We are witnessing a move towards de-institutionalization, from an education that works for the institution towards institutions that work for education, or from a democracy that works for parties and governments or parties and governments that work for democracy. We’re republishing an important contribution from Ismael Peña-López : “In October 2009 I had the chance to be one of the participants that took part into the Open EdTech Summit 2009: Exploring Learning Solutions Together. The aim of the event was to reflect on the future of education.

This article by George Papanikolaou appeared in a special issue of the Greek bi-lingual Re-Public magazine, Issue on P2P Energy, 2009 The new government invoked during the election campaign the notion of “green development”, without clarifying its concrete socio-economic content. The same issue has articles by Erik Hunting and myself, as well as many others, and they are consistenly interesting. Abstract “Since the direct production process is the one that defines distribution, the single most important innate advantage of P2P production is that it ensures,

Unlike many academics, Wainwright is not shy about plunging into the rough-and-tumble of politics and government. In 1982, she headed up the ‘popular planning unit’ part of the Economic Policy Department of the Greater London Council, a government body that managed a number of critical London-wide services, from roads, housing and public transportation to fire-fighting, emergency planning and waste disposal. Its new and attractive democratic model of local government and its Hillary Wainwright is one of the finest people I have met over the last few years, so I’m happy to share this profile, written by my friend David Bollier : “If you want to learn the nitty-gritty about social transformation in our times — What works and what doesn’t?