By Adam Davidson-Harden and Jay Walljasper
Rajendra Singh, founder of Tarun Bharat Sangh, (TBS, or Young India Association), always wanted to be a farmer. Bowing to family pressure, he...
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A new world is happening
During the US Social Forum, On the Commons is launching a new story mapping project—a new way to give voice to stories of change and transformation.
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the commons movement
The commons is what we share together. From parks and clean water to scientific knowledge and the Internet, some things are no one’s private property. They exist for everyone’s benefit, and must be protected for future generations. A movement is emerging today to create a commons-based society.
What is On The Commons?
On the Commons is a citizens’ network that highlights the importance of the commons in our lives, and promotes innovative commons-based solutions to create a brighter future.
“A hundred times every day I tell myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”—Albert Einstein
commons rising
The UN declares the right to clean drinking water and sanitation
The good guy prevented Bedford Falls from becoming Pottersville in the movie. But what would happen in today's economy?
Russian court jeopardizes historic seed bank -- and our ability to adapt to climate change.
Finding devastation and hope in a hard hit city
How large-scale sharing and collaboration are helping to solve medical mysteries.
Pepsi funds a Yale fellowship to study obesity and diabetes.
Leaked documents from the Afghanistan war confirm some hard, dismal truths.
commons resources
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commons finds
Peter Linebaugh
Peter Linebaugh, history professor and commons scholar, models the new On the Commons T-shirt at a garlic festival in Ann Arbor. Linebaugh is the author of The Magna Carta Manifesto, a magisterial account of the forgotten role that the commons played in that founding document of Western democracy.
