Sharing as the new common sense in a post-growth world
We need to talk a lot more about sharing as a way to radically reframe the post-growth debate, argues a recent report from the Green House.
the commons
From Bitcoin to Burning Man and Beyond
I’m happy to announce that a new collection of essays that I’ve co-edited with John Clippinger, executive director of ID3, has been published. It’s called From Bitcoin to Burning Man and Beyond.
Looting the public
I think we’ve got to the point where we have to name British politics for what it has become: a wholesale looting of the state and the public, with the complicity of the political class, to reward the financial sector.
Towards a New Co-Existence: On Reframing Our Ecological Crises
How we think about and talk about ecological crises and our role in them form the structures of our responses.
Can we leverage common assets to reduce inequality?
Everybody talks a lot about economic inequality, but there don’t seem to be many credible proposals out there, let alone ones that have political legs.
The Teatro Valle Occupation Ends — and a New Theater Commons Begins
The proposed privatization of the grand public theater in Rome, Teatro Valle, has been defeated…
Local Communities Playing Vital Role in Marine Conservation
…it’s good news that a first of its kind assessment of community-led marine conservation in the Western Indian Ocean adds to growing evidence that marine conservation works best when local communities are responsible for fisheries management.
Theater belongs to the people: Occupying Rome’s Teatro Valle
The three-year occupation of Teatro Valle in Rome is now legendary: a spontaneous response to the failures of conventional government in supporting a venerated public theater, and the conversion of the theater into a commons by countless ordinary citizens.
A struggle to save Europe’s soul from privatization
As the EU sells its soul by pushing Greece to privatize its natural and cultural heritage, ordinary citizens are mobilizing to save their common wealth.
Open Source, Time Banks, Fablabs – Welcome to the “Irrational” Economy
The idea that people may actually choose to cooperate with each other in managing important resources, and to reap their gains in nonmonetary forms, is “irrational” to economists.
Lessons of DIY Urbanism in a Syrian Refugee Camp
Perhaps DIY refugee camps like Zaatari will eventually teach municipal governments around the world a few things about unleashing the cooperative capacities of people and making their cities more robust, productive and liveable
Preserving the sources of life
The term “the commons” is typically defined as land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community.