Food and Agriculture
Community Life; Food and Agriculture
Local Food Gets Trendy
The re-localization of agriculture gains new momentum. Read more...
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Climate Crisis; Commons Strategies; Community Life; Food and Agriculture; Media and Internet; Politics and Government; Water Juan Carlos ZaldivarMiami Beach, FL — OnTheCommons.org Member |
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Climate Crisis; Cultural Commons; Food and Agriculture; Indigenous People; International; Media and Internet Josh KunLos Angeles, CA — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Community Life
Community Life; Food and Agriculture
Local Food Gets Trendy
The re-localization of agriculture gains new momentum. Read more...
Everybody Needs a Community Hang-out
But modern zoning laws make it illegal in many places. Read more...
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Commons Strategies; Community Life; Cultural Commons; International; Knowledge Commons; Media and Internet Natalie PangMelbourne, Victoria, Australia — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Economics and Markets
Extreme Inequality
What does it mean when a few people control most of the world’s wealth? Read more...
Economics and Markets; Knowledge Commons
The Tragedy of the Anticommons
Professor Michael Heller explains how fragmented property rights can lead to underuse and a “gridlock economy.” Read more...
Commons Strategies; Economics and Markets
The Entrepreneur Commons
Proposing a new concept to better serve startup businesses, including "social entrepreneurs." Read more...
Knowledge Commons
Economics and Markets; Knowledge Commons
The Tragedy of the Anticommons
Professor Michael Heller explains how fragmented property rights can lead to underuse and a “gridlock economy.” Read more...
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Commons Strategies; Community Life; Cultural Commons; International; Knowledge Commons; Media and Internet Natalie PangMelbourne, Victoria, Australia — OnTheCommons.org Member |
International; Knowledge Commons; Science and Health
Defending Public-Sector Science
A backlash against the over-commercialization of science seems to be gaining new momentum. Two eminent Nobel prize winners--Sir John Sulston, a British geneticist and American economist Joseph Stiglitz – are working with leading scientists and ethicists to formulate a “Manchester Manifesto,” in connection with a newly created University of Manchester’s Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation. The goal is to forge a new consensus among scientists about the proper scope of intellectual property rights in scientific research. Meanwhile, the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Integrity in Science project held a conference in Washington, DC last week entitled, “Rejuvenating Public Sector Science”:http://www.cspinet.org/new/200806251.html. The conference dealt with the integrity of medical and drug research in a time when self-serving corporate-sponsored research often eclipses objective public-sector research about more urgent health and disease issues.
Water
Big Water Victory in Maine
Wells, Maine
Poland Spring is thwarted in its attempt to privatize water from a fragile ecosystem. Read more...
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Cultural Commons; Economics and Markets; Environment; International; Media and Internet; Water Lina SrivastavaNew York City — OnTheCommons.org Member |
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Climate Crisis; Commons Strategies; Community Life; Food and Agriculture; Media and Internet; Politics and Government; Water Juan Carlos ZaldivarMiami Beach, FL — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Environment
Environment; Politics and Government
Enclosing the Offshore Commons
Once again, Bush is using fear and deception to dismiss facts and steamroll the opposition. Read more...
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Cultural Commons; Economics and Markets; Environment; International; Media and Internet; Water Lina SrivastavaNew York City — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Discovering the Commons of the White Mountains
We have all warmed ourselves at fires we did not build. Read more...
Politics and Government
Environment; Politics and Government
Enclosing the Offshore Commons
Once again, Bush is using fear and deception to dismiss facts and steamroll the opposition. Read more...
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Commons Strategies; Economics and Markets; International; Media and Internet; Politics and Government Marc DangeardMill Valley, CA — OnTheCommons.org Member |
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Climate Crisis; Commons Strategies; Community Life; Food and Agriculture; Media and Internet; Politics and Government; Water Juan Carlos ZaldivarMiami Beach, FL — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Cultural Commons
Cultural Commons; Media and Internet
Product Placement Runs Amok
Washington, D.C.
Programming is becoming one big, undisclosed commercial, prompting new calls for limits and disclosure. Read more...
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Commons Strategies; Community Life; Cultural Commons; International; Knowledge Commons; Media and Internet Natalie PangMelbourne, Victoria, Australia — OnTheCommons.org Member |
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Cultural Commons; Economics and Markets; Environment; International; Media and Internet; Water Lina SrivastavaNew York City — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Commons Strategies
Commons Strategies; Economics and Markets
The Entrepreneur Commons
Proposing a new concept to better serve startup businesses, including "social entrepreneurs." Read more...
