entrepreneurship, investments and political activism?”* Our private social network enables the fellows that got invited to : - Connect with strong mentors from Exited tech entrepreneurs, Angel investors, VC funds managers, Fortunes 500 Corporate executives, Policymakers, Renown artists, Social Media Influencers & *event some Hollywood actors*. - Network & share value with other chapters around the world with a dedicated Newsfeed curating positive sustainable tech & ESG news every day. - Chat online with all the members of the community and ask for help from the local chapters to scale projects on a global scale. - Participate in global and local discussions during online and offline events the first Thursday of every month. <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUt2OpiAMfZrPOw2_AhdcTDbZ1zD8VD8yCg7gzL…> As one of my long-time readers, you are welcomed to join the revolution, help us shape this new movement, share your thoughts, interact and discover new views, and contribute to projects. Apply for Atlas Society Fellowship <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJx1kUtuxCAQRE9jdrH4ecwsWESK5hpWA20PigEH8E…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdUstuqzAQ_Zqwa-QHzwWL3iZpiQJR2zRpVsg2Q-…> [image: Comment] <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdUsty2jAU_Rq8g9HD-LHwgikhhWDTZkJIVx5Zuo…> [image: Share] <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdkl2T2iAUhn-NudMhEE1ykQunrltdE9uddd1eZQ…> You’re on the free list for The Adaptive Economy Newsletter by Atlas Capital <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdkEuOwyAMQE9TlpExkNAFi9n0GhEfN0WTQERIR7…>. 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Sapiens.org : Anarchism in Practice Is Often Radically Boring Democracy
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

https://www.sapiens.org/culture/anarchism-democracy/ "What is anarchism apart from these caricatures? And how does it relate to “antifa”? The term “anarchy” literally means “without [a] ruler,” and not, as many believe, “no rules.” Although many anarchists want radical change, the change that most envision is not societal breakdown but rather people learning to collectively rule themselves <https://theconversation.com/what-is-anarchism-all-about-50373> (or in other words, direct democracy). The basic premise guiding anarchist political philosophy is simple: Humans are fundamentally cooperative <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-prince-of-evolution-peter-kr…> by nature and, when given the chance, flourish in situations of collective self-governance <https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691161037/two-cheers-for-an…>. By self-governance, anarchists typically mean an arrangement in which every person has an unalienable right to participate fully in any political decision made on their behalf—and to leave any association that makes a decision they find unconscionable. Taking the term in this broadest sense, attempts at anarchist societies or collectives over the last two centuries have been numerous and persistent, if often short-lived. However, as anthropologists like to point out <https://www.prickly-paradigm.com/titles/fragments-of-an-anarchist-anthropol…>, humans organized themselves in stateless societies <https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300169171/art-not-being-governed> with great success for much of ancient history, and many continue to do so in various ways, without using the label “anarchy.” In fact, “state-level” societies have existed for only a fraction of the roughly 300,000 years modern humans have thrived—emerging an estimated 5,000 years ago <https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-0-387-72611-3_10>—and should still be regarded as an experiment, with mixed results." ... " As an anthropologist who has studied and worked with leftist activists in the U.S. for more than a decade, I’ve come to understand anarchy as something that looks very different from the violent, lawless chaos that many people picture it to be. ... The use of the term “anarchy” to describe the riot isn’t shocking—violent chaos is, after all, one of its generally accepted meanings. But it has little to do with how actual anarchists understand and apply their political philosophy. While an exciting idea, anarchism in practice is, well, boring. Far from what window-smashing insurrectionists are doing, it mostly takes the form of an extremely slow-moving and highly rule-bound process of collective deliberation. Anarchy, paradoxically, means more rules, not fewer, and more collective responsibility <https://www.routledge.com/Constructive-Anarchy-Building-Infrastructures-of-…>, not less. Unfortunately, since much of the United States has been misled <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/technology/antifa-local-disinformation.h…> into thinking that anarchists—specifically, those involved with “antifa <https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-antifa-trump.html>”—were responsible for the putative anarchy at the Capitol, an impressionable observer might think that actual anarchists want violent chaos. The cognitive dissonance would be amusing if the situation weren’t so horrifying. If there had been *actual* anarchy in the Capitol that day, rather than a right-wing insurrection, Ernst and her Republican colleagues would likely have been in for a long, well-facilitated meeting aimed at complete consensus. "

