Journal: Community Asset-Based Sustainable Democracy

November 30, 2010 10:35 To Buy, to Bid, to Build: Community Rights for an Asset Owning Democracy Source: ResPublica From the Introduction: Welfare states around the world will be forced by hard budgetary constraints to reconsider their current model of provision. The state needs to redefine its relationship with individuals and, crucially, with communities. It …

Reference: Interactive Voter Choice System (IVCS)

2012: The Game Changing Implications of the Interactive Voter Choice System (IVCS) Tom Atlee recently described the game changing potential of the Interactive Voter Choice System in the following terms: “The participatory social-networking capacity of the Interactive Voter Choice System shifts voters’ allegiance and attention from parties, ideologies, and political categories to the actual policies …

Reference: Earth System Science for Global Sustainability–Grand Challenges

The International Council for Science (ICSU) is spearheading a consultative Visioning Process, in cooperation with the International Social Science Council (ISSC), to explore options and propose implementation steps for a holistic strategy on Earth system research. Five Grand Challenges were identified during step 1 of the process. If addressed in the next decade, these Grand …