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Abstract :
This project was one of the final 20 projects selected to be presented out of 2,500 workshops during the final assembly for the 9th World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil in February 2009.
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A global platform for recounting our stories. A platform where we can re-imagine other worlds
The Vision
Some of the solutions to today's current global economic crisis are going to emerge from new, creative and collaborative ways of solving the problems we (as global citizens of the earth) currently face. It will involve creating a new order, an alternative model; essentially re-imagining a different world. It is our responsibility to imagine what this new world will look like; a world which will give new hope, ignite ideas and inspire. We should use this opportunity for each of us to study, use, transform and to enrich the ideas that are already being imagined in this new world, and to adapt these to the needs of our own cultures.
The Project
The creation of a global commons of solutions, best practices and ideas; essentially an online platform that will help us to share our experiences for creating a new world.
Beyond being just a communication tool, this platform must also serve a new vision of the world where human beings and nature live in harmony and where values for creating equality for all of human kind are shared by all.
How will the Platform be used?
- It will be used to share theoretical and practical knowledge and experiences for addressing the global issues of the day; poverty, human rights, ...LIST...
- It will be used by NGOs, community-based organizations.....LIST ... and socially responsible businesses as well as members of civil society as a collaborative platform for the sharing of know-how and best practices.
- The development of the platform will respect free and open standards. It will guarantee the possibility for all to reproduce and use the contents. It will fully support the freedom of expression and diversity.
We Invite You to Join Us
We invite those who would like to be involved in building a global commons of knowledge to join us in creating, growing and sharing the ideas and solutions across this platform.
Who currently supports this project?
Several organisations, networks and collectives are already working on this vision including;
- Colibris
- Danone Communities
- Fondation Nicolas Hulot
- Natural Capital Institute NCI
- Reporters d'Espoir
- ADI (Brazil)
- Sephir et le média Ecolo-Info
- Swoord
List of existing projects or sites having the same target and their caracteristics
- Appropedia - Appropedia - caracteristics : language = english + 5 others -
- Swoord - http://www.swoord.net/ - caracteristics : language = french -
- Notre planete.info : http://www.notre-planete.info/ - caracteristics : language = french -
- MIT - MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) - caracteristics : language = english -
Uma plataforma para contar historias de outros mundos possiveis
Diante da crise global e sistemica que atravessamos, as soluçoes sao necessariamente coletivas, variadas, creativas, em colaboracao. Outros mundos sao possiveis e ja existem. Hoje, temos a responsabilidade de torna-los conhecidos, para inspirar, despertar a esperança, e permitir que eles sejam estudados, reutilisados, transformados, enriquecidos e adaptados às culturas et situaçoes de cada um.
Varias entidades, redes, grupos ja estao trabalhando nesse sentido : convidamos « esses grupos, assim » como todos os interessados a se interligar para construir na internet uma plataforma comum mundial, que possibilite um melhor compartilhamento e visibilidade das experiencias portadoras de um outro mundo possivel.
Mais do que um instrumento, esta plataforma deve ser estar a serviço de uma nova visao do mundo, cujo centro é o ser humano e a natureza, e cuja prioridade seja a reapropriaçao por todos dos bens communs da humanidade. Esta plataforma ajudara a realizaçao e a continuidade de encontros presenciais tais como o Forum Social Mundial e outros foruns sociais ou outros encontros a outros niveis, durante o ano todo. Ela podera ser um apoio às experiencias concretas para liga-las em rede, para o compartilhamento dos saberes e dos modos de atuar, dos recursos, para a colaboraçao entre os atores e para o desenvolvimento de projetos inovadores.
O desenvolvimento da plataforma, respeitando padroes livres e abertos, garantira a apropriaçao de seus conteudos por todos e favorecera a expressao da diversidade.
Une plateforme pour raconter les histoires d'un autre monde possible
Face à la crise globale et systémique que nous traversons, les solutions sont nécessairement collectives, diverses, créatives, collaboratives. D'autres mondes sont possibles et existent déjà. Il est aujourd'hui de notre responsabilité de les rendre visibles pour donner espoir, inspirer et ainsi permettre à chacun de les étudier, les réutiliser, les transformer, les enrichir et les adapter à leurs propres cultures et situations.
