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It would not be bad if consumer demand forced some of these companies to get into selling actual, healthy food and drink…

Coca-Cola Facing Major Financial Challenges As Sales Steadily Decline

In recent years, consumers have been slowly cutting back on things like soda, junk food, and GMOs, in favor of a more healthy diet. Companies like Monsanto are losing millions as a result, and are struggling to maintain the long-term stability of their businesses. Very soon, these businesses may be forced to either change with market demand, or risk bankruptcy.

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2014/12/272014/12/27

Michel Bauwens: Top Ten P2P Trends of 2014

#OSE Open Source Everything, Cultural Intelligence

Top Ten P2P Trends of 2014

1. Reaching of the tipping point for (distributed) renewable energy
2. The rise of open cooperatives and ethical enterpreneurial coalitions
3. The emergence of cryptoledger applications and a crypto-currency for the commons
4. Cities and Countries of the Commons

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2014/12/232015/01/09

JZ Liszkiewicz: Design Genius – Anti-Malaria Soap Also Impacts on Larvae in Waste Water

02 Infectious Disease, 07 Health, Design

Holistic design.

The Success Story Of Anti-Malaria Faso Soap

EXTRACT

The soap is enriched with a special secret mixture of local herbs and leaves a scent that repels mosquitoes on the skin. In addition waste water products from the soap contain substances that prevent the development of mosquito larvae. This is important, since poor sanitation is one of the main factors in the spread of malaria. Read more.

Also see:
Design for the Other 90%; “Micro-Giving” Global Needs Index to Connect Rich to Poor/Fullfill Global-to-Local Requests

2014/12/20

Michel Bauwens: Open Cooperativism for the P2P Age

#OSE Open Source Everything, Civil Society, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Non-Governmental

Open Cooperativism for the P2P Age

Our recommendations for the new era of open cooperativism are:

1. That coops need to be statutorily (internally) oriented towards the common good

2. That coops need to have governance models including all stakeholders

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2014/12/192016/03/26

Reflections on Electoral Reform Act of 2015 — Our Capital Demand (Includes Graphic & Demand Documents)

03 Economy, 06 Family, 10 Security, All Reflections & Story Boards, Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Governance, Government, Officers Call, Open Government, P2P / Panarchy, Politics, Reform

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2014/12/192014/12/19

ANSWERS 2014 Robert Steele with Pierre Cloutier on Smart Nations and the Future of Quebec

Advanced Cyber/IO, Answers, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Design, Ethics, Governance, Politics

Robert, you are the originator of the concept of a Smart Nation, with your article in 1996 published in the Government Information Quarterly, entitled “Creating a Smart Nation: Strategy, Policy, Intelligence, and Information.” Quebec is a nation, recognized by Canada, with a distinct culture, a distinct geography, and perhaps a distinct future.

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2014/12/182014/12/18

Advance Order (15 Jan 15): Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response

Advanced Cyber/IO, Crowd-Sourcing, Drones & UAVs, Geospatial, Governance, Innovation, Liberation Technology, Resilience, United Nations & NGOs, Worth A Look

This book shows us once again why Patrick Meier is a thought leader in leveraging emerging technologies for social impact. His book captures the enormous possibilities and avoidable pitfalls of big data, social media and artificial intelligence in crisis contexts. Digital humanitarians can be powerful agents for social change but ground-truthing what we see and hear digitally is more important than ever.
—Aleem Walji, Chief Innovation Advisor, Leadership, Learning, and Innovation, World Bank Group

Phi Beta Iota: The book title and description from the publisher are misleading. This is not a book about Big Data. It is a book about distributed human networks using open source information technologies to achieve situational awareness with a speed and precision that the entire US secret intelligence community (which costs $100 billion a year) cannot match.

See Also:

Patrick Meier @ Phi Beta Iota