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Organizing Questions
Each of the following Organizing Questions will have its own page on this site. There will be, of course, much overlap from one conversation to another, and we welcome that. The thread that ties all of these conversations together is our desire to explore the organizational and ownership structure needs for an organization that is dedicated to serving the commons.
Here are the questions:
Here are the questions:
- What are the infrastructure needs of the Commons?
- What are the organizational and ownership requirements for the evolution of a participatory organization dedicated to serving those needs?
- How will an organization that embraces sustainability, transformative leadership, creativity and co-creation function effectively?
- How will a business organization work if it is envisioned as a social movement?
- What ownership models are practical for an organization primarily designed to benefit the Commons?
- How can ownership of such an organization work in general for investors, owners, employees, customers, users, etc.?
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| SimpoMedia | The Commons... | 0 | Nov 18 2006, 6:59 PM EST by SimpoMedia | |
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4 : the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others
5 : a piece of land subject to common use: as a : undivided land used especially for pasture b : a public open area in a municipality Is it the goal to ensure that a common collective ethic is placed digitally within the process of coding? Are we trying to make sure that the "common" are given a share, access, equity when developing a program, a code, a matrix? Are we working to ensure that everyone gets profit from the work of others as they receive it? Thoughts?
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| SimpoMedia | Why has it been difficult? | 0 | Nov 18 2006, 6:55 PM EST by SimpoMedia | |
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Sustainable development is an approach to economic planning that attempts to foster economic growth while preserving the quality of the environment for future generations. Despite its enormous popularity in the last two decades of the 20th century, the concept of sustainable development proved difficult to apply in many cases, primarily because the results of long-term sustainability analyses depend on the particular resources focused upon.
- Britannica Press 2003
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| SimpoMedia | Quotes on what Sustainability is.... | 0 | Nov 18 2006, 6:53 PM EST by SimpoMedia | |
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"Growth in harmony with our environment, preserving our resource base for our economic well-being, and planning for our children's future"
Gary Filmon, former Premier of Manitoba and Chair of the Manitoba Round Table on Environment and Economy "Sustainable development is a journey rather than a destination" David Buzzelli, former member of Canada's National Round Table on Environment and Economy, and former president of Dow Chemical Canada Inc. "Development without destruction" Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Organisations
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| SimpoMedia | To Be Sustainable... | 0 | Nov 18 2006, 6:52 PM EST by SimpoMedia | |
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What does "sustainable" mean?
Sustainable means "able to be maintained". In essence sustainability means maintaining our environment, economy and society during any kind of development. These three things are also known as the triple bottom line. Sustainability also recognises that the environment, economy and society are all interrelated.
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| SimpoMedia | In order... | 0 | Nov 18 2006, 6:50 PM EST by SimpoMedia | |
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For something to be fully sustainable those who seek to sustain, must first sustain themselves. To do this, does not require that one give up their morals or ethics or attention to sharing the profits of the participation. Nor does it exclude the benefits to customers, employees, or investors and owners.
Owners and workers must sustain each other and that relationship must be kept human and environmentally enhancing. Always seeking to improve the working mission and goals. At a certain level, regardles of how "open" a framework of operation tries to be, the dynamics of business always require a formal process and "guidelines" placing some as the supervisors of those who work to improve and manifest the products and services that the "company" provides. A collective effort has to support and benefit the collective that works, but also provide the customer with what it is asking for, the investor what they expect or were told to expect, the user must get what it wants. Can everyone own a part of this? At what point does it turn from a self-sustaining effort to a full commons sustaining effort? How do we assess if the commons is sustained?
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