Plusieurs organisations, réseaux et collectifs travaillent déjà dans ce sens : nous les invitons, ainsi que tous qui le souhaitent à se mettre en lien pour construire une plateforme commune mondiale, sur internet, qui permettent une meilleure mutualisation et visibilité des expériences porteuses d'un autre monde.
Au-delà d'un outil, cette plateforme doit être au service d'une nouvelle vision du monde dont l'être humain et la nature sont le coeur et la réappropriation par tous des biens communs de l'humanité la priorité. Elle permettra de prolonger et faciliter les rencontres physiques tels que le Forum Social Mondial et autres Forums Sociaux ou rencontres à d'autres niveaux, tout au long de l'année . Elle pourra être un appui aux expériences de terrain, à leur mise en réseau, à la mutualisation des savoirs, des savoir-faire, des ressources, à la collaboration d'acteurs et à la création de projets innovants. Le développement de la plateforme, respectueux de standards libres et ouverts, garantira l'appropriation de ses contenus par tous et favorisera l'expression de la diversité.
Ce projet a été présenté le 1er février 2009 lors de l'assemblée des assemblées du 9ème Forum Social Mondial de Belem, Brésil.
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Flag comment for removal JPGrange 4 months ago
I have created the article wiki Possible Worlds Specification
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So the 2 big points are:
In Item 1 :
I've got your point : "We need to remember though, that creating a solution page can be a laborious process requiring understanding" so we need to benefit from the already existing solutions one way or an other (people ready to put data or pouring their data inside the new system).
Your proposal of groups and subgroups is may be good but seems to be heavy if it is done manually. May be it could be done automatically by an import of a list of categories like the GEMET proposed by Camilla. (to check) In Item 2 :
I did not see the Areas of Focus listing and it is corresponding to what I proposed as "a multiple top-down access". It has the advantage to be defined by the people putting their data by tags, so it should be relatively correct. As a first look it is not very public-facing.
I am going to test the Areas of Focus listing searching a specific information : I'd like to learn how to grow bio carottes (a problem for our common garden) I go to the tag Agriculture and Farming then the sub tag Gardening then I can see the 204 Resources. I use the search with the keywords : carottes and I have no resource on it. I do a new search with the keywords : grow vegetables and I get 34 answers but most of them does not relate to what I search or transfer me to a book web site. I try on google search : - If I go to wikipedia I know all about the carotte history and production in the world but I still don't know how to grow it - I go on a site dedicated but I have general information but not the solution to avoid having so many other "bad" plants invading the carottes.
By clicking on the link to a forum I have see that there is a Area of Focus Suggestions group group which must discuss the point with familiar administrators there !
I think that we should gather one way or the other or connect this group to the Possible Worlds Project Let's create the wikipage for the specification so we keep track of our ideas in a structured way.
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Here's a more detailed exploration of how WiserEarth can readily be a platform for Possible Worlds.
1. Establish this group, www.wiserearth.org/group/possible_worlds as the main group
2. Map www.possible-worlds.org to point here. So people visiting that URL will be taken here automatically.
3. Modify the group's homepage to be more public-facing / outward-looking / engaging. So people coming here will have an idea that they can immediately contribute their solutions to Possible World's solutions database/directory
4. Create sub-groups of this group for each solutions area. Each sub-groups will center on the solutions module in the group (and probably, the discussions module too). Here are some examples of possible sub-groups:
5. Develop narratives/stories/articles for each sub-groups. In essence weaving together solutions in that area to paint pictures of a world where those solutions are implemented. This can be done on the sub-group's homepage, or in wikipages within them.
6. Develop broader narrative(s) in the main group painting pictures of possible worlds.
7. Outreaching to other solutions providers/databases and see if they're willing to port over their solutions to Possible Worlds / WiserEarth. Catalytic Communities is a good example of an organization that is willing to do so.
8. Outreach to just about any organization, website, blog, writer, changemaker, who have even just one solution for one particular problem to create a solution page in Possible Worlds / WiserEarth.
We need to remember though, that creating a solution page can be a laborious process requiring understanding, research, writing, editing, and re-editing, and re-editing. But thankfully, every solution page in WiserEarth acts like a wiki, meaning, every WiserEarth member can help edit and improve it over time.
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Hi Jean-Paul,
Not sure what you mean with "The solutions directory is a search access but I think that a multiple top-down access is also required."
