The tragedy is not having common goods
By Juan Bordera Romá, Fastlove Studios
In order to close the circle, the commons must be that which helps to provide the minimum subsistence that guarantees a decent quality of life.
Tag: the commons
Elinor Ostrom’s Essential Lessons for Collective Action: Excerpt
By Erik Nordman, Resilience.org
Earth’s climate system has the attributes of a common-pool resource. The climate system’s limited ability to absorb greenhouse gas pollution makes it a depletable resource. I
Peter Linebaugh on What the History of Commoning Reveals
By David Bollier, David Bollier blog
Indeed, we have wandered out of our knowledge and lost track of the commons. But there is another sun, shining in a different quarter of the sky.
What we have in common: The Forest Charter and shared stewardship of the earth
By W. Andrew Gowder, Jr., Solutions Journal
Only by considering our earth “as a whole” and creating a decision-making and governance system that allows meaningful participation by all its inhabitants can we create a future that will be successful and allow us all to thrive and flourish.
Cities beyond bureaucracy: Exploring commons-based strategies
By Yavor Tarinski, Towards Autonomy
I think these are the two conflicting urban visions today: the one is about a top-down enforced homogenization and zoning of the city, and then there is the possibility for the citizens themselves to engage autonomously in morphing their urban environment.
The commons
By Sergio Ruiz Cayuela, Uneven Earth
Autonomy refers to the capacity of a given system to self-manage. In other words, the more autonomy that a commons has, the less dependent it will be on external inputs.
Commons and Enclosures
By Patrick Noble, Towards a Convivial Economy
Yes. Cultures are what people do. The future is created by present actions – for better and for worse. Targets, achievements, status… can change nothing.
The Cull: Scotland’s Deer Dilemma
By Lucia Monje-Jelfs, Sustainable Food Trust
The Cull is an award-winning documentary that explores the controversial topic of deer management in the Scottish Highlands, illustrating the complexity of a debate which has been going on for decades.
Implementing peer-to-peer hospitality exchange: organizational philosophy of BeWelcome.org
By Katarzyna Gajewska, Resilience.org
Against the grain of "There-is-no-alternative" discourse, such a platform can be successful without focusing on profit-making. BeWelcome.org offers lessons for other endeavors promoting the Commons.
Making visible the commons
By Thomas Allan, Resilience.org
The love, nurturing, empathy, and mutual support of the care economy can serve as a catalyst for broad systems change in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Great Awakening: Excerpt
By Michel Bauwens, José Ramos, Resilience.org
It is these commons-based transformations that allow overshooting systems to find new ways to work within the biocapacity of their own regions.
Jimmy Buff and the Radio Kingston Commons
By David Bollier, David Bollier blog
Radio Kingston may be the closest thing to a commons that I’ve encountered in the world of radio. It’s a community-minded, noncommercial platform that lets the people of Kingston, New York, and the Hudson Valley, see and hear themselves on the air.