The P2P Foundation is a non profit organisation and international network which researches, documents and promotes activity that supports the transitioning towards a commons-based, peer-to-peer society.

P2PF maintain an extensive repository of concepts, research and case studies relevant to 'design global, manufacture local' (also known as Cosmo-Localization) - an emerging productive model that builds on the convergence of the digital commons of knowledge, software and design with local manufacturing technologies:

Key Articles:

Reimagine, Don't Seize, the Means of Production (2018) Stacco Troncoso, Ann Marie Utratel

12 Steps to Post-Growth Sustainable Business (2018) Douglas Rushkoff

Knowledge Base:

http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Design_Global,_Manufacture_Local

http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/DGML

http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Cosmo-Localization

What Is Distributed Manufacturing? - Commons Transition Primer

Sustainable Manufacturing - focusing on the link between open hardware, distributed manufacturing, and ecological/sustainability concerns.

Thermodynamic Efficiencies - research project to calculate the effectiveness of commons-based peer production, with its intensive mutualisation of knowledge and material infrastructures, in reducing the use of materials and energy of our production systems.

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