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New Book on Global Stewardship

Edgeryders to write handbook on alternatives to governance

New Book onGlobal StewardshipEdgeryders to write handbook on alternatives togovernance

We're crowdsourcing a book, and we're calling on emergent influencers to lead a chapter that addresses "collaborative stewardship"!

As many social projects and responsibilities decentralize and general populations begin to assume greater ownership of their futures, we strive to mentor, empower, learn from, and partner with thought leaders who are developing new solutions for communities that are losing access to legacy resources previously made available by governments, corporations and large NGOs.


“Global Stewardship on the Edge: The Alternative to Problem-Solving Leadership in Times of Crisis” is a digital handbook and collection of thought pieces that brings together cutting-edge solution-oriented leadership in areas of open source software, eco-friendly communites, non-transactional economies, urban agriculture/sustainabilitiy, collective intelligence experiments and more.

Examples of Global Stewardship where collaborative solutions will address environmental, political, economic problems

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unMonastery

The unMonastery is a new kind of social space. It draws inspiration from 10th century’s monastic life to encourage radical forms of collaboration and innovation: a sort of lay, off-grid mendicant order striving for a society that can better withstand present and future systemic crises. The key move to achieving this consists in embedding unMonasterians within a local community, and trying to develop a mutually beneficial relationship between that community and the unMonastery.
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Heygate Estate

A public owned housing estate which was sold off to a private development firm at a loss but also at the cost of displacing many families - in the years that follow a community has sprung up around the estate to organise events and community garden but the property developers plan to demolish the building to build luxury flats continues.
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The Digital Stewards Program

The Digital Stewards Program focuses on building neighborhood infrastructure as part of a citywide Digital Justice campaign in Detroit, Michigan. Digital Stewards are currently working in four neighborhoods to build wireless networks and develop local applications.

We are hacktivists, artists, writers, social innovators, entrepreneurs, and researchers -- and we're prepared to boost the visiblity of your work through the Edgeryders Influencer Platform.

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We support your work with crowdsourced research

There is great overlap between your work and what our members spend time thinking about. We are non-spectators looking to make things happen now. Whether we can be of use as focus group participants or research assistants, our 2000+ network of citizen experts are passionate about social innovation and are ready to contribute high-level support to promising causes.
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Host a panel at "Living on the Edge" 4 (#LOTE4)

This event in Matera, Italy aims to set the foundations for a global stewardship ecosystem where solutions oriented conversations produces openness, collaboration and a "get it done" attitude.


Speakers will include Amelia Andersdotter, Chair of the European Pirate Party and previously member of the European Parliament on behalf of the Swedish Pirate Party, Fabrizio Barca, General Director at the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, and other notable changemakers.

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Your book chapter becomes a social platform through our network

Edgeryders wants to maximize the free flow of information by publishing insights across media types and channels, so a book is a minisite is an interactive campaign is a wiki is a conference session. All of it integrates with the purpose of bringing greater audience participation and buy-in to your work as it progresses in dialogue with our network and consituent audiences.

Want to author a conference paper? Let's talk!

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About Edgeryders

Edgeryders is a global community of people from different walks of life. What unites us is that we have decided to take personal action against the societal, environmental and economic challenges humanity is facing. Most of us have no access to the resources available to governments, corporations and large NGOs, so we tackle these challenges with what we have: ourselves, our own bodies and minds. Many of us are out to innovate, but not in the sense of making new gadgets. We aspire to a deep societal fix, for tackling the fundamental problems of expanding individual freedom, establishing a fair social deal, crafting an environmentally sustainable society.


We are trying out all sorts of cutting-edge innovation: open source software, eco-friendly communities, non-transactional economies, protest movements, urban agriculture, nomadic lifestyles, mutual emotional support in the face of a tough environment, sharing economies, you name it. Some of the smartest, most generous people you will ever meet showed up on Edgeryders, apparently out of nowhere. Most of us are not wealthy; some are struggling. Everyone finds the time to compare notes, share what we know, and help each other.


Edgeryders started out as a project by the Council of Europe and the European Commission. Upon termination, the community spun it off and built itself a new home on the web. A social enterprise, Edgeryders LBG, has been created to maintain and support the community's infrastructure.

It this sounds interesting, you are more than welcome to join our community. If you want to learn more about the enterprise, click here.

Email: info@edgeryders.eu
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