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Fwd: CIRIEC - APCE 2021/1: The New Age of Commons: Innovation or Necessity? in FREE ACCESS
by Michel Bauwens 23 Feb '21

23 Feb '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: CIRIEC <ciriec(a)uliege.be> Date: Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 4:34 PM Subject: CIRIEC - APCE 2021/1: The New Age of Commons: Innovation or Necessity? in FREE ACCESS To: <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> CIRIEC publication 23/02/2021 Afficher dans le navigateur <https://mailchi.mp/uliege.be/ciriec-apce-20163-in-open-access-837580?e=bc7e…> Show in browser <https://mailchi.mp/uliege.be/ciriec-apce-20163-in-open-access-837580?e=bc7e…> [image: Ciriec publication] publication ------------------------------ [image: Ciriec - Annales de l'économie publique, sociale et coopértive] vol.92, n°1, 2021 The New Age of Commons: Innovation or Necessity? - The increasing role and the diversity forms of Commons for production and preservation of essential goods and services <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> / *Philippe Bance & Jérôme Schoenmaeckers* - Social and solidarity economy and social and solidarity commons: Towards the (re)discovery of an ethic of the common good? <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> / *Andrea Salustri* - Commons and cooperatives: A new governance of collective action <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> / *Alexandre Guttmann* - Cooperative conversion and communalization: Closely observed interactions between the material and the mental <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> / *Hervé Charmettant & Yvan Renou* - Résilience d'une méta‐organisation : Le cas d'un commun de l'alimentation <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> / *Alexandrine Lapoutte* - Elements of the institutionalization process of the forest and pasture commons in Romania as particular forms of social economy <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> / *Irina‐Sînziana Opincaru* - Do socially motivated self‐help groups perform better? Exploring determinants of micro‐credit groups’ performance in Eastern India <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> / *Anirban Pal & Piyush Kumar Singh* - Public good, collective action and financial regulation <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> / *Faruk Ülgen* Editor Marco Marini ------------------------------ Publisher Wiley ------------------------------ *FREE ACCESS* <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> ------------------------------ infos <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> All issues <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> ------------------------------ ciriec publications <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE QUARTIER AGORA PLACE DES ORATEURS 1, BÂT B33 - BOÎTE 6 BE-4000 LIÈGE ciriec(a)uliege.be Unsubscribe <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> se désinscrire <https://uliege.us12.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986…> -- 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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L’« islamogauchisme » n’est pas une réalité scientifique | CNRS
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Similar polarization, but with different words used to put forth logical fallacies, are used by the french extreme right in the French speaking world as ad personam against "the left" https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/l-islamogauchisme-nest-pas-une-realite-scientifique " « L’islamogauchisme », slogan politique utilisé dans le débat public, ne correspond à aucune réalité scientifique. Ce terme aux contours mal définis, fait l’objet de nombreuses prises de positions publiques, tribunes ou pétitions, souvent passionnées. Le CNRS condamne avec fermeté celles et ceux qui tentent d’en profiter pour remettre en cause la liberté académique, indispensable à la démarche scientifique et à l’avancée des connaissances, ou stigmatiser certaines communautés scientifiques. Le CNRS condamne, en particulier, les tentatives de délégitimation de différents champs de la recherche, comme les études postcoloniales, les études intersectionnelles ou les travaux sur le terme de « race », ou tout autre champ de la connaissance. "

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No. You’re Not Getting “Canceled” for Being a Conservative | Jayson D. Bradley
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Discerning accountability, As per American political polarization and logical fallacies ( and its unfortunate reproduction beyond american political contexts ) https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jaysondbradley/2021/02/cancel-culture/ " People are experiencing real-life accountability and consequences for pushing baseless conspiracy theories, denying science, promoting hate and violence, and showing insensitivity to others. If you want to claim those are conservative or Christian values, that’s on you. The plain truth is that people are experiencing consequences for being cruel because they’ve embraced the idea that being sensitive to others is “politically correct.”

