D-CENT (Decentralised Citizens ENgagement Technologies) is a Europe-wide project bringing together citizen-led organisations that have transformed democracy in the past years, and helping them in developing the next generation of open source, distributed, and privacy-aware tools for direct democracy and economic empowerment.
Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is the central hub of the global Placemaking movement, connecting people to ideas, expertise, and partners who share a passion for creating vital places.
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"We can see which honeys have the best results against infectious diseases that affect humans and bees and use DNA barcoding to identify the plants making the honey."
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"Stellar is public infrastructure for money.
Supported by a nonprofit, Stellar brings the world together by increasing interoperability between diverse financial systems and currencies."
"People Powered Money is the result of the Community Currencies in Action (CCIA) project, running from 2012-2015. The book is a how-to guide on creating your own community currency. Covering everything from currency design to project management, People Powered Money is available for free download.
As the conventional monetary system foundered following the financial crisis in 2008, interest in new types of money and how they can be used positively within our society has surged. Projects like Bitcoin have hit the headlines. Less noted, however, are the communities around the world which have started to experiment with their own currencies and methods of exchange."
"Wonen in een oud schoolgebouw? Een hofje ombouwen tot autarkische gemeenschap? Wonen combineren met werk of zorg? Een bed&breakfast of een restaurant in jouw pand? Via het online platform CrowdBuilding vind je gelijkgestemden én leegstaande panden waarmee je dromen kunt realiseren."
"OSCity (Open Source City) brings the Dutch - and soon the European - spatial planning together with the newest information technology. By directly searching, visualizing and combining spatial data everybody is invited - from citizen, entrepreneur, designer and civil servant - to gain insight into everything that is spatial.<br<brWith this OSCity tries to create broad perspectives which offer a basis for an innovative spatial planning that can tackle problems of social cohesion, sustainability and generates value for the public good."
"Restaurant Day is a food carnival created by thousands of people organizing and visiting one-day restaurants worldwide. The idea of the day is to have fun, share new food experiences and enjoy our common living environments together. The event is facilitated by a team of volunteers who also maintain this website. All restaurateurs are personally responsible for all actions related to running their restaurants."
"What is SceneTap?
With the tap of a button, view information on how many people are at a place, the male to female ratio, and the average age of everyone inside."