Alternatives to CapitalismMar 12

💭 💬 Concept:

Participatory Budgeting

https://omastadi.hel.fi/

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OmaStadi

OmaStadi is Helsinki's way of implementing participatory budgeting. In OmaStadi, you can submit proposals and, through voting, decide how the city uses €10 million. A new round starts in the autumn of 2025, and you can submit proposals on this website from September 22nd to October 5th, 2025. The city will implement the proposals that receive the most votes.

Show threadDr. Juande Santander-VelaDec 3

@kottke i think you’d find interesting the experiments on local-government funding allocation workshops (aka Participatory Budgeting) facilitated by Luke Hohmann and others… they even have a book based on the process, results, and challenges on Nee York City.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-59201-1

#ParticipatoryBudgeting #BudgetAllocationWorkshops #NYC #NewYorkCity #LukeHohmann

Real Money, Real Power?

This book reports on a multi-methodological, qualitative study of New York City’s participatory budgeting (PB) process from the perspective of a city resident over time, and provides a ground-level view of the limitations and the potential reform of public finance and budgeting.

SpringerLink
burque.fun: stuff happening in albuquerqueJul 1, 2025

San Mateo Growers Market Groundbreaking

San Mateo Growers Market, Monday, July 7 at 01:00 PM MDT

Nichole Rogers ABQ City Councilor - District 6 on Instagram: "🌱 Big things are growing in ABQ! Join us for the groundbreaking of the winning Participatory Budgeting project YOU voted for! 🗓️ July 7 | 1:00 PM 📍 San Mateo & Kathryn Lot 👟 Closed-toe shoes recommended! Let’s celebrate community power and the start of something amazing! 💪🎉 #PBABQ #Groundbreaking #ABQCommunity #YouDecideABQ"

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLioCWBT3Uf/

https://burque.fun/event/san-mateo-growers-market-groundbreaking

decidimApr 7, 2025

#NYC remains committed to #Decidim for its city budget 🌈

New York City's annual citywide #ParticipatoryBudgeting (PB) 2024-2025 under the People's Money programme is advancing.

They are inmersive in the second phase of the pocess, the #BoroughAssembly.

https://www.participate.nyc.gov/processes/Citywidepb2024

The People's Money (2024-2025) - NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC)

What is the People's Money?

ZNet (unofficial)Mar 28, 2025

In 1989, Porto Alegre, Brazil, created #ParticipatoryBudgeting to let citizens decide how to spend public funds, aiming to improve living conditions for the city's poor. This led to major improvements, like better sanitation, schools, and healthcare.

Over time, PB spread worldwide, to places like the U.S., Argentina, Finland, and Taiwan. Programs like L.A. REPAIR and Denver’s People’s Budget show how PB can give power to underrepresented communities.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/participatory-budgeting-includes-community-members-in-the-public-funding-process/

burque.fun: stuff happening in albuquerqueMar 26, 2025

Participatory Budgeting ABQ Expo

International District Library, Saturday, March 29 at 02:00 PM MDT

PB ABQ on Instagram: "After designing and implementing a Participatory Budgeting Pilot Program in City Council District 6 since April of last year, we are finally at the phase we have all been waiting for: voting! @nicholerogersdistrict6 and @abqparticipatorybudgeting will be hosting our Participatory Budgeting Voting Launch & Project Expo this Saturday, March 29 from 2-5pm at the International District Library. In a science fair format, each of our 9 Project Teams will be available during this event to present their project posters to District 6 community members wanting to cast their votes. District 6 community members will have the opportunity to cast their votes 1) in-person at the Project Expo, 2) on their own phones/computers on their own time, or 3) on at one of our upcoming outreach events (please DM us for more information on outreach events or scheduling a community group presentation). District 6 community members will have the opportunity to vote from March 29 to April 19, and will also have the opportunity to volunteer to help get the word out to vote. We will share the link to our Voting Ballot Platform in our Bio and in follow up posts when we launch the voting process on Saturday. Hope to see you Saturday! #abqparticipatorybudgeting #pbabq #vote #democracy #shapeyourcity"

