people, places and communities
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Imagine People, Places and Communities : A Vision of the Future
Dr. Andrew Wallace PhD BEng(hons) EurIng
Background EOS – a new dawn
European Organisation for Sustainability Propose an alternative socioeconomic
system Highest standard of living for the longest
time possible Science applied to society
Technate
Background Why bother?
Unsustainable Destruction of the planet
Alternative way of doing things Can we?
Background People side Technical side
Expert manage Goal orientated Openness (peer review) Framework Localised – no nations Money-less – no private property Sustainable Technate Holonic
Communities No nations Communities
Culture Language
Up to 200 in each A sustainable building block Interdependency – Reciprocal altruism
Communities Eco-units
Own energy production Own food production Own waste management Extra production capacity
Communities Networking Urbanate – replacement for cities
10 000 people (about 50 communities) Vertical Inclusive (home, workplaces, recreation) Own legal council – Governance
Network of Urbanate / confederations No geographical boundaries
Communities Governance
Direct democracy (recommendation) Legislative council
Representatives People vote on all laws passed People can over turn passed laws (given a
majority)
Communities
People – technical side interactionSame peopleCommunities decide what they will accept in their communities
The communities provide the specification
Overlap - negotiation
Communities Each having its own characteristic
Religions / non-religious Trans-human / primitive Ethnicity Language
Communities Limits
People Non-technical issues
Basic set of human rights Right to life Right to move else where Right to an education Right to health
Tolerance
Communities Trantor
Domes Communities
Dahl Ery Imperial Mandanov Millimaru Mycogen Nevrask North Damiano Streeling Wye Ziggoreth