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On November 16, starts the first gathering of the European Commons Assembly in Brussels. I am going to present our draft policy proposal on Energy as a commons along with two other proposals in the EU parliament. Following the presentation, we will then discussed in order to see what policies would help to develop the proposal and how it can help expand the commons. Here is the program of the two days: program If you are interested to follow the discussions on Wednesday, November 16, you can look at the live stream and the program of Wednesday afternoon.
If the cooperative model is far from being a new one, it has been lately put in the spotlight as a key to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This set of 17 goals was designed by the United Nations to reduce poverty and inequality worldwide while also decreasing our environmental footprint by 2030. How does community energy fit into this scheme? 
A bit of advertisement today, but for a good cause! The Transnational Institute (TNI) proposes a (free) 6 weeks online course to learn and share with people working on energy transitions around the world. It's gonna be from November 02 to December 14, 2016. Click HERE to join!  Feminist activists in Asia Pacific make call for energy democracy / Photo credit http://apwld.org (from TNI's website) During two days at the beginning of September, the commons collided with renewable energy. Lots of very interesting exchanges and new ideas on energy cooperatives, barriers and enabling environments, storage and infrastructure. |
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