One thing for sure is, WiserEarth members can freely add their solutions to the directory and tag them with WiserEarth's Areas of Focus. If you look at our Areas of Focus listing, you will find that everything in WiserEarth (including solutions) is accessible from the 'top-down', in 'multiple' ways. Is this what you have in mind?
(note: it turns out that solutions are not included yet in the Areas of Focus listing. You will need to click on any Area of Focus portal then find how many solutions is tagged with that Areas of Focus. e.g. Agroecology portal has 4 solutions.)
Moreover, in this Possible Worlds group, there's a solution module (lower-right) where you can readily add solutions into. So, in a way, this group already acts as a solutions directory/database (also as a subset of the larger WiserEarth's solutions directory/database). Going a step further, you can also create several sub-groups--each containing solutions for a particular area/topic/issue---and thus effectively, create a categorized solutions database, with this Possible Worlds group as the main entrance.
Fyi, here are some more info on WiserEarth's solutions directory: If this is not what you have in mind, then let's work on the specifications, which is just a new wikipage away. |
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Hi Bowo,
Yes, we can establish the specifications
The solutions directory is a search access but I think that a multiple top-down access is also required. Lets right it in the specifications. But in this case : where can we put the specification ? Please create the area for this. . In parallele we can list the already existing databases / sites solutions. May be one is already very close to what is needed and could join them. I begin to put some at the end of the english part of the main text of this page. Please add others.
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Hello everyone,
Pardon me for I don't understand French yet, so had to translate this online.
From what I'm reading, it appears that WiserEarth already fulfill some (even most) of the requirements? Particularly the solutions directory. I would consider finding ways to work together, instead of duplicating efforts. As an example, Catalytic Communities is considering to port their solutions directory to WiserEarth, so they can focus more on their work, and less on technical issues. They're also helping to translate WiserEarth to Portuguese.
Or am I reading (the translation) incorrectly? Either way, I think it would be useful to establish the specifications as Jean-Paul suggested below, so we can explore the possibilities.
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En fait, même pour simplement écrire le cahier des charges je me demande s'il ne faut pas déjà commencer à modifier le WE lui-même.
Le problème majeur est qu'il n'y a pas d'arborescence des sujets dans le Wiki !
Ces point d'amélioration du WE de base ne devaient pas être traités dans ce Group mais un autre groupe existant ou à créer.
Si quelqu'un connait dans quel groupe aller ? |
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En premier lieu je ne sais plus si je dois écrire en français ou en anglais ?
Je pense que WE actuellement n'est pas utilisable, en l'état, comme platforme ni pour les sachants (les writters), ni pour les lecteurs (readers). Par contre elle doit être suffisante pour arriver à définir un cahier des charges.
A partir de là 3 solutions sont possibles
Mais pourquoi ne pas commencer par le cahier des charges.
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Je pense qu'il est important de définir pour qui souhaite t on partager des solutions opérationnelles. Mon sentiment (mais je débute sur WE) est que Wiserearth est un outil potentiel formidable de diffusion entre "sachants" ou volontaires. Dans ce cadre là, c'est un espace de partage et de savoir entre experts.
Si par contre, on souhaite vraiment diffuser le maximum de solutions concretes pour permettre au grand public de s'approprier des bonnes idées pour les mettre en pratique localement, je ne suis pas sur que WE soit la bonne plate forme.
Pour ceux là , des sites présentant dans leurs langues, des projets ou initiatives qui touchent leurs quotidiens, on aura surement une plus grande diffusions de nos solutions.
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Vous pouvez ajouter Sephir et le média Ecolo-Info:-) Nous essayons tant que possible de faire des articles sur le sujet, à montrer en quoi d'autres solutions existent, et pourquoi les relances décidées actuellement sont vaines... En tant qu'économiste, je déplore le manque de réflexion sur le sujet dans les sphères bien pensantes actuelles...
Juste un lien, vers l'un de nos derniers articles en la matière: http://ecoloinfo.com/2009/02/16/comptes-nationaux-du-bien-etre-en-france-alors-heureuse/
La New Economic Foundation fait un travail formidable en Angleterre: ne pourrions nous pas travailler avec eux pour traduire le site? Ou envisager un projet similaire en France? |
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Y a-t-il des aspects de ce projet qui ne sont pas d'ores et déjà couverts techniquement au moins par la plate-forme et la communauté WiserEarth? Il me semble que WE répond à peu près exactement à tous les points du cahier des charges. Non? |
