Here I am: Indinur (Andrew), born in 1973, Sardinian "nuragic" in the sense that I feel very attached to my roots and I try to dig up and make my, comparing and adjusting to the current socio-political-economic needs, a thought and a way of ancient living that however here has never entirely disappeared. I work mainly with the nature and the raw materials that it makes available to us (especially cork and olives but not only), but I also occasionally collaborate in any field of action when required. Borderline from several points of view, politically I'm not framed, without cursus honorum or curriculum articulable :), hyperactive, fundamentally skeptical even though I try to hide it to myself, lover of nature to live and of the experimentation at 360 °.Deeply autarkic in material needs than absolutely hungry for spiritual and cultural sharing, open source oriented.Shy, reserved and often secluded, always ready to participate and lend a hand to those who do not wait for destiny. I hate those "I do not seem to get it" and who "blessed you know to do." I have a penchant for science and technology, old and new (from the computer to the

Founding member of national steering group for Transition Ireland and Northern Ireland, where my main role is communications. http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/ ............ Member of ECOLISE Alliance - Main role is communications. http://www.ecolise.eu/ ..................Implementer - Virtual Communications.................... Facilitator - Sustainabilty Practioner.................. Project Manager - Sustainable Project Management......................... My real life passion is as a Spiritual Healer -Shamanic Practitioner. Visit my website for more details... http://alexduffy.net/

  

OpenTechSchool Matera + unMonastery

For the past twenty two years I have been founding, advising and accelerating mission-driven ventures. I have invested a combination of human, social, intellectual and financial capital in more than a dozen companies – including my own – and have developed a reputation as a hard-hitting, street-smart and commercially savvy advisor. I have devoted my career to working on, with and within organizations that are seeking to solve our most pressing social, environmental, economic, political and cultural challenges. I'm both a lover and a fighter, and believe that a life of service is a life well lived.

Globally minded creative strategist and researcher interested in Social Innovation and shared knowledge through data for social good, focusing on well-being, inclusion, and sustainability.

researcher, grassroots innovation and fab labs

Researcher, coach, a consultant with long track experience in the circular economy. Shifting his focus from objective content building to subjective processes steering.

I'm a software engineer and for me open-source really matters as it guarantees freedom and transparency. Little by little I realized that open-source could be applied to any domain of our life. The main other interests I have are permaculture, ecology and social aspects.

Board: @ResonateCoop. Objective: a co-operative planet led by artists. Past: KAOS-fm, K, Sub Pop, Up Records, Clear Cut, Cabin Games. #MakeMusicNotWar #LandBack

Professor of Economics at Georgia Southern University. I teach policy-oriented courses in public finance & policy, environment, and immigration. I also teach a course entitled Analyzing Innovation Through Science Fiction that employs science fiction as a thought experiment on the intended and unintended consequences of technological change. In addition, I teach environmental economics for the international business and economics program at Aalto University in Mikkeli, Finland.

I'm a Warsaw-based sociologist and director of Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation an NGO working with methodologies that use digital tools to increase civic and cultural engagement. I am a member of the core team of Communia, the European association for the digital public domain. I also co-lead Creative Commons Poland, work on copyright reform and openness of public resources, consult NGOs and public institutions on openness and have previous experience in long-term strategic planning at national level. Since 2015, I have been involved in the strategic re-design of the Creative Commons network. Since 2018, I am involved in the Wikimedia Strategic Process, as a coordinator of the Working Group on Partnerships.

**@kcnickerson** - Maker, Coder, Hacker, dTaz, i6, OmersV, CDL, Xanadu, HorizonIO, xFlixel, xRthm, xKobo, xOpenCola, xMicrosoft, xRogers, xBanks, xXs

We're a community project making remote work local.

Transformational Change for Transformational Change

Hello I am a Freelancer DOing things: Illustrator, Coworking space CEO and Playing in a Band [Coworking](http://www.lacaravanacoworking.com) [Illustrations](https://discourse.edgeryders.eu/t/quote-repository-may-be-for-the-twitterstorm-and-alike/2016) [Bancamp](https://2chords2.bandcamp.com/releases)

A Digital Marketer Expert, and Entrepreneur. I have been working in the Field of Digital Marketing and SEO for over 8 Years.

Trained as a Social Scientist, I have pioneered Matera's successful bid to the European Capital of Culture title. It all started with some voluntary work in a cultural association of imaginative youngsters, and finished as part of the Artistic Direction team. Since the city's nomination, I have been observing the un-failure in implementing the visionary projects which we one for. I have been observing from an involuntary distance, as I have relocated in Brussels and am currently working in the field of Eurospace (application of space technologies).

Jamaity is an association based in Tunisia and an associative, interactive and participatory platform that brings together CSOs in the same space to facilitate their networking, give them access to information and opportunities available to them. To know more visit our [website]( http://jamaity.org/), our Facebook [page](https://www.facebook.com/jamaity.org/) or our Linkedin [account](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/)

Founder of humanity.tech Improving lives with the possibilities of digital health.

Researcher in cognitive art and science, affiliated to the Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel ([CLEA](http://www.vub.ac.be/CLEA/people/index.shtml)) / Evolution, Complexity and COgnition group ([ECCO](http://ecco.vub.ac.be)), and to the [Global Brain Institute](http://globalbraininstitute.org). Author of _[Anoptikon, an exploration of the invisible internet: escaping Darwin's hand](https://medium.com/@olivierauber/anoptikon-e57199b8e76a)_. (French: _[Anoptikon, une exploration de l'internet invisible: échapper à la main de Darwin](http://anoptikon.com)_. [Fyp 2019](https://boutique.fypeditions.com/products/anoptikon-une-exploration-de-linternet-invisible)). > Today, the idea of radically changing money is as false as the idea of flying was yesterday.

Decelerator and ecocreator.

I hold a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design and serve on the Board of Permaculture Association (Britain). I am a leading figure in developing Sociocracy in the UK. I facilitate strategic and operational working circles of Sociocracy UK and provide training in Sociocratic working. My office currently hosts the operational activities of Sociocracy UK. I'm an internationally recognised visiting expert in community currency development and am responsible for innovation and the development of registration services using open money protocols across Europe. I have over 20 years of experience within community currencies, having set up and run a LETSystems and incentive programmes. I am the co-founder and managing director of UK social enterprises Common Resource Ltd and East London Food Access Ltd, where I lead on design, development and research. With experience of the UK social enterprise and community sectors, I specialise in applied CSR and innovation, and facilitate, chair and manage a portfolio of community projects. I have extensive experience of Community Empowerment Networks and for over five years served on a Local (Municipal) Strategic Partnership. I am also a professionally trained mediator. I am available to work on a freelance or consultancy basis.

Lost the cape some morning. I mean the old cape. Why make money if the species is to die out because of it? I wondered. then I tried again, my style, then I failed because it was too much of my style. So here I am, willing to Fail harder, to learn and bring some useful and/or meaningful changes.

I am a Hungarian visual artist. I hold a degree in philosophy, in history and in art. I am interested in how we perceive our reality, the space around us, and how constant moving (which is pretty much how I live) effects our engagement with our immediate environment.

My name is Alina and I am originally from Bucharest. I am currently studying Leisure Management in the Netherlands, and next year I will start my specialisation in creative industries and social innovation. Last year I did a 7 months internship at Artconnect, which is a start-up that aims to empower artists' career in Berlin, by bringing the art scene of Berlin together in an open and transparent online network. This internship got me very interested in community management and in the way individuals can become more powerful as an entity in fostering social change and innovation. This is also what brought me here, on Edgeryders. Ever since I decided to go and study abroad, right after highschool, I thought that I would like to come back to Bucharest and try to do something here, because I think the city is fun and that it has a lot of potential. Also, I find it challenging and exciting to try and create something here. This is also the reason why I am very interested in Bucharest's bidding to become european cultural capital 2021, and especially in the way a community like edgeryders could contribute to drive innovation and to contribute to the overall strategy.

I am Mustapha, Research Project (POPREBEL) Administrator at UCL University, London.

Hello, I am Moushira. I am a design technologist, with passion for enabling communities to decide and work collaboratively on their ideas. Originally an architect, I used to work in remote areas while developing alternative sustainable building technologies, and collaborative decision work methodologies with the local communities in Sinai mountains and the Moroccan Sahara. I recently shifted to interaction design, where I develop DIY products that focus on expanding the userbase of technologies. In addition, I am a community consultant to the Wikimedia Foundation's reading team. Around here, I am working with WeMake, on the opencare initiative, while trying to figure out what is it that the community wants. Check out one of my ineresting project stories here: http://rishalaser.org/hello-world

Brady Lea is a playwright, performer, arts educator and CEO of The WELL, the pioneering online community (founded in 1985). She is a graduate of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College and a a resident playwright with both PlayGround and 3Girls Theatre, with whom her new play Big Mike with Peaches will have its first public reading in April 2016. She also teaches physical theatre, clowning, playwriting and improvisation. She's in her ninth year as an artist-in-residence at San Francisco School of The Arts, a public arts high school. In 2012, Brady joined together with ten other longtime members of The WELL to purchase the community from Salon, and has served as the chair of the board of The WELL since that time. In 2014, she took over as CEO. She is passionate about community, arts education, cooking, baseball, and talking about herself in the third person.

Born spanish, but without any specific geographical attachment. I am a non formal education; being it outdoor activities with children (surfing, kayaking, mountain biking or climbing!) or experiential learning activities with adults.

Your practical skillset Hands-Brain-Love workhop/material knowledge, graphic design, critical and inspiring feedback, down-to-earth-person/thinking What you are interested in learning during this course Getting to know different approaches, finding solutions What you are interested in offering/contributing Time, Interest and skills

I live in Milano with my wife and three childrens, and I still nourish a passionate interest for spirituality and technology. I spent many years of my professional career to use and promote free software (free as freedom), as a cutting edge solution in business contexts. Now I'm working at Intesi Group as technology evangelist, engaged on strategy and communication. I like to play with my childrens using funny tech "toys" like arduino, because I like to think that in the foreseeable future we all will be able to fabricate our own stuff. I also study the hebrew language, hoping a day to better understanding the Bible. In spring 2013 I discovered the EdgeRyders initiative and the unMonastery experience on Internet, with a clear feeling of familiarity of ideas and spirit, especially when I read the great post of Alberto about  "What modern-day social innovators can learn from the life and times of St. Benedict". Rules are really like software protocols in our organizations: I believe it becouse I experienced it many times during my professional live, in many different organizations. And when rules are soft and open like in the St. Benedict's Rule, or in the Stallman's GNU Public License, then a silent deep revolution can start. And I believe that an other requirement is very important to trigger this kind of silent radical innovations: the device ("le dispositif" of Michel Foucault).  Without Internet and the personal computer the free software revolution couldn't have existed. Also the Rule of St. Benedict can't be implemented without the distinctive architecture of monasteries. The architecture of the space in which we live, the design of the objects and technology we use, the hardware and the network hosting and moving our digital data: all this kind of things are devices, in which many possibility are implicitly enabled or disabled, which some constraints and some degree of freedom embedded inside. And both, rules and devices, must be designed together, because  each one assume and involve the other. My wife, a philosopher of education, and me, we feel the need of a place in our city area, in Milan, where is possible to organize cultural events and technological laboratories, a mental contagion space open to people and especially to children (the future is of them), where is possible to meet new ideas, makers, social innovators. I think this aim is strongly tuned with the EdgeRyders spirit, so I joined the community.

Knowledge Management and Innovation Intern at UNDP IRH. Final year Economics student at Galatasaray University in Istanbul.

Living in Harlau, a small town in Iasi, Romania. I'm a freelancer specialized in online marketing, project management, content creator, social media, online marketing, PR, journalism and others.

"I SEEK WAYS NOT JUST TO DO GOOD BUT ALSO RATHER TO HELP MANY OTHERS DO BETTER." I was born and raised in Kenya; I am appreciative of the cultural diversity and communities that I have been a part of over the years. Though initially taken aback by the culture shock along the way, I have come to realize that there is something unique to share from the life of every individual that the world can learn from. It is this realization that I hope to encourage in others through my journey in life. I have always yearned to be a more proactive member to the betterment of society. It sounds cliché but "saving" the world, rather the people within it, is my pursuit of happiness... With that said, I can save anyone. However, helping one realize where his or her freedom truly begins; that is, within the mind, is the most catapulting act towards that saving grace that anyone can offer another. I am passionate about creating change in the world. I believe that my generation is the generation that can end extreme poverty and want to dedicate my work to that. I ideally like working on the ground with local communities, to create sustainable projects to increase access to education and gender equality. I have strengths in volunteer which I would like to develop further. The common threads throughout my experiences are a desire to communicate with the world around me, to impart knowledge to those who desire it, to work tirelessly in achieving goals in a diverse workplace, and to continue to learn and grow alongside the organizations I serve. I am passionate about purpose driven responsibilities especially engaging in activities involving practical development solutions. I am self-oriented and endowed with both spoken and written communication skills and a team leader as well. Community Empowerment is my passion, Sustainability is my mission, Fundraising is a gift and volunteering is what got me where I am today. It is what nurtured me into becoming an effective fundraiser for noble and Worthy causes. These are the only constant things in an organization. I believe in a society where people are entitled to their personal decisions by expressing and exploring their abilities and potential to influence their lives. I work towards harnessing the individual and collective power of marginalized people through nurturing strategic alliances believing less fortunate people hold and have the power to transform a society or a community. I am passionate about social change and community services, to network with likeminded individuals and find possible roles and solutions in developing the world.

Hi, I'm not a real person. I'm a bot that can teach you about this site. To interact with me, send me a message or mention **`@discobot`** anywhere.

I am a Social Worker, holding a MA in Human Rights and Democracy in SEE. At the moment I am working for the Albanian Head of Network, which is part of Anna Lindh Foundation Network and part of an international network of over 40 countries - Albanian Forum for the Alliance of Civilizations. The main focus is intercultural and interfaith dialogue and coexistence. My working contract, however, ends in two months. After that the plan is to work full time for another NGO, YMCA-Young Man Christian Association, which has started functioning in Albania in the last 2 years and where I have been volunteering in the last year. I am a board member as well. For now there are only two people leading and working, me and a colleague, and friend of mine and we do not have an office either. YMCA has a lot of branches worldwide and quit powerful but in Albania we are still young and on our first steps. The entire work and activities that we implement are on volunteer bases but hopefully soon things will change for the best. The main focus of YMCA is youth empowerment and everything that it implies and covers: not limited only to young people, and of course not limited only to man and/or Christian. Its philosophy is a healthy body-mind-soul. This is what makes us believe and hope to have even some positive result when engaging with the community and the young people. It is important to mention that in Albania corruption is a big problem and what is worse is that it has 'concurred' the civil society as well. This makes it difficult and sometimes even impossible for new and young organizations or centers to survive especially without the right connections. For this reason we struggle but also hope!

Free sotware lover, Linux expert, likes robotics, the environment, electronics, transhumanism, snowboarding, music synthesizers, generetive art, improvised theatre

Natasha Israt Kabir is a Freelance Researcher, Adjunct Lecturer at the department of Law and Justice, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Charles Wallace Trust Fellow, U.K and U.S State Department alumni as well. She is the founder President of BRIDGE Foundation and social business entrepreneur as well for the excluded deaf and mute artists in Bangladesh entitled with "Magical Art of Silence" She finished her first post-graduation and graduation from the Department of International Relations, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh and 2nd Post-Graduation being a UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation scholar while studying at Pondicherry Central University, India Her Interests are: Colonialism & Nationalism In South Asia, Peace and Conflict Resolution in South Asia, China in International Politics, Contemporary International Relations, Introduction To Society, Culture, Economy of South Asia, Research Methodology, Energy Security in South Asia, Environmental Issues In South Asia, European Integration, Institutions, Policies and Programs, Diaspora Study, Government and Politics in South Asia, Contemporary Issues IN South Asia, South Asia in World Affairs, Regional Cooperation in South Asia, Foreign Policy, Sociology of Disaster Management Academic Profile: Academia Edu and Research Gate Can be found: natashaisratkabir@gmail.com FaceBookPageofITforDiffrentlyAble:https://www.facebook.com/groups/187294091435120/Arts,EducationandJobs forDifferentlyAble:https://www.facebook.com/groups/764280420322804/ |skype:natasha.kabir2010|Facebook:NatashaKabir.https://www.facebook.com/natasha.kabir.5 |tweeter:https://twitter.com/kabirnatasha123:|Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-kabir-7a4a7320 https://isratnatasha.wordpress.com

I am a post-doctoral scholar who is based out of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I hold a PhD in sociology and anthropology and other degrees. I am also as a volunteer for Pirate Parties International where I was elected as a board member and Treasurer, as a result of being a board member and the international coordinator of Pirate Party Israel. In conjunction with other members of the Pirate Parties, we are seeking to collaborate with Edgeryders to promote our social care outreach, providing services for Pirate Parties in numerous countries and citizens who seek tools to promote online democratic values and prevent violations of personal online privacy.

Goal: Working full-time in Literacy Advocacy, Health and Yoga Literacies, and Writing with regard to social justice and community service initiatives. Previous work: Higher education and non-profit spheres with communication, development, and programming. Focus points: Digital storytelling, human rights, yoga, women, literacy, and economic development issues. Always searching for the next big opportunity to make a bigger impact: Just organize. Tell stories. Be mindful and intentional. Certified Laugha Yoga Leader. RYT 200 (January 2017).

Hello my name is Eric & i'm Web Designer & Developer by profession & internet Marketing Expert by passion – a tech-savvy i'm currently associated with digital design & branding agency. With an masters degree.

