The Funky Beauty of the Park Slope Food Co-op
By David Bollier, David Bollier blog
The Park Slope Food Co-op is a landmark achievement of what can be achieved through commoning in a co-operative organizational structure.
Tag: commoning
Notes on the “Financialisation of Nature and Carbon Markets”
By Brian Davey, Feasta
What is needed is an approach called commoning – the idea that we all share responsibility. We are all are entitled to share natural resources– but only so far as use is made at a sustainable scale.
Using the CSA Model for Jazz Performance
By David Bollier, David Bollier blog
In western Massachuetts, where I live, Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares represents a creative mashup of the CSA farm model (community-supported agriculture) with concert production.
US Capitalism Was Born in the Destruction of the Commons
By Laura Flanders, TruthOut
The practice of commoning, and the idea that we might hold and manage land and assets together in common, holds a lot of appeal these days. To help us think forward as we do on this show, we have two world-renowned experts on commoning in the house.
“We Are One Big Conversation”: Commoning in Venezuela
By Silke Helfrich, Patterns of Commoning
We try to conceive of Cecosesola as a personal process of development, not as work. Work! Just thinking about it makes you tired! It isn’t always successful, and it isn’t for everybody.
Social Transformation Through ‘The Commons’ (w/ David Bollier)
By Adam Simpson, David Bollier, The Next System Project
I realized that the commons had great potential as an alternative political vision that is not some unified movement or ideology, like in the past, but something that is locally distributed and grounded in things that people love and want to protect. So, the commons is about sharing those things that belong to all of us that we want to protect in our ability to manage them for our purposes.
New Economy Models: The Victory of the Commons
By Laura Flanders, David Bollier, Laura Flanders Show
A new world based on community and collaboration is closer than you think. We can steward resources together, in fact, millions of people are doing just that. And not just in the history books. This week, from Kingston, NY, author and activist David Bollier, Co Founder of the Commons Strategy Group, explains what it means to Think Like A Commoner.
Commons Governance as a Means and an End
By Neal Gorenflo, Shareable
I want to share three similar examples of how citizens, when faced with a big challenge like we were, chose commoning and not only succeeded, but further developed their collaborative capacity ensuring they could better meet future challenges.
The Nidiaci Garden of Florence, an Oasis of Commoning in a Busy City
By David Bollier, David Bollier blog
But what makes the Nidiaci garden special is the commoning that occurs there. The neighborhood decides how to use the space to suit its own interests and needs.
Notable Commons Around the World
By Jannis Kühne, Patterns of Commoning
A wide variety of urban commons around the world are challenging the idea that people’s needs can only be met via city governments, urban planners and lawyers.