Peter Barnes: Protect Commons Assets through ‘Universal Property’
Can property law be used to reclaim our common wealth and transform capitalism in the process? Peter Barnes, a socially minded entrepreneur and commoner, believes it can.
atmospheric commons
Elinor Ostrom’s Essential Lessons for Collective Action: Excerpt
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
Beyond Paris: The Next Step, The Earth’s Atmosphere as A Global Trust
This resolution can then become the basis for a treaty—initiated by the developing states– that recognizes the Earth’s atmosphere as a global trust as a critical component of the Common Heritage of Humanity.
A new wave of climate insurgents defines itself as law-enforcers
One in six Americans say they would personally engage in nonviolent civil disobedience against corporate or government activities that make global warming worse.
The Climate and the Commons
The Paris agreement that ensued from the COP-21 summit states that “climate change is a common concern of humankind”.