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Our Hidden Wealth
How the commons makes everything else work My wife grew up in what Western experts, not without condescension, call a “developing” country. The social life of her village revolved largely around a...
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Our Common Wealth: Jonathan Rowe's Collected Writings on the Commons
An author/activist showed us the hidden economy that makes everything else work I can remember the moment I first recognized the commons as a powerful tool to heal the Earth, reverse economic...
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Yours, Mine & Ours
Today's rigid attitudes about property rights break with tradition Property is a mirror; the way we think about it says a lot about the way we think about ourselves. And the way Americans thought...
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Commons Has Expanded, Not Shrunk, Over Past 200 Years
Public water systems, public education, public libraries and public roads are modern innovations If you had asked the person next to you in New York or virtually any other city for a drink of water in...
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Why Should We Care About the Commons Now?
Yes, it’s history. And also our best hope for the future Both the idea and the reality of the commons have been declining since at least the 18th century. Why now, at the beginning of the 21st...
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From Berlin With Hope
International Economics & the Commons Conference breaks new ground in how we thrive together The international Economics and the Commons Conference is off to a flying start. More than 200...
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Learning to "Commonify" Your Mind
Breaking free of the belief that the market rules everything in our lives How can we organize ourselves for human and ecological survival? And what solutions do the commons, both historic and...
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How You Can Become a Commoner
It starts with commoning—the natural act of connecting with others to find security, convenience and fun At a recent meeting of a common security club in Boston—one of many groups around the U.S....
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51 (Mostly) Simple Ways to Spark a Commons Revolution
What you can do to make a better world Personal Life 1. Challenge the prevailing myth that all problems have private, individualized solutions. 2. Notice how many of life’s pleasures exist outside the...
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The Commons, Short and Sweet
David Bollier on the ABCs of our common wealth I am always trying to figure out how to explain the idea of the commons to newcomers who find it hard to grasp. In preparation for a talk that I gave at...
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We Power
From people's quiet yearnings, come new possibilities for a shift from me to we Through our experience with numerous community projects, we’ve come to see how deeply contemporary society is immersed...
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Elinor Ostrom Outlines Best Strategies for Managing the Commons
Nobel Prize winner headlines the Minneapolis Festival of the Commons, co-sponsored by On the Commons A breakthrough for the commons came in 2009 when Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize for Economics....
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Reclaiming and Redefining America's Hopes
The commons worldview can helps us accomplish great things together--really The commons is an old value that’s resurfacing as a fresh approach to twenty-first-century crises such as escalating...
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At Last, A New Story for the Future
Bill McKibben's introduction to OTC's book All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons It was two years before the first Earth Day in 1970 when Garrett Hardin penned the famous essay “The Tragedy...
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An Invitation to Join the Commons Network
If you care about what we share in common, read this invitation You’re invited to help us grow the commons movement Do you seek to help communities collaborate in new ways? Are you interested in...
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How to Create Wealth: Monetary, Spiritual or Psychic
Jonathan Rowe's brilliant meditation on the shared, non-commercialized realms of life One of the sharper satirical jabs in People, a recent play by the English writer Alan Bennett, occurs when a...
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Connections, Community and the Pursuit of the Commons
Why public life and good places matter so much At one point in my life, my neighbors and I were fighting battles on two fronts to protect our community. Our modest Kingfield neighborhood in...
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Why Should We Care About the Commons Now?
Yes, it’s history. And also our best hope for the future Both the idea and the reality of the commons have been declining since at least the 18th century. Why now, at the beginning of the 21st...
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From Berlin With Hope
International Economics & the Commons Conference breaks new ground in how we thrive together The international Economics and the Commons Conference is off to a flying start. More than 200...
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Learning to "Commonify" Your Mind
Breaking free of the belief that the market rules everything in our lives How can we organize ourselves for human and ecological survival? And what solutions do the commons, both historic and...
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