Holistic Systems Design for ICT + Media
Building Communication Ecosystems That Behave More Like Nature — Interconnected, Adaptive, Resilient [OPEN] Our information and communication systems weren’t designed to support thriving societies. They…
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Digital Rights, Privacy & Ethical Tech Governance
How Communities Are Reclaiming Their Digital Lives — and Redesigning Technology Around Human Dignity We’re living in a world where almost every part of our…
Media Cooperatives, Independent Journalism & Community Storytelling
How Communities Are Reclaiming Media — and Rebuilding Trust From the Ground Up We’ve been living under a media system that profits from crisis, conflict,…
Media Cooperatives, Independent Journalism & Community Storytelling
Mainstream media tells us the public is “polarized,” “misinformed,” or “tuned out.” But here’s the truth: People aren’t the problem. The system is. When media…
Cooperative AI & Public-Interest Algorithms
How Communities Are Designing AI That Serves the Public Good — Not Corporate Power Most people experience AI as something done to them — not…
Trusted Information Systems & Community Verification
How Communities Are Rebuilding Truth From the Ground Up We’re told we’re living in a “misinformation crisis.” But misinformation isn’t the root problem. The real…
Cybersecurity as Community Safety
Why Digital Protection Is Collective Care — and How Communities Are Building Safety Networks Together [OPEN] For years, cybersecurity was treated like a technical problem….
Community-Owned Cloud, Data & Digital Commons
Why Our Digital Lives Need Community Control — and How People Are Rebuilding the Cloud From the Ground Up We talk a lot about community…
Information as Public Infrastructure
Why Communication Systems Are as Essential as Water, Roads, and Power — and How Communities Are Taking Them Back We think about infrastructure as roads,…
Mobility for Well-Being
Go to Wire Go to Flip the Script How communities worldwide are redesigning transportation systems to improve health, equity, climate resilience, and quality of life….
Systems in Synergy
What if the story of our world isn’t a collection of crises… …but a single system trying to rebalance itself? Welcome to Flip The Script—where…
Power to the People: Community Energy as a Health System
Power to the People: Community Energy as a Health System This Mobilized News event series explores how communities worldwide are taking back control of energy…
Community-Owned ICT + Interconnected Media Systems
Go to Wire Go to Flip the Script Go to Showcase The Big Picture All of life is interconnected. So why is Media and our…
Community-Owned Food Systems
Go to Wire Go to Flip the Script Go to Showcase From Field to Fermenter: Community Food Systems for Collective Health This Mobilized News event…
Design for Life
A World Designed for Well-Being Our crises are connected — so are the solutions. This media series follows how communities worldwide are restoring health by…
Electrifying Everything, Together
How communities coordinate EVs, heat pumps, and building retrofits so that electrification lowers bills, not overwhelms the grid. Electrifying Everything, Together What if electrification…
The Systems View: Energy, Ecology & Interdependence
The Systems View: Energy, Ecology & Interdependence What if energy wasn’t just a sector — but the circulatory system of life? For generations, we’ve treated…
The Global South Leads in Energy
What if the places long treated as “last in line” were actually leading the future of energy? For decades, the Global South was framed as:…
Participatory Power Planning
Participatory Power Planning What if communities didn’t just react to energy decisions — but made them? For decades, the energy system has been designed behind…
Resilience Hubs & Disaster-Ready Communities
Resilience Hubs & Disaster-Ready Communities What if your school, library, or church could save lives during the next blackout? We’ve been told disasters are unpredictable…
Financing the Future Co-operatively
Financing the Future Co-operatively What if clean energy wasn’t something we bought—but something we built together? For too long, people have been told the same…
Indigenous & Ancestral Energy Sovereignty
What if the future of clean energy isn’t new at all — but rooted in 10,000 years of wisdom? For generations, the dominant energy system…
Community Solar, Microgrids & Local Ownership
Community Solar, Microgrids & Local Ownership What if your power bill didn’t leave your community — but rebuilt it? For decades, utilities have told the…
Energy as a Public Health System
What if electricity wasn’t just power — but medicine? For over a century, we’ve treated energy as a commodity. Something you buy. Something big utilities…
Systems Change: Circularity (Materials and Resources)
♻️ Circularity in Materials & Resources How communities worldwide are restoring ecological balance and public health by designing materials, products, and systems that circulate —…