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Almanaque Azul: a Panamanian travel guide licensed under CC
by Mir Rodríguez Uncategorized post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/libro_pasaporte_tw-1024x768.jpg)
Almanaque Azul is a group of Panamanian environmentalists, artists, and explorers that began the process of creating a travel guide for the beaches of the Republic of Panama in 2005 through a blog that chronicled the amazing cultural and natural diversity of various small towns and deserted beaches. Over the years, dozens of volunteers reported…
The Future of the Commons is an Open Planet
by Laura Hilliger Events post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/P4_Roadmap-1024x1024.png)
At the end of April, I’ll be joining hundreds of open culture advocates at the Creative Commons Summit in Toronto. The program is looking amazing and I’m looking forward to meeting up with friends and colleagues, both old and new.
Global Coalition Pushes for Unrestricted Sharing of Scholarly Citation Data
by Timothy Vollmer Open Access, Open Data post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/syd-wachs-120737-small-1024x682.jpg)
This week a coalition of scholarly publishers, researchers, and nonprofit organizations launched the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC), a project to promote the unrestricted open access to scholarly citation data. From the website: Citations are the links that knit together our scientific and cultural knowledge. They are primary data that provide both provenance and an…
Community and Movement at CC Summit: We’re ready to jump in
by Kelsey Wiens Uncategorized post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-yellow-ladybird_english_20160409_Page_01.jpg)
It’s been a big year for community at Creative Commons.
The revolution will be openly licensed!
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/12716391_1728415560724184_6029125997502562228_o-1024x683.jpg)
An interview with Dave Mitchell of Beautiful Trouble After Occupy and the Arab Spring in 2011, the artist-activists of Beautiful Trouble burst on the scene with a number of seasoned professionals ready to change the dialogue by utilizing creative, radical protest. Since then, the organization has created a number of invaluable online resources for social…
RightsCon Redux: Working Toward A Progressive Copyright Framework For Europe
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/RC2017-official-logo.png)
RightsCon is an annual conference that focuses on awareness-raising, organising, and advocacy on global issues at the intersection of technology and human rights. The event is produced by the international nonprofit organization AccessNow. RightsCon participants include members of digital rights organisations, legal experts, civil society, government, and business representatives. Creative Commons, Mozilla, and the Wikimedia…
Balancing the budget: How a commons-based project is revolutionizing budget reporting in India
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Data post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Logo_highres_text_original-26-1024x605.png)
Working to demystify this process is at the root of the Open Budgets India project, which is fighting for a more free and open approach to budgets in India.
Open Education Global 2017: Principle, Strategy, and Commitment to Growth
by Paul Stacey Events post![oer-logo](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Screen-Shot-2017-03-21-at-3.59.15-PM.png)
OEGlobal 17 provided a forum to celebrate and reflect on open education advancements over the past 10 years and consider new ways to broaden and deepen open education efforts going forward.
Just make music and share it: Podington Bear’s music for storytelling and podcasts
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/chad_crouch.jpg)
In 2007, the artist Chad Crouch began releasing three instrumental songs per week under the pseudonym Podington Bear. Crouch revealed his identity in July 2008 upon the release of a box set of his work, ending a speculative mystery covered in NPR, KEXP, Wired, and the Globe and Mail. According to his bio on Free…
Five years, five days of actions for #freebassel5years
by Jennie Rose Halperin About CC post![Bassel](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1024px-Bassel_Khartabil_Safadi-825x1024.jpg)
In honor of Khartabil’s influence on the free culture and open source movement, the Free Bassel campaign is encouraging five actions in public support of the movement to #freebassel in protest of his five years of unjust imprisonment.