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Commons Strategies; Community Life; Cultural Commons; International; Knowledge Commons; Media and Internet Natalie PangMelbourne, Victoria, Australia — OnTheCommons.org Member |
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Commons Strategies; Economics and Markets; International; Media and Internet; Politics and Government Marc DangeardMill Valley, CA — OnTheCommons.org Member |
International
Indigenous People; International
A Breakthrough for Indigenous People’s Rights
An historic event in the annals of human progress took place last fall with virtually no media attention in the United States. After 22 years of negotiations, the United Nations voted 143-4 on September 13 to endorse the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People—a logical next step beyond the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, passed in 1948. The declaration affirms two key rights for tribal peoples: ownership of their traditional lands and the opportunity to continue their traditional way of life. The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand stood alone in objecting to Declaration. All four nations have substantial populations of native peoples who want to reclaim some of their stolen lands. The State of Maine did endorse the Declaration on April 21, setting the stage for other U.S. states to follow. See the 2007 story on the UN Declaration: http://www.survival-international.org/news/2501
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Commons Strategies; Community Life; Cultural Commons; International; Knowledge Commons; Media and Internet Natalie PangMelbourne, Victoria, Australia — OnTheCommons.org Member |
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Commons Strategies; Economics and Markets; International; Media and Internet; Politics and Government Marc DangeardMill Valley, CA — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Indigenous People
Indigenous People; International
A Breakthrough for Indigenous People’s Rights
An historic event in the annals of human progress took place last fall with virtually no media attention in the United States. After 22 years of negotiations, the United Nations voted 143-4 on September 13 to endorse the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People—a logical next step beyond the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, passed in 1948. The declaration affirms two key rights for tribal peoples: ownership of their traditional lands and the opportunity to continue their traditional way of life. The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand stood alone in objecting to Declaration. All four nations have substantial populations of native peoples who want to reclaim some of their stolen lands. The State of Maine did endorse the Declaration on April 21, setting the stage for other U.S. states to follow. See the 2007 story on the UN Declaration: http://www.survival-international.org/news/2501
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Climate Crisis; Cultural Commons; Food and Agriculture; Indigenous People; International; Media and Internet Josh KunLos Angeles, CA — OnTheCommons.org Member |
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Food and Agriculture; Indigenous People; International Jesús León SantosMexico City, Mexico — Commons Champion |
Media and Internet
Cultural Commons; Media and Internet
Product Placement Runs Amok
Washington, D.C.
Programming is becoming one big, undisclosed commercial, prompting new calls for limits and disclosure. Read more...
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Commons Strategies; Community Life; Cultural Commons; International; Knowledge Commons; Media and Internet Natalie PangMelbourne, Victoria, Australia — OnTheCommons.org Member |
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Commons Strategies; Economics and Markets; International; Media and Internet; Politics and Government Marc DangeardMill Valley, CA — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Science and Health
International; Knowledge Commons; Science and Health
Defending Public-Sector Science
A backlash against the over-commercialization of science seems to be gaining new momentum. Two eminent Nobel prize winners--Sir John Sulston, a British geneticist and American economist Joseph Stiglitz – are working with leading scientists and ethicists to formulate a “Manchester Manifesto,” in connection with a newly created University of Manchester’s Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation. The goal is to forge a new consensus among scientists about the proper scope of intellectual property rights in scientific research. Meanwhile, the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Integrity in Science project held a conference in Washington, DC last week entitled, “Rejuvenating Public Sector Science”:http://www.cspinet.org/new/200806251.html. The conference dealt with the integrity of medical and drug research in a time when self-serving corporate-sponsored research often eclipses objective public-sector research about more urgent health and disease issues.
Knowledge Commons; Science and Health
Tapping into the Power to Share
Health Commons aspires to build a new ecosystem for research Read more...
Climate Crisis; Science and Health
Paul Revere in a Labcoat
Washington, D.C.
Dr. James E. Hansen's courageous truth-telling about climate change. Read more...
Climate Crisis
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Climate Crisis; Commons Strategies; Community Life; Food and Agriculture; Media and Internet; Politics and Government; Water Juan Carlos ZaldivarMiami Beach, FL — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Climate Crisis; Commons Strategies; Politics and Government
Will the Commons Emerge as a 2008 Campaign Issue?
Obama is already embracing climate policies that come close to the Cap-and-Dividend approach. Read more...
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Climate Crisis; Cultural Commons; Food and Agriculture; Indigenous People; International; Media and Internet Josh KunLos Angeles, CA — OnTheCommons.org Member |
Everyday Life
Commons Strategies; Everyday Life; Water
The 5th of July
A refreshing drink of water on a long bike ride reminds me how much the commons is still part of our lives. Read more...
Everyday Life; Politics and Government
This Guitar Fights Enclosure
David Rovics' musical tribute to the commons. Read more...
A Mini-bus Named Self-Defense
The spirit of the commons thrives on a Caribbean island, and the best way to experience it is riding to town in a van Read more...
