{"id":87486,"key":"CAN_handbook,_Glossary","title":"CAN handbook, Glossary","latest":{"id":1274008,"timestamp":"2026-09-16T15:38:02Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:AlleeImFruehling.jpg|thumb|''This article would be improved by an appropriate'' [[:Category:Images|photo or image]].]]\n\n* '''Alter-Native''':\n* '''Co-responsibility''':\n* '''Cosmolocal''': Cosmo-localization describes the process of bringing together our globally distributed knowledge and design commons with the high-to-low tech capacity for localized production. It is based on the ethical premise, drawing from cosmopolitanism, that people and communities should be universally empowered with the heritage of human ingenuity that allow them to more effectively create livelihoods and solve problems in their local environments, and that, reciprocally, local production and innovation should support the wellbeing of our planetary commons.\n* '''Ecocivilisation''':\n\n{{Wikipedia excerpt|Ecological civilization}}\n\n* '''Eco-system''':\n* '''Fractal growth''':\n* '''A 'larger us' mindset''': Something inclusive when concerning a local community, otherwise potentially all humanity, or all life on earth\n* '''Majority world''': An alternative, and less perjorative name for third-world countries and developing countries of Asia, [[Africa, community action for sustainability|Africa]] and Latin America. So named because 'third-world countries' comprise more of the world's population than first-world countries.<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Majority_World wiktionary.org]</ref>\n* '''more-as-one''': simply suggested shorthand for \"[[CAN handbook, Ways of working#Becoming closer and better connected|becoming closer and better connected]]\" networks and gatherings\n* '''mycelium network of projects''':\n* '''pattern-match''':\n* '''prototype''':\n\n{{Wikipedia excerpt|Prototype}}\n\n{{CANs near you footer}}\n\n{{CANwiki footer}}\n\n'''Notes and References'''\n\n* What is a CAN? Information from '''The Alternative UK''', [https://www.thealternative.org.uk/citizens-action-network thealternative.org.uk]\n* Daily Alternative articles about building CANs, [https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/tag/Citizens+Action+Networks thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative]\n* CAN Insights, David Wilcox, December 2020, [https://www.appropedia.org/File:CAN_Insights.pdf CAN Insights]\n\n<references />\n\n{{Page data|description=CAN glossary explains key terms used in community-led sustainability. Appropedia helps clarify ideas that support real action.}}\n\n[[Category:CASwiki articles needing files]]\n[[Category:CAN handbook]]"}