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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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Revolutionary Self-sustaining Eco-village Planned in the Netherlands | Buddhistdoor

Revolutionary Self-sustaining Eco-village Planned in the Netherlands | Buddhistdoor | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Concept community could be adapted for worldwide use
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Collaborative Economy Ecosystem

Collaborative Economy Ecosystem | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The sharing economy’s popularity is increasing. The term, and organizations often associated with it, such as Airbnb and Uber, is featured daily in the media. However it is not always clear what does or doesn’t belong to the collaborative economy; and what the collaborative economy looks like from the ‘inside’. Therefore we have created this ecosystem.


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Dutch govt says no to backdoors, slides $540k into OpenSSL without breaking eye contact

Dutch govt says no to backdoors, slides $540k into OpenSSL without breaking eye contact | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
People need encryption to be safe and secure, says ministry
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The Dutch “basic income” experiment is expanding across multiple cities

The Dutch “basic income” experiment is expanding across multiple cities | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A plan to give away no-strings-attached money is gaining traction.
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Dutch Pirate Party Leader Matthijs Pontier at BitcoinWednesday.com on Drug Policy and Cryptocurrency

Matthijs Pontier, leader of the Dutch Pirate Party, gives a presentation during the "Silk Road Edition" of BitcoinWednesday held on 4 March 2015. Mr. Pontier ...
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Dutch students choose to live in nursing homes rent-free (as long as they keep the residents company)

Dutch students choose to live in nursing homes rent-free (as long as they keep the residents company) | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

NINETY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Johanna beams at the 20-year-old stepping into her room — not a visiting grandson, but rather a housemate at her retirement home.

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Monsanto just lost a whole country.

Monsanto just lost a whole country. | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The Dutch parliament banned the sale of Roundup, Monsanto's favorite poison.
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Netherlands Is The 1st Country To Open A Solar Road For Public Use

Netherlands Is The 1st Country To Open A Solar Road For Public Use | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The world’s first solar bike lane is soon to be available for use in the Netherlands! The bike path that connects the Amsterdam suburbs of Krommenie and Wormerveer is a 70-meter stretch of solar-powered roadway set to open for the public on November 12th, 2014. The new solar road, which costs €3m (AUD$4.3m), was created […]
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The Netherlands Is Set To Open The World’s First Solar Bike Lane

The Netherlands Is Set To Open The World’s First Solar Bike Lane | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The Netherlands is opening up the world’s first stretch of road made with solar cells this week. And in keeping with the road’s environmentally-friendly message — and the cycling culture of the Netherlands — the road is built for bikes, not cars.
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Mobile library fab lab brings new skills to rural areas | Opensource.com

Mobile library fab lab brings new skills to rural areas | Opensource.com | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
FryskLab, Europe’s first mobile library-sponsored fab lab, is inspiring a passion of craftsmanship and curiosity to students in Fryslân, Netherlands.
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Massive Online Open Research - P2P Foundation

Massive Online Open Research - P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

"MOOR (massive online open research) is a project at the University of Amsterdam which seeks to create software so that qualitative research can be performed open, online and collaboratively. Specifically, we are looking for ways to discuss and draw conclusions about data materials (such as text and imagery) collaboratively.

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Amsterdam sort-of legalizing AirBnB | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com

Amsterdam sort-of legalizing AirBnB | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

“According to Alderperson Freek Ossel this form of rental is an “additional form of accommodation that dovetails with a hospitable Amsterdam.” However, to maintain its ‘occasional character’ persons renting out their property are allowed to do this for a maximum of four persons at a time and for a maximum of two months per year in total. Renting out a property longer than two months will be viewed by the supervisory agency as an indication of possible commercial activity. Tourist taxes will become obliged. Further regulations are negotiated to deal with nuisance and unsafe situations.

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More good news in Amsterdam/Meer goed nieuws uit Amsterdam - The Airbnb Public Policy Blog

Lees in het Nederlands. Today, the Amsterdam City Council gave final approval to a new policy that embraces home sharing and makes Amsterdam a pioneer in the global sharing economy.
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This Dutch town will grow its own food, live off-grid, and handle its own waste

This Dutch town will grow its own food, live off-grid, and handle its own waste | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Meet the "Tesla of eco-villages".
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A Dutch City Is Experimenting With Giving Away A Basic Income Of $1,000 A Month

A Dutch City Is Experimenting With Giving Away A Basic Income Of $1,000 A Month | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Utrecht is one of four Dutch cities trying to figure out what happens if you give your citizens free money.
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12 Dutch cities plan to roll out guaranteed basic income for residents in 2016

12 Dutch cities plan to roll out guaranteed basic income for residents in 2016 | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Political leaders in 20 Dutch cities are closing in on the launch of an experimental social program to pay out a basic income with no means testing attached.
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A Dutch City Will Start Experimenting with Unconditional Basic Income This Summer - Futurism

A Dutch City Will Start Experimenting with Unconditional Basic Income This Summer - Futurism | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Utrecht wants to see how basic income works in a real world setting.
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NETHERLANDS: Basic Income activists initiates crowd funding process to finance his own Basic Income

NETHERLANDS: Basic Income activists initiates crowd funding process to finance his own Basic Income | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
  A 24 year old econometrician from the Netherlands, named Sjir Hoeijmakers, is also a leading basic income activist.
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Nijmegen Sharing City Embraces No-Money Abundance

Nijmegen Sharing City Embraces No-Money Abundance | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
In 2013, Ronald van den Hoff, founder of Seats2meet, introduced Shareable co-founder Neal Gorenflo to Nils Roemen. A Dutch consultant, community organizer, and sharing activist, Roemen has co-founded numerous sharing projects. One of his first was DareToAsk ("Durftevragen" in Dutch), a workshop based on tapping into social abundance by inviting people to ask each other for help.
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Organising and strategies to politicise the commons - Netherlands | P2P Foundation

Organising and strategies to politicise the commons - Netherlands | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
During this workshop, we would like to review different commoning practices in terms of organisation here in the Netherlands. But we would also like to think about strategies to politicise these practices, so that they may be involved in a larger political struggle instead of staying in the invisible margins of our economy.
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Interview: ‘How the Sharing Economy is taking off in the Netherlands’ [VIDEO]

Interview: ‘How the Sharing Economy is taking off in the Netherlands’ [VIDEO] | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

shareNL is the Dutch knowledge & network platform for the sharing economy. They are an independent organisation whose mission is to develop the sharing economy in the Netherlands (and abroad).  ShareNL connects sharing economy entrepreneurs, consult companies, organizations and governments. They work on more knowledge and research, inspire and activate consumers, and inform media and politics.

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Amsterdam Smart Cities Supports 'Model Me'

Amsterdam Smart Cities Supports 'Model Me' | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Amsterdam Smart City supports the development of an online interactive application in Zuidoost in which users of the area can post their development ideas.
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CROWDBUILDING

THE solution for empty officespace in the Netherlands! Crowd fund a building with your friends and make it into a dreamhouse!
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Amsterdam adopts new private rental policy that benefits Airbnb hosts and the sharing economy - The Next Web

Amsterdam adopts new private rental policy that benefits Airbnb hosts and the sharing economy - The Next Web | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The city of Amsterdam has approved a new set of rules that allows residents to rent out their homes on Airbnb with less red tape.
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Amsterdam embraces sharing economy - Collaborative Consumption

Amsterdam embraces sharing economy - Collaborative Consumption | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The City of Amsterdam has made an important step towards the emerging sharing economy.
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