Tag: commons

Five Things I Like About Google's Meaning of Open

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I admit to being just a tad wary when a corporation embraces openness because how zealously they normally protect their intellectually property, and, in some cases, claim as their own that which is the product of nature. Read more »

Tent City

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From my favorite online video series: "Inspired by the Hoovervilles of the Great Depression artists and activists take down a fence, transforming a vacant lot (owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank) into a living, temporary village. Read more »

Sharing Lowers Health Care Costs

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"The United States spends more on medical care per person than any country, yet life expectancy is shorter than in most other developed nations and many developing ones. Read more »

The Top 10 Shareable Events of 2009

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Compiled with the help of Rachel Botsman, Chris Carlsson, Neal Gorenflo, Michel Bauwens, David Bollier, Silke Helfrich, and Jay Walljasper. Read more »

Is Sharing a Mirage?

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In 2002, media entrepreneur Stan Stalnaker published Hub Culture: The Next Wave of Urban Consumers and launched the organization Hub Culture to provide a meeting places for the global urban communities described in the book. Read more »

Web of Life

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Silke Helfrich is the editor of Who Owns the World? The Rediscovery of the Commons, the primary author of CommonsBlog, and a leading thinker in Germany about the idea of the commons. Read more »

A Quiet Christmas Manifesto

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Here in the United States, we’ve recently celebrated Thanksgiving and Hannukah and are looking forward to Christmas, all of which are times when families gather together (parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, close friends) f. Read more »

The Atmospheric Commons & Climate Debt

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This interview with Angelica Navarro (starts at 46:00), Bolivia's chief climate negotiator, shows in poignant fashion the rift between developed and developing nations over climate change.
For some, this rift is old news. Read more »

The Value of Nothing

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I've never heard of Raj Patel until now thanks to some kind soul on Twitter. Look for his book The Value of Nothing in early January. I expect we'll be hearing a lot more from Raj with its release. Read more »

How to Design the Commons (or, Elinor Ostrom Explained!)

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This past Tuesday, Elinor Ostrom accepted her Nobel Prize in Economics. That was a watershed intellectual event for those who are trying to build a more shareable society. Read more »
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