The Place4Us VCC is devoted to the governance of the platform and the further development in service to the community of participants. Governance of the platform takes place here. Here we also develop concept, discuss how to increase the participant base, where to get funding, and what guidelines there are for the use of Place4Us. Our aim is to ensure that Place4Us is a platform that facilitates and host a global ecosystem of Virtual Community Centers (VCCs). This platform is open to every activist group worldwide, provided only that the group shares our general ethos for justice, equity, tolerance, peace, love and reverence for nature.
Most activities in the VCC are open to all registered participants on the platform. However, in a few cases we may require VCC membership for contributions. There are many Deliberation Rooms, and we are sure that some of them are of interest to you.
[Jan. 21, 2025] Publishing on Place4Us: We are currently discussing the publishing on Place4Us in the Deliberation Room "Journals, Magazines, Newsletters and Newspapers on Place4Us." If you are interested in the strategy of publishing on Place4Us, just come to this Deliberation Room and contribute to the deliberation.
[Jul. 08, 2023] Place4Us Needs YOU: The Place4Us VCC is in open discussion about the design and development of Place4us. All Place4Us Participants can join these discussions. Please, do help to develop Place4Us as a platform that serves those who want a healthy planet for a thriving humanity.
[Apr. 25, 2026] This is for Everyone: Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor and founder of the Web, says that commercialisation means the net has been ‘optimised for nastiness’, but collaboration and compassion can prevail. Daisy Dumas in the article “‘It’s not too late to fix it’: web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a ‘battle for the soul’ of the internet” indicates that the current Web bears little resemblance to the democratic force for humanity that Berners-Lee intended. In particular, the intercreativity he wanted to see emerge on the Web did not happen to the extent he had in mind. It is important to note here that Place4Us aims at this intercreativity.
[Apr. 25, 2026] World Happiness Report Finds Positive Impacts of Collaborative Platforms: The World Happiness Report 2026 has a strong focus on the impacts of social media and the Web in general on human happiness. The results of most studies indicate that the use of most social media seems to have a negative impact on happiness, while those tools that generate trust and collaboration have a positive impact. The report sumarizes: “Internet activities fall into two groups. Communications, news, learning, and content creation are associated with higher life satisfaction. Social media, gaming, and browsing for fun are associated with lower life evaluations.” This supports the mission of Place4Us as a trust-focused collaborative platform for intercreativity and learning.
[Apr. 25, 2026] Neurodivergence VCC opened: The "Made by Neurodivergence VCC" has been initialized and is open now.
[Apr. 21, 2026] SlaveryToday VCC opened: The "Fighting Modern Slavery VCC" has been initialized and is open now.
[Apr. 19, 2026] Earth Energy Imbalance is Increasing Rapidly: Finally the extreme increase in the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) is slowly starting to make headlines - far too late, though. The article “ What are zettajoules – and what do they tell us about Earth’s energy imbalance?” by Jonathan Watts published in the Guardian explains some of the basics. Importantly, the EEI double within only 13 years. In another article by Watts also in the Guardian and titled “ Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high” the author points out that the World Meteorological Organization warned that Earth is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is warming the oceans to unprecedented levels, making weather more extreme and threatening health and food supplies. Considering that Earth is more like a pool house with a very large pool than a greenhouse, the ocean is only delaying the heating of the atmosphere but not preventing it.
