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Connecting the Dots the P2P Way: The Commons as the response to the structural crises of the global system

June 30, 2016 by Guest 2 Comments
The Connecting the Dots series has convincingly shown a number of interconnected reasons why the global system is in crisis, and why there is no way out without a structural transformation of the dominant neoliberal system. In our contribution, we want to stress the key importance of what we call...
Commons, It's The World Vs. The Bank, Power

Peru, the poster child for the World Bank in Latin America

October 6, 2015 by Guest 2 Comments
Peru is the host of the 2015 World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings, taking place in Latin America for the first time in over 40 years. The two Bretton Woods institutions, criticised for their record of lowering social and environmental conditions, seek to showcase Peru as a “success” of...
The World Bank meeting is happening in Peru
Commons, It's The World Vs. The Bank, Power

Civil Society Comes Together in Latin America to Challenge the World Bank’s Annual Meetings

by The Rules No Comments
Civil society organisations, Indigenous communities, and social movements come together to challenge the World Bank’s neoliberal agenda, which has caused massive environmental destruction and social distress on the Latin American continent.
Commons, General

Don’t be fooled by climate-smart agriculture!

September 22, 2015 by François Delvaux 4 Comments
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is like Green Growth, Inclusive Growth, Green Economy and so many other catch-all and concepts which are too vague and broad to be useful: nice labels put on ‘business as usual’ policies avoiding the radical changes that are required (...)
Commons, Ideas, Money, The story of poverty

The REAL Story of Wealth Creation

August 13, 2015 by Joe Brewer 21 Comments
Lots of people talk about the need for economic growth. But when pressed, almost no one has any clue how it works. The reason? They lack an adequate story of wealth creation…
Farming in harmony with nature
Alternatives, Commons, Ideas, Nine films about food and farming

A virtual film festival: Nine films about food and farming

July 22, 2015 by James North No Comments
Our recent virtual film festival, “9x9: Nine little films about food and farming”, has shown The Rules' community at work. A few months ago a member of the community - filmmaker Jason Taylor - approached us with some films he had made about farming that told a positive story about...
Alternatives, Commons, Featured

A Festival of Seeds: Celebrating Food, Farming and Biodiversity

July 20, 2015 by The Rules No Comments
Food, farming and biodiversity are linked to a tiny seed. The Great Seed Festival held in the UK in October 2014 was meant to spread awareness about the importance of seeds.
Alternatives, Commons, Featured, Nine films about food and farming

The Keralan Cowboy: Conserving Indian Cows

July 19, 2015 by The Rules 3 Comments
The Keralan Cowboy is a film about the importance of bio-diversity and questioning the economically driven government policy that will have a profound effect on our society and environment.
Alternatives, Commons, Featured, Nine films about food and farming

A Forest of Fortune: Picking Community over Corporations

July 18, 2015 by Swati No Comments
As a chief of his community, Ayal was offered $200,000 for the community land by one of Indonesia’s largest coal mining companies. He refused because he had seen other communities that had sold their land and heard their stories.
Alternatives, Commons, Featured, Nine films about food and farming

A Shifting Culture: Thinking of the Past, Present and Future.

July 17, 2015 by The Rules No Comments
Watch Yousef remember the past, show us the present and think about the future of his community, the environment and humanity in this beautiful film by The Source Project.
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The REAL Story of Wealth Creation

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What would you do with 2 trillion dollars?

What would you do with 2 trillion dollars?

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3 ways humans create poverty

March 12, 2015

The Illusion of Legitimacy: The predatory borrower and inequality

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4 things you probably know about poverty that Bill and Melinda Gates don’t

4 things you probably know about poverty that Bill and Melinda Gates don’t

February 4, 2015

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