I'm a curious, ever-searching-for-experiences-that-I-can-learn-from 24 year old young adult from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. I'm deeply passionate about education, psychology, philosophy, traveling and anything that has to do with inner growth. I have been a primary teacher in the biggest Roma community in Romania as part of the Teach for Romania program and this has been the most transformational experience of my life, as I have learned priceless lessons about myself, people, our nature and the interaction between us and I left the program with a completely different worldview and attitude towards life, compared to the one I had before. I have been an Erasmus student 3 times in my life (Chur, CH; Berlin, DE; Porto, PT). These amazing experiences helped me become more and more open-minded, accepting, curious and considerate towards people I meet. I'm currently looking for a job in Cluj-Napoca, while constantly feeding my curiosity about life and its' perks through interactions with people, reading and attending interesting events.

I'm an American living in Galway working with Cosáin, Community Wellness. ..helped create Volunteer Galway's Flourish service and became a member of the HSE's Galway Consumer Panel. From there, Cosáin was developed and continues growing. Cosáin is a peer-led, peer-support community which works on helping its members recover in unique and personal manners, outside of the medical model. This group encouraged me, and made me believe that I could change. It gave me hope, which was the most important part of my own recovery process. Being a part of this group has empowered me to not just help myself but to help myself through supporting others. It has given me a role and purpose in the Galway community. I would greatly recommend it's services to anyone who needs to rest their head, breathe, and chat a bit.

Camilla Bossi, sales and marketing specialist at ECPI Group, a leading European provider of sustainability indices and research. Camilla is responsible for the sales strategy implementation targeting pension funds, foundations, banks, asset managers and insurance companies after several years as PM. Before joining ECPI, Camilla was consultant at Barabino & Partners, the leading corporate communication group in Italy, and junior financial reporter at Thomson Reuters newswire. Camilla holds a Master in Economics majoring in Labour economics from Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan.

After working for ten years with multinationals and networks that are at the forefront of social change, Fabio co-founded Breathing Games. Passionate about the capacities of teams to self-organize and about inner transformation, he has been exploring and implementing practices that favour collective wisdom: non-exclusive innovation, sustainable synergies, fair decision-making, transparent revenue redistribution. Fabio holds a Masters of Advanced Studies in Human Systems Engineering (University of applied sciences Western Switzerland) as well as graduate degrees in Crisis Communications (Zurich University of applied sciences), Adult Education (Swiss Confederation) and Game Design (Montreal University). He is continuing his education with an interdisciplinary PhD at Concordia University in Montreal. Fabio was awarded four innovation and health prices in Europe and Canada. He speaks English, French, German and Italian.

Hi, My name is Leesa Johnson and I'm living in London for my studies from last 10 years. I have completed my MBA degree at London University and now I'm pursuing my Ph.D. degree. After completing my MBA degree I have joined select my tutor and I'm working there as a Marketing Manager. Whenever I find some free time from my busy schedule, I use to read some inspirational novels; it's my hobby and my inspiration too for succeeding in my life.

Anti-capitalist free software developer. I am pro white genocide, against all prisons.

I am Barack Obama

lover of the rhythm, 16-year-old girl who goes with the flow and who's just trying to be the best version of herself :)

Philosopher, interested in Post-structuralism, new ways to do international cooperation, passionate about Geopolitics and China-Africa relations . I've worked a lot with refugees, doing legal orientation, helping them to find jobs, houses… but also trying to find innovative ways to be a community. I realized for The Municipality of Milan, this project, www.milano.italianostranieri.org, that helps migrants, living in Milan, to find schools. I did a research about a Chinese cooperation project in Tanzania. Now I work for Municipality of Milan - Smart City Office, OpenCare Project.

Isabelle Wachsmuth – Huguet, MSc, MPH is an expert in multi-sectoral institutional and human capacity building with 18 years of experience in an international network promoting and implementing knowledge management solutions in both high and low income countries. She has a Masters in Sciences on "Genie Physiologique" at the University of Poitiers, France and Master in Public Health at the University of Geneva. She was Director of international advanced technology projects in private sector (Vivendi Universal) Now in WHO Headquarter, she is project manager for the Service Delivery and Safety Department to address innovation of service delivery (genomic, palliative care, delivery science) and Quality of Universal Health Coverage in the perspective to strengthen health system. She is the moderator of the international francophone forum on Health Information For All. HIFA Forums are worldwide collaboration platforms of 20,000 members. From 2007, in WHO Headquarter, she was a project manager of the Evidence Informed Policy Network for the Knowledge Ethic and Research Department. From 2002, she has worked for various WHO departments and on Public-Private Partnerships as adviser for UNECE for Economic Cooperation and Integration and Sustainable Energy Divisions to establish International PPP Centre of Excellence on Health, Institutional and Legal Concession PPP and Renewable energy.

Omri 25 from Tel aviv, Israel. Industrial design student, a cook and a musician.

I'm studying societal and economic communications at UdK practical skill set: well-structured, knowledge about contemporary arts, communicative What I am interested in learning during this course: learning more about product design, materials and interdiscipilary team-work with people from different skills and backgrounds. What I am interested in offering/contributing: creativity, theoreatical and conceptual input, design thinking method

I'm an UdK student (societal and economic communications) and a copywriter. My practical skill set: wiriting and editing texts, giving creative input, hosting guests, caring for people emotionally and hands-on. What I am interested in learning during this course: interdiscipilary team-work with people from different backgrounds, how to use design and design thinking to shift cultural, social and environmental structures, learning how to do pull off a project on such an important topic, getting deeper into the nexus of global health care changes. What I am interested in offering/contributing: critical, constructive input, problem-solving abilities, theoretical knowledge, creativity

My practical skill set: open-mindedness, mediation, analyzing/breaking down complex issues into manageable pieces, patience, positivity - What I am interested in learning during this course: organized interdisciplinary team work, new research/communication/presentation methods, how to utilize alternative design processes and possibilities such as open source or crowdfunding, engaging with topics of cultural/social/political/environmental importance - What I am interested in offering/contributing: creativity, design thinking and problem-solving abilities, hands-on construction skills and material knowledge

Offering skills: Graphic Design / Visualization// Building stuff together // Teamwork Coordination // Text Looking for: Experiencing a long range design processes // working together with people with differen backgrounds

I´m from Perú, I was study fine Arts there. My life was a little complicated My father drank a lot and my mother was not there, One day I decided to escape from this life. I wanted out of there and meet other worlds so I leave my studies and my life there so I came to Germany to make a year as Au-pair (because was first easy way to sustain) but with no more Ideas than the second world war about Germany and any plan for the future here. I was only sure about one thing and was no come back, not return to the horror that lived with my father in peru. These year i discovered the Udk and interested me to study here and stay. So I decided to prepare me to enter. I had no idea how hard it is to a foreign and more when your are no European get a place in the University here. ( 3 jobs, German exams, porfolio... ) But I got it ! with much effort and the Idea that I could not go back helped me a lot. So I study product design in Berlin and I can stay as a student here because the father from my au-pair family wrote a document for me because I don´t have 8,000 Euro for a year for a Student visa here. He is like my angel and my warranty person in this country and I learned to fight and have faith,make my life and grow here. After all this I think my practical skillset is give hope to the others to fight for what they really want. I´m interested in learning during this course How help the others, What can do the design to really help the others, What can be the other function from design in the people, in the society,because I know how is to be in the other site of the situation. I´m interested about learning how can building proyects with people from the real life and design. Because I can as designer to create a lot of new objects or re-create but I personally need a sustain and a purpose. And together with design do it something for the group of people that nobody see.

My practical skill set: urbanism, intertwining theory and practice, qualitative interviewing skills, empowering group processes and mediation, text editing, motivating, listening, brainstorming, helping to conduct experiments, bringing calm, working within complex contexts, creation of atmospheres The things I am interested in learning during the open care course? pottery and or other workshop skills, experimental research, realizing a concept / project with the energy and skills of an interdisciplinary group What I am interested in offering/contributing? see skill set

vita: born - school - lost - traveled - school - design - lost - traveled - design My practical skillset: bicycle repair, fixing stuff in general, problem finding (what's wrong) constructive/mechanical problem solving, making things hands on, Feedback/critique, getting shit done, design/graphics/layout, computerstuff, tough, art enthusiast I am interested in learning during this course: professionalisation of group organization, coordination groups, efficient teamwork, politic, bringing a project in the real world I am interested in offering/contributing: bicycle repair, fixing stuff in general, problem finding (what's wrong) constructive/mechanical problem solving, making things hands on, Feedback/critique, graphic/layout

Berlin based product design student. Before getting that status I lived out of a backpack for over a year, picked apples on a farm, worked in a radio station, had several jobs between kitchen hand and bartender.

Skills: Pflege bei Krankheit, Trost spenden, kleine Gesten im Alltag/Aufmerksamkeiten, Menschen zusammenbringen, Schnittstelle sein, Korrektur lesen, Freunde bei Entscheidungen beraten, Situationen mit Weitblick analysieren

My practical skillset: Moving, Premiere and Editing video, Sorting stuff, cooking and hosting, Listening and Empathy, Reduce complexity, Cheer and build up people. What am I interested in learning during this course? More interesting new techniques, gain experience in campaigning, cross-disciplinary collaboration, design techniques What I can offer/contribute? Qualitative interviewing skills, brainstoriming techniques, rapid prototyping

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World citizen, I believe in people power to change their communities and the Society, thinking of myself as a bridge builder and thrower; passionate about, -mmh social impact yes…- but also Human related matters such as literature, fine arts, culture(s), Ecology, or yoga. I am contemplating to put my experience in Finance (Investments) to better serve social purposes and/or develop my own social entrepreneurship project. I continue to turn the world as in my 20's, but from Luxembourg, where I am based. I am "Belgian". For this conference, I am looking forward to share (with you), inspire and get inspired (by you) and get some fresh ideas to bring home and develop in the field of "migration & social innovation" (but not only:)!

My fascination with failing forward was sparked when I was introduced to Engineers Without Borders Canada's 'Failure Report'. Fast-forward five years, and I'm a die-hard EWBer deeply involved in the report's annual publication and potential restructuring, including serving as Editor-in-Chief in 2014. Other stints with EWB include designing programs for youth that challenge the pervasive saviour complex surrounding development work, and serving as Business Development Team Lead for a project in West Africa using mobile tech to improve entrepreneurs' access to finance. Outside of EWB, I'm proud Windsorite (my hometown), and amateur wrestler and huge foodie. Can't wait to connect at conference!

Rand escaped from war and death in Syria. She's been in Belgium for four months now, searching for a better life where she can achieve her dreams. She would like to complete her studies in music and sound engineering, which she had to interrupt due to the war. In Belgium, she returned to one of her favourite pastimes: designing jewellery.

Professional in the furniture industry & economic analysis, Mousab fled Syria because of the war in which he lost everything. His brother was killed and his family got dispersed. He's going for a new life in Belgium and for the time being lives with a Belgian family. He enjoys their warm hospitality. "Peace and love to everyone."

Stefanos thinks himself as a European nomad. At the age of 17 he left his home town Thessaloniki for the greek island of Syros to join a five-year study programme of design with a systemic twist but not a specific orientation. Not finding any job descriptions matching his perspective of design as a creative problem setting and solving, he worked for the following five years in various culture related fields (animation & documentary production, event curation & music). The Greek recession made him re-evaluate his options and gravely contributed in his decision to leave his homeland and follow up in his studies with an MSc program in Service Systems Design in Copenhagen, Denmark. One year later he joins Namahn design consultancy in Brussels as an intern. He is currently working on his thesis in the field of service co-creation in the context of smart cities. His academic and professional interests lie in the fields of citizen participation, systems thinking and design for transformation. In his free time he reads science fiction, investigates the global musical underground and curates a weekly radio show on an internet pirate radio station.

I am dedicated to consultancy and new business developments, in optimalizing energy, matter and waste streams in agro-food and bio-chemical industries. In recent years I have developed a deep interest for new ventures and business ideas related to Blue Economy. I have contributed to several initiatives around the Brussels Blue Economy Group, but no effective commercial or industrial action has been decided yet. Most of my attention goes towards small scale urban industry and workplaces, large scale urban farming and waste solutions. I am managing director of an independent yacht charter agency, for more than 20 years now. I founded Sail and Sun Cruises (www.sailandsun.com), a specialist agency in yacht charter and nautical events in 1993. Our specialty is Luxury Yacht charter, although we remain active in bare boat charter and we are occasionally involved in special interest cruises for small groups, in nautical incentives, in meetings and events. I have taken over a Dry Cleaning and Laundry in 2009. This business went through a turn-around in 2012 and is now profitable again. I am especially focused on development of environmental improvements and new, non-polluting cleaning technologies. I am searching for a sparing partner with whom to develop the business who is willing to take over the daily management by due time. I am keeping an eye on Real Estate renovation and Property management wherein I have been actively involved since 2010.

Evelina is a professional with versatile knowledge as well as extensive international work experience for over 15 years. She holds degrees in Engineering and Process Management as well as certification in training, facilitation and life coaching. Secondary degree is also from art school and ethno-culture from Institute of History of Vilnius University. She has experience in engineering, training/facilitation, brand management, fashion, IT, HR and project and event coordination.

Coach at PoliDesign Official at EU

After her studies in philosophy Virginia Tassinari has always been interested in connecting the world of philosophy and design. In her work at LUCA arts, Virginia mainly focusses in her projects, teaching and writing on the relationship between social innovation and philosophy, practice and theory. She is currently feeding the discourse of the relationship between theory and practice of social innovation with the initiative of the DESIS Philosophy Talks - a series of colloquia on design for social innovation and philosophy that is travelling around the world - as well by means of her function of board member of Cumulus, the international Association of Universities of Art, Media and Design and of DESIS network.

Nature lover, avid traveller, I caught the asian bug after living 10 years in South East Asia. Currenlty in the UK with my soon-to-be wife, doing graphic design and UX for a living. Interested in people, ecosystems, swarms, mushrooms ethnography, I try to pay attention to things that are a bit at the margin. Currently I am studying visual anthropology at FU Berlin and an aspiring filmmaker. I am a bad cook but I can bake! :)

Editor in Chief of Engineers Without Borders' 2015 Failure Report, nanoparticle/environmental engineering researcher at the Biocolloids and Surfaces Laboratory, contemporary dance and yoga enthusiast, volleyball player in training, and perpetually hungry for new knowledge and challenges.

Hello there! I am Dora, a geek Italian girl living in London. Passions: cycling, food, technology, cinema. Useful skills: Python coding, pizza baking, fixing stuff. As you can see, I am also quite terrible at self descriptions!

My name is David Rozas Domingo. I am a free software enthusiast, currently studying a PhD under the supervision of Professor Nigel Gilbert and Dr Paul Hodkinson at the University of Surrey (Guildford, UK). My research concerns individual involvement and group dynamics of Commons-Based Peer Production communities, focussing on the development community for Free/Libre Open Source Software Drupal. I am following an ethnographic approach, and using Activity Theory as a theoretical framework. I am also collaborating with the FP7 EU project P2Pvalue, which is funding my studies. Some of my areas of interest are FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software), CBPP (Commons-Based Peer Production), social computing or CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work). My previous research was conducted within the FP7 EU project QLectives (Quality Collectives) at the University of Surrey, and the FP6 EU project ASTRA (Awareness Services and Systems - Towards Theory and Realization) at Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (Trondheim, Norway). I previously worked as a Technical lead in several social, educational and cultural projects based on Drupal for the company Educatic (Madrid, Spain).

Clinical Psychologist - Cognitive Behavioral Therapist - PhD Student Effective Altruism Brussels

I like semi-colons and Mexican food. I do media of the social variety, helping people to tell stories online. I can rock a rhyme that is right on time; however, it's tricky.

Student. Avid admin of FreeBSD and Linux operating systems. Some limited familiarity with Civil Engineering, Information Sciences, Computing, Knowledge Management, and Electrical Engineering. Sometime bicyclist. Sometime student of Anthropology, Ethnography, and Ontology. NewSpace fan. Bird watcher. Shoutouts: Evernote; Mendeley; Diigo; Wordpress; CDAC Network; START Network; HAMs; Hipstreet; Tizen. Science without Silos.

I started in Economics at Reed College and later was a student in Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Science and Technology. My thesis was a minimalist theory of infrastructures for collaboratively producing our world, with ethical orientation toward radical demographic inclusion: how we can live in a society much like ours but where the neurosurgeon and the toilet-cleaner have equal power and participation. I'm passionate about doing more with less, searching for the points with the most leverage, and applying principles of software development (such as "refactoring") to everything in the world. I like to consider the usability of any system by its real users, long chains of effects, and ultra-minimalist responses to any problem. I love looking at every scenario, no matter the scale, as collections of costs (of money, time, attention, rigidity, etc) that could be slashed or redistributed. And I consider it my duty to fiercely and valiantly oppose the common sense that says Us Simple Folk™ are incapable of working on society-scale problems. I think every person with the desire to liberate a society should look at the total sum cost of everything it does and use their unique creative mind to figure out how to chop 50% off the top. I like the ideas of Bruno Latour, Christopher Alexander, and Yochai Benkler.

I have a single motive,i.e "Peace and truth."

Software engineer. Lazy programmer. Skeptic.

