Since the product of their labor does not have an exchange value, but a use value for a community of users, it is characterized by the production and distribution of the product of labor outside the market sphere (a post-capitalist form of the organization of production). that permits energy flows from many to many, - that is based on the voluntary participation of independent individual producers, households or communities, - who ideally use renewable sources safeguarding this way a long term sustainability and ecological balance. This article by George Papanikolaou appeared in a special issue of the Greek bi-lingual Re-Public magazine, Issue on P2P Energy, 2009

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You probably already know that Skype is a great tool – especially for community leaders. Given that we often have many tools to choose from, that we use them in tandem and that that the tools a community uses interact with each other in complex ways, how we talk about the tools and people’s experience matters. Although most people probably think of Skype as a personal or individual tool, it is complex enough to demonstrate the issues involved in understanding a community platform. (This is cross-posted from my blog on Learning Alliances .) If you are a technology steward,