# Open Conversations: Redefining the Commons: Global Coordination, Local Impact (Michel Bauwens)

- Speakers: [Michel Bauwens](https://streameth.org/speakers/michel-bauwens)
- Channel: [Funding the Commons](https://streameth.org/funding_the_commons)
- Date: 2025-10-07
- Duration: 03:10
- Topics: Michel Bauwens
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-0OhafxQUVu4
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OhafxQUVu4

## Description

A conversation with Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation. Michel explores how Web3 provides a decentralized infrastructure for collaboration—one that functions beyond ideological divides.

He discusses the historical evolution of cooperation, the return of digital commons, and why aligning diverse motivations is key to designing non-hierarchical, resilient systems.

Produced by Funding the Commons in Bangkok, November 2024.

Mentioned Projects:
P2P Foundation: https://p2pfoundation.net/
Funding the Commons: https://www.fundingthecommons.io/

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