How to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global future
This article challenges the belief in high-tech solutions to solve socio-environmental crises, proposing a political vision beyond ''green growth'' and ''ecomodernism.''. It advocates for a commons-based technology framework, promoting collective resource mana...
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| author | Vasilis Kostakis Nikiforos Tsiouris |
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| description | This article challenges the belief in high-tech solutions to solve socio-environmental crises, proposing a political vision beyond ''green growth'' and ''ecomodernism.''. It advocates for a commons-based technology framework, promoting collective resource management for sustainability. We thus introduce ''cosmolocal'' production, a configuration that strives to connect communities around shared resources and serve their needs while minimizing ecological impact. Despite acknowledged tensions, we contend that the cosmolocal framework could foster institutional and social change, aiming to address environmental degradation and wealth inequality. To support this contention on cosmolocal production's potential, we point to several successful examples from the open-source technology paradigm. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b592794cf1404af8b6cd46620f3f3b5e2024-04-02T04:15:28ZengElsevierSustainable Futures2666-18882024-06-017100187How to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global futureVasilis Kostakis0Nikiforos Tsiouris1Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Akadeemia tee 3, Tallinn 12618, Estonia; Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University, 1557 Massachusetts Avenue, 5th Floor, Cambridge 02138, MA, United States; Corresponding author.Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Akadeemia tee 3, Tallinn 12618, EstoniaThis article challenges the belief in high-tech solutions to solve socio-environmental crises, proposing a political vision beyond ''green growth'' and ''ecomodernism.''. It advocates for a commons-based technology framework, promoting collective resource management for sustainability. We thus introduce ''cosmolocal'' production, a configuration that strives to connect communities around shared resources and serve their needs while minimizing ecological impact. Despite acknowledged tensions, we contend that the cosmolocal framework could foster institutional and social change, aiming to address environmental degradation and wealth inequality. To support this contention on cosmolocal production's potential, we point to several successful examples from the open-source technology paradigm.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188824000376Post-growthDigital commonsOpen-sourceCosmolocal productionLocalizationAlternative modes of organization |
| spellingShingle | Vasilis Kostakis Nikiforos Tsiouris How to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global future Sustainable Futures Post-growth Digital commons Open-source Cosmolocal production Localization Alternative modes of organization |
| title | How to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global future |
| title_full | How to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global future |
| title_fullStr | How to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global future |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global future |
| title_short | How to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global future |
| title_sort | how to unite local initiatives for a more sustainable global future |
| topic | Post-growth Digital commons Open-source Cosmolocal production Localization Alternative modes of organization |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188824000376 |
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