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"Following an early career in the UK Department of Trade & Industry, Chris was a market regulator at the Association of Futures Brokers & Dealers, and then at the International Petroleum Exchange (latterly as a Director). At the IPE, he developed successful new trading mechanisms such as Exchange of Futures for Swaps; Volatility Trades; and Settlement Trades. Between 1998-2000, he founded and developed NewClear, a generic transaction confirmation concept, still widely used in global markets. Chris now works mainly in Scotland, with Nordic Enterprise Trust, to develop new partnership-based enterprise models, and related financial products and services. His work at ISRS is focused on a new generation of networked markets - which will, in Chris's view, necessarily be dis-intermediated, open decentralised and, therefore, resilient." (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isrs/about/fellows/ChrisCook)

"The goal of Project Byzantium is to develop a communication system by which users can connect to each other and share information in the absence of convenient access to the Internet.  This is done by setting up an ad-hoc wireless mesh network that offers services which replace popular websites often used for this purpose, such as Twitter and IRC."

Everyone can be a villager, even if you live in a city, town, or neighborhood. It's a way of being: a villager is someone who is part of the local community, and someone who supports the community by living and promoting a sustainable lifestyle. We are responding to the challenge of creating settlements that function with a minimum of fossil fuels whilst fulfilling the demand for supportive, close-to-nature lifestyles. To facilitate this transition we are developing new community investment- and business models.

fuzzzy is the social bookmarking and networking site for web science academics, web professionals and web enthusiasts. If you do research and/or development of web centric systems then this is the site for you.

Climate Lab is a nonpartisan nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, DC.  Our mission is to develop web-based tools for knowledge sharing and collaboration that drive action to address climate change.

" Elements will be the first "crowdsourced" restaurant, conceived and developed by an open community of experts and interested parties" Imgine if the finance was crowd sourced and it was run as a democratic open enterprise using Bettermeans or similar

One can be a B Corps and yet be incorporated legally as a C corporation, an LLC, even a sole proprietorship. In other words, a company can be certified as a B Corps without ever incorporating as a benefit corporation * One can be a benefit corporation under Maryland law without being a B Corps. The Maryland law does not require that benefit corporations be certified as B Corps. Rather, it requires that benefit corporations' social and environmental performance be assessed by an independent third party that makes publicly available or accessible the following information: 1. The factors considered when measuring the performance of a business; 2. The relative weightings of those factors; and 3. The identity of the persons who developed and control changes to the standard and the process by which those changes were made. The key difference is that the law requires a third party assessment, whereas B Corps is a certification.

The GENI Initiative focuses on linking renewable energy resources around the world using international electricity transmission. Decades ago, visionary engineer Dr. R. Buckminster Fuller developed the World Game simulation, posing the question: How do we make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological damage or disadvantage to anyone? Research shows that the premier global strategy is the interconnection of electric power networks between regions and continents into a global energy grid, with an emphasis on tapping abundant renewable energy resources - a world wide web of electricity.

The game is a pretext for inspiring children to create,develop and practice with the tools and processes of problem-solving, and creative and critical thinking. It is hoped that the children may ultimately be able to use these experiences to help reduce suffering and increase compassion in the world.

tools and behaviors that are developing to make economic exchange, transactions, payments, commerce, distributed collaboration, resource allocation, and social enterprise formation as frictionless and fluid as possible.

WRI's goal is to reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems and assure their capacity to provide humans with needed goods and services.

COHAB is a community of individuals and organisations working together to address the gaps in awareness, policy and action on the links between biodiversity and human health and well-being. The Initiative supports efforts to enhance human security through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the goods and services it provides. COHAB provides a platform for dialogue, promoting understanding and experience sharing, and working to build partnerships across sectors and cultural divides.

That's why we want to create a secret HQ for people who are making games that are making us: - happier - smarter - stronger - healthier - more collaborative - more creative - better connected to our friends and family - and better at WHATEVER we love to do when we're not playing games

We are a growing network of organizations and people all working together to support marginalized communities to have greater control over the decisions and resources that shape their lives.

FutureBuilding is a web-based platform designed to revolutionize online fundraising and donations. FutureBuilding shows donors how every dollar and cent is spent and provides engaging visuals that illustrate the impact of giving.