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TWIS is Shareable's weekly round-up of links from around the web that we think our readers might like. Read on, and add your own links in the comments:

• Friday is World Commons Day, read about what's happening and how it came to be at On The Commons.
   
• The American Planning Association has released its list of great public spaces in America, including one of my favorites, the San Francisco Ferry Building.
   
• Common Dreams has posted Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow's plenary speech from the annual Environmental Grantmakers Retreat.
   
• Richard Poynder has an interview with German activist Silke Helfrich on the state of what she sees as a global commons movement.
   
• Authorities in Britain are using crowd-sourcing techniques to identify both road conditions and places that need more bike parking.
   
• The Bay Citizen's Jonathan Weber predicts a coming surge of socially productive 'impact investing'.
   
•  An industry survey finds that more and more people are turning to DIY auto repair to save money during the recession.
   
• In less promising news, some officials in Illinois's DuPage County have proposed banning meeting places in unincorporated residential areas.
   
• Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park is holding a contest along with the BBC, the best DIY invention gets featured in the next film.

Have a good weekend and add your sharing links below.