P2P Foundation is a non-governmental organization and universal system that is mandated for pushing for research of commons-oriented peer to peer dynamics in the society. It is a network of people who are linked together without having to need a bonding factor. The foundation is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Peer to peer dynamics essentially means people are doing the daily functions of the foundation. Its main agenda is to bring a change towards the commons dynamics which are the natural and cultural resources available to all members of the society (Bauwens, 2012).
The foundations main aim is working towards a friendly and safe practices towards ending nature destruction and creating awareness by providing credible information for public awareness. It has couple of websites with information about the foundation. An example of a peer to peer is a platform where people from the same area can come together and decide clean the area by collecting garbage and mending sewerage systems. This foundation champions for clean environment and climate change by advocating usage of renewable energy. Brooklyn Micro grid project is a P2p project that has a prospective of declining markets for green energy especially in developed countries whereas enabling the widening of reliable energy in developing countries (Energy, 2016).
The foundation has a team of representation in running its activities and responsibilities. Supporters are those that engage with the foundations social media platforms or attend events related to the foundation. Affiliates are voluntary supporters who engage in the foundation activities. Since they are voluntary they are free to organize themselves in their own way. Their only accountability is how they represent the foundation externally. Members involves anyone working with the foundation.
There projects and activities are funded by the foundation therefore they are solely answerable to the foundation. The global core team includes individual who partake daily duties of the foundation and coordinating the universal community. The safeguard the culture and norms of the foundation. The members here are accountable to each other and to the principles of the foundation. The advisory board deals with decision making, conflict resolution analysis and giving feedback to the foundation.
P2P has greatly absorbed the Feminist Energy Future Hypothesis in its endeavors in environmental social justice. Feminist Energy Future is a group of feminists of all genders advocating for environment and social justice in terms of equity, gender, race, class and sex orientation (Wilson, 2016). Its main agenda is providing knowledge and voice to people to articulate their issues and creating energy- transition cultural resources like art and stories.
Although the current pandemic shows death rates being higher in men than women, it does not necessarily mean that women and girls are safe. The pandemic has increased the levels of gender inequalities rapidly. Researchers explain that since the covid-19 pandemic broke out, it has put lives of human rights activist in gender with a record of at least twenty eight of them being killed in Colombia. In Mexico, reports show that the rate of violence and abuse in women has increased since the onset of the pandemic. The report further says that more vulnerable women have been killed in the hands of the oppressors than even the pandemic itself.
The Feminist Energy Future champions for equal care work in the society. This essentially means looking after the elderly, domestic chores, those with disabilities, children and those who may need help in accomplishing important life skills. Research has shown that most unpaid care work is done by women for the simple stereotype that women care more than women. Most of the women and girls providing the care work are underpaid and because they are poor, they have no alternative. Lockdowns and has seen these care service providers who are the center of the economy undermined and overshadowed. The pandemic has brought to light the discrimination, sexism, racism and classism has cropped the current institutional systems.
To understand the concept of these paper we need to look at the various critical terms that we will be using to elaborate different contexts. Commons is a term that refers to the natural resources and cultural resources like air and water that are available to all individuals in the community. These resources needs to be protected especially from human encroachment and avoid their destruction and pollution. Subsistence needs are those reducible resources that are necessary for survival. For example in order to be alive, we need air to breath, even though the air maybe dirty and polluted, it’s the minimum commodity we may need to stay alive. Social justice is another term that will be used occasionally in this paper.
Social justice is basically how individuals relate in the society and how resources are distributed among them. It’s a crucial aspect especially when people need to co-exist peacefully without feeling undermined or discriminated. Environmental justice is the call for participation of people regardless of their different affiliation in an effort to protect the nature, the mother earth from destruction and distinction. Social justice involves identifying issues of oppression due to race, sexuality and class and advocating against them for a socially equal dimension. Activists are championing to change systems that are oppressing and violent.
Commons and cooperatives endeavor for social justice is primarily the universal goal to achieve to achieve equitability (De Peuter & Dyer-Witheford (2010). Social common are basically relations that are crafted by individuals with shared ownership for a common positive goal. Climate change dictates how social justice and protection can be achieved by social justice, on is able to differentiate between the right and wrong in the society in relation to protecting the environment. It is the social discipline that dictates how individuals act in regards to protecting the environment.
Feminists champions for social reproduction which is basically ensuring that equality in provision of food, sexuality, biological reproduction and shelter is maintained from one generation through education, politics and the economy. As most social reproduction takes place within the social; family context, feminist activists’ champion for equal representation and rights. This concepts works within the boundaries of understanding that the rich breed rich and the poor breed poor.
Cooperatives offer care services diversely depending on individual’s needs (Deller, 2009). The cooperatives serve a wide range of population from day care children to the elderly and people living with disabilities. By offering care services to children, day Care, home based care and the after school care, better results are yielded over time. However seeking care in cooperatives is broad and diverse. It is not specified to only particular care service. For example having a child with a disability may not only need day care service but close personal assistance. Cooperatives exhibit improved benefits and wages because they reinvest into the cooperation hence workers enjoy health insurance and better retirement plans.
