Home » Posts tagged 'commons' (Page 2)
Tag Archives: commons
What Permaculture Can Teach Us About Commons
What Permaculture Can Teach Us About Commons As a developed set of social practices, techniques and ethical norms, permaculture has a lot to say to the world of the commons. This is immediately clear from reading the twelve design principles of permaculture that David Holmgren enumerated in his 2002 book Permaculture: Principles and Practices Beyond Sustainability. It […]
The climate and the commons
The climate and the commons This article is intended for those familiar with the CapGlobalCarbon proposal. Please first read this or watch this short video explainer. The Paris agreement that ensued from the COP-21 summit states that “climate change is a common concern of humankind”. This brings to mind the position taken by an increasing number of climate […]
P2P Revolution and Commons Phase Transition
P2P Revolution and Commons Phase Transition At the P2P Foundation, we don’t use the moniker ‘revolution’ with much frequency, preferring the concept of phase transition. In this article, we would like to elucidate the relation between the two concepts. In my experience, revolution is used in two quite different senses; in a generic sense, it […]
Rebel City of the Commons, Part II
Rebel City of the Commons, Part II This is the second installment of a two-part series on global rebel cities. Read the first part here. Rebel City is a need: both as a narrative and as a practice of collective fixing in the urban space. Rebel City is desirable: as a form of disobedience that defies […]
Who May Use the King’s Forest? The Meaning of Magna Carta, Commons and Law in Our Time
Who May Use the King’s Forest? The Meaning of Magna Carta, Commons and Law in Our Time The relationship between law and the commons is very much on my mind these days. I recently posted a four-part serialization of my strategy memo, “Reinventing Law for the Commons.” The following public talk, which I gave at […]
Property Rights, Inequality and Commons
Property Rights, Inequality and Commons I recently spoke at a conference, “Property and Inequality in the 21st Century,” hosted by The Common Core of European Private Law, an annual gathering of legal scholars, mostly from Europe. They had asked me how the commons might be a force for reducing inequality. Below are my remarks, “The […]
There’s Nothing Heroic About Stealing Water From the Commons
There’s Nothing Heroic About Stealing Water From the Commons It’s not every day that someone who steals water from the commons for private use on his large estate gains folk hero status in the sustainability movement. But thanks to a few irresponsible members of the alternative press, and a well-earned reputation in several states for […]
In Defense of the Commons
In Defense of the Commons “Enclosures have appropriately been called a revolution of the rich against the poor.” Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation. 1944. (p. 35) Shared access, reliance, use and governance of natural resources is a common form of tenure in the world, North and South, rural and urban. The specific rules and institutions […]
The Newly Launched Commons Transition Plan
The Newly Launched Commons Transition Plan The P2P Foundation recently launched a new website, the Commons Transition Platform, as a central repository for policy ideas that help promote a wide variety of commons and peer-to-peer dynamics. The site represents a new, more coordinated stage of activism in this area – collecting practical policy proposals for legally […]
Hope For Imagining a World Beyond Corporate Control | On the Commons
Hope For Imagining a World Beyond Corporate Control | On the Commons. The commons is not just a battlefield between corporate predators and those who resist them – it is also a source of hope for those willing to imagine a world beyond capitalism. It represents a space between the private market and the political […]
Economics As If Future Generations Mattered | On the Commons
Economics As If Future Generations Mattered | On the Commons. By Lieven Soete under a CC license The message that solutions to climate change and environmental degradation is up to the individual directly conflicts with what people are witnessing We have turned a corner on climate change— a wrong turn– and it is happening more rapidly than we have predicted. Climate change is […]
