Asia Commons Deep Dive

Draft list of proposed names for a regional preparatory workshop for a conference on commons-oriented economics.

Context via Proposal for a Conference on Commons-Oriented Economics

Proposed names

Australia

• Tasmanian founder of Nutrient Dense Project
• Jose Ramos, Peer Productions documentary, based in Singapore during that weekend **

Bhutan

• ask via Hans van Willewaard GNH movement

China

• Isaac Mao, Sharism
• ask Isaac and Richard Hames for reco's

India

• prof. from UNEP, name? it was: Ramaswamy Sudarshan**
• Jagdeesh Rao FES OR sbd. else from FES (a women?) ** ask David
• authors from Common Voices journal
• Prabir Purkayasha Prabkant, People's Science Network Forum**
• Lawrence Liang**
• Frederick Noronha, Goa, Bytes4All
• Vinod Raina, People's Science and Democracy Forum**

New Zealand

• Sophie Jerram, artist
• Prue Taylor, legal scholar, specialized on Common Heritage of Mankind; prue.taylor@auckland.ac.nz *

Philippines

1. Roberto Verzola: works specifically around the Commons, and the abundance/scarcity/sufficiency angle**
2. Nina Ramirez: phillipino social-christian activist, works with local communities and created integrated education for grassroots leaders*
3. Nicolas Perlas: theory of 3 forces*

Singapore

1. Michael Heng, michael.heng@energycorp-global.com ("Sustainability consulting and value integrator for renewal energy". [1]

Thailand

• Prof. Surat . Chulalongkorn Uni.**
• Nicolas Mendoza, Colombian, based in Chiang Mai, undertakes research on buddhism economics from commons pov for Hong Kong uni*
• Richard Hames, Asian Foresight Institute
• Pablo Solon Why the Green Economy is a wrong path to restore the equilibrium with nature and what alternatives do we have?: ex-UN-Embassador of Bolivia and now (again) working within civil society. Executive director of Focus on the Global South in Bangkok; contact: <pablosolon@gmail.com> ; bridges commons and Mother Earth debate **

Miscellaneous

• Asia Commons conference participants?

I suggest: Takayoshi Kusago, Kansai University, Japan - I am not sure ...

• Liz Alden Wily, Kenya ? ** yes, would be great, depends on where she currently is ... might be also interesting for the European deep dive

• check Right Livelyhood Award winners
• Charles Eisenstein, USA

Organizers and assistants

• Nancy Alexander <Nancy.Alexander@us.boell.org>