How do you make a global citizens movement? Like bees to flowers, connect across profoundly different realities, says Jose Ramos
Do we produce enough to live dignified, meaningful and creative lives? Yes. And “public-commons partnerships” can get us there, says Abundance
The Stroud Commons aims to shift housing, energy, land, food, water, transport, social care & the means of exchange into community ownership
“Alternative futures are being created around the world—but not, for the most part, in plain sight.” Bollier and Thackara in conversation
PLANETARIAN, COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, SOCIO-POLITICS, YES WE CAN, LEARNING, FUTURES, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, 4TH SECTORpat kanedavid bollier, John thackara, commoning, commons
The Commons meets the Doughnut - and crumbs fly... A conversation between David Bollier and Kate Raworth
How do you fund Earth Regeneration? Colombia’s Joe Brewer is working out a new finance model, via the commoning of land
Peer-Designing, Open Blueprints and Maker Machines: how to put design and production in the hands of people and communities
If we want a post-Covid recovery to come with stronger communities, then “commons thinking” will be vital
"To achieve a sustainable balance of private sufficiency and public luxury, land is the key": the 40th E.F. Schumacher Lecture, given by George Monbiot
Towards a commons economics: maps, pointers and examples that help you imagine what a post-capitalism would look like
We should aim for “Co-Cities”, says Prof. Sheila Foster - meaning we reimagine the city as a commons
"Beyond markets and states": Elinor Ostrom's studies of the commons can help put community power at the core of British society
"Convivial technology enhances our capacity, as human beings, to make the final decisions that affect us." Silke Helfrich on commoning
COVID shows humans need interaction, cooperation and a life in nature. This course on "cultural commons" will skill you up
They stopped a toxic relief road. So why not use that energy to establish a forest commons? An empowering tale from North Yorkshire
For all those interested in a new economy that’s cooperative, networked and commons-based, here’s the videos from Open: 2020 (Reinvented)
Come to the DisCo (meaning DIStributed Cooperative Organisation)! And find out how to make your local group connect to the world
"Competing in a crisis is not a solution": arts activists want to form "solidarity syndicates" so funding can be shared
"Every time a civilisation is in crisis, there is a return of the commons", says Micheal Bauwens. So who are its current allies?