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHq25Cxudjv/

https://burque.fun/event/participatory-budgeting-abq-expo

PB ABQ on Instagram: "After designing and implementing a Participatory Budgeting Pilot Program in City Council District 6 since April of last year, we are finally at the phase we have all been waiting for: voting! @nicholerogersdistrict6 and @abqparticipatorybudgeting will be hosting our Participatory Budgeting Voting Launch & Project Expo this Saturday, March 29 from 2-5pm at the International District Library. In a science fair format, each of our 9 Project Teams will be available during this event to present their project posters to District 6 community members wanting to cast their votes. District 6 community members will have the opportunity to cast their votes 1) in-person at the Project Expo, 2) on their own phones/computers on their own time, or 3) on at one of our upcoming outreach events (please DM us for more information on outreach events or scheduling a community group presentation). District 6 community members will have the opportunity to vote from March 29 to April 19, and will also have the opportunity to volunteer to help get the word out to vote. We will share the link to our Voting Ballot Platform in our Bio and in follow up posts when we launch the voting process on Saturday. Hope to see you Saturday! #abqparticipatorybudgeting #pbabq #vote #democracy #shapeyourcity"

16 likes, 0 comments - abqparticipatorybudgeting on March 26, 2025: "After designing and implementing a Participatory Budgeting Pilot Program in City Council District 6 since April of last year, we are finally at the phase we have all been waiting for: voting! @nicholerogersdistrict6 and @abqparticipatorybudgeting will be hosting our Participatory Budgeting Voting Launch & Project Expo this Saturday, March 29 from 2-5pm at the International District Library. In a science fair format, each of our 9 Project Teams will be available during this event to present their project posters to District 6 community members wanting to cast their votes. District 6 community members will have the opportunity to cast their votes 1) in-person at the Project Expo, 2) on their own phones/computers on their own time, or 3) on at one of our upcoming outreach events (please DM us for more information on outreach events or scheduling a community group presentation). District 6 community members will have the opportunity to vote from March 29 to April 19, and will also have the opportunity to volunteer to help get the word out to vote. We will share the link to our Voting Ballot Platform in our Bio and in follow up posts when we launch the voting process on Saturday. Hope to see you Saturday! #abqparticipatorybudgeting #pbabq #vote #democracy #shapeyourcity".

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😀🚲Jul 2, 2024

Absolutely support strange women lying in ponds distributing stuff, but what if we just gave everyone ploughshares? #UBI #ParticipatoryBudgeting

https://mas.to/@VeryBadLlama/112714839225638933

Janel Comeau (@[email protected])

strange women lying in ponds distributing swords actually sounds like a pretty decent alternative right now

mas.to
ecosentidoApr 18, 2024

#Jamaica’s Coalition for Forests urges government to prioritise #ForestConservation in budgets, partner with civil society to deliver national priorities, and embrace #ParticipatoryBudgeting #Caribbean #forests

https://canari.org/gayap-article/jamaicas-coalition-for-forests-urges-government-to-prioritise-forest-conservation/

Jamaica’s Coalition for Forests urges government to prioritise forest conservation in budgets, partner with civil society to deliver national priorities, and embrace participatory budgeting – CANARI

NYC GlueApr 7, 2024
@lzg This is a fabulous idea for #ParticipatoryBudgeting #PB. In NYC, a PB idea has to be a capital budget item and cost over $20,000. A capital budget item must last 5 years. Somehow laptops are pitched as lasting 5 years but also require laptop carts. For 100K you supply bikes to every kid in the school and they last way longer than 5 years and be handed down.
Ozzie D, NP-hard  Mar 22, 2024

Last night my middle schooler and I attended the PB10 (participatory budgeting) results party at #CambridgeMA City Hall. It's hard to imagine a more fun, feel-good municipal budget event! Results are now up at https://pb.cambridgema.gov , but here are the eight projects (out of 20 candidates), funded to a total of over US$2M, in order of most to least votes:

  • Free Menstrual Care and Infant Hygiene Products ($85,000)
  • Additional Supplies for Unhoused Residents ($50,000)
  • Expanding Space for Street Trees ($100,000)
  • Improve Safety for Pedestrians ($400,000)
  • Smart Traps for Rat Reduction ($360,000)
    • Smart Recycling and Trash Compactors ($120,000)
  • Shaded Seats on Hot Streets ($450,000)
  • Public Toilet for Park Upgrade ($500,000)

Voter tallies were substantially higher than in last PB cycle, which I reckon is mainly due to setting up polling stations at every middle school in the city (any resident who's in 6th grade, or at least 12 years old, is eligible to vote).

The party featured pizza and salad from All Star Pizza Bar, and dessert from Insomnia Cookies (with #vegan and GF options from both)!

A city counselor and I even spent a few minutes practicing some of the dance moves for the community theater show we're both in this weekend (http://familyopera.org).

A+, would vote again.

#participatorybudgeting

City of Cambridge Participatory Budgeting

The City of Cambridge has launched its ninth Participatory Budgeting (PB) process in which community members will directly decide how to spend $1,000,000 in FY24 capital funds.

City of Cambridge Participatory Budgeting