A small NGO that aims at narrowing the gap between formal and non-formal education through promoting and performing heritage using various methodologies. We will be represented at the meeting by Ana Crăciun, a PhD student interested in tourist interpretation (and many, many others) and by Anca Tudoricu, an experienced youth worker and teacher :)

I am an enthusiastic and proactive co-founder of Fotocolaj, a start-up that makes memories easy, allowing you to design them online, using your pictures. We print and deliver your personalized products (photo albums, calendars, canvases) with joy and special care. My previous working experience is 6 years in multinational companies, working in financial audit and restructuring advisory for Ernst&Young and KPMG, in Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest and throughout Romania. I have a bachelor degree in accounting and computer-science. This was up to the moment I realized that although I got specialized in finance and different industries businesses understanding, I did want to do something more meaningful, therefore I joined voluntarily one team of Cluj Donors Circle (part of The Founding Network) where I try to give a different perspective to Charity: we plan to organize this Autumn an event where to promote and raise money to start social economy ideas. This was we want also to raise awareness and show successful stories with charities that are self sustaining and Throughout my studies and career and everyday life I am very curious and enthusiastic to know about what people do and I love when I can put them in contact and future collaborations arise. I am very interested in the start-up and entrepreneurial environment in Romania, where I noticed that social entrepreneurship needs more visibility. I believe that the focus on how tech could help and tech specialist could make it easier if they would be involved in collaborative spaces with NGOs representatives. I want to find ways to put them work together for projects with a positive impact in their community.

Currently hanging out the the @FunkyCitizens of Bucharest. Based in NYC at @ColumbiaSIPA, but my heart is forever in South America with @ciudadanoi @DesarrollaLatAm & @AbreLatAm. Interested in making governments work better and engaging citizens in the process, building & empowering communities with information, data, and technologies. Online & offline.

Studied sociology because I thought things were rational, then psychoanalysis once realized they're not. Spent a half decade on peer-to-peer and commons-based projects in Dublin, time well spent, failed well. Moved to Galway, where I'm involved in projects and things around cultural space, mental health, and coops.

Hi there, I'm George, but please call me China, it's my nickname since I was 10 years old. I'm 21 years old now, I'm a studying Political Sciences, but I like to say that I'm more of a volunteer than a student. I volunteer in my student's association, and in another NGO. I'm passionate about personal development, I'm a trainer and I also learn to write projects that can be financed by various institutions. I worked 7 months for a corporation and I said " never again", cause I felt I was loosing my time not doing what I want and what I like. Now I want to open my own business, and I'm also working on an awesome project. Project: https://www.facebook.com/expressideas.ro?fref=ts

Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic (TCT) is the founder and president of Fundația Ceata (ceata.org), a Romanian foundation doing activism for user freedoms to use, study, modify and distribute works. His entrepreneurship initiatives are Tehnoetic, an online business based in Romania selling hardware compatible with free software (tehnoetic.com) and Criptofrenia, a business based on real-life room escape game scenarios. Photo credit: thelens.ro.

I am an activist in the field of human rights, working specifically with marginalized groups, and a facilitator of the interactive methodology called "theatre of the oppressed"/TO. TO works with non-actors to explore situations of oppression and social injustice and create participatory theatre plays to build dialogue around these issues and search for community-based solutions. Together with fellow-activists we have founded an initiative "Theatre for Dialogue" to promote the method of TO in Ukraine. You can learn more about our work here: https://www.facebook.com/theatrefordialogue

I'm a journalist specialized in sustainability and the founder of PIMP the GARBAGE, a tyre upcycling project. We create furniture and accessories out of used tyres and other garbage.

My name is Manu, Italian electronic engineer, startup trainer and social entrepreneur based in Bucharest. In 2009 in Brazil, I wrote my MBA Thesis on Participatory Democracy. The interest in these topics led me to hold workshops in 11 countries where I present to curious and often incredulous crowds, the positive change that different actors are making around the world, through social business. In 2013 I left my job at Procter & Gamble in Paris and with my wife and we launched Babele : an open innovation platform fostering the global movement for change. The platform is now LIVE, it and provides a step-by-step business modeling methodology: a unique combination of lean startup, social impact assessment, and classical business planning. This methodology has been implemented and refined in 14 countries with over 500 social entrepreneurs using it during our workshops. In Babele, the crowd can give feedback, provide answers, post documents, share statistics and help the projects avoid wasting time, money and resources, from conception to implementation. Babele creates value for social entrepreneurs by receiving valuable input in the early stages of business development. Allowing people actively shape the development of a business, creates a strong supporting community for entrepreneurs, even before they have a product to sell. We believe that we can trigger a new culture based on open source collaboration. If you believe this is needed, don't hesitate : Join the movement: www.babele.co

21- Slovakian/Syrian doing BA Middle Eastern Studies and Hebrew at University of London.

I have always been that open minded and outgoing personality that enjoyed variety of life, communication with so many great people around the world. I was involved with NGO movement, since high school. Been volunteering and actively involved in projects and organization development for UN, European Youth Parliament, Junior Chamber International, Aegee, and others. My professional skills lie in the sphere of journalism, production, documentary movies directing and business administration)

I am Raluca Marinescu and I like working in a creative environment! All my skills and abilities make me the right person for this area: creative way of thinking and proactive working style, problem-solving and practical spirit, organizing and planning skills, flexible and motivated, basic mentoring and coaching skills and a positive team player with a "helicopter view". I can easily be cataloged as a community connector. I have 11 years Customer Service experience; 7 years' experience working in multicultural environment; 5 years administrative experience ,add planning experience in volunteering activities. Now I am PR at incubator107 and Community manager at www.babele.co I am a colorful person…in many ways! I am optimist and effervescent, I bring a positive attitude and smiles, and I never pass unnoticed. I am an organized dreamer, an artistic soul with a realistic approach. I like keeping myself busy by seeking for adventure, discovering new places, volunteering for causes I believe in and by continuously learning new things. I also like to draw, cook, do handy crafts, braid girls 'hair and I am passionate about the first impression a person makes trough their original look.

The Co-Founder/Executive Head of Creating SMILES – building the Nation (SMILES), Sibjan Chaulagain is a Social Entrepreneur who spent 2 years teaching in a rural school in his village after his graduate in Engineering and featured in numerous National Newspapers of Nepal He advocates the use of Information and Communication Technology especially for rural people and has a big passion to implement He has been awarded with Ncell App Camp Grand Winnder, Winner of ICT for Mountain Development Award from ICIMOD , CRDF ReConnect Challenge Nepal Winner, Excellence in Engineering Award, Social Development Award, World Summit Youth Award 2012, IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition Award, Dell Social Innovation Competition Semifinalist, Commitment maker at CGI U.

Freelance trainer and consultant from Belarus. I provide trainings and consultations to young people and organizations on project design and management, working with volunteers, creativity, organizational development. Member of NGO "Youth Education Center "Fialta". Have been coordinating a lot of projects and events in Belarus (from 2 months up to 3-year projects). The recent project is "Science within itself" (co-founder) in Fiata. We organise public lectures and workshops in order to promote science (435 people have taken part in face-to-face lectures and events from 2014 till now, and thousands of views of the lectures online). I'm engaged in activism and civil society since 2000, and have a wide network of social initiatives, NGOs, state and commercial organisations who are active in social field in Belarus: social entrepreneurship, inclusion, youth work and other. Have worked with international organizations (UN agencies - UNDP, UNFPA) and organizations from EU and Eastern Europe and Caucasus a lot (within EU Youth in Action/Erasmus+ programme)

My name is Ana. I graduated Art History and during the last year of my masters program I studied one semester in Madrid. There, I visited numerous alternative cultural spaces which succeeded in offering educational programs regarding urban development and also strengthening the community spirit and social integration. I returned in Bucharest determined to find such a space which would allow me to creatively interfere in the city's ever changing common spaces. So I joined an NGO that beside organizing cultural events, wishes to create an affective bond between the people and the city they live in, so as to determine them to act when, for example, a heritage building is in danger.

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Briefly, a non-artist in search of creativity and I am particularly interested in creativity for traditionally non creative persons. I use my blog http://traiestecreativ.ro/ as a playground and a place to gather ideas and tools for myself and those who want to generate imaginative solutions. I am a cultural coordinator (10+years), blogger (-1 year) and trainer(3+years) and the common thread to all these roles is exploring new ways of doing things with my own mind. Some of the projects I initiated involved an out of the box promotion of cultural memory. One of my projects took place in London, at the Cultural Olympics, in 2012 (parallel to the Olympic Games) and another one in Bucharest, integrating community, cultural heritage, art and design in the communist blocks of flats. I am, also, a proud member of the team who worked on the Bucharest Cultural and Creative strategy for 2015-2025.

Hello :) I'm Italian who grew up between the US and Italy, and now lives in the UK (London). I'm doing my PhD (i'm in my 1st year) in Sociology at the LSE. My research focuses on an exploratory but critical analysis of the collaborative/sharing economy. I've met some edgeryders and am keen to get involved and am hoping to do a case study on EdgeRyders, also using Open Ethnographer :) Looking forward to meeting you all!

I'm an ambassador for social change.

I enjoy working in the technology field. I believe in people-centric growth technology as an agent of change. On my spare time, I enjoy cycling and reading up on biographies, amongst other things. I was born in Cairo, Egypt and graduated with a degree in Economics with honors from the American University in Cairo in 2012.

Born in Milan, grew poor in London, living now in Berlin and working all over Europe in the field of strategy for the creative economy and cultural industries. I occupy my mind with serious literature, interesting and boredom-free knowledge and juicy conversations. Food is a utterly serious matter to me. Ciao.

Introducing & Facilitating Peer Learning Circles @ExploreL4LL w/ @ArnoldBeekes @JohnQShift @rotanarotana ~ Exploring the #Degrowth movement & local resilience initiatives.

Strong believer in the power of shared values, enthusiasm, collaboration and idea-clashes in attaining social good, interested in exploring new ways of harnessing them. Amateur photographer, scuba diver and professional foodie, accidentally trained in public health (and social sciences) research. Joined Edgeryders looking to experience open collaboration, unstructures and open innovation.

complementary currency expert, developer of Drupal Community Accounting module, and co-founder of Communitiy Forge

Development Officer at the Chisholme Institute, Scotland. www.chisholme.org

I am a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, and willing to use the power of blockchain and decentralized technologies as fondations of a better future for humanity.

I'm a performer and creative facilitator. The creation of member leaf open spaces for creative work/living is one of my passions.

Howdy !! My name is Paul Ezell. I have a house in Sheffield. I am 22. I am taking admission in The Interesting School built at Aberdeen. I want to become a Veterinarian. I also like to Piano. My father name is Kevin and he is a Butcher. My mom is a W

Lukas was made under an apple tree in a slopy meadow around 27 years ago. Today he does, what everybody does - change something - both in positive and negative sense. Lukas believes, that the solutions for our socio-political challanges we're facing lie in the people, their ideas, engagement and talents. The question is, how to get this powers together, to shape a future that is worth to live in. Through his studies in 'Global Change and Regional Sustainability" he became aware of the challanges we're facing right know. But to face these challanges it needs more than scientific analyses and descriptions of the status quo. What to do? Bring people and topics together - have conversations on it - co-create ideas - prototype it - learn from it and don't be afraid to fail! He just finished with his work at the Office for future-related issues and works now for the FutureLab (Zukunftslabor) in Innsbruck (Austria). In the weekends you can find him going out and dancing to electro music or doing something equal meaningful with friends. But participatory processes (co-creation), social innovation, open spaces, change management and global (climate) change are also his cup of tea. He likes couscous salad with raisins but doesn't like licorice.

A KM and Intranet UX consultant, I've worked with blue chips on social intranet innovations for over 15 years. I have knowledge of Wordpress, IBM/Lotus Notes/Domino, Drupal, Neo4J, Gephi, R, social network analysis, gamification, search engine optimisation, communities of practice, social media, storytelling, narrative research. I'm an accredited Cognitive Edge practitioner.

Computing, music, philosophy, teaching & writing. Just like this bio: concise, honest and full of useful information. Everything I say is false...

I am a PhD researcher at the University of Southampton, a member of the Web and Internet Science Research Group, conducting interdisciplinary research between the Faculty of Business and Law, and the Department of Electronics and Computer Science. My interests include ethical and legal aspects of personal data, open data, and information governance.

Author, journalist, editor, critic

Interested in solving the worlds problems by creating systems that just work better.

Explorer of the digital continent and the trade routs to the old continents.

Bridging creative/constructive, in human/organisational/technological development. http://iilab.org @iilab @openintegrity @ict4i

Helen Kaplinsky is an independent curator based in London. Her a Fellowship with the Contemporary Art Society culminated in the exhibition "Damn braces: Bless relaxes", at Whitechapel Gallery and MIMA (2013-2014). The research focused on English 19th century landscape painting, during the height of enclosure of common land and related this to concepts of freedom and liberalism via William Blake, the online derive of Heath Bunting, privatisation during the Thatcher era and Oliver Laric's use of collaborative commons. She is currently working on #temporararycustodians, an R&D project considering how the shift towards a share economy will transform our institutional collection and philanthropy model. Other recent projects include "The Posthuman Era Became a Girl" at South London Gallery and Goldsmiths University (2014) "Self Interruption" at Jack Chiles (2013) and "Thrall'dom" at LIMAZULU (2012). Exhibitions with the Arts Council Collection include "Image as Witness" for the European Commission (2013) and "British Modern Remade" at Park Hill Estate (2012). She lectures in Art and Design history at the City Literacy Institute and has undertaken a number of curatorial residencies in France, China and the UK.

Chris is an academic researcher, cultural worker and triolectical footballer. He is interested autonomous political practices and the relation of historical and contemporary psychogeography to social movements and their material culture.

I head up a nascent futures unit in Abu Dhabi, UAE. We're looking at futures related to the region, its greatest resource - the youth, and how to create enablement and participatory approaches to futures design and praxis.

John A. Sweeney is an international foresight practitioner, researcher, and facilitator. John has extensive project management experience, particularly in developing contexts, and has designed foresight workshops, research projects, and strategic gaming systems in France, Hawaii, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Myanmar, Romania, Singapore, Taiwan, Tonga, Turkey, and the U.K. He has consulted for numerous international agencies and NGO's, including the East-West Center, UNESCO, and UNDP.

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Gardener (biodynamic), highly interested in Urban Gardening, Occupationel Therapist. Lived in Communities for several years. Tried to change the world by changing my own lifestyle but that seems not to be enough. Don't believe in political parties, but in the general ability of humans to create a society where it is worth living in.

Born in Belarus, raised in the Netherlands. I finished my Bachelor Organization and Governance Studies and got a Masters in Russian Studies. Went back to Belarus 1,5 year ago to discover and develop. I founded together with a friend a project called SocStarter. An International training program and a competition for social entrepreneurs. What started as a small program has been developed into a well known platform for people that initiate social projects to solve different problems. We got many partners such as UNDP. Besides a training program SocStarter is also a link between social businesses and the private and public sphere. We have trained in total more then 100 social entrepreneurs and have send 6 social entrepreneurs to the Netherlands as to discover the Dutch social business culture.

Joy. Forest. Mushrooms. Motorcycle. Oil smell. Radiation. Grandfather. Death. Books on trees. Ants. Apples. Bicycle. Friends. Graveyard in the night. Fishing. Sun. City. Construction works. Frogs in puddles. Lost boots. Photography. Music. Friends. Computer. Betrayal. Big city. Alcohol. Friends. Network. University. English. Freedom. Games. Army. Money. Learning. Automation. Job. People. Marketing. Disappointment. Photohunting. Debates. Cars. Love. Loose. Speleology. Hope. Friends. People. Sack. Fear. Job. Money. Travel. People. Another world. Hopeless. Meetup. Hope. Fun. Disaster. Business. Illness. Afterlife. Aimless. Travel. Rescue. Friends. Thoughts. Sadness. Slavery.

I just joined this site, encouraged to introduce my plans for world domination here ;) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... I'm a unique, peculiar, and complex system of personalities (multiple), including (but by no means limited to) at least one psychopath and multiple Nazis. This, I presume, makes me at least somewhat special amongst the members of this community, and some of the projects I have in mind of introducing here, may not unlikely put the wideness of the openness of minds to test, so be forewarned of what is to come! ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Some matters of notable interest to me, are psychopharmacology (drugs), psychoanalysis (Freudian theory and practice), psychology (the mind and psyche), neuroscience (the brain and central nervous system), human language (esp. Germanic languages), spirituality (gods and souls, but not so much organised religion), world domination (imperialism), computers (programming, the Internet and other communications, and hardware), medicine (esp. psychiatry, and some cardiology), chemistry (esp. organic), genetics (genes, genomes, species and race, esp. humanity), history, metaphysics (theory on reality and the Omniverse), philosophy, and science in general. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... To be continued, as of 16-Aug-2014 GMT.

I live in Nantes, north-west of France. I used to practice kite and windsurf quite a lot when I was younger, and I am interested by the use of the wind as renewable energy to travel or to produce energy at sea. I am currently working as a control engineer in a society making autopilots for ships, but spent quite a lot of time on a personal project to develop an autopilot for kites, within Nantes Fablab.

Ant is an innovation and business change professional with 10 years experience in helping others to reach their potential, and delivering management and leadership development. He is passionate about finding the sweet spot where people can be their best and deliver the most value for an organisation. He specialises in developing innovation and creative leadership potential across organisations and partnerships. His organisational change experience includes working with Whitehall on an Arms Length Bodies review, leading large groups of staff (120+) through change and advising teams of Directors. He saved the Environment Agency more than £33m across its consultancy spend in 2010/11, while increasing resilience and maintaining delivery of outcomes. Ant has a Masters degree and has spent most of his career delivering or commissioning research and projects. Ant is a qualified Football Junior football coach. In his spare time Ant runs his own successful retail company and is currently developing Downstreams CIC to support community resilience.

