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.
Tag: the commons
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.
Global transformation: the precariat overcoming populism
By Guy Standing, Open Democracy
The challenge before us is that if we want a Green Left Transformation we must forge a cross-class alliance built around the aspirations of the Progressives in the precariat, a revival of the commons and a green-blue vision of a sustainable balance between humanity and nature.
Open Source Seeds and Commoning Mushrooms: The Iriaiken Philosophy
By David Bollier, Free, Fair, and Alive
The appropriation of seeds raises a profound challenge to farmers and, really, everyone, because we all have to eat.
Beating the Bounds: Inside the Struggle to Make Open Source Seed
By Maywa Montenegro de Wit, David Bollier blog
Commoners in medieval Europe variously employed boundary beating as physical mapping of space, territorial defense, and performative acts of community, collective memory, and shared responsibility.
Dave Jacke on Ecological Design and Abundance
By David Bollier, David Bollier blog
For Dave Jacke, a designer of ecological landscapes since the late 1970s, human culture and our “inner landscapes” are the floating variables for our future on Earth.
Care as Commons: A Brief Introduction
By Thomas Allan, Resilience.org
A broader political economy of care can make visible the interdependence and reciprocity that are fundamental parts of our social world.