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Creating Commons: Photographing our cultural heritage!

In CommonsFest, we acknowledge the value of the largest free encyclopedia in the world, as well as the fact that this value is given by its users, since they are the ones who contribute all the content that exists in it and keeps developing dynamically.

In an attempt to further contribute to the Greek Wikipedia, our next pre-festival action will be a Photo Sprint for capturing monuments in the city of Heraklion, this Sunday, March 9th. Continue reading Creating Commons: Photographing our cultural heritage! →

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Free seeds for food sovereignty

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The presentation regarding the “Free seeds for food sovereignty” is an introduction to the issue of seeds being converted from a commons into a commercial patented product, regulated by strict legislation and restictions under intellectual property laws, while it also presents the advantages local seeds have.

Sunday 21st April, με την Local Peliti team of Heraklion and the BiotechWatch

Schedule:
14:00 – Talk
15:00 – Discussion
16:00 – Exchanging of traditional variety of seeds Continue reading Free seeds for food sovereignty →