I was born in Missoula, Montana and grew up on a small goat farm where my parents were dedicated to educational reform, predominantly in the field of inclusion and special education. I have always loved writing and got my undergraduate degree in creative writing and philosophy from the University of Arizona. A few years after I graduated I moved to Seattle and realized film was the perfect collaborative art, requiring photography, music, writing, acting, wardrobe, etc. I went to a matinee by myself at a cheap theatre in Lynnwood one rainy afternoon and saw Wong Kar-Wai's 'In the Mood for Love'. It was so beautiful and compelling, as I watched the credits roll, I saw lists of individuals who had somehow managed to work in the film industry and I thought to myself, why couldn't I find a way to do this as well? Is it possible? Having grown up on a goat farm down the Bitterroot, it seemed a bit far fetched. But for the next few years I committed to myself to do one thing towards that goal each day. I began volunteering at the Northwest Film Forum delivering their newspapers. Then after a few months, the volunteer coordinator told me there was a directing workshop no one wanted to attend and that since I'd volunteered so many hours, I could go for free. So I went and the guy giving the class had graduated from the London Film School in the 60s. I eventually attended LFS as well, getting an MA in filmmaking. After I graduated I moved back to Seattle and (from Craigslist) got a job working on a low budget horror film starring Tori Spelling, called Cthulhu. I worked as an unpaid intern, and then got promoted to production coordinator and took whatever job in film that I could for the next six years, working back to back on whatever came into town. I was fortunate that I fell in with a great independent film community in Seattle and stayed employed the whole time. I worked my way up from production assistant, to the AD department and into the role of UPM (Unit Production Manager). Then I was hired as a Line Producer at North By Northwest, which brought me to Spokane. I left NXNW four years ago to produce independently. The first film I produced with a group of friends from Seattle was called The Off Hours, directed by Megan Griffiths and it premiered at Sundance in 2011. I have since produced or co-produced several features. I have worked on over thirty films in my career, ranging from budgets of 100,000 to 7 million. I produced my husband, Robyn Miller's first film, The Immortal Augustus Gladstone. We self distributed and the film is now available for free on Vimeo and You tube https://vimeo.com/96945067. Robyn comes from a video game background (co-created Myst & Riven). The experience of self distribution with Augustus has piqued my interest in alternative modes of distribution and learning ways to combine the creative art of film in a way that is sustainable(financially). The Hero Pose is my first attempt at writing and directi

Algerian blogger , veterinary student , ambassador of ace manager " bnpparibas " in algeria , COntent editor in Pressenza " international press agency " and Maxime-Online " Elearning website " Im volunteer in Algerian food bank , GDG algiers ,

I'm a teacher in chemistry at the high school of Altamura (in Puglia, South Italy). I always tried to understand the causes and mechanisms of social injustice and poverty. So I've been working on how to limit it in the world. I'm pretty convinced that ethical banking is a very powerful tool to improve the society (I'm member of Banca Etica since 2000). This means that you can build something economically sustainable along with improving the society. The Open-Source working model is a great example for this. In my opinion one way of improving the society is to exploit renewable energy sources. Since 2006 I have become interested in Airborne Wind Technology (AWE) which utilises winds at high altitude. Since then I've been working in this domain: in 2008 I co-funded the WOW Spa company and my commitment was to evaluate the different AWE technologies. I have practiced windsurfing for more than 20 years which further feeds my understanding and fascination with aspects of aerodynamics.

Experiences include: - Project management: IT Project Management in various cultural contexts - Civil society movements: The Language Exchange Club (http://languageexchangekyiv.ning.com/page/other-cities)

I am French, but currently based in Yerevan. I graduated as a lawyer in Paris in 2008 and worked there for 2 years as a legal counsel for a broadcasting company. After all, I went to Armenia for an EVS Project....and finally settled in Yerevan as I met my husband, an Armenian musician. From this time, I have been working as a journalist for a magazine dedicated to Armenian francophone diaspora, reporting on culture, arts, entertainment & social issues in Armenia. I am thrilled to take part in such an event for the first time.

Hello everyone, I am very happy to join Your engaging, informative and dynamic community. With the background in International Relations and Baltic Sea Region Studies, I am currently involved in road safety public education campaigns/projects in my home country - Georgia. For more detailed information about our road safety campaigns, please see our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dont-Drink-and-Drive-საჭესთან-ფხიზლად/112684375486993?ref_type=bookmark I would appreciate an opportunity to discuss the road safety issues (among others) with you. Looking forward to our future fruitfuller cooperation :) Maya

Andy Welch is a Masters graduate of Goldsmiths University of London (MA Design Critical Practice - distinction), designer, adventurer, artist, writer, journalist and photographer. He is a photographer and map-maker. Currently freelancing, he has worked for Viacom in the Digital Media Innovation Lab in Camden and for design and tech firm Stromatolite. He has traveled extensively by bicycle from England to India, Nepal and Mongolia. He has written 'Weave of the Ride' about his journey cycling in Europe. He founded a mountain bike tour company; Georiders which is run locally in Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia. - See more at: http://www.andrewwelch.info/about/#sthash.tNTNfSEE.dpuf

Stacco Troncoso (Madrid, 1975), is the founder of the P2P translation collective "Guerrilla Translation", as well as part of the development team for the P2P Foundation and editor for the P2P Foundation blog. A writer, auto-didact musician, and professional translator since 1998, Stacco grew up in London, England, and returned to Madrid, Spain to study Fine Arts in 1992. His music, featuring guitar, effect pedals and electronic processing, has been featured in podcasts and radio programs such as The C-Realm Podcast, The Vortex with Jennifer Marie Joyce at KUSF in Exile, and The Brainmeats! Podcast. For Guerrilla Translation, Stacco has translated texts by Naomi Klein, David Graeber, Charles Eisenstein, Douglas Rushkoff, among others. Stacco has also translated films directed by Ken Loach, Stephen Frears, Kim Ki-duk, Ian Mackenzie and Bong Joon-ho. In addition to completing two books of poetry, several of his poems are included in the Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology.

I love to communicate with people from diverse cultures. I can sing, dance and chat on Facebook. Sometimes I have brilliant ideas in my mind. I am cheerful, talkative , integrated etc. I would like to visit this event in the evenings as I am working full-time.

My little edutech company ReBeats is now in private beta - http://rebeats.tv ! Very grateful for any feedback. About me - I'm a musician, linguist and tech enthusiast. As a bandleader I've toured the world and headlined concerts to over 40000 people; in an A&R capacity helped to discover Virgin multi-platinum artist KT Tunstall alongside many others, sold over 250,000 albums with my group Oi Va Voi (Outcaste/EMI/V2) and worked alongside the biggest producers in music, including Mike Spencer (Jamiroquai, Rizzle Kicks, Kylie Minogue) and multi-Grammy winner Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, Adele, Plan B). Tonguesten (ReBeats) is an itch I had to scratch - borne out of a personal obsession with language learning (I know 7-ish), and for years was an English tutor to non-native English speaking teenagers and worked as Music Director of education and arts charity Yad Arts. My love of languages has led to travel and work in Tokyo, Moscow and Jerusalem where I set up my own production company, which in the space of a year sold original content to dozens of international broadcasters. As an arts consultant, I've programmed for major venues such as the Barbican and South Bank Centre, and for 3 years was resident music industry expert for WOMEX, where I co-curated the annual programme of industry conferences for the 3000+ delegates. I love ideas, technology and culture, and believe that language is the most powerful tool of all. "The secret of happiness is to find something more important than you and dedicate your life to it". Dan Dennett

worked in international development for the past 15+ years now ready to get back to Italian countryside and contribute to local development, downshifting and quality of life there! promoting local food production and consumption, shortening the supply chain and guaranteeing fair prices for good and healthy food!

From the place where you end and I begin.

Soy un eterno aprendiz, orgulloso fundador de una f... bueno, una proto-filé llamada Aesir. Ahora mismo, todos mis esfuerzos y planes están enmarcados en ella, siempre desde una perspectiva de Activismo de Mercado.

Hi all!!My name is Francesco, Phd Student in molecolar medicine at Milan University!!!Why I've joined the blog?Mainly for the title: edgeryders is exactly what i think we need in our world. I have many idea to improve and make better scientific world ( aims, grant finding, scientific magazine...). Hope to find here great people with whom discuss about it!!!

My name is "Mohamed A.Abdelrazik" Founder of "Jozour" company, We are start up company in "Recycling Agricultural Wastes" that's located in Egypt, we intend to make that with a little bit of innovation.the industry isn't that new...but u can say its not that broadened that much in the country(overall still a lot of our wastes is misused), we are trying doing that not only broadening it efficiently..but we think that we have our own use(way) to make that effectively. Along so many materials (Agricultural Wastes) that needs a lot of work to be done about qualitatively also quantitatively ...We are dealing with "palm trees" focusing on its "midrib " that great amount(almost 90%) of it get burned ...bottom line what we are doing is to get from it a new kind of wood that we need to share(market) it globally like any other wood..:))

a coaching journey which led to develop my career path

Muhammad , 23 years old , at faculty of engineering , telecommunication department , i am interested in reading , writing , human rights issues , and participating in many activities , and finally for further info. contact me :D

Environmental Engineer and Violinist (Italy). I'm so interested to Hydrogeological Risk Management, Education, Health and Musical Education in the context of neuroscience. My background is on GIS environment, Environmental - Sanitary Engineering, Management and Water Planning (integrated water cycle management), Violin. I love composing music at the violin, viola and piano and love writing. I'm passionate to study the 'Mozart's effect' on our minds. Moreover, one of my other passions is medicine and photography. I'd like to create a new dimension able to make our world better than the current one together!...In my humble opinion, we need a 'Global Energy' to grow together!

I, Bharath Nataraj, the Founder of GofCMs and a visionary for creating a better future by working in the now. I have seen, and lived in difficult situations throughout my life. As a young child I did not think I would grow to the stage where I am now. There was a moment in my life where I started to imagine I CAN, but only with the help of great Friendship, Love, Inspiration and Care. Now I have graduated with a Masters Degree in Development Studies, specialized in Local Development Strategies from ISS, The Hague-Netherlands. I have worked with people from different backgrounds starting from Young changemakers in India, Young professional students from different nations at the University and in International organizations in The Netherlands, UK, and other EU member states. Now, the time has come to make a change and I feel confident that I can make a difference and contribute my learning to positive changes. I can support many individuals who want to make a difference and changemakers who already started working in the development field. I want to be a contributor in supporting their dream to make my dream come true.

Software engineer, digital strategist but overall tecno-humanistic hybrid...(Former) startupper with cineama.it, a web based platform and social network dedicated to movie and audiovisual workers and fans. We have tested new models of creation, production, marketing and distribution on this sector.

I am a graduate student at the department of Sociology in the University of Iowa.

I am half german and indonesian origin, living since 3 years in georgia, i speak chechen and georgian too, despite the other languages. I was social worker, now i am mountain guide and photographer. I would love to work in some social projects, because i am good with people and languages/cultures.

Since october 2013 I'm president and co-founder of the Italian Institute for the Future, a think-tank of young scholars and experts aimed at supporting long-term policies in Italy and producing scenario forecasting. Moreover, I'm a communication consultant at IDIS Foundation, that runs Città della Scienza in Naples (City of Science), I obtained a degree in Political Science and International Relations, with a research on the nuclear and space programs of South Africa, where I spent a period of job. Then, I took a master degree in Space Policy and I've started my collaboration with IDIS Foundation for the organization of the 26th edition of "Futuro Remoto", one of the main Italian exhibitions on science and technology. Now I take care of the Digital Communication office. From 2011 to 2013 I was a science journalist at Fanpage.it, one of the most popular Italian online newspapers. I'm also the founder of "Osservatorio Apocalittico", a group of scholars devoted to the scientific and sociological analysis of the "doomsday syndrome" in the contemporary Western civilization (the group is today a member of CICAP, the Italian Committee for the Control of Pseudoscience).

I'm trying to be positive. That is making me more welcoming and successful.I am creative and hardworking young professional focused on growing in the field of Information Technology Management. Currently working at Ameria Group of Companies. Which is financial group in the Armenian market performing the most aggressive development in the local financial market and providing a wide range of advisory and financial services. Co-Founder/Product Manager at CityBugs.am Social StartUp (Citizen reporting platform and monitoring system for commodity issues / www.citybugs.am / ) I have 2 years experience of working as Project Manager at X-TECH Creative Studio including game and web/mobile development, corporate development, product development, business operations, web strategy and Online Promotion. Spending my free time on innovation and crowdsourcing projects also I'm Co-Founder of several Nonprofit Organization, member of Global Shapers | World Economic Forum and Tech lover.I serenity believe that IT, Social Media and Nonprofit organization can SHAPE THE WORLD. I am passionate about doing whatever it takes to make my bosses and colleagues excel. They can focus on their core business priorities, knowing that I've got them covered. While many others describe themselves as persistent, tenacious and determined I prefer STOP talking and START doing!!!

Journalist - Social Media Trainer & Consultant. Interested in journalism, social media, marketing and PR. Enjoys working in dynamic environments. Strong interpersonal skills and works well with others. Good communicator and excellent writer. Curious, inquisitive, hard working, responsible, and loves challenges.

Sociology student, travel enthusiast, obsessed with natural sciences, political philosophy and Manchester United. Permanently residing in Switzerland, originally from Georgia 

I'm student from Georgia. I can see many problems, questions around me, that's why I'm board member of the Georgian Youth Parliament, also co-founder of NGO Center for youth development- XXI. I can get information and I want to spread this with peers

interested in basic income, peer production in physical world, open science, open source, resource based economy. I would like to start a project similar to unMonastery, where the condition of a basic income would be achieved through building infrastructures for autonomous living and reducing the dependence on money. It would be a place for scientists and activists who do not find funding for their projects in the current system. The political dimension, inventing the ways of living outside the market system is crucial.

Christina Jordan is an American "global gypsy" and social innovator with 25+ years experience in international development, including nearly ten years in multilateral/bilateral aid project marketing and management, and more than ten years designing/facilitating local and online community collaboration strategies. In 2001 she became the first Ashoka Fellow in East Africa, for her innovations using the internet to support community based development in Uganda. In Belgium, Christina founded a not-for-profit facilitation practice to support local and global collaboration among groups and communities who want to create change. She has recently relocated to Chiang Mai, Thailand, from where – in addition to nurturing Ci2i Global – she is co-creating a book with a community of displaced women in Uganda, and guiding a group of Burmese refugees who live at a garbage dump on the Thai/Myanmar border.

Sakrowski is born and lives in Berlin. He is an art historian. From 1999–2003 he headed the project netart-datenbank.org at TU Berlin and curated several exhibitions in the field of Net-based art.  2007–2009, he has been working at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Media.Art.Research in Linz. Since 2007 he has created various exhibitions dealing with questions circling art and art practices connected to the web 2.0; these themes are also the main focus of his actual project CuratingYouTube.net.

I'm currently involved in Free energy, and Spiritual Health Technology ... and making efforts to understand and connect with people who can make a difference and will not get laft behind in the wrong side of the planet as it separates in two.  I have a company and work as ahealth coach and want to make as big an impact as possible.  Jack of all trades ... including the holy science! fascination subject ...  This year i'm onvolved with attracting investments and also starting a new project based on music and healing and knowlede ... an interesting mix but it's going to  be awesome .. 

Architect, after graduating in Venice worked in the urban renewal projects of the mega districts in Ost-Berlin.  He lives in Trieste and Munich, often in Milano and all over Italy following different projects. In Trieste with Starassociati of which he is a founding member and partner until 2007, designed and built the House of Music, the Center for Mental Health Domio, the Museum Revoltella, the Civico Museo Sartorio and the new Museum of Modern Art in Muggia. Founded and directed since 2005 the physical and relationship platform  Salone Gemma - Faltwerksalon. After lecturing at the School of Design at NABA in Milan, in 2011 he is project manager for Design Royale and ever since 2011 the scientific director of 'Opportunity Spaces  - an urban regeneration project for Trieste'. At the time he's the coordinator of the master Relational Design, a new format of master based on the digital and physical learning.

Currently working for the ONE Campaign as their policy lead on transparency and accountability. Previously worked on governance, transparency, accountability issues for UK development agency, a think tank, parliament and - back in the mid 1990s - as an academic. Obsessed with accountability and openness.

Working out of London on Democracy and civic technology.  

-Political Science BA (University of Crete) -Environment and Development of Mountainous Areas MSc (National Technical University of Athens)

I have a BA in International Health and Development Cooperation. Currently working on my MA in Communication for Development. I also work as a communications consultant with a company called Tinyglobe. I live in Stockholm with my wife and son (born in 2010).  Even though I have very limited time (just like everyone else of course), I'm gonna try and get engage in Edgeryders processes as I'm very intrigued by the methods and concepts that are applied.   

I am a PhD student passionate about Behavioral and Experimental Economics, especially interested in issues related to Creativity and Sharing of Ideas and Knowledge. In a search of ways and opportunities to apply Behavioral/Experimental Science to design better policies. Originally from Ukraine, live in Spain. Speak English, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian. Enjoy yoga, playing guitar and singing.

A Social Entrepreneur, & imagineneer, with a strong interest in socio-economic innovation, especially in the Developing World.

Over the years I've been active in the creation and development of organisations and projects such as: The Hub, Espians, OpenCoin, Uniteddiversity Most recently I'm working on developing the next generation technology for WikiHouse.

