The City as Commons
A commons-based economy cannot thrive without appropriate institutions, especially those that represent a "partner state" approach.
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Placemaking and Place-Led Development: A New Paradigm for Cities of the Future
What’s the difference between "public space" and "place"?
Ownership & Business Models as Social & Ideological Battlefields
The creation of what we now call capitalism, with its deification of private property and free…markets, has been a conscious project spanning a number of centuries.
A New Alignment of Movements?
Despite the deepening crisis of neoliberalism in Europe, no clear alternative critiques or philosophical approaches have emerged that could catalyze a united response or new convergence of movements.
A Commons Grows in Frogtown
Artist Seitu Jones and neighbors create a groundbreaking park in St. Paul’s poorest and most diverse neighborhood
To Make Hope Possible Rather Than Despair Convincing
We stand at a precipice in history that demands that the human species achieve some fairly unprecedented evolutionary advances.
Beyond the Market-State: Decentralising Power in a Sharing Society
At a time when governments are failing abysmally to mitigate climate change, reduce inequality or end poverty, the key to creating a more equal and sustainable world is establishing participative forms of political engagement at all levels of society – from the local to the global.
Efficient Use of Water Isn’t Enough to Save our Springs
The records show that efficiencies can indeed foster per-capita decreases in consumption, but it may come as a surprise to many that, at the community level, the drive to enhance efficiency usually results in an increase in overall water consumption!
What is the Commons Transition? (According to the Sustainable Economies Law Center)
To me, a commons transition speaks to the process of communities progressively controlling and self-governing more and more of their collective resources, by and for themselves and future generations.
From #Takethesquare to São Paulo’s #FreeYourPark
The occupation of Augusta Park in the Brazilian city of São Paulo…opens a new breakthrough in the global cycle of occupations: the proposal of a commons-oriented park.
Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 3
Community Land Trusts, JAK, CoopHab and the WiR Co-operative Bank demonstrate today that there are viable ways to deliver access to land and money as a democratic commons that eliminates usury.
Co-operative Commonwealth: Decommodifying Land and Money, Part 1
Access to land and the cost of that access are essential to the provision of affordable housing. Likewise, access to money, and the cost of that access, are issues fundamental to economic health.