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Fwd: EU supports recognition of ecocide
by Michel Bauwens 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Stop Ecocide <team(a)stopecocide.earth> Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 6:18 PM Subject: EU supports recognition of ecocide To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> See here for web version. Sign up here EU supports recognition of ecocide Dear friends - after a break in January we’re back with news a-plenty! EU - Parliament votes to encourage EU members states to <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> *See **here* <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…>* for web version. Sign up **here* <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> EU supports recognition of ecocide <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> Dear friends - after a break in January we’re back with news a-plenty! - EU - Parliament votes <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> to encourage EU members states to recognize ecocide, while environment committee votes <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> to examine the possibility of EU ecocide legislation - Canada <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> & Luxembourg <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> both state that they will follow international ecocide law conversation with interest - Ecocide expert drafting panel <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> - meetings get under way, public consultation <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> takes place - Netherlands - Crimes Against Humanity communication with strong ecocide focus filed at the ICC <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> in The Hague by French lawyer Bourdon on behalf of indigenous Chief Raoni - France - Affaire du Siècle case landmark ruling <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> says government has failed its climate obligations and can be held accountable by victims, while trial continues on ecocidal Agent Orange chemical case <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> - UK - Dasgupta report <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> says economy must protect nature, while Supreme Court ruling <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> says Shell can be held accountable for damage by subsidiaries EU: taking ecocide seriously <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> In an amendment to its report <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2019, the European Parliament voted <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> to urge “*the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)*”. And In its opinion <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> on the liability of corporations for environmental damage, the European Parliament’s ENVI (environmental) Committee echoed that vote <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> - and also asked *“the Commission to study its relevance for EU law and EU diplomacy”.* Canada & Luxembourg to follow ecocide law developments <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> In its official response to a parliamentary petition submitted last November, the Canadian government has stated <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> that it is *“committed to be a world leader for climate… and will continue to follow closely the discussions on ecocide at the international level.*” <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> Luxembourg’s Ministers of Foregn Affairs and of the Environment have meanwhile promised <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> that the government is* “ready to support the recognition of ecocide in European and international law when the time comes.”* <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> Former President of Finland (2000-2012), Tarja Halonen, publically expresses her support <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…>for an international crime of ecocide and becomes a signed up ‘earth protector’ <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> More about *states leading* on ecocide law at our dedicated web page <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> Definition drafting & consultation <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> In January the Independent Expert Panel <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> for the Legal Definition of Ecocide had its first full meeting and drafting is now under way. The panel session was supported around the globe with ceremony held by Elders of the Mother Earth Delegation of United Original Nations <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…>, “*lighting our sacred fires, standing with Mother Earth so Her voice can inform this panel of Her laws of nature.