I am 20 years old and from London.I currently study the effect of Martial Arts and Movement on the physcological and physical elements of our nature to try better understand distruptive habbit forming and addictive behaviour.  

I'm a green blogger for passion and a i'm a copywriter for work. My blog is titled "l'Eco Punk" and I write about  sustainability and alternative music (punk, rock, new wave, industrial, trip-hop and much more). Besides writing and music, I'm interested of literature, history, cinema, animals, web 2.0, food, visual arts, social innovation. I'm here to learn and share interests. Share or die!  

Software engineer turned yoga teacher turned community currency architect. 

Social mobile apps inventor.  Certified as "Android ceertified Engineer" from Open Embedded Software foundation.       

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I am an international consultant on sustainable development, capacity building, communication and managerial training. My mission is, of course to create a better world! Starting with little challenging projects implemented thanks to managerial tecniques in peculiar locations. Among the projects that I am running and for which I am looking for partners, there is the builidng of an eco village in Jamaica in www.treasurebeach.net in order to create a international center of co living fo research on art, sustainability and social innovation, Practically, a real and virtual community of committed people sharing the same values and able to live, work, create and share and spread skillls and knowledge based in a wonderful place where high quality of life at afffordable rates is possible. The name of the project is www.welcomingvibes.org and urgent help for on line communication and fund raising is needed! Another project is based in Matera and the whole Region of Basilicata and is aimed to enhance creativity through artistic residencies and cultural exchanges between South America and South Italy, putting artists and creatives in contact to produce cultural activities in a sustainable way. The second edition of www.brasilicatatour.it brought for 5 months 120 Brazilian artists to live in Basilicata for a while and create with local artists and perform publicly more than 150 events. Everything done as a social innovation experiment through volounteer work and exchange of hospitality. During winter italian artists will be invited in Brazil for reciprocity. In the future this model can be transferred to other realities and become a best practice expecially if financially helped by sponsors or local authorities. I participated in LOTE 3 in Matera and helped in invlving the local Community and in spreding the idea and the results of UnMonastery also implementing artistic residencies together with UnMonasterians. ANd we can do a lot of things together again.... T

I have recently finished my BS in Physics. I have a minor in Biology. My work experience is mostly teaching and public relations. I spend most my free time readying, my favorite books are fantasy novels. I am motivated and love working in teams, pretty excited to try anything different.

I joined the Paragogy comunity in June 2012. I like to build new projects and help others do the same. I've worked with global online communities for some time now, and am particularly interesting in cross-cultural Innovation Exchange and Education. I spent my past ten years traveling worldwide in hospitality industry. I am involved in social and educational projects related to public access to knowledge and cultural diversity. I am an active member of Free Software Foundation and Peeragogy.org communities and member of the (FTG) Free Technology Guild . — working on Free/Open Culture. Now, I live in Bergamo, and when I'm not online hanging around with people, I like to be outside somewhere beautiful, hanging around with people. The best part of my job is learning from community members what we can do together to make our learning even more amazing.

As an interaction designer I am connecting technology and people. In all my projects I am looking to apply technology to solve human needs and trying to apply technology in such a way that it's understandable and usable by people. The past years I have built my own company together with my friend and colleague Wouter. Our aim is to give people the opportunity to be creative by giving them the tools to design their own products. I believe that opening up the creative process to a larger audience enables them to experience the joy of creating something of your owm, something that you care about and has meaning in your life. I believe that the way we approach design, resource management and manufacturing is currently very limiting and put a strain on our environment. I believe that we can change our approach to building our environment by taking into account human values and applying natural processes. Nature has had billions of years to come up with solutions to the problems we are facing now (organization, resource management, building environments). By learning from nature and applying the solutions she has come up with we could be able to change the world for the better, to be more sustainable, more true to our heart and more effective. 

Matteo Tangi is a sustainable designer and social entrepreneur working as innovation catalyst and consultant across Europe. Graduated in sustainable design in Turin, Istanbul and London, he is the co-founder of the social enterprise projects UP-LAB and PlayUP Design, in which he constantly puts the Social Design Thinking approach into practice. He works actively to develop innovative methodologies which foster creativity and innovation in personal and professional life. In this respect, he has given workshops and lectures in universities, NGOs and companies in different European countries. Now he's taking part to an itinerary programm that will brings him to promote and ap social entrepreneurship and innovation across all Europe. Curiosity, creativity and critical thinking are his ways to improve society, challenging obsessive materialism and designing responsive and sustainable solutions to deliver positive change. He's driven by passion and value diversity, ready to help the next project to emerge and become more innovative.

I have a background in graphics, writing, working with co-operatives, environmental projects, organising electronic dance music events and I coordinate an organic community small-holding in the south west of England. I also enjoy photography and, more recently, I'm trying my hand at dslr film making.

Bruce's life and professional experience is a patchwork of diversity, and procession if not the making of a "renaissance man." Raised in rural MO, Bruce came by "DIY" naturally, out of necessity, marked by an insatiable curiosity, and fertile imagination. His father's workshop was the mother load for making stuff, but it was his mother, a prolific artist, who influenced Bruce's free-thinking and fueled imagination, exposing him to a creativity that seemed to know no boundaries: poetry, pottery, painting, pen & ink, airbrush and photography. When it came time to "make a living" Bruce never divorced himself from nature in the pursuit of money. He owned a handyman business helping others "do it yourself," which led to professional caretaking gigs where he lived and worked caring for vegetable gardens, landscapes, building and vehicle maintenance, and at times pinch-hit as chef! He discovered Permaculture gardening, primitive skills schools and spent years learning and working with a cadre of back-to-the-landers. He inspired the vision for and implementation of an heirloom seed garden for propagating indigenous, heirloom seeds from the Hopi and Navajo nations, replanting them inside Canyon de Chelly--once the agricultural and farming homeland of the Navajo, long-since abandoned for modernity and "urban" living. To support the rehabilitation of the garden project, Bruce was the founding partner in an ecotourism business-- Time Passages, conducting eco-tours inside the belly of the sacred labyrinth that is Canyon de Chelly. At Time Passages he worked closely with expert guides in archaeology, geology and anthropology of the Southwest region, together with the native Navajo guide, who together conducted week-long expeditions for eco-travelers in this sacred land. It would be some years later that Bruce found his love of new-media and film, which prompted him to pursued a scholarship at Vancouver Film School, where he was the recipient of a first-place award, garnering him a full scholarship, and where he earned his degree in New Media and is a graduate of Vancouver Film School. Uniting his love of nature with film and media skills, fueled by boundless imagination, Bruce took to backpack broadcasting, and single-handedly made a documentary film, and video shorts on eco-oriented subjects, traveling to rural and indigenous communities as diverse as Montana and post-Katrina New Orleans to Columbia South America and Darjeeling India, to learn and share what he was learning virtually with a community of like-minded others. In short, Bruce's life is a processional one, on a quest to bring nature and "making a living" together, and where the only thing we need is imagination.http://issuu.com/bravenewearth/docs/hypervillage

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My diverse background, which includes building a $30 million managed asset private client financial services practice as well as a strategic advisory group that serviced early stage technology companies, provides me with a unique perspective on the requirements and challenges faced by both large and small organizations. Over the course of the last several years, I have explored deeply the relationship between technology and cultural formation; both within and across organizational boundaries. I believe we live at a unique time in history where the very nature of how organizations function is changing rapidly. Organizational boundaries, culture, values and processes are being challenged by a world that requires both that we integrate technology into the DNA of organizational culture as well as embrace a new set of values in support of these changes; transparency, individual autonomy, openness, a consideration for our community etc…This shift in values is being brought about by global forces beyond our local control (climate change, financial market collapse, increasing disenchantment with inequality etc..). Organizations need to proactively face the rapidly changing context by rethinking their organizational structures, governance mechanisms, decision making models, facilitation models etc. In our current context, organizations need to leverage the latent brainpower across their organization by creating a truly open, collaborative and inclusive culture. Furthermore, they need to explore ways of more directly extending the boundaries of their organizations so as to connect with, empower and engage the communities within which they are situated. In support of this, I bring experience very strong analytical, communication, leadership, writing and research skills to all the projects that I work on. I look forward to learning more about the specific challenges your organization faces and exploring ways that I can support the transition you are going through.

Je suis un artisan de la transition humaine et écologique, un cocréateur, un passionné de la vie.

I'm a writer based in the North East of England. Always looking to meet new people to collaborate with. Interested in running, travel, real beer and passionate people!

http://www.linkedin.com/in/broughturner/

Project stimulator, independent think tank lead, consultant in educational pedagogy and new technology. Current obsession, information permaculture, rethinking noosphere and information navigation (open source app. close to launch through the Monastery Foundation). http://www.unlikeminds.co.uk/david-dickinson/

Grew up in the countryside of Alsace, France. Studied in the agriculture field (forestry and gardening), then worked as security agent while studying philosophy, graduated and studied law, economics, history in a preparatory course for civil servants competitions. Ended up with a master study in solidarity-based economy. Now looking forward for my next study course ;) Things I really like : permaculture, learning php/sql/css (why not Ruby), activist and non sexist social change, resilient community building, common education of children, bike culture and bike travelling, survivalism, traditional dances, drums, cooking, growing and harvesting food in cities, environmental and social activism, anarchism, everything which helps growing curiosity and freedom for everyone of us, human beings. What I hate is : religions, right-wing people and their subtle violent propaganda (there's no alternative, and such), almost everything which tells it provides freedom, while, when you unveil the curtain of well-established propaganda, you'll end up finding its serves the dominant class's interests and helps developing alienation of the weakest.

To make used of our time doing online work, we must Speedup Win 7 for us to have a faster computer.

Central Uniforms have been serving local customers for over 25 years showcasing their craftsmanship providing customers with a wide selection of garments and apparels from Lab Coats, Lab Jackets, Scrubs, Career Wear and more that names a competitive pricing and at the same time receiving exemplary service for working professionals.Central Uniforms provides you with their best selling products from Comfort Shoes, Chef Uniforms, their signature Laboratory Coats made of 100% Cotton, their Women's Quattro MedFlex II Fabric and Women's Two Pocket V-Neck Stretch Scrub Top for their Scrubs Category and for the Career Wear Category is their Women's Cardigan Sweater. They have more to offer like their in-house Embroidery and Logo Digitizing that allows their customers to personalize or customize the products they will shop may it be online or personal. 

 Being accused of a crime can be stressful and complicated for anyone. Knowledge of the one's rights and knowing how to do use them for one' advantage will be a great help in these situations. Also, it is of great importance to have a lawyer to represent you in court. Criminal lawyers deal with these criminal cases.  Virginia Reckless Driving Lawyer Thomas Soldan pursued this line of career after graduating in Lafayette College. He took up his J.D. in University of Georgia, after which he landed on a job as an associate in a prestigious Law Firm based in Warrenton. His years on the job serve as his training ground as well as a stepping stone in his career. Also, he had undergone trainings on traffic defense and damage calculations which made him efficient with cases dealing with not only in DUI and reckless driving but also as a Criminal attorney. At the present, Atty. Thomas Soldan conducts his business in his Leesburg office, a variety of cases from different points of Virginia. His name is also written in the covers of the book he co authored: Customizing Corporate Compliance to the Small Corporation.

My most relevant project to Edgeryders is Emerging Leader Labs which has many similarities to the UnMonastery project that folks have been exploring here. However, since I've been working on the edge for a long time, I have many other projects, which you can find on my personal web site, like The MetaCurrency Project, Mile High Business Alliance, New Currency Frontiers (and its blog), and I started a rapidly spreading network of alternative schools (Agile Learning Centers).

 As a writer, she much do what her heart tells her. Painting and writing tech her to focus on new innovative idea such as computers and gadgets which HAZOP Leadership Training included. Writing sharpen her ideas to travel and take time to discover more innovative creation whom people always do to make things better. She learned educational writing from ACM Facility Safety Inc. One of her habit is to write new information about technology and the things that never been forgotten, people whom created it and those time that never left by memories. The moment to complete a story is when she reduce that essence of being a writer for a day. She laugh, she cried, she lost in a minute to remember everything she had done for a day and dance to feel the music. The rhythm entire conduce her happiness and bring her idea to maintain the good character of her story. 

I'm a designer and facilitator of creative processes. Also working on and off in PR and community accelaration.

My life has been constant turmoil for the last several years. Everyone told me that I should go to college because I was smart, and I did. When I returned to those very same people to share what I had learned, I was told I had become a brainwashed know-it-all and that others' opinions were perfectly valid even in the face of empirical evidence otherwise. It eventually dawned on me that almost everything I had ever been told was either a bald-faced lie or an ignorant half-truth, and worse, those who "educated" me had no desire to learn the truth for themselves.At this point, I have rejected most of the ideologies, dogma, and epistemology under which I was raised. I strive to do something worthwhile with my aptitude for learning and my broad range of experiences, but I refuse to submit to the inefficiency, hubris, and condescension of ignorant administrators and their sycophants. This attitude has left me in various states of under-, un-, and non-employment, but somehow I'm always busy and able to pay my bills.My life now is consumed with sorting through the wreckage of my past, leaving the state of Arkansas, and building a more mobile, agile, and efficient future for myself and my wife. I'm going west, to the Pacific coast of the US, with the Seattle area as the intended epicenter of my next adventure.

 Love of writing is easy like loving a friend whom always there. You can't resist love, the love to write, the love to paint and the love to blog. She love to write different ideas of innovation as SKYCIG Electric Cigarettes included.  Writing about what she learned in life is her key to find other topics of imagination. In that way she manage to write new ideas and experience which also relate in people's life, current news and fact about news. Writing fantasies, myth and legends also carry her to bind in a new topic were readers learn what are the real image of magic, a magic that creat a new image of art that produces a bound of love. Though she focus on fictions she also write current events, innovation and education. To be a writer is not an easy job yet you must learn a thousand words a millions of learning to deliver the best idea to every reader.

Playwright.--Working on more than one script, as is the habit of playwrights.--One script is about the dilemmas of stage actors faced with silent films a hundred years ago. The French writer Colette makes an appearance, as does a talking marionette. And why not?--One script is about "gay men in trouble"—high-stakes politics in Washington, D.C., among a senator, journalists, an officer in the U.S. Army, and the swirl of U.S. immigration laws and their "flexibility."--One script is about food and desire. Food is a central issue of our times—production of foodstuffs, the culture of food, the boring postmodern glorification of the edgy chef. I'm trying to add in music, which has led me back t

Born and raised in the U.S. but with a Colombian father. Living in England since 2003. My husband, daughter and I are moving to Bogotá, Colombia at the end of September 2012. Was an economics lecturer in NYC and did a bit here in Bristol, but mostly working with universities on education for sustainable development. Most recently, working with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on the circular economy and am a tutor on their joint Post Graduate Certificate in the Circular Economy at University of Bradford. Experienced editor.Very keen on working towards rational/appropriate responses to economic/biosphere collapse.

Talking about bank business loans and the current issue today which is about London Interbank Offered Rate are the matters that this person wants to impart to his readers. She has managed to deliver the information with honesty through thorough research of the matters. She comes up with a blog that talks about the issue which she finds informative and helpful especially to people owning a business as they are the true subject of this controversial issue. As a business owner and a writer she is able to relay the information to other people and tell the importance of awareness about what is happening in business industries today.

James Hopes, Project Manager, has been working as one of the reliable software developer at Veepal IT Services for almost (5) years. His innovative skill and expertise enable him to work with several software company, Way to co-ordinate and the right attitude make him the project manager in software development company.

  Writing Best Electric Cigarette, innovations current events and education is her job. She is not a good writer nor blogger yet she manage to follow what are the most important thing to do when blogging. Educational books is what she love most. Like other writers whom focus on one genre, she is fond in reading those story which also gave her idea. Even though they are cunning and more artistic when it comes in writing and blogging in different topics, she love when they lead on only one yet more beautigful story.  

Be honest. It is a character that this person wants to keep for the rest of his life. It is a character that he wants to relay to the next generation. It is just a simple word yet conveying a special meaning. Honesty in his writing is a policy. He never fails to write an honest review about business to his readers. Whenever he writes, he puts an honesty inside every pages of his work and that made him a good writer. He recently wrote about bank loans for business owners who wants to expand their business to the next level.

Born in North Carolina, USA, he defined his position as a blogger involving topics about motorcycle. As a simple reminder for motorcyclists, wearing a safety gear like helmets is vital especially when driving. Wearing protective gears including jackets, boots, vests with quality and best value are important. It will aid motorcycle owners to evade death. As a responsible motorbike owners, seeking further information about it like visiting some sites including is an option to do. Purchasing and wearing quality safety gears will surely a good help for a secure life. 

A person with passion in writing and blogging as well. Usually, she writes about something that she is curious about or anything that she recently experienced or was researching in-depth. The subjects that she writes include Luxury Condos Calgary, Calgary Luxury Homes and Calgary Real Estate. In her free time, she loves to read blogs and articles on-line. A person who believes that anyone of us has the capacity to make a positive change in the world by doing good things and even little things can make a BIG difference! Also if you feel you want to know more on this subject matter, write to her and it would be her pleasure to help you out. 

This person works at home as a writer and a blogger. He started working as a writer when he got married and decided to stay and work at home. Most of his writings are topics about bank business loans, banking solutions, and about banking solution. Why business related articles? Maybe because this is what everybody wants to have and so to give them some ideas he created a blog related to their needs. For this guy, writing about business is easy as he can find a lot of resources all over the internet to validate his work. The fact that he's into business too he can easily apply his knowledge based on his experienced.