Due to the high wages provided and the good package of benefits, the cooperatives are able to retain more workers. Availability of professional training of care workers by cooperation, the quality of service delivery has improved through learning new skills. To ensure safe working and friendly environment for its workers and its customers, the cooperation perform site visitations regularly. Cooperative s have created jobs to many and providing conducive working environment. Being a member in such cooperatives is therefore rewarding because one is protected from external challenges and work security is guaranteed.
Due to change in weather patterns, forest fires have been witnessed in recent times among other climate change related calamities. Its due to this threat that Edmonton came up with strategic plans to reduce climate change effects. Edmonton, through its reduction target, climate adaptation plan and reduction in gas emission has it being named as a global leader in addressing climate change. Clearing of forest to create room for development and infrastructure has seen amount of rainfall decline and temperatures rising. Edmonton Resillient Climate Change plan came up with the proposal for urban forest plan.
Edmonton Resillient Climate Change project is projected to temperature levels. The Green roof is a strategy where roof tops of houses are to be made of vegetation so as to reduce the increasing temperature (Learned,2019) . These efforts will see the restoration of the environment to its better self. All these actions are in an effort to ensure peoples well being is taken care of properly.
The ongoing global health pandemic has intensified neoliberalism in capitalism. It’s a topic that has been under scrutiny especially with ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Neoliberalism is generally policies that were set up in an effort to help developing countries when in a crisis. These policies are aimed at economy stabilization, deregulation, reducing government role in decision making on matters of the economy and privatization.
Neoliberalism is gradually creating a world where choices are limited other than those provided by the market to evaluate the different types and categories of work that we as individuals’ do.in order to reclaim from this reason, care is needed and mandatory in this quest. Mobilizing care in order to bring change politically by learning how to give and not take. this quest visualizes a scenario where everyone is cared for and the environment is properly taken care against extinction. In this context of neoliberalization, people with disabilities are often disregarded in provision of care. This has posed a challenge especially with nw reforms where disability is redefined to be able to receive stste benefit or even get employed, by creating stringent eligibility platform.
Therefore disabled people who end up to be seen as a liability who need more care and resources which are in scarcity.People with disbailities therefore have a challenge in accessing healthcare. To improve the neoliberalism to achieve equitable care, employment opportunities need to be increased, improving health behaviors through health foods, creating friendly and conducive working environment and avoiding discrimination especially to persons living with disabilities.
Neoliberal feminism advocates for gender equality and empowerment in politics and the economy (Cornwall & Wilson 2008). This concept however recognizes sexual harassment, violence and racism as challenges that feminism activism faces. It encourages women to value themselves, to pursue their heart desires and aspirations. Its ideas like any other commodity can be sold in markets through sensitization and awareness.
Global politics has over time dominated the climate change on trading systems, greenhouse emissions and mitigation plans (Keohane,2015). However despite these challenges there has been remarkable progress. Various governments especially across Europe have come mitigated climate change through policies that so far are yielding good results. Carbon limits and tax imposed on industries and individuals using green house energy has seen reduction of toxic gases into the atmosphere. Government sensitization and awareness towards adopting renewable sources of energy as an alternative has shown good progress.
Social justice haa advocated for egalitarianism whereby equality is emphasized regardless of ones gender, class, religion or background. It is a concept that everyone is equal before th law and no one should be victimized because of their different affiliations (Barry 2005). With equality and friendly conducive environment individuals are able to work peaceful and obtain subsistence needs for survival. Social justice that see everyone as equal enhances peaceful coexistence between indiiduals in the community.
Conclusion.
P2P foundation advocate for clean environment and climate change mitigation strategies.it has championed for safe practices through social practices and justice to ensure that the environment is protected from destruction especially by man made activities. The Feminist Energy Future champions for equal provision of care. It advocate sfor better payment for women and girls providing cares services to children in day care or tp the eldery or even to persons with disabilities. It champions against undermioning them and the wrk they do because its as respectable as any other job. Availability of professional training to care workers by cooperation’s, helps to improve the service provided. Cooperation’s are committed to the well fare of their workers and that is why they conduct site visitations to ensure that the working environment is safe.
Policies against greenhouse emission into the atmosphere are important in attaining climate justice. The environment needs to be protected from more destruction because it plays a key role in our human existence. Political mitigation by countries coming together and perhaps signing treaties and agreements to reduce greenhouse emissions is important the lower the levels of emissions in the atmosphere, the safer it will be for us and animals who depend so much on the environment (Lempert & Schlesinger 2000).
Neoliberal feminisms is all about women and empowerment,that women should not be afraid to explore and find their genuine purpose. They should not be limited to staying home and doing house chores but acquire freedom in political dimensions as well. Therefore to achieve a safe feminist future that is characterized with social justice and rights should be essentially looked into. Understanding the importance of care and its equal availability and provision is proportional to the proper policies and systems set up for that purpose.