GlobalVillages is an expression tha

GlobalVillages is an expression that we "borrowed" (with expressed consent from Eric and Corinne McLuhan in 1998) from a very popular concept by MarshallMcLuhan. (See also: OriginsOfTheTerm)

We changed the notion, though.

For us, as stated above "Global Villages" are real settlements, physical neighbourhoods, that meet the challenge of todays global communication possibilities. Think of it as a village that suddenly, without growing physically, can meet the intellectual and cultural needs of urban people, because it has many functions which are "empowered" by networks. Be it education, work, healthcare,production, suddenly we do not have to leave the village to get a lot of things done.

Thus we can focus on improving the village itself and "use cyberspace to create sustainable living space", as was the motto of the in Vienna 1993, 1995 and 1997. We think that IT can be a catalyzer of ecologically sustainable lifestyles - and that together with this, IT should provide elements of empowerment, autonomy, improvement of quality of life, enhancing community and cooperation (based on Open Source). This is what this wiki tries to focus on.

This Global Village as physical place has many dimensions. This Wiki was created to unfold ALL those dimensions.