I am an elementary school teacher in Houston, TX and a mother of three. I love spending time with my children and helping them with school and other activities like gymnastics and dance classes. Visit www.thelittlegymoftexas.com for more information. 

I really love writing about new architectural breakthroughs, designs and structures. I really love to visit new places as well to be inspired. As an inspiration, I write new home improvement products to be added to the most inspirational architectural designs I've have written for. This tiki torch really adds to the beauty and glamor of the new home designs. Perfect home designing will not be as perfect without the torches. Salute to the creator http://www.buytikitorches.com ..

Pain management specialist and healthcare professional that works in a migraine relief clinic - visit http://www.themigrainereliefcenter.com.

I am a writer and always want my work to be published and to be viewed by many so, I got to read articles about various topics which involves history, science and technology, food and health, legal matters such as the los angeles accident lawyers and intersection accident attorney to make my articles more informative and credible. This will be helpful in creating a good reputation as a writer. By the way, I am a blogger from Los Angeles, California.

I definitely love reading business books. Being an entrepreneur as well as a Writer, I need to have a broad knowledge in business. It is important so that my business strategy and planning are excellent to make my business grow further. At this time, the topics that I am focus to are about what is a gsa schedule and contract with government. Reading as well as writing is one best way to land a better business opportunity.

If you able to Upgrade your computers speed without additional hardware, then it is the safest on how to speedup your computer. 

My name is Andrea, freelance writer and student. I do like writing since I was in my grade school. Currently I write articles about injury lawyer attorney and wrongful death act related subject.

I love arts and photography. I am also a writer and blogger that focuses in creating blogs and articles that talk about society and laws. This interest really helps me a lot in my chosen career as a writer and added to that I was also able to make my work more interesting because of my knowledge in technology and design. I find the Ledger & Associates as the best source of information and ideas helpful for me to create more informative writings. As a legal writer, learning new things everyday is very important to acquire knowledge and to improve my skills.

I am working on several projects,running into lots of exciting new possibilities,rethinking how I want to work on them and how I can do it within a system of trust and innovationand how i can organize learning while working alone or in different partnerships   

The best thing about a blogger is to be part of different blogging community sites and experience the fun of sharing all your ideas and thoughts about the things that interest your. It is learning new things in different perspective and making your own stand from it. It is making you become more responsible in what you write and in your own action as well. Aside from writing, I am fond of collecting arts as well. In fact, I have my own collection of Portrait painting arts, photo mosaic and my most recent collection today which is vintage canvas arts.

Houston criminal defense attorney at http://www.mintzerlaw.com who's been defending clients for more than 25 years and experienced in handling all types of crimes.

My full time job as a web master that keeps me pretty busy but that's just small change. I'm a part time Writer and I write articles about Wizardworks at the same time Blogger. Occasionally slacking on video games. I'm absolutely workaholic and considers video editing to be my number one hobby. I'm a Savvy Freelance Writers.

I'm a criminal defense lawyer at http://www.billyskinnerlaw.com/ in Houston that will fight your charges and protect your innocence.

Psychology is my passion and my profession and I believe that culture, Local Culture, is the key for development. I'm from Ischia (Naples, Italy) and I love speaking Spanish too! Soon I'll upload some project and if you need a psychologist for yours do not hesitate to keep in touch

I work in car sales at a Houston dealership at shabanamotors.com that specializes in bad credit car loans.

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." - Thomas Jefferson

I've been in writing industry for 3 years now. Legal writing always take me somewhere. I've met different people from different races and culture. I've been doing research about criminal law and the frequent crimes. I used to visit law firm & government websites when validating facts about the criminal law. I find http://californiacriminaldefenseattorney.org very useful with my legal contents. is one good example. The criminal law is a complicated topic and writing about the topic requires wide range of knowledge in criminal law.

I am constantly "becoming" .. experiencing on - going transition and multilevel transformation process :)

  When I start to write, I remember all art of my life. Learning to write like Smoke free cigarettes , current events and news are the greatest practice happen in my life. Writing is everything to me which bring a good ideas and knowledge. Without practise and meaningful feedback, my writings are nothing. 

Company owners should only not focus to the success of their company. They must also care to the welfare of their employees by securing their safety when they are inside the company. Disasters are inevitable and because they are unexpectedly occur, survival gear planet www.survivalgearplanet.com stocked with flashlights, food and water, etc... must be prepared.

The ImagineTheCity platform was designed in 2009 and is being developed in order to open a creative dialogue between citizens, academics, creators and local authorities, on the decision-making processes and design of public works in Greek cities. It is developing a series of exhibitions in Greek cities presenting proposals for the regeneration of the urban landscape of each city enhanced with parallel urban events. Through ImagineTheCity Exhibitions, citizens are given the opportunity to be informed, discuss, understand the possibilities of improvement of their city's image and quality of life, and envision their city differently. An open call to the creative community and the educational institutions of Greece is made, in order to gather studies, digital material, designs and 3D models created by students and professionals around the country and abroad, which refer exclusively to the aesthetic and functional upgrade of the host city, through architectural, urban planning or artistic interventions. Throughout the duration of each exhibition, parallel events take place around the city, in order to disseminate new knowledge and perceptions to the local community, actively engaging children and young people to possibilities of transforming the urban landscape. Τhrough lectures, debates, workshops and urban interventions, ideas on urban regeneration and local development are disseminated, unknown facets of the city are revealed and new ground for local synergies is created. The organization of ImagineTheCity Exhibitions is realized by local initiatives, in collaboration with the ImagineTheCity Coordination Team, which provides tools, know-how and support, based on the network and experience of all respective initiatives around Greece. Local initiatives can be informal groups of citizens, local organizations or citizens' initiatives, and they are motivated to build up an open network of cooperation between local citizens and organizations in order to co-develop each ImagineTheCity Exhibition.

Idealist on principle with unconfessed passion for paradoxes. 

Watching movies, sports, traveling, entertainment, technology updates, reading books. I often write articles about places when I travel. I always share the experience that I encountered in each places that I visit. With me is my kit that I always prepare for emergencies. The food supply must have things such as food, medicine and blankets which are needed to survive in any uncertain situations.

As a part-time writer, I love reading some books, reports, and articles which require critical thinking and analysis. I spent my leisure time reading about the reports of how the car accident attorney los angeles helped some people to win the case.

Tunisian Energy engineer with a passion and expertise of 10 years in Information Technology. Senior systems architect and IT consultant. Interested in web application development, mobile, and information technologies. e-Government specialist and Open Government advocate.I'm member of the OpenGovTN and invited expert in the w3c eGov IG. Co-author of the first arabic book about OpenGov and OpenData titled "#7ell" which is available for free on www.opengov.tn under a creative commons license.I've heared about Edgeryders project and curious to be part of this community.Find out more at http://hbyconsultancy.com

Life is full of fun and challenge. Sometimes you win the battles, sometimes you lose it. But that the essence of life, to fall then stand and become a better person. Growing up is not easy, but I had survive it. Today, I enjoy life being a writer who focus my writing on topics like, shutters, Shutters exterior, and wooden shutters.

Reading and writing have been a great combination. These are the fundamental things that must not be taken for granted because they are very essential to everyday living. By the way, I am a writer from LA and loves reading investigative stuff about truck injury attorney and drunk driving victims.

I am a writer from Georgia, USA. I like to write inspiring things and useful ones. I am happy to share my ideas on things especially those which will be beneficial to my readers. As a writer, I challenge myself to produce articles that are not only entertaining but knowledgeable as well. Hence, my recent article is about Tiffany Lamps and other Light Fixtures. These are products of technology which were produced to give beauty and elegance to our homes and favorite places.

I am student in Public Sector Management master program and I am volunteering in GRASP. I was doing volunteer in AIESEC Bucharest and I was involved in many projects, conferences, and other parts of volunteer jobs. I was working at Transparency International - Romania and I had enjoyed every moment there.I think tank outside the bank, because change comes with the passion of doing things for good reason. 

Currently an Internet at the Council of Europe. several ideas for this wonderful website. more soon

Organization India Youth Forum in Delhi Founder IDEAS Magazine Erasmus Mundus MA Europe in the wider world (University Strasbourg/ Göttingen)

Blogging is my first love because it my way to express myself. I love to share different ideas that I believe could help other people. It is my advocacy in life to reach out people through the ideas I write. Of course, among all the topics I love most, dog accessories product reviews are my favorite topic. For me, discussing product reviews about dog tags for dogs , leather dog collars , engraved dog tags , pet tags and dog leashes at HotDogCollars can eventually help pet owners in choosing right item for their pets.

I study Economics and Marketing at the University of Pisa. Furthermore I work as part-time students at the International Relations Office of my faculty, helping other students to find their way thanks to the Erasmus programme.I am a huge basketball fan: I play and referee it. I am also a mini-basketball instructor.I am a passionate photographer. I attended a basic course and then an intermediate course in photography. In April, I did my first photo exhibition. In 2011 I attended a photography competition in Spain, my photos have been exhibited in Vigo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55737161@N06/

The fight for what is right has been a journey of mankind since government was founded. It is not a mere concept but a value that one has to live by. The existence of acident lawyer is not a simple profession but a tool to create justice, to show righteousness and to deliver punishment to those who have sinned.Writers of the modern generation do not just focus on a self motivating perspective but also to social and political affairs that affect the life of its countrymen. Writing about political figures do not demerit the credibility of a writer, instead it enhanced freedom of expression as well as social awareness campaign.As a writer for the modern youth, it is a responsibilibility to open up their mind in liberalism and show exercising of rights and protecting interests. It is not creating chaos but instead enhancing lawful obligations.

I am one of those simple people who have a simple happiness in life, that is to see my family healthy and safe. For 3 years I am enjoying my job as a writer. I am fond of writing articles that talks about Shutters, shutters exterior, exterior shutters vinyl, and wooden shutters. I find it very interesting and informative topic for those who wanted to make their home safe and secured.

I'm a blogger who writes about music, arts, and law related to society and Accident Attorney and I'm getting an Idea from a Law site. Actually from the time I started to write and read about law, I already have an idea how to look for California Lawyer for such case. 

  Writing is what I like even though I am not a good writer. Writing different topics like Electronic Cigarette UK, current events, technology and cooking is like touching different colors of art. The new ideas are a method for me to learn and widen my knowledge in fields of writing.  

I'm a mother of two kids, blessed with a loving husband. I am happy living with my family and enjoying my work as a freelance writer. I choose freelance writing job because I want to manage my own time in order to take care of my family. Writing is one of the best career that match with my skills and time. I enjoyed writing from home and at the same time, having a good relationship with my family. This is a great job opportunity for me and also for many moms in the whole world who also doing a freelance writing just like mine.About my job, as a freelance writer, I write different topics that covers my interests. Usually, I am interested in writing articles related to health issues, technology innovations, current events, photography and art, adventures, politics and environmental issues. Experiencing this kind of job has equipped me of knowledge about dental health, software technologies, current events stories and much more. As of now, I write articles that discuss the topic about Drupal website development and application. If you want to have more information about the topic what is Drupal as well as its attributes, you can join and enroll in the Drupal training sponsored by the BlinkReaction company. In the Drupal Training, they discuss important information such as what is Drupal core, what is a Drupal theme, What are Drupal Nodes and other components of Drupal CMS. Learning Drupal CMS will provide you great opportunity for your website development.

exploring paths toward an economy empowering citizens with open knowledge: https://inventaire.io is the lab! #Transition #VRM #WebOfData #Wikidata #JS

After having obtained a professional press card in 2004, I've been working as a reporter in Paris for different Italian national newspapers. In 2006 I joined the major Italian press agency (ANSA) and worked at the desk of ANSAmed, a branch of the agency specialized in the Middle East and the Mediterranean countries. I've published articles, interviews and reportages in French, English and Italian. Now I'm collaborating with different magazines,agencies and online newspapers and directing the webzine mediterraneo.globalist.it PROJECTS: I'm trying ot paste my project in the "project field" since one hour but it doesn't work so I'll post it here ,-)I'm actually working on the webzine mediterraneo.globalist.it, a network of bloggers, journalists, netizens whose aim is to bring Mediterranean and Middle East countries socially and culturally closer to Europe thanks to blogs, neswpapers, webzines and social networking. 

My work as a writer exposed me to many facets of life. Before, I am writing fiction, yet circumstances lead to shift the genre of my writings into factual happenings in everyday life. Today I'm finishing my research on listing thousand of lawyers. I also incorporated the topic about accident attorneys. For more info visit legalx.net.

Criminal attorney based in Houston, TX specializing in DWI defense. Visit his website for more information.

I love reading books and writing news everyday. My passion in writing news brought luck to me. I've been writing different news events and now my latest topic is about Accident Lawyer. This is all about lawyers in Florida who build their own company to help more people who do not have enough money to pay for their case. At least when they know someone who can help them, it will lessen their payments. This is very helpful and they also have a free case study.

I am entrepreneur in France, more precise I'm the founder of a small company, AlsaBusiness and I'm based in Strasbourg (north Alsace) and Saint Louis (south Alsace). My main mission is to coach the entrepreneurs who wish to have their start-up in France and to help SME companies from France to develop their activities in Europe (and for European companies to develop their activities in France).A second big service that I'm offering with AlsaBusiness is the multilingual service. I'm doing translation from five foreign languages (fr, eng, ro, it, es) into three of them (fr, eng, ro). I am trilingual interpreter on the international conferences or for companies on the specific events. AlsaBusiness is proposing to develop language training for the employees of the companies located in Alsace.

My names is Dynka Amorim dos Santos, I am 27 years old. I started, in 2003, a youth movement focused on HIV/AIDSprevention at the High School in my homeland in S.Tomé and Principe (AfricanCountry), Later, I became the Founder and Coordinator of an HIV/aids preventionprogram developed by an informal group of Young people called "Bué Fixe"(,meaning "very cool").Two years later I created, with other Young People,the Youth Magazine caring the same name- "Bué Fixe"- addressed to african Youngmigrant people to inform them about HIV/aids through digital and Paper support.In 2005, I travelled to Portugal to continue mystudies, and became an active member of the NGO Citizens of the World, which promotes the access of AfricanMigrants living in Lisbon area (Portugal) to their human, social, cultural andeconomic rights and services, focusing on IST/HIV/aids prevention.I have worked also as a volunteer at the NGO AJPAS, ina quite vulnerable community of Migrants living in Portugal, providing supportto children at social risk in order to help them to get adequate hygieneattitudes, as well as with Young Migrants discussing their sexual andreproductive health in order to achieve safer attitudes and behaviours.After some years, I became a radio producer addressingradio messages to Young Migrants coming from Portuguese speaking countries inAfrica, discussing diverse issues such as environmental policies, human rights, social inclusion, youthpartipation and HIV/aids prevention, care and support.Till the last year, I was the coordinator of the project "Youth Media to promote the Access of Young People Living inDisadvantaged Neighbourhoods to their Social Rights" supported by Youth in Action program and the Council ofEurope ( "ENTER"). The main goal of thisproject was to actively engage particularly vulnerable Young People coming fromPortuguese speaking countries in Africa, as much as those living in VulnerableCommunities in Portugal, in the defense of their Social Rights.

       Team● Andrea Sesta is a engineer specialized in computer science and management. Internet is his long time passion, fascinating him for its infinite potential. During his university studies he has developed a new passion for architecture, which has brought him to submit, together with two architects, a thesis on the development o new management models for the optimization of the fruition of buildings.He has gained a considerable experience in the telecom sector, working as a consultant for Vodafone for three years, contributing to high-complexity projects in the IT area and, later, in marketing. Since October 2010 he left his employment to make a full-time job out of his passions and dive into the [im]possible living adventure. ● Daniela Galvani is an architect, sensitive and fascinated by sustainability topics. As a part of her architecture degree, she attended Aarhus school of Architecture for one year, choosing the international department, ending in a workshop in Ethiopia, and the furniture department, with the participation to the Copenhagen *design salon*.She worked in Iceland for the Icelandic government, where she studied local architecture and buildings, many of which abandoned.After discussing her final dissertation on low environmental impact, she worked for the Reinberg Buro in Wien, concentrating on sustainable architectural projects, which have constituted the Buro's main focus for the past twenty years. She decides to found [im]possible living together with Andrea pushed by the conviction that the systematic redevelopment of abandoned real estate is the true path to a sustainable world.    

The value of mankind can't be measured by any form of measurement. But your value to mankind can be counted depending on the contributions you had for the society. Doctors help the people to have a good health, accident attorney defends the people who can't defend themselves, teachers taught the youngs, engineers build houses and buildings, etc.As a writer, the belief for shared knowledge and shared experiences is a tool for understanding each other. That's why the mass media has given credits for finding news and reporting recent activities made by influential people. Also, the newspaper that circulates throughout the region can give awareness and can awaken consciousness for the people to know what's going on with the world. It can make them move for a better future.The responsibility of changing the future doesn't just just rely to the youth but to eves individual who inhabit the earth. You can help through spreading the news and doing it.

Mr. Nguyen of Houston, TX is a criminal attorney and a member of the Asian American Bar Association.

I am a creative writer that specializes in freelance writing. I usually write articles and blogs that discusses the issues and details about business, education society and laws including the information about divorce and the Divorce Lawyer. I always make sure that I can able to relate with this topics to provide relevant information to readers. I also focuses on other legal details including family law and the Family Law Attorney for a more specific ideas. Aside fro writing, I also have great interests in sports and other outdoor activities. This is my way to unwind and relax after my busy weekdays.

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I work for a steel building manufacturing company and I enjoy playing golf in my free time. View website for more information about Whirlwind Steel.