*” (Grandmother Jyoti Ma) A public consultation <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…>was launched in January to encourage diverse input to the panel. Reports and background considerations have also been sought from respected scientific, indigenous, youth, corporate, faith and climate policy voices. The closing date on the consultation has been extended to Sunday 21st Feb. UK Treasury landmark report <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> The UK Treasury’s Dasgupta report <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> marks a sea-change in economic thinking in the government context. While still using the financial language of “natural capital” and “ecosystem services”, there is nonetheless a genuine and significant shift towards acknowledging our interconnectedness with, and responsibility towards, the natural world. *French*: Ecocide and the Agent Orange case <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> *Spanish: *Programa Utopías, Radio3 <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> *19/01 *Raven Trust / Stop Ecocide Canada: Crimes against nature and indigenous sovereignty <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> *18/02 *EarthX*: *Amazonian Indigenous Voices <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> *20/02 *World Federalist Movement / Institute of Global Policy: Towards a common future <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> Share! <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> This month we’ve got a fabulous share from EcoAction Families: The Ripple Effect <https://a1e0.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=602e4cf15978483a806e0d97&u=htt…> is a fun, pass-it-on chain reaction we hope you’ll be part of. 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Fwd: Cross-party report urges green recovery from Covid: Positive Money response - embargoed Weds 17 Feb at 0.01am
by Michel Bauwens 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

thanks for respecting the embargo ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Anna Pick <press(a)positivemoney.org> Date: Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 5:19 PM Subject: Cross-party report urges green recovery from Covid: Positive Money response - embargoed Weds 17 Feb at 0.01am To: Michel Bauwens <michel.bauwens(a)p2pfoundation.net> Good morning, Below is Positive Money’s embargoed response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s latest report: ‘Growing back better: putting nature and net zero at the heart of the economic recovery’. Please get in touch if you would like more information or to arrange a briefing with a spokesperson. Many thanks, Anna ------------- UNDER STRICT EMBARGO 00:01 WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY Research and campaign group Positive Money welcomes a new report from MPs on the Conservative-led Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) which concludes that Covid-19 is a symptom of environmental breakdown and sets out how the government can enable a green economic recovery from the crisis. Titled ‘Growing back better: putting nature and net zero at the heart of the economic recovery’, the report was a result of the EAC’s ‘Greening the post-Covid recovery’ inquiry, for which Positive Money presented oral evidence. Among the recommendations, the report calls for the government to clarify the Bank of England’s mandate to include climate and nature objectives, to take steps to reduce the carbon intensity of financial markets, as well as a range of fiscal and financial incentives for a green recovery. The report comes as the Chancellor is expected to make key changes to the Bank of England’s mandate alongside the March Budget, which will enable it to take more action on climate change. Simon Youel, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Positive Money, said: “For all the talk of ‘build back better’, the government’s response to Covid has so far bailed out an environmentally destructive and unequal ‘business as usual’, which drove us towards this crisis in the first place. “The Environmental Audit Committee’s report puts further pressure on the government and the Bank of England to get their act together and take concrete steps to green the economy ahead of this year’s crucial COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. “The government has a huge opportunity to kickstart a fair and green recovery in the March Budget. Alongside wide scale public investment in green jobs, the Chancellor needs to make sure his changes to the Bank of England’s mandate are as strong as possible, to allow our central bank to do everything necessary to shift billions of pounds away from fossil fuels and towards green alternatives ahead of COP26.” Notes 1. In January, the Conservative MP and Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, Philip Dunne, wrote to the Bank of England calling for it to align its bond purchases with 1.5C ahead of COP26: https://positivemoney.org/2021/01/environmental-audit-committee-blasts-bank… <https://positivemoney-org-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W5tFRRs…> 2. The chancellor is expected to make changes to the Bank of England’s mandate in his March Budget: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chancellor-rishi-sunak-to-strengthen-ban… <https://positivemoney-org-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W5tFRRs…> 3. A letter from 125 experts (including Nouriel Roubini, Mariana Mazzucato and Willem Buiter) outlined what the Bank of England should be doing to support the government’s climate targets, 16 November 2020: https://positivemoney.org/2020/11/sunaks-green-finance-plans-come-under-fir… <https://positivemoney-org-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W5tFRRs…> [see Guardian coverage here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/16/bank-of-england-needs-more… <https://positivemoney-org-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W5tFRRs…> ] 4. Positive Money campaigns for a money and banking system which supports a fair, democratic and sustainable economy. Set up in the aftermath of the financial crisis, Positive Money is a not-for-profit company funded by charitable trusts and foundations, as well as small donations from its network of over 65,000 supporters. https://positivemoney.org/ <https://positivemoney-org-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W5tFRRs…> 5. 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