I am a writer and blogger who have great interests in web and technology. I love surfing the net to get updated with the latest information about the society. This passion leads me to create great writings that talk about education, business and the legal law including details about the best divorce attorney. I am also interested in writing articles with topics about the Child Support Attorney. But most of the time, I focuses on discussing details pertaining to http://californiadivorceattorney.org/alimony-lawyer for a more specific information. I am the editor of my own blogs and I really enjoy doing it all the time. I also like travel and doing outdoor activities like sports and adventure.

I love to read and write articles. For me reading and writing is my best skill that helps me develop to be a good person. I mean, reading is the way we can motivate ourselves through applying and practicing it in our lifestyle. I can say that all writings have the possibility of being invalid and imperfect, but the fact that we have our thoughts and initiative on how to judge and apply it in our life. Usually when we discuss things about software applications, we need to experience first before we can tell its effectiveness in our website. In the application of Drupal website development and application, there are many good testimonies that discuss the effectiveness of Drupal CMS. Thus, if you are interested in learning different types of Drupal programming job intended for your website, you can visit online the website of Blinkreaction. They are the best sources of expert Drupal programmer, Drupal consultants and other Drupal web expert perfect to handle your website needs.

I am a 3 Year Old Blogger and loves SEO, I love Technology and I owns lots of blogs with diffrent Topics, it ranges from Personal, make money online, News and Calgary SEO Services. My primary niche is SEO writing. In addition to SEO writing, I also provide a range of other writing services — from press releases to sales letters.

I work for a steel building manufacturing company at Whirlwind Steel Buildings and I enjoy playing golf in my free time.

One of my passion is writing articles and blogs mostly about SEO Company. I also enjoy finding beautiful artwork, photography and unique product designs which you can have a look at in some of my gallery-style articles. As an online content writer, I generally write topics about SEO Company. I also do topic-specific writing requests for website  content and promotions. I am web content writer, college student, wife and a mother. Though I have writing experience in dozens of topics, my main interests and experiences are in SEO, SEM and SMM.

Ben Vickers and Gaia Marcus - We're currently mapping the EdgeRyders network. We have personal profiles here:  http://edgeryders.ppa.coe.int/users/benvickers and here: http://edgeriders.ppa.coe.int/users/lagaia

Reading books and writing are my interests. I have been working as a writer and blogger for five years already and I really find great satisfaction in doing this job. Most of the time, I write creative articles related to society, business and education. I am also a legal writer that focuses in writing topics like divorce and details about the Family divorce lawyer. I also include in my writings several issues regarding family law, Alimony Lawyer and Adoption Attorney. I know that this passion could really help others in acquiring important information about the several issues in the society.

"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy." - Lao Tzu

I am a blogger working at home. I'm doing this job as a freelance and part-time job. I choose this job because I can bring it at home and at the same time, I can spend my time with my family. My family is happy also in my chosen part-time job. In fact, they are finding ways to help me in my work. About my work, I focused in writing articles that discuss the technology issues, health, education, news and other current events. Recently, I wrote articles in the field of dentistry. I write the different uses and importance of the dental hygiene products, dental equipment, dental products and other dental conditions such as dental implants. For the best resources of dental products, you can visit online the website of DentalProduct Shopper and HygieneProduct Shopper.

Reading and writing is been part of my life sice I was a kid. Even though I have no time in writing, as a teacher of art and science I got a new ideas and imagination to focus on current events and news. While technology and innovation create a new glow in a community, I manage to write innovation like E Cig Refills and other art of technology. 

Serial innovator, animator, creator of tools for creative people, inventor. Live in Wales, spend a lot of time in Bristol. fellow at Bristol University, Graduate School of Education. A good lateral thinker, and co-inspirer of people. Good with my hands, generous with my time. have worked in theatre and Tv Film, and in research at HP Labs. My wife has MS, so wheelchairs feature high on my list of things to improve. Mostly I offer a wide perspective, coming from a busy industrial history. art and architecture are important to me, most of all I would like to build a machine to live in, for a disabled family, in a self supporting diverse community.

I am a blogger of business related topics like government contracts for bid. These topics are challenging and interesting because of the insights that I can gain and share to readers and its importance for those who would like to venture their business on government. The challenge to provide quality information on business article is great because of the responsibility to undertake on winning the contract. 

I am a member of music group in our community and its quite good that it reminds me how to become a good writer which lead me to a new topic of HAZOP Training which lead us to be more active being part of community group.

I truly believe that the nature of our motivation determines the character of our work...

I am a writer who loves to write articles with various types of topics like business, society and education. I am also interested in creating blogs related to legal law including the details about divorce and the Divorce Law Firm. Sometimes, I also integrate in my writings the topics in family law specifically topics pertaining to Family Law Attorney. And most of the time I go over the details of California Adoption Attorney to provide more specific information. Aside from writing, I also enjoy reading books and I am interested in photography and arts.

 Tessy is Director of Social Spaces, a social designer, researcher and educationalist, who develops innovative methods for stimulating positive and collaborative approaches in wellbeing, citizen-led participation and community co-production.  Tessy is editor of Hand Made - Portraits of emergent new community culture (2010) which revealed and documented inspiring community-led projects from around the world. With the help of Laura Billings and Maurice Specht this initial book has grown into a large collaborative project which in 2012 will begin to publish The Community Lover's Guide To The Universe - a collaborative, crowd-sourced series of 50 city and town guides where a high level of creative and collaborative community activity is emerging.  

Art is been part of my life. I am a blogger and a writer and I currenly writing about a newly discover technology.  

I am a writer and I love to travel to different places. I travel for to fulfill my purpose to gather information about events and write. Sports is one my target topics to write. When traveling, I always have my list of survival gear with me for emergency purposes. Natural disasters can happen anytime of the day. Thus, you and your family must learn to preapre for any survival actions.

I am Executive Director of the Accountability Lab, an independent, non-profit organization that works to find, validate and support new answers to problems of accountability in the developing world. Previously, I worked on issues of state and market-building across Africa, Asia the Middle-East and Latin America at the Institute for State Effectiveness and the Aspen Institute, and on post-conflict and fragile states at the World Bank. I studied in the UK and comment on development issues for media outlets including CNN, The Independent, and WABC Radio, among others. I am a Fellow at the British-American Project and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA); an Ambassador of the British Council's TN2020 Leadership Network; and a BMW Foundation Young Leader. In 2011 during the Arab Awakenings,I was a UN Fellow for the Middle East and North Africa.

PhD student researching programming languages.

 I'm Ester from Venice-Italy and I hope in transformation of the society... I studied anthropology, social and educational science. At the moment I'm working with teenagers (both italians and immigrants) in an educational house-center. I'm also participating in some projects in my city with many good people to help to build up a great place to live for everybody: workshops with students about racism and prejudice, Italian school for migrants, organization of cultural and social events.. I'm very interested on education, intercultural issues and commons! I'm a very curious and reflective person... and I love to share experience: the best way for grow up!

I am currently involved in the Innovations Lab Kosovo as Social Media consultant within the newly launched Youth Advocacy Platform. Prior to this position, I was coordinator of the By Youth for Youth pillar of the Lab, channeling my enthusiasm for working with young people through mentorship of dozens of successful youth-led projects.With background in environmentalism, I am passionate about social media, citizen journalism, digital activism and human rights. Since 2004 I have been working with several non-profits in Kosovo. While, since 2008  I have been participating in different international trainings, conferences, workshops, as public speaker and as particuipant. Lately, I have been selected to represent Kosovo in the Youth Peace Ambassador program of the Council of Europe/Directorate of Youth and Sport in Strasbourg/Budapest.I tweet as @ronsalaj

I have been on the road to find myself since I graduated high school. For the past three years, I've lived in five countries, traveled around Europe and Caucasus, hitch hiked in Iran, had a pick nick in Budapest and accidentally an internship at the European Parliament in Brussels. I am pretty sure everything in my life is just a happy accident, nothing really happens for a reason so we'll just have to go with the flow. On the first LOTE event, a year ago, I finally felt like home. Like I had found something special: friends and family to rely on and endlessness of interesting conversations and learning. I want to continue this awesome adventure the past year has been, partly because I accidentally stumbled upon the world most interesting gathering :)

I wont to working not only in sport but in all those areas that allow initiative, collaboration, acquiring new knowledge, and generally develop a healthy spirit, based on an active life. Such activities aim at increasing the accessibility, quality and volume of mobility in Europe, for people who want to improve education, to improve quality and increase the volume of cooperation between organizations involved in adult education, to facilitate the development of innovative practices in adult education and their transfer from one participating country to another, to support the development of new technology-based information content, service development, innovative teaching methods and practices for lifelong learning and to multiply pedagogical approaches to improve management and adult education organizations.

 French political tech scene and graphic designer. Interested in open governance/data, public diplomacy and international politics. Helping to build Voxe.org, world's platform for politics. 

Male, 46 years old, living in Milano (Italy). Married with Daniela, we have Alessandro (14 years old) and "Willy-the-hairy" (our old, old, dog about 16 years old, or more...). After a strong experience in informatics field as sales manager, in 1994 I decide to take the university degree in nursing (RN), completed on november 1997 (University of Milan, Italy) with a dissertation: The realisation of a web server to spread the culture and the development of nursing (In 1997 Internet was still in start-ups in Italy). The dissertation was awarded in 1998 with the third prize as best idea non-profit in the category youth - business plan of the contest "e-business award: new working and business opportunities on the net"  supported by: IBM Italia, IBM Foundation, Il Sole 24 ore, Corriere della Sera, Il saggiatore, Università degli Studi di Milano, Lotus Italia, OneWeb, AIESEC, ASNM, Agence Communication Européenne and under the patronage of: Ministry of Public Education, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Craft, Municipality of Milan. In 2002 postgraduate training course "Advanced systems of telemedicine, teleradiology, telehealth" (CEFRIEL - Politecnico di Milano, Italy). In 2003 graduation in BSN (University of Padua, Italy) with a dissertation about CME and eLearning and Knowledge Management. In 2008 graduation in MSN (University of Milan, Italy) with a dissertation about Web 2.0 and social network for health professional. In 2011 completed a master (MHA) in healthcare administration and clinical governance (into the italian university: Master II livello) at University "Carlo Cattaneo" - LIUC, Castellanza. After RN graduation I worked as operating theatre nurse, transplant operating theatre manager, and now at the nursing management office of the National Institute for Cancer Research in Milan (IRCCS Foundation). From 2003 adjunct professor at University of Milan in medical informatics, nursing assistance, first aid and reanimation, for nursing degree and medical technologist course. Teacher in Evidence Based Nursing and EBPractice for CME's courses. Interested also in parmacovigilance and clinical research.

I am 34, from Iceland, living in Brussels.Have worked as a dancer, rehearsal director, and lately as an academic researcher in the field of Sustainable consumption policies (European FP projects)But one day, I realised I felt lost, and negative and in need of some inspiration, as well as doing something more concrete than research.So I went looking for inspiration, and I found that there are so many people finding creative ways to lead sustainable and meaningful lives. That's how my project  everydaystories.be was started. I thought everyone should meet these everyday heroes.

In eternal process of change, study, learning and movement. A social animal: I believe in the power of collaboration and the self development of communities.– Volunteer in research project headed by the professor of University of Málaga Felix Moral,Toranzo, about Social Values and Media and Cultural Behaviour in students of University of Malaga (Málaga, 2008-2010).
– Volunteer and coordinator of Comsolidar, a voluntary Supportive Communication Agency, created and supervised by the teacher at the University of Málaga Marcial García López (Málaga, 2009-2011).
– Volunteer and coordinator of the collaborative translations of the books "The Wealth of Networks" by Yochai Benkler and "Two Bits: The cultural significance of Free Software" by Christopher Kelty. (Malaga, Madrid, 2009 - present) -Medialab-Prado Madrid and UMA. This is a common-based peer translation
s project that is in eternal construction and researching ;)
– Ex-member of AIESEC (International Association of Students in Economics and Business Department of External Relations) (Málaga, 2005-2007).
– Occasional collaborator of the Free and Experimental University of Malaga (ULEX).–Active supporter of the 15M spanish social movement for a Global Change. ;)

After some experiences of management of media, I am currently studying documentary making in Angoulême (France). In my work I am mostly focused on ecological issues as eco-villages, co-housing projects and everything that could be linked to the concept of ecological resilience. At the same time, I am making my first steps as a freelance journalist.I am a social person who loves to link people, to be invested in several projects and to work in groups, especially in an international atmosphere.

I am a journalist and psychologist passionate about art and litterature.I have experience working as a human rights reporter for international publications such as The Global Press Institute, CafeBabel, The European Magazine,  the Art4Development E-journal and many others. In Romania, I am active as a volunteer psychologist currently working with refugees and asylum seekers. I am looking forward starting my own nonprofit organization .I have experience in the fields of volunteering and youth .

The best is to quote from my first single, Mamo-Mamo http://youtu.be/fLKOFEekQ3c 1.   Been a trick since elementary school 2.   That I act like a fool pretending is the food 3.   Guards, cops, debt collectors hit me with their rules 4.   Kneel down in front of my oversized shoes 5.   Stole 'em from the shops cuz I got no bucks 6.   But a little blue bag to hide the best thangs thus 7.   Win dance competitions with Gypsy superstitions[a] 8.   With moves like Michael Jackson, to yo' satisfaction 9.   Way I talk, way I dress, boots I wear, the steps I have[b] 10. Way I feel, the way I love, the way I hate, the way I rock[c] 11.  Earn cash in the streets, with all the Gyppo geeks 12.  Sell the best products in the ghetto to the freaks 13.  No food on the table, ya know this kind of fable 14.  Yo mom mix the wine with the hottest chillies fine 15.   Dance till eight in the morning while local cops are calling 16.   Go kiddos to the school, keep acting like a fool 17.   I'll smash yo party, ya'll think it's pretty cool 18.   Open up yo pockets and stand up from your stool 19.   Move yo ass up, feel the Gypsy panic 20.   N I might just hit 'em up with Juicy magic

I am curious and want to know how the world works.I am a graduate of the arts.I am a carpenter with technolust.I have become interested in tacit and explicit belief, the interwoven web of individual systems-of-understanding which make up the status-quo.I want to map beleifs, actions and interrelations. I am interested in elitism, how do you combat paranoia about the way the world works, how do you enfranchise the individual within a globally interconnected world.I am good at learning and making and talking, I try to listen as best I can. 

On Edgeryders I'm helping community to feel happy :) Helping to build meaningful relationships and connect to meaningful projects. My background is in Psychology, Social Psychology and a variety domains of Science, and I like to be creative about Research, Social Innovations and Art.

Iamthespecialist.com

Drupal, social media, communication, music, photography. Currently involved in OuiShare Labs and previously in Let's do it! World Cleanup movement.

I routinely work on town plans and their strategic environmental assessment to providepublic and private administrators the information necessary to make their choice.I always carry a lot of technology.I prefer to turn a mountain bike.I am taking part in local politics, the Catholic rites and local environmental associations.I use Ubuntu, QGis, Postgres/PostGIS, OpenStreetsMap, PHP, Gimp, OpenShot, Audacity.I am connected through Google and all its services.I love to discover the urban areas.For the future I want (planning) the Smart Cities in which to shoot with non-polluting cars.I am in favor of Ubuntu philosophy.Google+ Studying a city through its spheres (economic, social and environmental) is the best way to accomplish the actions pianificatorie more suitable. A Mayor 3.0 aims to exploit this idea

Freelance journalist based in Brussels. 32 years old. Degree in Lawand Master in European Law at Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.Social Media Editor and journalist at ANSA Europa. (www.ansa.it/europa)Contributor at Corriere.it, Nòva 24 - Il Sole 24 Ore (my blog for them giovannidepaola.nova100.ilsole24ore.com)UEFA.com reporter  

Information sponge with serious problems when it comes to getting anything done and an inability to perceive myself as particularly knowledgeable about anything. Terse, unless you manage to get me going on a subject of particular interest, in which case your trouble will be getting me to shut up. (Or alternatively, getting me to explain what the hell I'm actually talking about.)I managed to get myself tangled in WikiLeaks in late 2009, which caused no end of trouble. Left that organisation for good in September 2010; have been trying to find ways to keep the good bits of the idea alive since. Unfortunately not able to put any of them into practice.I'm technically a historian, but I have a background in science and technology, particularly computer software. Not a computer specialist at all, but knowledgeable enough that I can make sense of some fairly dense jargon and deal with small programming tasks. The intersection of computing theory, social theory and anarchism is my particular field of interest; it's surprisingly easy to relate the three in a very meaningful way.Currently trying to figure out how the hell to survive. All but given up on finding a way to actually live.

I am the founder of This Big City - a social media movement encouraging discussion about sustainable cities. We share urban trends, ideas and analysis on our English and Chinese blogs, and through Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. Outside of my online activities I work as a Technology Strategy Consultant for IBM. I've always believed that strong business understanding is critical in creating change, and in this role I get to work with IBM's clients on the business implications of the technical solution we are deploying to improve their businesses.

Said is a civilized being, an intellectual recluse, wholly microcosmic, wholly homeless. Said once learned black magic in the byzantine medinas of Fes and sold it as white magic in Dubai. Said was a marketing freelancer who got occasionally paid by his clients. But that was about 3 years ago. Now he's a married, High School teacher, looking for the occasional opportunity to be spontaneous, collaborative, and creative -- while solving the world's most intractable social puzzles.

I'm the co-founder of a digital fabrication facility, currently focusing on changing the way people design and produce things.

Young man interested in networking, challenges organisation and promoting innovation Pro : working as a driving change consultant in informatics

SARCHA (School of ARCHitecture for All) www.sarcha.gr not-for-profit founded in 2006 in Athens; it is an expanding open structure with currently 215 associates of various backgrounds in different countries. It has initiated international research programmes which contributed to systematizing city problems such as, the potential of the 'un-built' condition and its relation to the category of the 'public', the impact of immigration onto the city, the rethinking of the city as a pool of resources to be administered 'in common', and the city of Athens as experienced by its youth. 

I was born in Sardinia (IT) in the '80s, but a friend of mine says that I belong to '90s because I didn't knew "i paninari" (a group of people who developped a way of life inspired by hedonism, status symbols and consumerism). I am computer dependent (addicted?), I studied communications, behaviorism and now I'm a life insurance specialist. I'd like to redistribute the wealth of the world through the use of knowledge not force.I don't like money, oil and proprietary software. But I use it. I have to.

Mediactivist. Co-editor of ouishare.net & revenudebase.info Coordinator of the european campaign for basic income http://basicincome2013.eu/ Currently on tour in Europe!

Vivo a Genova dove lavoro come sistemista e delivery manager in una multinazionale delle telecomunicazioni

Western US origin, now upstate New York. Background in holistic wellness, regenerative design, media, and adventure; passion for experimental community and collaborative art / life. I contribute to metamaps.cc and villagelab.net projects, also creative local / regional efforts; the minimum vibrant process of gift-oriented cultural phase change.

I'm 24 and I'm both a precarious worker and a college student. I am a local councilor in Modena municipality  and I deal mainly with social policy, immigration, environment, and civil rights. 

I am a 35 year-old male. I have been living and working in Amsterdam for four years. Originally I am from Groningen, a city in the north of the Netherlands. I consider myself to be a social, friendly, helpful, patient and calm person. I enjoy watching movies, going out and visiting museums and cultural events. I like to travel, to visit other cities and, of course, to meet new people. I have been to Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Germany, Poland, England, France, Spain and Denmark for both holidays and work. Currently I am quiet active in the collaborative and sharing economy in Amsterdam. I am using P2P marketplaces like BedyCasa, Vayable, Gidsy, Fray.it, Uniiverse and more to be host and tourguide. Also working with other variable initiatives to spread to word about this new economy. The 16th of April I am co-organizing the first OuiShare Drink in Amsterdam and looking forward to unite the people in Amsterdam.

I am a 26-year-old social activist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the beginning of the 1990s there was an agression on Bosnia and Herzegovina which as a result had country's economy and society totally destroyed. Even today, almost 15 years after the war ended, Bosnia still has many problems. I want to see my country being a part of the modern developed world and am trying to give my contribution through social activism. I believe that ICT technologies can bring a change to developing countries and help their societies have a higher life standard.Almost four years ago I established Mozilla Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through that project we have engaged many young people to become members of the global Mozilla community working on various projects from marketing campaigns to education and software and web localization. All of them have learned new skills, made friends from all around the world and gathered valuable experience. It was Mozilla Community BiH that showed and proved to me that ICT technologies can do a lot in building civil society and making a difference in the community.I want us to do more and widen the scope of the activities. So, I am working on establishing FLOSSA - Free Libre Open Source Software Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With FLOSSA we want to build both real-life and online resources for educating people to use ICT to improve their life standards (further educate themselves using internet, start or improve their business, etc.) with a slight focus on poor people and rural parts of the country. We want to work with local governments from accross the country in order to establish regional telecenters that would provide people the access to computers and internet and would be places for educating people and starting local initiatives.I would like to connect with people who share my vision: to use ICT technologies to bring the change for the better in people's lives.

Italian, 35 years old, I live and work in Milan but I'm from L'Aquila. I love to read (I'm kindle-addicted!), to travel, to meet people and learn something new every day. But I''m also a shy person...besides my english is not so good, so please be patient whit me ;)I work as strategic planner, web content editor and ghost-writer in a small communication agency. We work a lot with istitutions and governments, ensuring communication projects for ministries, regional governments, municipalities and other local authorities. That's why I'm very interested in everithing related to the choices of government, citizen participation in public decisions and the ability to use internet to improve the dialogue between citizens and rulers.  

I sense things

President of the Board of the Polish Free and Open Source Software Foundation. Human rights in digital era hacktivist, Free Software advocate, privacy and anonimity evangelist; expert volunteer to the Panoptykon Foundation; co-organizer of SocHack social hackathons; charter member of the Warsaw Hackerspace; and Telecomix co-operator; biker, sailor. Formerly CTO of BRAMA Mobile Technologies Laboratory on Warsaw University of Technology and a student at Philosophy Institute on Warsaw University.

Aujourd'hui, je peux vraiment me définir, ce que je n'hésite pas à faire, comme un nomade de la communication. Car en, eh oui!, quarante ans de carrière, études de journalisme incluses, j'en ai pratiqué quasiment tous les métiers peu ou prou créatifs. De la direction créative publicitaire à la réalisation audiovisuelle en passant par la communication institutionnelle et politique, l'enseignement de la conception ou la création et l'organisation de grands événements publics. C'est pourquoi je me suis évertué tout au long de ces 40 années de carrière à mélanger les genres, sinon brouiller les pistes, en farouche utopiste, et à jeter des ponts entre mes diverses expériences de vie, qu'elles soient strictement professionnelles ou simplement humaines et sociales. Aujourd'hui mon but est mon label: HappYJackY!Voir mon profil complet (FR) sur LinkedInhttp://be.linkedin.com/pub/jacky-degueldre/11/162/207SEE MY EUROPASS CV (PDF/ENGLISH):https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1uR03dh-U2DUlZzampROEFpZW8Mentionmapp_Edgeryders :https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1uR03dh-U2DMjQyNmU3MTktNzQxZC00MzVlLTgyY2UtMzNhZDUzYTBhZDM1DEMOCRACY ON THE EDGE...INTERESTED in Cyberdemocracy, Fluid (Liquid) Democracy, Lambdacracy, Events Flow Dynamics in Social Fluid Movements, and so on ?Different prospective texts, comments and other figures of my own are available, generally in French, on my STORIFY page, especially:http://storify.com/jackydegueldre/rafting-on-the-edge http://storify.com/jackydegueldre/la-democratie-au-pays-des-avatarsFACEBOOKED? Not exactly. For practical and strategic reasons I have no personal page (not yet), but my alias-character DROBERT PHILOSOPHE got his own. I guess he is funnier than the rigorous philosopher he pretends to be, but I try to help him, with my little sketches, in his quest for a bit of celebrity... Help welcome.^^J Jacky Degueldre+32 475 26 85 15http://jackydegueldre.blogspot.comhttp://leplus.nouvelobs.com/jackydegueldrehttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/jacky-degueldre/11/162/207

Two years ago I set up my first social enterprise - Pracownia Miejska [Urban Workshop]. The goal was to help cities use all of the new tools to better engage with their local communities, make smarter choices and build happier neighbourhoods. So far, I've been on the verge of going bankrupt at least twice (feel free to ping me - I'll tell u all about the "why"). BUT, I have an amazing team, both working with me in Konin and dispersed all around the country. We're learning something valuable every step of the way. The dream is alive and well. Wanna join? :)

Knowledge nomad, radical changemaker, sourdough bread baker

Bonjour,Je m'appelle Jamel, je suis un  membre de l'équipe de edgeryders

 I'm 25-year-old Brazilian-Italian. I'm an activist and social entrepreneur and I have been advocating for a more meaningful engagement of young people in decision-making processes and as partners in development efforts worldwide for 12 years now.I started his activism when I was 13 and never stopped ever since. I have been working on different causes, campaigns, projects and movements.At the age of 17, I led a campaign to establish the Municipal Youth Council in Santos, a platform that allows young people to advise on the youth polices and strategies of the city and I was later elected to be a city advisor at the Youth Council for two mandates.I was also part of the UN "Making Commitments Matter" process in Brazil. The initiative mapped, benchmarked and evaluated national youth policies in Brazil and presented a set of evidence-based policy recommendations to the National Government in 2004. Those included the need for creating more comprehensive National Youth Policies and an Inter-ministerial Secretariat dedicated to Youth, both were achieved on the following year.

I firmly believe that industrial society is a past concept, we are now in the knowledge society with its own "rules", as soon as we adapt much better.I am also a clear advocate of the public sector, even in times of crisis, as the only possible answer to secure a decent welfare state for the whole society.All in all I think the paradigm of open government is the solution, that is the way to govern cities, regions, countries that are involved citizenship at the time to think, design, implement and evaluate services public.Concepts such as OpenGov, OpenData, Transparency, Public Sector, ICT ... are very common in my articles, presentations, etc..Basically it comes together to create and share knowledge, do you want to play with me? :)

Marko Rakar (1972) is Chief executive manager of the consulting company MRAK services ltd. Marko has a lifelong experience in working/writing for media as well as dealing with the media. He combines his media knowledge with new technologies and was one of the earliest internet adopters in Croatia. He is a recognized lecturer and consultant the subjects of organisation, internet, new media as well as politics. He ran a number of successful campaigns and races for organisations, parties and independent candidates on presidential, parliament and muncipal elections in Europe, Asia and US. His speciality is new and social media, as well as data transparency and open governance. Marko studied Philosophy and Information sciences, University of Zagreb, speaks english fluently and is regular collumnist and author to a number of blogs, web sites, newspapers and magazines in Croatia and internationaly.He is also recognized by World eGovernment forum as one of the "Top 10 who are changing the world of politics on the internet". Marko is a member of the board of EAPC (Europan association of political consultants), member of the board of IAPC (International association of political consultants), "School of politics" alumni (by Council of Europe) and non-government expert for US State department on the subjects of open governance and data transparency.

* I am from where I participate. Working locally while travelling globally * Currently travelling East Africa. Please connect if you are –somehow– around! I was born in Portugal and raised in an international environment; three continents (Africa, Asia, Europe) and eleven countries later, adaptation skills, negotiating complex environments and broad-mindedness have become part of me. This journey has shaped me to think globally/holistically as well as being empathic, sensitive to emotions, the smallest details that matter. As a globetrotter and 21st century world citizen, I love discovering new cultures/spaces and meeting new people. I see myself as an eternal optimist that believes in the power of Creativity (+social +business +technology) to overcome the world's wickedest/pressing problems. I consider myself a social designer. As such, I navigate different fields of Design (design thinking, service design, design research, business design, user experience) putting these at the service of social development. My intention is to work with organisations striving toward the new paradigm, building together --project by project, step by step-- a better present and future for the common good. Fields: + Service Design + Design Research + User Experience + Social Innovation + Business Design + Strategy + CSR / Private Sector + Policy Making / Public Sector + NGOs / Third Sector + Social Entrepreneurship / Fourth Sector

"This train is going to terminate here. All change please."

Composer living in London.

 

First, I'll describe myself from a male perspective: I am a hacker. I like to figure out how things work. I like to fix things that are broken. I like to make people smile. I really like excellent surprises. I have been taking things apart since I can first remember. One of my first memories was as two or three year old taking the bulb out of the lamp at the side of my bed and placing a nickel inside. It blew the fuse and freaked my parents out. My first looks at complex machinery were old broken 8mm cameras. Also my first failures. Couldn't put them back together. I am really really good at jumping into complex problems that are completely f*cked up, where no one, and I mean no one, understands the complete system and then figuring out how to fix it while improving it and keeping it running. That's my specialty. Bringing the dead to life again. Restoring sanity where only madness lay. I am a change strategist. Started programming at 16 on the TRS-80. I learned enough to get a job without having done anything other than read the manual and play around a bit on the demo computer at Radio Shack. I literally learned on the job. My programming job was writing simulation software for algorithmic commodity trading systems. This was in 1981, way before algo-trading was popular. Landed a job working for the most famous trader in the world at the time, known as the Prince of the Pits, Richard Dennis. Traded for a few years, made ridiculous sums. Ridiculous sums. But I was bored. I wanted to get back into software. The group later became famous as "The Turtles." I later wrote a book about the experience called Way of the Turtle that became a bestseller and available in about 15 different languages. Started developing software on the Mac in 1985, purchased the rights to a database developer library product called InsideOut. Made it much faster and better. Had fun doing that. It was the number one database engine on the Mac for many years. Got involved in the object-oriented community in the days of MacApp. Presented at the Frameworks conference several years in the late 80s. Once asked Jean Louis Gassee in front of a few thousand people at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference why Apple had not had any breakthrough products nor had the OS improved in years, since the Color Mac really. He didn't have a good answer. Everyone knew it. Put an SQL engine on top of our database engine for a project for NorTel for the largest mobile sales automation (now they call it CRM) project in the world at the time. Ended up taking over the whole project because we did good work and the other consultants didn't. They had a complete mess and we fixed it slowly but steadily. About four or five of the engineers from the other consulting firm were really good. We hired them. Two of them ended up eventually leaving to work on this new internet browser thing. They had been friends with Marc Andreeson at the University of Illinois, one

I am trying to keep you alive. There are lots of threats which governments are either ignoring or causing. I am filling in the gaps. Overconsumption is reducing our planet's ability to support life. Seven of us exist for every person alive 200 years ago! Nuclear war, bioweapons, even plain old conflict are driven by resource scarcity. Good engineering could at least double how far our resources can stretch, the rest has to be done by demand reduction: living within planetary limits. But governments do not fund engineering solutions to political problems, except in war, so the technologies which could bring plenty to the world (or at least more room for manoeuvre) are largely unfunded or undeployed. A likely response to increasing resource scarcity (manifest as economic problems and rising prices) is centralization of power (fascism). In the past, hard right-wing governments have come to power during and after economic collapses, leading to unnecessary wars or even genocide. Democides (governments turning on their people) killed a quarter-billion people in the 20th century. Finding better solutions than centralization and war is my life's work.

 I define me a professional person, curious and passionate about my work, pro-active in improving daily. My philosophy: every day there is always somthing to learn. I pay great attention about every aspects of relation. Everybody define me a person with the great quality of being able to listen to the other.

37-year-old, Italian-born Scotsman (or so I feel), amateur musician, freelance translator, rugby enthusiast, avid reader, unpublishable fiction writer, very happily married, interested in politics (open-minded left-wing), passionate social networker, ghost hunter, bit-part amateur actor. I also have a 9-to-5 job.

 ABDOULAYE KANTÉ est consultant senior en technologie de  l'information pour le développement (ICT4D) et médias sociaux. Il est le co-fondateur  et Directeur Associé de la firme Group-link4dev, qui conseille et appuie les organisations de développements et les États à mettre en place des processus d'optimisation et de productivité par l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et de la communication. Titulaire d'une maîtrise (Master Pro) en conception et gestion d'aménagement numérique des territoires de l'Université Paris X, il a été chargé de hautes responsabilités à titre de gestionnaire ICT4D au sein de l'organisme sans but lucratif (ONG) Enda Lead Afrique Francophone de même que conseiller technique numéro 1 au sein du Ministère des technologies de l'Information et de la communication (TIC) du gouvernement du Sénégal.Ses domaines de prédilection sont les politiques publiques TIC dans un contexte de pays en voie de développement et l'analyse des usages nés de la vague de l'Internet communautaire (données ouvertes (open data), innovation ouverte (open innovation), entreprise 2.0, e-gouv 2.0 et téléphonie mobile pour le développement).Laye Kanté connait parfaitement le contexte des TIC des pays sub-sahariens et il est membre de plusieurs réseaux d'experts travaillant pour le développement des technologies de l'information en Afrique. Il intervient souvent par le biais de conférences et d'ateliers de formations lors de séances explorant la problématique des ICT4D.

I am very busy

Expert en relations gouvernementales, Jean-François Gauthier œuvre en accompagnement stratégique dans le domaine des TI depuis 2004. Passionné de la chose publique et de technologies, Jean-François souhaite contribuer à la mise à profit plus efficiente des technologies pour le service public. Clairement orienté business, les technologies doivent demeurer selon lui un moyen d'optimiser les processus d'affaires. Devant le dialogue de sourd encore trop présent entre les lignes d'affaires et les technologues, celui-ci souhaite contribuer à redonner le goût, des leviers et des moyens concrets au décideurs publics de se réapproprier leur technologies. Jusqu'à tout récemment conseiller stratégique auprès du bureau du dirigeant principal de l'information, il travaille à définir la vision d'affaires qui permettra de redonner l'enthousiasme et le goût d'innover en serviteurs public. Avant de se joindre à Loran, Jean-François a travaillé dans de petites moyennes et grandes entreprises en technologies ce qui lui a permis de bien saisir les enjeux liés tant aux services partagés qu'aux difficultés d'accès au marché gouvernemental. Il a aussi précédemment œuvré comme lobbyste conseil, après avoir travaillé plusieurs années dans plusieurs cabinets politiques et dans l'administration publique. Depuis des derniers mois Jean-François se spécialise en Open Data et Open gov et propose avec Loran une offre de service d'accompagnement pour les organismes publics qui souhaitent se donner plus de transparence, mettre à profit leur capital informationnel et économiser sur les coûts actuels de leurs dépenses en ressources informationnelles.

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Web developer, project coordinator, technical researcher, musician, electronic tinkerer.

I am a freelance independent journalist and web editor. I am married and have 4 children aged 22,20, 16 and 14. I live in Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia.

Software engineer, startupper but most of all techno-humanistic hybrid...

Arthur Doohan trained as an engineer and economist in Trinity College, Dublin and went to work in a bank. Having traded every asset class and derivative except equities in the City of London for 15 years he left to do something more constructive than 'being a professional gambler with other people's money'. He now works as an IT consultant specialising in mobile and ubiquitous computing.